I've always hated Blitzball, and absolutely nothing changed - I loathed every second I spent on it. It took me about four hours to get what I needed for the trophies associated with it, so I guess it could have been a lot worse, but I really struggled to get into it initially. I only played the mandatory game in the original, so it was almost a completely new thing for me this go around. I kept losing constantly (despite using recommended team setups online) and then something suddenly clicked, and it just became a matter of enduring the matches. I typically just scored a goal with Brother and then spent the rest of the match doing loops around the stadium with him...he's ridiculously fast. xD