Are Fighting Games Becoming Less Social?

Norik said:
"BUT GUYS, THE INTERWEBS CONNECT US ALL CLOSER TOGETHER THAN BEFORE LOL," but we all know this is bullshit.
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I don't think this is necessarily true. Back when MySpace was still a thing, I met someone through our common love for Tales of Symphonia. But we didn't know each other in real life until college happened, and fate saw fit to unite us there. Years later, she remains one of my best friends.

In a more recent example, I went to UFGT9. This was the first time I had ever traveled so far. And I went there not just to play a game, but to meet the people that I had been playing with online. I was so happy to meet Bibulus, Jan, Delta, Hawkeye (missed LP, darn), and even Fenris. My tournament performance was predictably shitty, but meeting people in real life that I had only known online before then made it worth it.

Online social life can create new links, but they're hollow. You have not seen these people before, heard their voices, or talked to them face to face. Stood within the same room as them. It falls upon us to pursue these hollow links and make them whole. Too many people are satisfied with not doing so.
 
TiZ said:
Online social life can create new links, but they're hollow. You have not seen these people before, heard their voices, or talked to them face to face. Stood within the same room as them. It falls upon us to pursue these hollow links and make them whole. Too many people are satisfied with not doing so.
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Interesting perspective. Reminds me of this:

 
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Ooofmatic said:
I find this interesting. A question regarding this; if one were to create an online persona, or online alter ego character, under the veil of a username, and this character is intentionally different then the person's true self, should the person still be held accountable and be judged as a person for what the online alter version of him says?

That said, should people judge others by what they say online under a username in this "alternate reality" as you put it, or reserve judgement for how the person actually is in actual reality?
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So like the time I put you in a trash bag and then you came here under your online persona and essentially told the whole community to screw off, and that you would not be back.

I guess this is your way to justify the stuff you did, so that you can weasel your way into the community. You still owe me 30 dollar .
 
Ooofmatic said:
Right, you hate him based on his online persona, but if you met the guy in person would you still judge him the same based off your online perception of him?
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Online anonymity is nothing but a magnifying glass, often cast upon people's true selves.

Unless you're pretending to be retarded to make people angry, like some people I could name.
 
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