Disclaimer: this post is not directed at the last several pages of posts, which are all very positive and constructive. Best of luck finding other people to play with, and keep up the good work. If you don't know what I'm talking about though and can't see examples in this thread (even though they're there), check the locked FRC thread and the recent front page thread discussion.
I am a long time gamer who just recently bought a stick and copies of SSFIV and BBCS. GG looks really cool to the point that I'm interested in getting both a PS2 and online emulation copy and trying it out. My college also has a gamer group and some people just started a sub group dedicated to fighting games. At our fighting game nights, we have BBCS, SSFIV, and Tekken 6. Some people also used to play GG, but they aren't pushing to have it included as well. Why? In my estimation, it's because the GG community seems to talk almost exclusively about how every other game is terrible in comparison and that people who play other games and don't have the time or interest to sit in training mode for hours on end learning FRC timing are inferior human beings who are unworthy of playing their beloved game of choice. By contrast, we do everything our in our power to get as many people into the scene through positive support and good old emphasis on "having fun" (a foreign concept, I know). Elitism in ultra competitive gaming is nothing new (see the whole NE "stay free" mentality in SSFIV). I have NEVER, however, seen a group of gamers so hateful of people who aren't amazing at an extremely execution dependent game, ESPECIALLY when someone argues that laser-precise mechanical dexterity shouldn't be required to play a game competitively. Some of us like fighting games but have jobs, relationships, and lives generally, and learning combos, spacing, fundamentals and so on in SSFIV and BBCS is all we have the time and interest to do. Color us unworthy.
Despite these facts though, every thread I ever read about reviving the GG scene still invariably turns into a bitch fest where all of the GG veterans hate on everyone other than themselves. This is not the way to bring back a game that has been abandoned. I'm still going to pick up the game because the videos of SBO grand finals from this year had me in awe of its design and the huge space to improve in. With that said, if we manage to get it incorporated into fight night no one is going to network with Dustloop elitists who may have won majors and ruled arcades all day in the past but now have no one to talk to other than themselves because of their terrible attitudes.
And to all the keyboard warriors who claim to want to bring this game back and are itching to fire off a fresh salvo by the time they finish reading this post, just remember: your game is dead, and your way of trying to bring it back isn't working. Until and unless it changes, prepare to have fun playing with yourselves exclusively and not the unwashed masses whose support you claim to want.
Note: I read the BBCS forums regularly and am not trolling here. Mods feel free to let me know if I'm being out of turn but I don't think this is any less negative than the countless personal insults I see thrown around here daily (also see Exhibit A: SRK).
