Fighting Games

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I'm just going to leave this here

http://forums.shoryuken.com/discussion/c...t_11553896



Bakfromon: You know what, this arcade ending reminds me of something. You know in SFIITAM where Ryu kicks the crap outta Fei Long in the beginning, breaks his arm and shit, and is still able to have a coherent conversation with him about important matters like Shadaloo, Sagat, and Bison like nothing ever happened, even though Fei is in a sling from a broken arm received by Ryu.

It's like the characteristics we know of SF's are held to the fight itself. Win Quotes, endings, basically everything.

I read something somewhere by an (alleged) SF fan that basically stated: "SF fans see SF characters as real people."

And honestly, that's kind of the point. They all (mostly all) have Bdays, countries of origins, blood types, they are all basically their own person and character, and in essence, represent something more than themselves. Though they might fight from time to time, once characters are out of a fight, they're basically just normal people. They talk, they listen, they're even willing to maybe take a selfie or 2, but they're still just normal people at the end of any fight (well, maybe except Bison, but still).

The FGC is basically like this, and in between the fighting, they came together to address their concerns to keep something they felt was crucial and important, like SRK forums, being alive by any means necessary. That is a great and powerful thing. Especially when SRK was essentially the hub for the online FGC before they were even known as the "FGC" to begin with.

You know this forum has history when it is featured in the 1st few paragraphs of a Wikipedia article about the FGC

And honestly, that's what I like sharing with you guys, ultimately is, history.

History of the SF story itself in all shapes and form.

I'm like the acting SF story curator, and so, I'd like to share with all of you my SF Media Museum *(thus far).

SSF Plot Guide II


Nakahira's Collection


SFAFHA++

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It is because of this exact same reason that I always had a preference for Street Fighter (+ most of SNK fighters while we are at it) over other games in the genre. These characters have some humanity in them, they have lives outside of the ring. Even back in the SF2 days they made ilustrations were you can see things such as Blanka re-integrating into society, Guile smoking and the Dictador chilling with a beautiful lady while a meidc checks his health. 

It's small things like this that make them more fleshed out and enjoyable.

PS Oh yeah, the reason while I removed the link from the Nakahira and "SFAFHA (Street Fighter Assasin's Fist IDK what the other letter means)" is because I wans't sure if that counts as illegal content or not, so I removed the links.