ZomBmu @ PAX · @ZomBmu
24th Jul 2015 from TwitLonger
My thoughts on Marvel at CEOtaku and why it should be included.
Hello, a brief introduction of myself. My name is Jeff and I go by ZomB in the fighting game community. For most of my life I've participated in playing "poverty" games(Melty Blood, IAMP, EFZ, etc) that aren't even popular by anime standards, I had a small break into the "mainstream anime" placing well in Persona 4 Arena at tournaments such as a NEC(7th), SCR(5th) etc. around launch, but I took roughly a year's hiatus and just returned back to fighting games recently.
As a player, to me, CEOtaku isn't meant to be "a tournament without Capcom." Instead, to me it just means "a tournament with a focus on Anime games." I'm an anime player, but I'm actually a huge fan of Capcom as well. I love to watch both SF4 and Marvel at top level, and I'm an avid player of Vampire Savior. Capcom and Anime aren't mutually exclusive. I feel like excluding these games just because you're afraid they'll overtake the primary focus is really lame. The anime games we play are strong enough and exciting enough to speak for themselves. As long as the tournament is still structured around anime games as main games, they'll have plenty of a chance to shine. A really hype Marvel finals at 8 am does nothing to take away from XRD finals played at 6 pm on the main stage - no one is going to be sitting there and saying "Yeah I guess XRD was cool, but I watched Marvel this morning and now it just seems lame."
If Marvel (and even SF4) were included at CEO I would be delighted, assuming they were advertised as and run as "side tournaments" - this is, however, not to say they should be given poor treatment. Simply that their official stream blocks and stage times would be less favorable. Much like I'm a fan of Capcom, I think these players could become a fan of my games as well, given the proper presentation and display, but if they're excluded they'll simply look away. After all, if we don't want them to be a part of our games, why would they ever even consider it?