Well how about this then:
I play Ryu in 3s since 06. Generally, I dislike the balance in the game. My character has a stupidly unfair time against Ken, Chun and Yun.I would like a rebalance.
Yet notice how I am completely fine with this version of the game as the* targeted demographic* for said version *wanted no changes. *3s players have felt pretty alienated as of late with SFIV and all, and this was supposed to be a game for them.
I’m not bashing Sirlin because he “sullied my game”, I’m taking issue with what he’s saying because:
a) He’s scapegoating a community to make his point which is a pretty cowardly and fucked up thing to do.
and I’ll admit:
b) Because the OP is an idiot, and decided to ask for civil discussion while constantly coming back and acting all smug and closed minded at even valid arguments. Don’t come into a thread and ask for civil discussion then ignore everything people are saying-- quoting them with smug little insults so you sound all the better.
If you like HDR, good for you. Hell, there are parts of HDR I like as well. But there’s no feasable reason a company should change a game when their targeted audience DOESN’T WANT THAT. IT doesn’t build the community, it fucking hurts it-- because you LOSE more members than you gain, and especially with the way that community is-- you would lose them permanently. And if you’re going with the argument that “Well, tell them tough shit and re balance the game because it needs it”-- what the fuck are you, their parents? Like I said, do you think the Marvel 2 crowd would have wanted a rebalance to their game when it came out on DD a year or so back? Do you think they were justified, as they were the ones who have been playing that game longer than anyone else-- and that the mechanics and match-up strategy currently populating that title’s metagame may possibly have some appeal to them-- thus making a rebalance dangerous in terms of REMOVING these strategies?
That’s the problem. No one is arguing with you that balance in games is something important. We’re arguing that you’re picking the wrong examples, and picking a fight with the wrong people for it. And you are picking a community that does NOT WANT IT. You’re expressing a problem with the concept of the product guys-- not the result. And there are plenty of Blizz employees that ENJOY 3s as it is btw. Maybe Sirlin should talk to them as well. It wasn’t a “lazy, anti progressive” thing Capcom did, they did it FOR the 3s community to show they were listening.
But if that’s so difficult for you to understand, then fine: Capcom is satan, and all the 3s people are whiny children who want a game that they’ve been playing for 10 years that they’re completely in love with to stay the same-- so they must be the whiny children OF Satan. They are a blight upon the world, and clearly their desire(Which Capcom released this product to APPEASE), is killing our community, and has ruined fighting games for everyone. I hope they die.
