TakeAChance
TYM White Knight
Wow! What a week this has turned out to be for myself and the FGC!
I have seen the best and worst of this community on one of the largest roller coaster rides we have had to endure in a long time. First and foremost, I competed in an offline tournament for the first time ever in Injustice. I have not competed since the spring and that was in MK9. I am proud to say I won and made a lot of new friends in the process. Everyone at tournaments are very friendly and are there to have a good time. Being on commentary and playing casuals was fantastic. Seeing as I helped organize the event I was all smiles. It was a very proud moment for me and a fantastic experience.
On a more macro level however, the community was under strife. EMP had their own little controversy and top players were almost thrown under the bus. Smash Bros almost lost it's stream time and threw the EVO schedule for a loop in threat of a lawsuit. The community was up in arms about how many "top players" were now asking for donations after seemingly lambasting the community prior to said events. Hostility was rampant. Let's just say that the OBS had a lot to cover this week.
In those dark times however, light shown through. Dieminion one of SF's greatest players could not go to EVO due to personal reasons. The community who thought that Dieminion deserved to go to EVO rallied together and donated over $1500 for him to attend the years largest event. Overwhelmed, and humbled Dieminion will now attend EVO.
EMP sorted out their issues and did in fact manage to send their players to EVO. Thank goodness. The community rallied for them as well, and helped donate a portion that was needed to go to EVO.
We then had Reo, Pig, Dave, and Brady put on an extremely positive podcast that highlighted the things we have most to look forward to this weekend at EVO. This was a complete 180 from the prior podcast which was essentially a CEO fallout. The top players sounded confident, and I wont be surprised to see them make a huge splash.
The collective FGC turned their frowns towards Nintendo's decision to call off EVO streaming and within HOURS an unprecedented 180 from Nintendo allowed us all the chance to witness the hype that is Super Smash Bros. Melee
We did that this WEEK! Within seven days we took an amazing amount of rubbish, we banded together, and we collectively turned it into gold. We have that ability and we are in fact the users that inspire this behavior. These stories do not have to be rare. We all have the ability to show respect, be humble, and appreciate what we have. Our pros are people, our forum users are people, we are all people. Whether you are winning tournaments, sharing tech, researching combos, creating combos, creating entertainment, or posting news we are all one and the same. We are people who are passionate about an aspect or many aspects of the FGC.
We all love drama, and drama is fun, however we should never forget that we are all apart of this. There are no tournaments without players, there are no streams without monsters. We the community can create and continue to create wonderful things for humanity, and it all starts with the willingness to show respect to one another and help each other.
So, FGC I TakeAChance have to ask...What would it take? What would it take for us to reach this new level of mentality? All I can say is that I love this community, I love every aspect about it. I am ready for others to share this love as well.
~TakeAChance
I have seen the best and worst of this community on one of the largest roller coaster rides we have had to endure in a long time. First and foremost, I competed in an offline tournament for the first time ever in Injustice. I have not competed since the spring and that was in MK9. I am proud to say I won and made a lot of new friends in the process. Everyone at tournaments are very friendly and are there to have a good time. Being on commentary and playing casuals was fantastic. Seeing as I helped organize the event I was all smiles. It was a very proud moment for me and a fantastic experience.
On a more macro level however, the community was under strife. EMP had their own little controversy and top players were almost thrown under the bus. Smash Bros almost lost it's stream time and threw the EVO schedule for a loop in threat of a lawsuit. The community was up in arms about how many "top players" were now asking for donations after seemingly lambasting the community prior to said events. Hostility was rampant. Let's just say that the OBS had a lot to cover this week.
In those dark times however, light shown through. Dieminion one of SF's greatest players could not go to EVO due to personal reasons. The community who thought that Dieminion deserved to go to EVO rallied together and donated over $1500 for him to attend the years largest event. Overwhelmed, and humbled Dieminion will now attend EVO.
EMP sorted out their issues and did in fact manage to send their players to EVO. Thank goodness. The community rallied for them as well, and helped donate a portion that was needed to go to EVO.
We then had Reo, Pig, Dave, and Brady put on an extremely positive podcast that highlighted the things we have most to look forward to this weekend at EVO. This was a complete 180 from the prior podcast which was essentially a CEO fallout. The top players sounded confident, and I wont be surprised to see them make a huge splash.
The collective FGC turned their frowns towards Nintendo's decision to call off EVO streaming and within HOURS an unprecedented 180 from Nintendo allowed us all the chance to witness the hype that is Super Smash Bros. Melee
We did that this WEEK! Within seven days we took an amazing amount of rubbish, we banded together, and we collectively turned it into gold. We have that ability and we are in fact the users that inspire this behavior. These stories do not have to be rare. We all have the ability to show respect, be humble, and appreciate what we have. Our pros are people, our forum users are people, we are all people. Whether you are winning tournaments, sharing tech, researching combos, creating combos, creating entertainment, or posting news we are all one and the same. We are people who are passionate about an aspect or many aspects of the FGC.
We all love drama, and drama is fun, however we should never forget that we are all apart of this. There are no tournaments without players, there are no streams without monsters. We the community can create and continue to create wonderful things for humanity, and it all starts with the willingness to show respect to one another and help each other.
So, FGC I TakeAChance have to ask...What would it take? What would it take for us to reach this new level of mentality? All I can say is that I love this community, I love every aspect about it. I am ready for others to share this love as well.
~TakeAChance
