Forum:A quick rant about the smash community

Alright, in the past two weeks, I have been verbally assaulted, patronized, and accosted by members of the 'Smash Bros' community. The antagonists have been professional smashers, casual smashers, and those familiar with professional smash. I will not detail their offenses in detail, merely that I have been subjected to unwarranted criticism about my skill level through no fault or error of my own, but merely because I have played games that were publicly viewed. I have been insulted for reasons as trivial as what was written in my template, resulting in ad hominem correspondence for fully four emails. This is not all, but it is sufficient for my point.

My point is that this is one of the reasons Smash will never become a successful e-sport. The professional community is terrible. The people familiar with the professional scene patronize and degrade newcomers, and even some (I would hesitate to say many, but it is possible) professionals join in. Truly, this is something that happens in every activity, but it appears particularly vicious and mean-spirited in this community. Even many of the casual smashers are rude to each other, often belligerent in manner and hasty to criticize without even a hint of constructive intention. These are the people that play the game. In every other e-sport, the community may be caustic, but the professionals act with propriety. In smash, I have not seen that as the case. Ever.

It is a shame, really, that this is what it is/has become. Smash is a great game that ought to be enjoyed, and new players who may not be as good should not be subjected to such thorough condemnation. If the community wants the game to succeed, it needs to change. Semicolon (talk) 14:08, 2 July 2008 (UTC)