It's better when you play with a friend who knows how to "fight cool" hehe. Like they'll go into a powerstruggle with you, just because it's fun. I've been in servers where I was charging a kamehameha and the oter guy was charging a generic beam, and I shot first (i started earlier), but instead of shooting his generic beam and gettting into a PS he just let my attack hit him, and then shot his at me. It was like the DBZ equivalent of two cavemen beating each other over the head with clubs.
Most people just dodge, but you can make matches more enjoyable by blocking the energy attacks. Batting away a generic beam or ki blasts is just cool, or going into a block struggle, etc.
Feh, IMO, if you wanna have a fun time, don't play with people who just "play to win."