Oh, I'm sure it isn't a problem chatting up the pros. But the rest of the "FGC" is full of assholes or inept social distinguished mentally-challenged fellows that basically treat you like shit because you've been playing for five minutes and dunno what the fuck the training mode/trial mode screen is telling you to do at that moment. Or because you play the game to beat on AI for a bit and want to play super casually and don't want to play 100 hit infinite KO! combo games.
It's kinda similar to Friday Night Magic nerds. Feel self-important because you're playing a "niche"/"was there before it became cool" game and drives people away from being into the game.
And that clique thing is kinda why I haven't gone to local meet-ups more. Well, besides the fact they're SRK kids... and well... I don't really care for SRK.
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Well that and there isn't a scene for my animu games. All Marvel 3 and Street Fighter 4 and while those are good, they just don't have the "magic" that Marvel 2/SF3 had for me.
not really...I spent most of my time with randoms. People were mostly nice.
Also, you can write off pretty much any activity with "the people are clique-ish assholes," especially if you're on the outside looking in. Going bar hopping/partying, watching and playing sports, being a music nerd, collecting music, going to shows, trying to be an artist or musician, outdoor sports (backpacking, climbing, etc.), academia, drug culture, etc. etc. etc. We can agree that there are ways of looking at the people involved in these things that makes them look like assholes.
A lot of it comes down to your perception. In any hobby, when you're a newb, the people are "assholes" because they'll test you or do things in a way that you're not used to and expect you to pick up on the customs eventually. Some of the people involved won't like you for no reason, some will take every opportunity to one up you, and others will help to an extent. Most activities and hobbies have a certain entry price before you're in. FGC has a lot of false bravado and stuff, but in person, it's easy to see a lot of it is just for fun. People watching streams and commenting online make it seem like 1000x more dramatic and serious than it is.
Not that stupid shit doesn't happen, but there's dumb shit in any hobby I've been involved in.
