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Thanx for all the âgo to the other forums and talk shit thereâ responses. That really proved anything.
Now anyway, lets look at this again
And look at the topic title
and look at some past discussions.
âComparing sports to gamesâ (Covered on Page 3)
If you ask me, the guy was simply answering the thread makerâs question posted within the thread title and with that added details of the sports aspect which was in heavy debate on page two-three. And from what I can tell the responses to his post have been nothing but âyou dont have a lifeâ or âyouâre nothing but a dungeon kid who spams alotâ
Now I havenât really looked at Heeroâs posting history but this specific post did not require the âtrollâ label from some of you guys thus far. Itâs ridiculous.
Right now I could care less about who I piss off, but seeing so many people go at each otherâs throats over what ONE person said makes me think that maybe competitive gaming isnât as great as you guys make it out to be, because all of this fuss is not necessary. One guyâs opinion. AlrightâŚ
I decided to pm him about the videos he posted and why on some of them he deleted comments.
Me: "Neofcon, this isnât a flame or w/e, but I have a few questions to ask you.
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why did you decide to make an entire video rather than a blog to describe your opinions on competitive gaming? And was this meant to be a flame bait on SRK?
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Were you serious about your âhow to use shotoâsâ vid? How in the hell do you think thats how you use shotos!?
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Do you really play that terribly on SF3 or was it your recording lagging it?
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Why do you delete comments? Do you hate criticism?
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Why did you make that vid based on what some guy said on wikipedia?
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ARE YOU INSANE!? Thereâs plenty of gaming events on tv regarding tournaments!
Him
"1. I assume blogs are boring for people to read (then again text vids are about the same with more waiting time :P), and for your other question, no this was not meant to attract SRK, but if youâre talking about that one vid I made, what I did was go to my vid comments box and saw over 75 comments. Most of them wereâŚyou already know, and itâs like 2 months late for it to get attention, then I saw one of the comments saying âlol you mustâve been pwned by SRKâ or some shit like that. Then I thought they actually found the vid (considering those guys are huge competitive gaming addicts), so I checked out their forums, and found a thread all about that vid, so I decided to fuck with them since they were so nice to get me more views on my channel. Well that vidâs gone cause itâs pointless to keep it up anymore as im sure no one cares anyway (cept srk)
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This was for newbs, not pros, if you watched the beggining you will see that I was refering to many Ryu players who practically spam hadoukens and Shoryukens like no tomorrow. So if anyone took offense, remember itâs not âfor proâsâ to look at. If proâs thought I needed to put in advanced techs or w/e, just remind them that newbs dont catch on that quickly. When it comes to slow paced games like Street Fighter and such, you canât really spam attacks in succession unless you used V-ism and the balance is blown straight to hell. It gets under my skin that one of the greatest characters of all time is played so shitty by many players. Thats basically my deal. Sure im not any better (well actually I am or else I wouldnât make that vid) but spamming attacks isnât going to win anything anytime soon. You gotta use a variety of moves, not just a fireball.
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Itâs wonderful that many people assume im terrible based on ONE character I used in a game vid. This one guy commented that I was the worst player ever because he only say one of my 3 SF3 vids. Now to be honest I havenât gotten quite used to SF3 considering that itâs emulation was only very recent so the mechanics im not used to, and the recording lagged at some parts (the ken fight mostly) so really donât expect anything great to come of them. When those emulators get better recording ill do more SF3 vids. My Alex is shit as of now but that ainât shit compared to my Yang :P. Now if youâre from SRK and is already labeling me as the worst game player ever, stop looking at one vid and using it as a gauge for my overrall skills for all games. That would be quite ignorant (then again, this is srk weâre talking about).
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Im sorry that I dont accept âlol you suckâ or âyouâre stupid lulzâ comments, and thats what 95% of those comments on my Competitive gaming vid contained. Hell if you look now, youâed even see some comments that are negative towards my vid but isnât complete bullshit like what half the morons that posted. So donât confuse me with people like trevor reiger or whoever YTwatchdog owned.
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Ill admit, the egotism of smashboards gets under my skin once in a while, first they have retarded rules, then declare that they are the best things since sliced bread because they had corporate sponsored tournaments, and then the big tip âthe competitive scene is what DEFINES whats smash bros is today!â So im thinking, no items, 5 stages, and 3 characters, is what defines smashbros? Itâs pathetic that wikipediaâs gamer pages are being over run by tourney pricks who believe every page should list tiers or advanced techs or rules to tournaments (like casual gamers really give a flying fuck). Wikipediaâs game pages is not a page for people to fuel their egoâs about who won this tournament or w/e. Itâs specifically info about the video game and what not. Oh well, nothing can be done since those asswipes locked those articles too or list that âremoval of those articles will be considered vandalismâ or some shit
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and how often do you see that on digital cable?
Exactly, hench why I made the comment."
Ill pm him again about that last question, but I can see where heâs coming from with those pointsâŚ
Great, so you make an assumption and then declare that you have not watched anything other than one of his game vids?
God damn some people here are more stupid than at smashboardsâŚ
HmmmâŚ
It seems you based all of your opinions of the fighting game community. Although i hate to say this but the FGD makes up about 5% of what the competitive gaming scene is in a professional manor. Its funny that none of your comments have to do with the PC scene which makes up the other 95% of YOUR topic and arguement. I believe until you see all of views of YOUR topic and do some research you might have a better chance of having a decent conversation.
Good luck with your arguement although i must say no one will prob take an 07 member named âCrapâ with any seriousness.
Greeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeatttt. The year I join on a message board dictates importance. Especially when considering most of your argument has little to nothing to do with what I talked about or even read what I posted and went on with the assumption that I was dissing the competitive community.
This is possibly the best explanation reguarding the difference in âPro sportsâ and âcompetative (for a very small few, pro) gamingâ that has ever graced the internet. You hit the nail on the head in two small paragraphs.
Something people have a difficult time with is imagining what the past was like and what the future could be like. âPro Athletesâ in baseball, football, or basketball did not always make millions. In the late 1800s, when pro baseball began, baseball players werenât wealthy. It wasnât until they became folk heroes, and large stadiums (like Yankee Stadium) were built that owners could afford to pay their players relatively good money. Gaming may always be a sub-culture. But, few people in 1920 imagined that a man could earn 25 million dollars (whatever the 1920 equivalent was) as a baseball player. Who knows, maybe in a 100 years, a non athletic âsportâ such as video gaming or poker (probably poker first) will have players earning Alex Rodrigez money.
Since you are new (or at least, you seem to be new), Iâll offer some friendly advice first, and be a dick later. A mistake I used to make when i was new to fighting game forums was making huge ass novella length posts. They were often packed with good points, but no one wants to read the long stuff. Case in point, FMJaguar made his point (and a damn good one) in probably less than 300 words (I didnât count :arazz: ). Another example is your above post. It might have some enlightening stuff, but I damn sure didnât read it. I have better things to do, like sleep, pet and feed my kitten, or talk to my girlfriend. It was just too long.
Second, I did read one paragraph. If you want people to take you serious, you should check your facts and watch your wording. You discussed how a wikipedia page upset you. Where is it? Because the Wikipedia pages for the Smash Bros series and the article specifically on SSB:Melee say nothing about touranement rules. The SSB:Melee does give a very brief history on the smash tournaement scene. But nothing about Shiek, Marth, Fox, only 5 stages in touraments.
Your right i did missunderstand the question. I do not think you have to put the title of âsportâ onto anything for it to be competitive. Just a solid community. May it be 10.000 people or 2. I mean every âSportâ was started by a bunch of people that were bored. Look at curling.
On the historical note. I believe pride and history do come in to play to the word sport and competition. Maybe the greek history could teach us something. They seem to have grabbed an edge on the concept before anyone else. As they didnt play for anything except pride.
Actually let me correct myself.
Your post quality, content, length (refer to above poster), reputation (not green bars) and overall demeanor and interaction with other members of this board dictactes importance. Your Join date if anything just represents that you might be new to the community and may not know what is appropriate, accepted, and what is not.
Sorry double post
Can you people READ!?
Those things came from HIM, not me
I swear, ACTUALLY READ THE DAMN THING before making assumptions
sheeshâŚLong or not, you canât go on the assumption without actually reading all the details before responding.
crapâs reputation says that he needs to go die in a fire,lol the worst I have seen.
Competitive gaming ainât stupid. If youâre good at playing certain competitive games why not pursue it rather than deny it.
Iâve seen this video. I actually, for the lulz, frequent the Fighting Game Forum on Gaia Online. Most of the newcomers there say that if you play as any of the following characters in their respective games:
Fox
Chun-Li (3S of course)
Sentinel
Storm
Cable
Magnus
Blanka (CvS2)
and a few othersâŚthen youâre cheating. I can quote one of them word for word:
"Thatâs not playing and thatâs not winning. You have no honor if you play 3S as Chun-Li and call yourself a good player."
Despite all the stupid-ness, Gaia actually has some pretty happeninâ regulars on their FGD. But the fun comes from trolling there. The mods are so shitty that you run almost no risk of getting caught telling some emo kid to kill themselves.
Thanks for your insight into the nature of fighting game discussion and trolling on the Gaia Online Forums, Lobelia Boy. It made for fascinating reading.
signs up for gaia
Everything is stupid even your face. I dont go around telling people sports is stupid even though I think it is a waste of time trying to go pro in sports, hardly anyone gets picked for the nba or nfl
who really gives a shit
letâs let this one just die.