Regarding MLG, I wouldn't start raising pitchforks yet. Taking Starcraft as an example, MLG started really shitty, but steadily got better. Everything from stream quality to venue seating was trash at the start, but they listened to feedback and have improved at every event.
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I don't think the issue should be "Aris said stupid shit" The issue is the damage this can do to the legitimacy of SCV as a business opportunity. If we just want the game to be casual, then fine, you can say whatever you want because it doesn't really matter. If the game is to have any kind...
I think that's just wishful thinking. Soul Calibur just isn't big enough to survive on it's own. Right now, the best you get is when it's featured like it was at WGC and like how it will be featured at EVO. It hasn't managed to get itself featured as the only thing like Starcraft managed...
The problem is that the Soul Calibur community is inherently tied to the FGC. Unless SCV can somehow catch up to SF4 or MvC3, it's going to have to stay as part of the FGC, which means it will be associated with folks like Aris. If fighting games in general and SCV in particular want to be...