Some of my observations:
1. I see people wanting to blame the patch for everything, but that's just an easy excuse. The hype hasn't been there since the game came out. The money and turnouts have been there at the major events, but not the hype that I am used to seeing, along with local tournaments struggling to get people to show up. Also, it's almost May and the only popoff that I've seen is from Alex.J. How come no one else is trying to challenge someone? How come I don't see any top players calling each other out? Where the money matches at? I know there's people out there holding on to some salt. This community needs DRAMA! We need more bad blood and people's hearts getting tested. We need more people coming off of online and blowing people up.
2. I see people trying to blame the World Finals for not being hype on the emcees, but that's just an easy excuse. I saw one person suggest to bring two other Tekken players to do commentary to hype things up. What? I start with this community not having enough people with personality. I watch Mortal Kombat and there's always somebody popppin off. Why do you think so many people watch Street Fighter and Marvel? If more people knew who our players were and had a reason to watch, you'd see more hype. Everyone is either too nice to each or reluctant to say anything, even when salty.
We also don't have commentators growing on trees. I see plenty of people online posting on what someone else should do, but where you at? If you know the game and have personality, then get out of the house, go to a tournament, and get on a mic.
Also, SC is pretty boring to watch. 3D games in general are boring to watch. If you want people outside of this community to watch or care, then give them a rooting interest such as an underdog or a rivalry or someone being the badguy a la Alex.J.
3. I don't understand how we can get 100+ people at Winter Brawl, 255 at Final, but no one wants to post in the tournament threads to at the very least say that they are going to be there. It's hard to hype up an event when no one has any idea of who's going to be there. Why can't we have more hype trailers like the 2D community? How come there's no NorCal Vs SoCal beef leading up to MLG in June? Where's the east coast beef at for ECT in June? Where's the international beef at for EVO? Start posting.
4. I don't understand how we have people on this site all day long but can't take a moment to do something productive and write about the big events that's going on this weekend. I was almost late for work getting them up. More people need to contribute if they want to see this game have more hype. I no longer have the time to do it.
5. tl;dr: stop talking, do something, and bring something to the table if you're going to criticize. I always see people quick to criticize but not as quick to be productive or proactive.
