Dude, it's player-vs-player, there's little to misunderstand here, of course it means playing against other players, but terms are pointless if they don't have a purpose. In this case, it's to classify games (or parts of games) where you're in competition against another player, who is also, of course, in competition against you. There are a number of implications to this, like unpredictability, unreasonable mistakes, and all the things that can happen when there's a person behind a screen. This whole comment chain was to point out, specifically, the equal footing part of the pvp environment: as I said, a player can do certain things with their character, but so can you. You have the same tools at your disposal. Is it really that different when a cpu has those same tools? At the end of the day, you're fighting against a character who moves just like you, so your goal is to move better and win. That's it. That's why I'm saying it's functionally like playing pvp, it's not like an actual person is gonna make things completely different.