I think some people forgot that it’s suppose to be a blog to post your likes and thoughts. Not a Facebook/Myspace/Twitter/LiveJournal/Youtube space that you can just make to cater to getting people to follow you and make you into an attention whore.
Damn these are fun to make, anyway just got Shirley, Pierce then a group cover left, cool, cool cool cool!
Communities suck today. But I guess I can’t blame communities to a certain degree but they have taken a downhill spiral in most circles. I remember back in the day that most message boards and little gaming, art, and comic communities were pretty respectful. Now they are filled with smug assholes and trolls that would quickly cast you off as either a noob or an in-bread idiot that have no idea what you’re doing or talking about it. Not to say back in the day that didn’t have that but its more common now then it is before and I’m sure the internet didn’t help at all with it. The fact that most people can talk big behind a screen but when faced with the person who was talking that mad garbage they are either true to their word or just bitch quiet.
I only speak of this because look at the communities that you like. The gaming community by itself is filled with smug bastards and assholes. The online community for almost any game you play you will run into that person that talks loud, shouts, swears, and says random sexual and racist stuff. Your only choices you are given are the mute button and the tough skin approach because trying to talk any sense to the person just leads into a bigger waste of time then when their parents conceived the bastard. Then communities that are supposed to have support don’t even have that because of the juvenilea ways of the people in that community. I’m talking about the Fighting Game Community (FGC). I’m sure all of them aren’t filled with a bunch of trolling dick heads but most are. I’m saying this because the area I live in (Maryland) has a pretty good FGC community of players when they want to be. But supposedly I’m guessing under some truce or friendly competition spirit that Washington DC, Maryland, and Virginia are suppose to represent each other at tournaments and such. But when new players come into the fold that when they don’t want to help anyone. They use them as a stepping stone to try new combos and shun new players from wanting to play.
You could say that you have to prove yourself in order to get some help but that falls under the logic of trying to establish credit. If you don’t give a credit card with a limit how am I suppose to build credit? So how am I supposed to get good if you don’t teach me and guide me through the fundamentals? I understand some people have that mentality of “Well, I was scraped in arcades when I was learning and I turned out fine.” Yeah, that worked in the early and late 90’s because not a lot of people could afford a home console and a fight stick. But I’m sure they didn’t think of that. But the second you speak up for yourself that’s when a wave of idiotic “who the fuck are you?” “Money match me” and other stupid stuff comes out. But what can you do? You can proved them wrong body them and leave them salty after a losing fight but you’ll never get their respect and they will never care about you. That’s why every time I see someone pop off like an idiot and get bodied on the stream I’m always happy about it considering that hopefully a lesson is learned here.
Art communities and nerd communities are the same way in this aspect too. But the problem is with art ones is that it’s something you have created that is on the line and your pretty much exposing yourself to being judge through art. Some people I’ve encountered are either supportive and will be the best of friends/mentors/friendly-rivals and I’ve met some who will be the most hated bastards on the face of the earth that love to troll because they are bored. Nerd communities shock me the most because I read an article about black cosplayers getting a lot of hate for cosplaying what normally are white (really Asian) characters. Sad to say that people were not afraid to point that out in both hateful and not hateful manners. It’s a surprise to me mostly because we are already nerds and considered outcast for liking such hobbies and subjects anyway why would race either be considered a check requirement into the hobby. Needless to say people are still bitching about Spider-man being a Mix raced. I quite frankly don’t give a flying fuck. Considering most of the black super-heroes that we do have are either not that good or have evolved from stereotypes. The only ones to have my respect or Static shock and Black Panther.
I could easily go on this subject manner but the only solution to this is just be yourself and do things that make you happy and ignore people’s hate and salt.
