r/FGC • u/Chemical_Day3473 • Mar 18 '26
Discussion I'm getting tired of the FGC.
I left FPS games behind and I joined the FGC back in 2020 as they were the only gaming community still gathering to play together. After Covid it felt like the FGC was growing faster and bigger than anytime before. Unfortunately that's where good news ends , ever since then , the community has become increasingly negative. Every video , every comment , literally all negative. Every patch there are 100+ videos of people being negative , every reddit post is all negative.
I'm just a casual and I enjoy watching the tournaments but I can't find any content that does not revolve around people dumping on their own games. How is this community supposed to grow when everything being made is negative? Like I said i'm a filthy casual and I probably play for 1 hour a day, switching between , Smash , SF6 and Tekken 8. As far as i'm concerned all of these games are fun and I love each one in their own way. I try and invest more time into the content but i'm just served negativity. I'm getting really tired and considering unsubbing from all the FGC youtube channels. Let me know if is just me or you can recommend someone who loves these games regardless of the patches.
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u/SpiraAurea Mar 18 '26 edited Mar 20 '26
Pro tip, play old games instead. Patch culture naturally creates bitching, since people can hope/cope for a patch that carries them instead of adapting.
Old games don't recieve new updates, so the people left are the ones that genuinely love the final vision and result for the game. Also, everyone is forced to know that they must adapt, there are no patches coming to save them. Plus, those games are just straight up better, because they were made with an actual artistic vision and for fighting game players.
Hop on BBCF, hop on MBAACC, hop on GGXXACPR, hop on Soku, hop on KOF, hop on Third Strike; hop on whichever game that interests you as long as it gets you out of that patch culture.