Then people wonder why the community is on the "decline". People just shoot down any persons attempt at making something interesting.
Pretty much. But it's all right. This is just about the balance of positive and negative I was expecting.
It's not just about calling the two of them out.
And I certainly didn't just pick them at random.
I have plenty of reasons for wanting to battle the both of them.
I've also spent ages studying their fights and trying to find competition close to their caliber.
The only reason I haven't been making it to shows is because my real life life went kaboom and needed to be dealt with.
I was set for NEC, which is where I originally wanted to do it...maybe do something else at Winter Brawl, the works.
Couldn't be done. But I didn't give up on the idea or lose track of the game.
I wanted to make this happen because it's a good fucking idea.
One, because the fight would be gargantuan.
Two, because now I get to conduct this mass social experiment with all of you.
The community says they want hype.
What happens when you try to give them hype?
Find out next time on Dragon Ball Z.
Maybe the cringiest and most desperate thing I've seen on the internet all week, and I see it all.
You gain relevancy and build hype by actually being successful at the game and becoming a threat on the scene and then calling someone out after maybe having met in tournament or something.
Definitely not by recording a weird vlog and just randomly picking a few players to call out.
I have met Reo and Brady. Repeatedly.
I even crashed with them and a bunch of other guys Winter Brawl 2012 when I got so drunk I had to do a side quest in the morning to find all my stuff I'd left scattered throughout the hotel. We've met. Extensively, no, but we've met.
And ultimately, my concern in issuing this challenge isn't what the masses think of it: it's what THEY think of it.
Because as I said, I swear on all that is good and holy in this world, if the two of them decide to wrap their heads around this and commit, I will hype this fight up from every corner of the earth and make it a spectacle worth caring about. That's just facts. You don't spend this much fucked up time with such an idea in your head and not polish it enough to make it worth delivering.
Arrogant, talented, world renowned fighter. Shane Douglas = Tom Brady.
Seasoned, wise but insane, iconic champion. Terry Funk = Reo.
Crazy, capable, long tan and handsome wild card. Sabu = Box.
I don't care how long it takes.
I don't care how crazy it may appear.
I wouldn't be clamoring for it if I wasn't capable of delivering.
I just don't understand why more people aren't doing it.
What happened to all the old epic callouts and rivalries that bloomed from impulse and bloodthirst?
Why does next to no one care enough to put themselves out there and make it happen?
