[quote name='asianxcore']We'll see how long, only time will tell right?
I'm all for new players and I know not everyone wants to get tournament worthy. Thing is about SRK is that it was essentially built for high-level talk/conversation about various fighting games. There are a handful of people there who are very open to explain basic stuff to new members but most of the community there just doesn't care too much. Honestly, I sort of don't blame them.
Among their FADC, mix-up talk there is "I am having trouble with Charge Characters" or "Sagat is cheap he should be banned". Then again we have that talk here and we have a lot of really good players in this thread. I guess we are just a smidge more friendly?
I keep telling myself that everyone has to start somewhere to get better. Then I see random people I play against give up because they are getting stomped on. I see the same people that I am friends with give up because they don't want to practice, or they can't learn to get over a certain match-up. Many new players only getting good enough to beat their friends and then bragging about it. They set the line there.
Shit it's all fun, but it's disheartening to me and sort of what SRK doesn't want.[/quote]
This. You totally read my mind.
To add to what you have stated, I feel that this "segment" is also responsible for keeping quality arcade sticks out of the hands of those who would benefit from them the most, not those who might decide in 2 weeks that fighting games aren't for them and go back to RPG's full time, leaving a barely used HRAP EX or TE stick to gather dust next to the Wii Fit.
Not sayin the example above applies to everybody, but the shoe does fit on occasion. Granted, most hardcores have had themselves a stick already, especially on the PS2/PS3 side of the house. But for 360 owners, short of the typical rebranded Hori EX2's, have been stuck with AIAB or pricey customs. The moment 3 decent sticks hit the market (MC Fight/Tourney Sticks and HRAP EX), no one can get them for a decent price. And it all happened THE WEEK SF4 HIT.
I'm all for new blood too...but Street Fighter, like most fighters, is like a religion. You can't just try Chrisitanity this week then jump back to Buddihsm the next.
Disclaimer: I've been a member of the Church of Sheng Long and the Latter Day Shotos since '89.
