Blazblue and Guilty Gear draw in two different crowds. Sure, part of it is difficulty, old heads having an elitist attitude, lack of tact, blah blah blah, but I see it as two groups of people appreciating different things. Pre-blazblue dustloop was way different than it is now. Heavy on the theory, shit talk (actually this probably still the same i dunno, been a while), the physical one-on-one play. The emergence of Blazblue gave birth to an emergence of a new group... not sure how to explain this one, but just take a stroll down this site: http://www.blazblue.com/forum/ or even this forum - it's like zepp museum everywhere, with focus story and misc. stuff. Oh and ONLINE PLAY is a big deal to a lot of ppl. I also notice more hand holding "which character should i use" or some variation threads, but I will chalk that one up the new generation having softer personalities.
I am aware that the ramblings I have are probably redundant, whatever, just want to crap my opinions on the internet like everyone else.