My honest opinion is that a lot of ppl like KOF XIII, but they don't take it seriously enough to honestly try to learn it. Either that, or they spend too much time dabbing in other fighting games to get good at one (if you chase two chickens you'l end up with none). Now I understand people have lives, and things get in the way, I'm not talking about those people. I'm talking about people that spend more than half the time playing other Fighting Games yet expect to be good at KOF XIII, it's just not going to happen. If wanted to get good at SSIV, I'll probably have to drop XIII for awhile at least, play SSIV exclusively, join tournaments etc before I get good (Mr KOF seems to be an exception lol).
It really saddens me when I see a lot of talented players playing other games, and I KNOW they'd be so good at XIII if they had just stuck to XIII ( I won't name names ).
I'll extend this a little further, IF you have access to XIII, and you're playing the older KOFs instead. Shame on you. Knowing what XIII means to SNKP in terms of the future of the company--you're essentially slowly killing the company. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying don't play 2K2UM when you get home, or the odd time here and there, I'm talking about the people that basically PREFER 2k2UM over XIII, it's not helping at all.
/rant off