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DocAwe said:
I don't know.
Anybody who uses God in their name I automatically want to see smited.

Punk da God.
Charlemagne the God.
Low tier God.

I just can't help but think of the audacity these "people" have and always hope they end up at the bottom.
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What if their name is "DunkingForGod" or something? Would be praise rather than using the name in vain.
HouseofLeafs said:
I’m more surprised people think classic controls are hard. I just find modern controls pointless and they aren’t useful on most characters
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It's hard for people who are used to these types of games, people who've played fighting games for years know it like the back of their hand. Modern Controls are good for people who also have terrible hands, don't want to risk getting terrible hands, poor hand-eye coordination, just want to play for an hour without learning too much since life is shit and some people can only get an hour at best before obligations require them to stop, or any number of reasons. For me it's my hands.
 
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Tri-Tachyon'sClown said:
What if their name is "DunkingForGod" or something? Would be praise rather than using the name in vain.

It's hard for people who are used to these types of games, people who've played fighting games for years know it like the back of their hand. Modern Controls are good for people who also have terrible hands, don't want to risk getting terrible hands, poor hand-eye coordination, just want to play for an hour without learning too much since life is shit and some people can only get an hour at best before obligations require them to stop, or any number of reasons. For me it's my hands.
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I Still don't think it's appropriate but not as bad because like you said you're supposedly doing something in his name rather than blasphemy.
But then you can have someone say something ridiculous like murdering gerbils for the lord/God.
That could be just as bad.
I'm honestly probably making more of it than I should but it just irks me.
 
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DocAwe said:
I'm honestly probably making more of it than I should but it just irks me.
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Probably. Not religious but I can understand the feeling of someone using one of the core bases of your belief for their own gain and pride. Or something like that. Don't worry about it too much unless you can change it, trust me it's more of a headache than it's worth getting any amount of MATI over something largely inconsequential.
 
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Take a guess on how many updoots this got for daring to dislike the state of modern fighting games. Also, question, do you consider the MK series to be a series of a party games? You can imagine why I ask.
 
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Tri-Tachyon'sClown said:
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Take a guess on how many updoots this got for daring to dislike the state of modern fighting games. Also, question, do you consider the MK series to be a series of a party games? You can imagine why I ask.
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That list is turbo aids with a side of ass cancer.
And let's be real MK1 is probably the only game on that list that really is dead.
And it seems to me that their real reason for not liking Fatal Fury is the Saudi ownership.
 
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DocAwe said:
And it seems to me that their real reason for not liking Fatal Fury is the Saudi ownership.
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Surprisingly based, direct that nigger to whatever Kappa is currently hold up.
Celebrate Nite said:
>SF6 wins by doing nothing
>best of the worst
nigger, what?
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The entire thread was cancer, as expected of Reddit. Also SF6 being best of the worst is hilarious.
 
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Evo 2025 numbers are out. Once again, an old Crapcom fighter (nothing against MvC2) grabbed more people than Woke Kombat 1. Word is less people are entering this year's Evo for different reasons (besides most current year fighters are ass).
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Level99Manchild said:
Word is less people are entering this year's Evo for different reasons
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More than anything it just isn't worth it. The prize pools and other money are just really miniscule for players, cost a ton of money, and the bigger players actually make money just sitting home and re-streaming it.

SF6 had a $70k prize pool in 2024, and you "only" had to beat out 5,254 other people for the chance to win some money. That's also the entire pool, so 8th place took home a whopping $791 dollars - so probably doesn't even cover the travel. If you have a tournament with 5,255 people and only 8 make their money back - you aren't going to have a tournament with 5,255 people for very long.

Warner Brothers took their money out of Evo, leaving MK1 with the minimum prize pool (which one of the three people who give a fuck about MK are going to win anyway) and stuffed it into their own ill-advised Pro Tour. So you don't even get people chasing the money that used to be the Netherrealms games. Looks like Capcom did the same a while back with Capcom Pro Tour and Tekken never really invested in the scene and has no money to take out.

For comparison - Clash of Clans is played in a team format (5 per team) but with a $1,000,000 prize pool, so in the same year - your average Clash of Clans esports player was making 3 times of a SF player was, which is roughly six times more than Tekken/MK/whatever else.

All of this to say - there are very few people who look at the FGC esports scene and think "Yeah I'd love to fucking grind out this dogshit Mortal Kombat game and go to evo (booking my own travel) for the chance to win $450 if I take 7th place. It'll be cool I'll get to hang out with cool guys like all of these trannies and SonicFox". No one want to watch a live stream where a once-a-year event has $20,000 on the line. Family Feud gives out $100,000 (or $80,000 and a new Sponsor Car).

Evo has the same high stakes as the discount game shows on Over-The-Air broadcast networks. It's a lesson they never learned (probably because Mister Wizard was too busy using Evo to be a kiddy fiddler) but Evo never really had a long term strategy for "what if these game companies simply run their own annual tournaments?" and you're seeing the end result.
 
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Tanner Glass said:
More than anything it just isn't worth it. The prize pools and other money are just really miniscule for players, cost a ton of money, and the bigger players actually make money just sitting home and re-streaming it.

SF6 had a $70k prize pool in 2024, and you "only" had to beat out 5,254 other people for the chance to win some money. That's also the entire pool, so 8th place took home a whopping $791 dollars - so probably doesn't even cover the travel. If you have a tournament with 5,255 people and only 8 make their money back - you aren't going to have a tournament with 5,255 people for very long.

Warner Brothers took their money out of Evo, leaving MK1 with the minimum prize pool (which one of the three people who give a fuck about MK are going to win anyway) and stuffed it into their own ill-advised Pro Tour. So you don't even get people chasing the money that used to be the Netherrealms games. Looks like Capcom did the same a while back with Capcom Pro Tour and Tekken never really invested in the scene and has no money to take out.

For comparison - Clash of Clans is played in a team format (5 per team) but with a $1,000,000 prize pool, so in the same year - your average Clash of Clans esports player was making 3 times of a SF player was, which is roughly six times more than Tekken/MK/whatever else.

All of this to say - there are very few people who look at the FGC esports scene and think "Yeah I'd love to fucking grind out this dogshit Mortal Kombat game and go to evo (booking my own travel) for the chance to win $450 if I take 7th place. It'll be cool I'll get to hang out with cool guys like all of these trannies and SonicFox". No one want to watch a live stream where a once-a-year event has $20,000 on the line. Family Feud gives out $100,000 (or $80,000 and a new Sponsor Car).

Evo has the same high stakes as the discount game shows on Over-The-Air broadcast networks. It's a lesson they never learned (probably because Mister Wizard was too busy using Evo to be a kiddy fiddler) but Evo never really had a long term strategy for "what if these game companies simply run their own annual tournaments?" and you're seeing the end result.
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Tekken only invested in Korea and Japan, mostly Korea. However, it's nowhere near Starcraft's level. There's another factor someone else mentioned in another thread: Vegas is too expensive. Like you said, who is really going to fly to win $791 when lodging in some decent place will probably cost 3 or 4 times as that? Every other esports scene makes way more than fighting game pros. Anyone who tries to make a living out of mashing fighting game combos is in for a rude awakening unless he can get into the clicks like Max and Justin (even if you're the perfect SF/MK/Tekken player, if you're not in with the crowd you're screwed).
 
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DocAwe said:
Also the fgc itself being a relatively suicidal bunch of fucking troons.
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It's a fucking hivemind echo-chamber at this point.

When you're immediate go-to strawman for why shit regarding fighting games sucking is "muh right wingers", you've officially lost the plot.
 
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