Yo Louis, I do hope you realize that a lot of your rant translates into "why isn't 13 like older games?"
That's bad, bro.
But older fighters are better in most cases. Except for the controls in 98/02 but XI nailed it.
Desmond, you've done a lot for the community but I'm going to have to disagree. I've done everything I can to contribute, I've tried to help people, I've done as much as I possibly can without stepping on toes. Not once have I ever said that I know everything, not once did I shit on someone's opinion without giving a reasonable non-troll response. So I don't like Athena, and I give my reasons why and jokingly suggest I hate her design and voice. God forbid that should anyone hate a character's design or voice. But Laban disagrees and a couple of dickriders back him up.
I put up a Clark thread on SRK, I never state I am gdlk with the character but I'm really hype over him and want to get a public guide going that can be edited and contributed whenever and want input. SRK is bigger, maybe more people will contribute? No one contributes. I fix any error I've made that's been pointed out. I don't troll a single person. No one contributes shit and if I try to get some info it's like pulling teeth. But maybe that's just how it is. 3S players actually give advice, they give you feedback. But KOF players are for the most part mute. Granted 3S players have the advantage of the game being out for more than a decade now but the community is much smaller than KOF players.
Okay, so all this boils up with playing 98 for a bit on GGPO. I thought I'd give it another shot despite stiff controls. I encounter Sparkster and one other dude who both know Laban and are on SRK. They beat the shit out of me. So okay I explain I'm bad at 98 and the controls don't help my cause and ask them to play 3S. They do. I don't troll them, I don't declare I'm the best, I'm respectable. I play Sparkster's Makoto. I got 5-2 or 5-3 on him. Said GG we talked a bit about 13 and that was it. Played the other dude (forget his name) beat him for one set and had to quit because it was too laggy. I said GG and was polite. Laban spectated both matches.
Now comes his little post on SRK calling me every name in the book and being a complete asshole. Saying I'm horrible at KOF, horrible at 98 and 13 and 3S. That I contribute nothing but wrong information and etcetera. Again, all because I think Athena is low and give my thoughts and apparently making that Clark thread. And you liked his little post. You apparently agreed. A little later he deleted it, if I had quoted him it wouldn't show who liked it though.
When I played you in 13 all you did really was just jCD with Shen and wakeup EX, wakeup Super, random super. I played you about 2-3 times and it was just that, still beat you for the most part. Couldn't play you anymore because of lag and I hate walking in and can't block random EX moves on reaction. I could've acted like Laban and called you a scrub who mashes but I didn't at the time.
I hate online, I can't hide it. Sometimes I lose it. I'm only human. 3S players get it, rage is part of it, we all know there's bullshit online.
That's my perspective. I feel that congratulating yourself, being elitist, and keeping your head in the sand is more annoying.