I just want to put in my two cents real quick.
Reading through this thread, I feel like a whole new door is being opened.
Knowing that there are people in the community that care about welcoming new blood is great, and it makes me happy that I play these games.
Looking back on my experience with FG after this, I realize I've made some idiotic choices, like bashing on other games that I haven't even played, simply because I liked BB and whatnot. I think I might have done that because ArcSys is pretty obscure in my area, and I guess I wanted to herd people here.
I play Smash with a few friends from high school(should probably mention that I'm a minor, so I'm pretty limited as far as going to areas where the scene's at), and while we have a good time playing it, I'm pretty bad compared to them. Sometimes we playfully bash eachother, but sometimes it gets out of hand on both ends, and I just end up feeling angry, usually stopping after a bit.
Now that I look at the conversations, I made a lot of jabs at the game itself, and focused far too much on the flaws of the game, rather than seeing the good. I hated on the game because it was more of a party game, not a competitive-style fighter, and that was pretty bad. At the same time, I bashed a bit on Marvel, a bit more mildly, but still bashing, because of the relative lack of balancing I perceived in it.
Now this thread is showing me a lot of things I've been messing up.
I'm starting to clean up my attitude about these things, and life in general, and so far it's having a really positive effect. I'm trying to be more open with other games, and not deifying ArcSys to my friends because of its "non-scrubbiness" system, and I'm trying to be less angry when I play.
tl;dr: this thread helps me realize my mistakes, and it makes me feel good inside.
Thanks.