On December 16 2011 09:24 [X]Ken_D wrote:From the article
Show nested quote +Why did I like Street Fighter even before I realized it was a strategy game?
Show nested quote +There are online StarCraft 2 tournaments that can reach over 1000 people because the game is designed for and people expect to play on the internet. I’ve never entered an online tournament in my life and probably never will. What’s the point? To me, online play is ass.
Show nested quote +So even though I’ve never touched Arcana Heart in my life, I still feel a sense of connection with AH players.[then later] Smash players tend not to have our arcade history,
How many AH arcades are around you, if any? (For those who don't know, Arcana Heart is a fighting game with only cartoon underage girls).
Show nested quote +"But let me tell you a little about some of the other major people in this community. A couple have spent time living on the streets or in homeless shelters. A couple others have been in jail. Another was a drug addict famous for not paying people back. Actually, a few of them were like that. Some had really bad family situations with abuse, theft, jail, abandonment, and so on.
Show nested quote +Again, if I’ve never seen you in this arcade before, then you’ve never earned my respect and it’s on you to give me reason to say what’s up.
Common decency or class too much to ask for? How hard is it to say "Hello" or shake the hand of a player that share the same passion for the game.
Show nested quote +StarCraft had a weird community in North America during Brood War because even though very large numbers of people played or watched it regularly (including me), it didn’t engender the same attachment to community. It ran online tournaments with entrants into the 1000s, but they were online, where a sense of community is relatively weak.
Whereas, TeamLiquid tournament, WCG, etc just only had a sense of community from their supporting COUNTRIES.
Show nested quote +Fighting games have consoles, monitors, sticks, pads, gaming related apparel, and lifestyle brands. That’s all!
Show nested quote +With all this in mind, then, it’s not exactly rocket science that StarCraft blew up first. And in blowing up first, they’ve cracked into a market of pure spectators, people who never played Brood War and don’t play StarCraft 2 but watch SC2 broadcasts anyway. Those people have money and time on their hands and they represent even more money in everyone else’s pockets. Fighting games haven’t gotten anything like that yet.
Why don't they watch fighting games? Maybe they prefer watching Starcraft.
Show nested quote +Some people think that our window of opportunity is now. If we don’t join up with professional leagues soon, they say, those leagues won’t want us in the future. I honestly don’t know what about our history and current trajectory makes anyone think this sounds right. After such consistent growth, why would we all of a sudden stop growing?
Show nested quote +Was I jealous when I heard that commentators for other games can make up to $5000 per appearance while I’m over here working for gas money? Sure, but not nearly as much as you might think. I’m too in love with my community to wish I could trade places, and so is everyone else in the FGC.
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