Hate Speech: The Hype Train Derails; Countless Injured...

[Synraii]

Well, at least I'm not the only one who would like some commentary from people with a good understanding of SCV rather than a guy shouting, lol. =/

 

[Sora]

Scene wise and hype wise....... I don't know. For me the 1.02 patch pretty much killed the game. I just entered a Dallas tournament over the weekend and only saw ZBeast and Cepzeu..... saw no ICE, no Link, no Funkpanda, no JOP...... no known traveling Dallas players at all. It took Austin coming up to show me a true challenge but I won't be playing them regularly. The game lost it's interest to most of the players here and it's killing it. I think you can even see the same thing for online as even online is much more silent than before the patch.

Sad times.

BUT HEY I WON ME SOME COMICS

Link is taking a break to re-assess 1.03. He said so himself. Did that change?

(though, as an aside, what would you guys think of post-event video breakdowns?)

Damnit Brian, stop spoiling the surprise. Lol.

 

[Egg]

Note to Scrubs: Leave Hates alone, hes a man like all of us, but he will probably beat you in soul calibur.

 

[Echo01]

I feel that its somewhat difficult for me to suggest types of commentary since I'm decently knowledgeable of things SC and could quite easily watch SC content without commentary. One thing I can say for sure is SC 'hype' is completely different to Marvel 'hype', for example. Take Winter Brawl SCV GFs, as I recall, the room was silent during that match, but that sure as hell didn't mean people were bored stiff. It was super intense and I'm sure viewers present at the event and at home watching the stream were on the edge of their seats.

I don't think SC is a game that lends itself well to the kind of commentary that Marvel can get away with, but I felt that Markman/FilthiRich did a fantastic job at SCV world finals. It felt appropriate considering they were in front of a live crowd, rather than tucked away in a dedicated commentator's section.

 

[Fahros]

I couldn't agree more with this article!

Soul Calibur needs it's community to step up and help it get to where it needs to be. It's not just going to magically happen on it's own.

I'm doing all I can to push content right now, but my life has grown excessively overwhelming as time has pressed on. I dreadfully attend a university full time, only to come home burnt out; and stressed to try and push the best Soul Calibur content I can.

With my recent Machinima partnership, I'm beginning to have the chance to reach more of an audience. I have basic tutorials and informational videos in the works, to help draw people in to Soul Calibur, and help them better understand the game. Like the article, and already some of these responses has said; Soul Calibur needs content, and commentators that are more than just hype and shouting: we need to mix in some educational value so people can really attach to what's going on.

That's tough though, you know? It's definitely no easy task, we're going to have to do some serious work to bring out the content we need to IMO! I'm doing what I can, and I'll stand up and say here; I'm open to any assistance, ideas, or criticisms people would give me.

Together we can make this happen! Soul Calibur deserves just as much recognition as any other fighter...it's our task to find a way to relate to the rest of the FGC, and get them interested! And even draw in people outside the FGC!