This is bizarre to me given how proud the fighting game community has always appeared to be about the non professional "home grown" nature of their scene.
This is bizarre to me given how proud the fighting game community has always appeared to be about the non professional "home grown" nature of their scene.
But also, there was scandals that went all the way to the top of EVO, and if given a choice between no EVO or Sony sponsored EVO, I think the people left would pick the option that let them keep...
But also, there was scandals that went all the way to the top of EVO, and if given a choice between no EVO or Sony sponsored EVO, I think the people left would pick the option that let them keep their jobs or cash out, community be dammed.
I mean, we don't even really need to limit it to EVO (well, let me edit that. We don't need to limit it to the currently announced evo game of Mortal Combat 11, Tekken 7, Guilty Gear, and Street...
I mean, we don't even really need to limit it to EVO (well, let me edit that. We don't need to limit it to the currently announced evo game of Mortal Combat 11, Tekken 7, Guilty Gear, and Street Fighter). Skullgirls had their whole thing with their Studio Head. Smash had issues on issues on issues. It got to the point the FGC went and established a new code of conduct in the wake of all the allegations to try and repair the scene. I love the fighting game community and double love that it is such a home-grown community. Even if I suck at fighting games and never play them anymore, the scene just has this magic to it that MOBA's and TCG's don't give me. But I wouldn't be surprised if that changes. I hope it doesn't. I hope the community is able to fix itself and takes everything that has been brought to light seriously. Which it feels like they are. Obviously hard to say how much of that is true when we don't have in-person events right now, but from the statements and changes I've been seeing I'm hopeful. That said, I can understand why something like this is happening in the wake of 2018-2021 for the reasons you touched on.
Certainly if that is the choice but it is not clear to me as an outsider that these are the only two options. To give an example of the opposite approach; League of Legends has a extremely tightly...
Certainly if that is the choice but it is not clear to me as an outsider that these are the only two options.
To give an example of the opposite approach; League of Legends has a extremely tightly controlled competitive scene where all tournaments and players must be sanctioned by the game developer Riot games.
Riot games has had scandals regarding the sexism of their leadership and work culture, which have been brushed aside in internal reviews. There have been scandals of sexual exploitation within teams that were plausibly exasperated by the additional power a sanctioned team has over players. The scene being more corporate and professional is by no means a guarantee against the kind of scandals that EVO has faced.
This is bizarre to me given how proud the fighting game community has always appeared to be about the non professional "home grown" nature of their scene.
But also, there was scandals that went all the way to the top of EVO, and if given a choice between no EVO or Sony sponsored EVO, I think the people left would pick the option that let them keep their jobs or cash out, community be dammed.
I mean, we don't even really need to limit it to EVO (well, let me edit that. We don't need to limit it to the currently announced evo game of Mortal Combat 11, Tekken 7, Guilty Gear, and Street Fighter). Skullgirls had their whole thing with their Studio Head. Smash had issues on issues on issues. It got to the point the FGC went and established a new code of conduct in the wake of all the allegations to try and repair the scene. I love the fighting game community and double love that it is such a home-grown community. Even if I suck at fighting games and never play them anymore, the scene just has this magic to it that MOBA's and TCG's don't give me. But I wouldn't be surprised if that changes. I hope it doesn't. I hope the community is able to fix itself and takes everything that has been brought to light seriously. Which it feels like they are. Obviously hard to say how much of that is true when we don't have in-person events right now, but from the statements and changes I've been seeing I'm hopeful. That said, I can understand why something like this is happening in the wake of 2018-2021 for the reasons you touched on.
Certainly if that is the choice but it is not clear to me as an outsider that these are the only two options.
To give an example of the opposite approach; League of Legends has a extremely tightly controlled competitive scene where all tournaments and players must be sanctioned by the game developer Riot games.
Riot games has had scandals regarding the sexism of their leadership and work culture, which have been brushed aside in internal reviews. There have been scandals of sexual exploitation within teams that were plausibly exasperated by the additional power a sanctioned team has over players. The scene being more corporate and professional is by no means a guarantee against the kind of scandals that EVO has faced.