you and Sajam man, yall two got the exact mentality that makes this whole FGC thing enjoyable as a viewer let alone a player. Realistic positive outlook that actually makes people wanna hang and play the cool thing rather than twitter hate circle jerking

My only response to the whole “Parry Fighter 6” thing is just: IMAGINE if 3S came out today, people would be even more fucking insane about it.

Street fighter 6 burned my house down and emptied my bank account

I love the quote “we just have feelings and it’s hard to find objective reasons from those feelings.” I think, gamers especially, have such a tough time divorcing themselves from their own ego and perspective and realizing no (their) opinion on a game is “objective”

"I will bitch about heat and bitch about cold, I will bitch about the sunshine and about growing old. I will bitch about everything inside and out. You will find that there is nothing I can't bitch about." -Average FGC Doomer

I find it really funny how both SF6 and T8 aren't even close to being a year old, yet people talk about these games qualities with such certainty, you'd think they're ready to move on to SF7 and T9

Street Fighter 6 dishonored my family and stole my crops.

Drive Impact/Rush killed my grandma's dog.

SF players have it good. Go to Tekken or MK... now THAT'S doomers. The majority of the SF6 community is just vibing and enjoying a good game. Player retention is still ridiculously high, streaming numbers are great... the people complaining are a very small vocal minority. For Tekken and MK though, it's literally WW3 lmao. SF6 season 1 is an amazing game. It's not perfect, but it's insanely fun. Capcom did an amazing job and it shows.

SF6 season 1 is genuinely the cleanest launch I've ever seen for a fighting game, very well balanced and solid mechanics If there's anything to even be worried about it's that balance changes, new characters and new mechanics might upset how good we have it now, which is still a pretty doomer take

Honestly I think more people should take a stab at making their own game, even if it's just a tabletop sim or card based version. Designing and balancing Is really hard especially in FGs. Devs aren't perfect, which is why we should be vocal about what does and doesn't work, but doomers acting like they know better should step up and prove it imo

YEAHHHHHH AKUMA IN THE THUMBNAIL WOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I got into SFV because I saw Daigo playing Kage. It looked fun.

Something I've noticed across a lot of games as I get older - my competitive friends who no longer are as interested in just playing the games perform badly relative to how good they *think* they are, then blame the game for the negative feelings. They don't even realise that they are simply not motivated the way they used to be - and complaints about game design are the perfect pseuo-objective way to cloak essentially hurt feelings. Games are full of things that are not really "good" or "bad" design but somewhere in the middle; features that have strengths and weaknesses, that appeal to some players and piss off others. But when you're fundamentally not having a good time you just borrow a bunch of thoughts and consensus negatives from the population at large; pile all your negative feelings onto them and write the game off so your ego no longer has to bear the weight of feeling like you're not as good as you wanted to be at something that is part of your self-conception. It's kind of sad. What you say about accepting games as they are - it's necessary. That doesn't mean loving every aspect of a game, but you have to be able to play the game as is to enjoy it - full engagement requires mental commitment!

This viewpoint really resonates with me. The doomers have been my inspiration for wanting to break into making positive SF6 content. Thank you for posting this.

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I assume this was edited together from an off the cuff stream discussion but I just want to say this is really eloquently put together and I really appreciate you sharing your perspective on this Brian. Really good stuff!

"You're not gonna change people's minds" is such a valuable life lesson. I had to learn it the hard way years ago, but I've become much less prone to anger ever since I did.

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that's a very healthy perspective about things in life in general, Brian. Thanks for sharing this

Having a coherent discussion is impossible, too. You're better off just letting them be, and if for whatever reason you're forced into an interaction with them, you have the trusty "ok" response.

At 3:25, you not only Made me play FG for the first time in my life with sf5, you Made me enjoy it and now Im playing in diamond in sf6 all because I decided to watch some random guy playing a game i thought it only existed in the arcades. I think that thanks to your videos you introduced so many new people in FG so thank you.

I bought SFV near launch, didn’t play it for almost its entire lifetime, and then around 2021 I started watching ur channel and within a few months I had the game open again. As fun as it is to be angry and yell about how something sucks, it’s way more fun to just have a good time and a healthy relationship with something

you did, i totally came for your sf5 stuff, loved the balrog, uro stuff, the uro stuff was actually really fun to watch

I was trying to learn combos for SFV and I ran across one of your videos. I've been subbed ever since, you just have a great way of making it simple to understand the mechanics and the game in general. Top notch work man.

This Sajam guy seems pretty reasonable, very down to earth and humble with his analysis.

Wow Brian F! Another slam dunk upload Brian F! Awesome! Brian F!

As someone who joined the FG scene at the end of SFV it was really hard to find a game I really liked and clicked w/ only for the whole community constantly yelling about how bad the game was. Made it harder to get hyped for the things I did achieve because of so many people shitting on "SFV players" etc.

You are the bright side of the FGC. Take the space you need from social media - you come first - but I, and many others, value your input.

much love, great speech/conversation with chat, SF6 is my first SF game and i like it alot

I saw this dude at TXSD and he's still scheduling vids to come. Brian is on the grind, dang.

I really dig the energy that you bring to the community, Brian. 👍

yo brian idk ifyoull see this but your attitude towards sf5 and fighting games in general made me enjoy fighting game content and even got me into fighting years ago thanks brother.

A bit unfair of this person that mentioned Brazilian players. The biggest Brazilian fgc content creator is super positive about the game

Very important for FGC to hear.

I think it can be fine to discuss the negative aspects of games as well, since it can be informative and make for interesting conversations. It's the kind of thing you don't want to talk about all the time, since it could be a downer if it comes up too often, but a little bit every here and there can be healthy.

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I will say that despite the fact that i also didnt like sf5 purely because of the public perception and never played it, i learned about you towards the end of Sf5s lifespan because you had this youtube series where you ran all the way to the highest ranks with Oro and that made the game look incredibly fun, not enough for me to try it, but it made me try sf6 so you're right, i think a lot of people arent looking for just a "good" game, they're looking for something interesting and fun, i thought the whole oro gimmick was cool, and though i dont watch you as much as i did then, that appeal to me was something i think a lot of people connected with you said something about how you're a very specialized player and i get that, but i also think a ton of people watched you because you were a really good specialist and it was really cool to watch, i'll still watch you though :)

3:29 you got me into SF!

The problem is the people now want that everything have to be exactly how the think it should be and can adapt or accept different views.

You're definitely a big reason I went back to street fighter 5 after season 1, just seeing someone liking the game and having fun reignited the spark for me

Thanks to content from yourself and Smug, that’s what got me to play and appreciate SFV Again

Ngl your warlord series made me buy sf5 and give it a shot. Really helped me get into traditional fighting games!

Loved this video

The Yaschas Massif music in the background! ❤☺️

"share the points you do enjoy" is something that people very seldomly do.

Deejay's drive rush killed my dog and tried selling fent to me on the streets

well said, hope you're doing well

SF6 is what it is. By pretty far not my favorite SF game, so instead of whining, I just don't play it much. lol

I agree with like 90% of your thoughts here and I forever appreciate how thoughtful and diplomatic you make a point to be when talking about stuff like this my input is that people struggle with the BALANCE between the positive and the negative. loving a game is both celebrating its strengths, and wanting better in its weaknesses, and the binarism and tribalism is silly (as it is in all things); you don't have to ONLY be a hater or ONLY be a positive-vibes-no-hating-here. part of how we process and analyze media is by critiquing it and disassembling it, and I think the level of emotional reasoning that gets injected into an analytical process sabotages a lot of the heart of potentially healthy discussions that should be happening. I think that's what's missing. there's a million people who can pick a side and root for that side, and that's not a truly meaningful contribution; thinking through your shit and processing your feelings constructively and assembling those into a well rounded, nuanced worldview is the real heart of the cards

Brian f spitting facts, i love that this mans part of the fgc. We need more positive, honest perspectives 🔥🔥🔥

Street Fighter 6 has offended my family, and it has offended the Shao-Lin temple. But all would be fixed with Gouken or Cody 😬

4:57 the guy talking abt akira is just like me fr fr

3:20 I am 100% one of those people that only came to love SF because of SF4, and the transition was painful, but I grew to love it (Fujimura's Ibuki and your Boxer... Mhmm). Same thing happened when 6 came out, now I'm back to loving it... CViper would have been nice, but a good game.

Real talk Brian, you and DemonDan, and to a lesser extent Smug, are the ones that got me interested in SFV after it's not so stellar launch. I remember you posting a short vid about G doing ridiculous damage with his idle animation and thought that was pretty cool and interesting. After watching you guys, and Capcom making updates, I said to myself, "Wow, the game is actually good now." and I felt excited to finally to go play it. You're definitely on the right path, keep at it.

1:27 IS BRIAN UNDERSCORE F A BONIFIED MOANER⁉️🤔🤔⁉️⁉️🤔🔥⁉️🔥🔥

Yeah i think it's easy to tell when someone is just venting and doesn't really care about listening to reason.

6:00 I also really have to stop myself when people just say inaccurate stuff so they can complain about a fg. I'm happy you focus more on the things you like because I want to play and watch fg stuff that makes it more enjoyable because i'm doing these things for entertainment and competitive urge. So if people are just negative i'm not going to deal with that because I am here to try and have more fun not less. But its easier for me cause I'm not playing for ego, financial or anything just for my own competitive drive and mostly entertainment, the joy of working on a 'skill' and following a community that is passionate

I didn’t even realise lots of people were hating on sf6, I’ve been playing since launch and loving it, I’ve seen some gripes and I’ve had my own but the game is fun if you don’t obsess over winning and take it one match at a time

I never comment, but this positive mind set and way of maturing as a person and gamer is something I hope catches on. This type of thinking is shut down by KZfaq algorithms, but is something I would love to see more of. We're always told to like and subscribe but, for once, I finally am.

Street Fighter 6 is objectively one of, if not the actual best, fighting games of all time. People being salty because they lost will never not be a thing

0:38 I hear an OST from FF13.

I fully believe in capcom balancing the game well enough in the soon to come big patch for season 2. A change I personally can see is drive rush and parry costing more gauge meter then they use, so its something that takes proper use instead of just throwing them out constantly hoping it hits, and if it does, you almost never hit burnout by the time the opponent is at 25% hp

the self aware era of the fgc is actually kinda refreshing

Yooooo early to a Brain video

BrianF + Rooflemonger discussion on Honda? That could be amusing!

Top tier character's drive rush is like balrog ex straight, but they can do it 6 times not including meter regained on block strings.

It’s funny to see the comparison of how Brian says he’s not sure whether or not his criticism makes any actual impact on the direction the game goes. And on the riot games side of things, the lead of the balancing team admitted on stream that one champ was disgustingly broken currently but they won’t nerf it because not enough people are complaining. Playing league is a real love/hate relationship

Idk, it's genuinely hard for me to complain about SF6. The stuff that's wrong with it is like, crossing the t's dotting the i's stuff. The game, overall, taking all its systems and characters into account, is RIDICULOUSLY well-designed, so much so that I'm really hoping we see a trend of more fighting games that take inspiration from what SF6 has done. And the complaints I have about the game, to me, are really obviously my opinion and not objective facts about the game. It's hard for me to take a lot of the discourse seriously for that reason. The monetization is the only area where I would say capcom genuinely fucked up, and even there I have to make the caveat that it's still one of the least-bad video games, but I just don't think monetization bullshit should be tolerated at all. Fighter coins are stupid. Battle passes suck, all of them, SF6 may be the least bad (can complete it in 1 day, pays back the coins, too worthless to encourage addiction) but it sucks that it's there at all. Lastly, fighter coins are stupid. But overall, the characters are powerful, the characters look cool, they're surprisingly balanced, visually the game has both flash and clarity to it, the systems are extremely elegant, great pacing in the match, they made so many good decisions that it's hard to complain without immediately going "that said, game is still good".

Thank you for being rational 🙏

5:58 Ayo?

Still wish you never stopped Jamie

ultima coisa que esperava era o brasil ser mencionado do nada num video do brian,e logo eu queimado de birita

i think the fact that in vanilla/season 1 SF6 you can play almost any character in the game and find success/enjoyment is awesome. super glad all the dlc so far has been relatively balance. i do hope in season 2 they make all of Kens buttons -50 on everything though lmao, im nso tired of seeing that character

Oh, I get it, the 'B' in Brian_F Stands for "based"!

Dj is cracked. Its annoying sometimes BUT man is it hype when I play a good one and get bodied.

The way to make a perfect fighting game is to make a sequel. Everyone will start talking about how the new one sucks and the old one was better.

The issue with negativity is that it's too easy, so people get addicted to it because it's also fun and makes them feel smart. Positivity builds communities and eventually attracts skilled people that will create further projects. Don't get me started on people that feel the compulsion to control communities or even ruin them just because they can, it's like an evolved form of negativity.

I have alot of gripes with this game, but tbh it's got to be my favourite fighting game ever. I really wanna see it shine and be in the limelight so it can get the love and support it deserves.

Played my first offline tornament on SF6 last weekend. With was a blast! Got into top 16 and I got bodied by a professional player =D Started following this channel around season 5 of SFV and since then I kept playing, now people are inviting for locals just for fun. I am also from Brazil and I can tell that people here are really downplaying SF6, and I believe this is something to do with our culture with sports(and e-sports). From my point of view, Brazilians dont enjoy sports, they enjoy winning. If they dont win, then there is something wrong with the game. Brazilian footbal team has been a reason of national pride for decades, but it failed to adapt to the new era, and also, players are more loyal to money than to their teams at this point. For this reason, the love overwhelming national pride on footbal is not as it was back in the 90s. Forgot to mention, I am from Brazil. The city I live has locals almost every week, and even now and then you see the doomers hanging around...

The mechanics are fine, and I agree it takes some time to get used to it. There will always be cheaters, those that script walk and magically beat you with impeccable playing skills, but now I only attempt to try and understand how to beat these types of players. And they get soooooooooo mad, when you do. A script player is a scripted pattern, so it's just a matter of figuring out their scripts. I complained about a breaking maneuver block to get out of endless drive rushing attacks and more parries. As far as changing up players, I haven't found a solid one for myself besides Ryu. I'm only keen on Ryu, maybe Zangief. I like the other characters, but I do not like trying to perfect them. If I see Sagat or another interesting straight up martial arts style kickboxing, that'll be my go to next style player. I may try guile because he's classic, and it's good to try different styles other than predictable pattern players that aren't very fun to play or watch. I first wanted to go all in on Dhalsim, but I felt uninterested to go the distance. Maybe I'm just an old school SF player liking my basic go to characters.

SF6 a dead game? Man, I'm trying to play Under Night 2, a new game where it can be 6pm EST on a Friday night, and just... nobody on ranked. Zero people. Practically a Discord fighter already, then when I do get matches it's often the same person back to back. And this is with the most lenient settings so I can match against any rank lol

My only wish is that people could separate what they dislike from something that actually legitimately lowers the skill ceiling. When you have 3 or 4 people winning weeklies every single week, and then they go to an international tournament and get bopped pretty good.... There's ko skill ceiling issue. We're not watching random outcomes. It annoys me that people have such a need to 'prove' their opinions that they'll shit on anything and everything whether it makes sense or not.

I'm screwed since I'm only a Manon main.

When I saw dooming I thought either *DOOM* (M.F.) or *DOOM* (16 / Eternal). I should have know bc It wasn't in all caps

you really grow up, brian, the moustache doesnt have to do with that. great vod, dude, keep going

Thank you Brian. I really need to quit reddit. Although I really love the clips where people make comebacks and stuff especially the Gief Mains are so happy :D

Whats the music in the beginning of the video

ffxiii ost heard 👍

I feel that man I have a friend that’s a decent player always complains about certain things in the game no matter how many of us tell him to DI or parry or jab this and that he doesn’t listen. It’s a lost cause at this point. Where as I personally felt I grew at the game by playing a real life world tour lol I went friend to friend learning new techniques and applying them to my game lol

I play this game off and on I have fun doing combos in the lab but not inputs in my matches kill it for me I play pad and hit box and I have the same problems on both

I may have my gripes with Drive Rush and Parries in SF6, but the game is fun still. I don't think anything can ever be perfect (Yes, even 3rd strike, my biggest FG addiction, has issues too) but it is a VERY well balanced game. The fact I can only ask for minor adjustments to characters kits and some system mechanics instead of full overhauls really shows how well balanced the game is. I'd like it more if Grappler players were allowed to enjoy the game though. I may not like being a grappler myself, but nothing frustrates me more than a character with a barebones kit and over reliance on system mechanics to do anything

Good point on some negativity in communities, especially GameFAQs for games like SFV & Strive. Games aren't perfect, but I've been thankful to play, & enjoyed. SF6 has been great for me: the mechanics, art, World Tour, & more. But the Could Not Verify Capcom ID link error screen that bars online for those who can't get their PSN, etc. to link- for some reason, has been a first in gaming for me. Over 6 months of attempts, research, & emails to Capcom ID. A solution's the thing I want most from the patch. Even mentioned I'd gladly pay for a fix & buy stuff in BH. Good vid.

"is salt informing my opinion" is why i never take whatever Mena says seriously.

GOAT VIDEO !!!!!!!

“Killed their grandmas dog” made me chuckle

Salt and Personal Pride go hand-in-hand like fireballs and dps.

Jwong is insane, doesn’t matter what game… he can almost play anything.

Here’s the thing. I freaking KNOW HOW TO DO A FIREBALL AND A SHORYU! Even offline I can’t seem to land consistently. I looked at different approaches, listened to people what I may be doing wrong looked at the frame data tried different controllers and I just can’t land consistently. There’s a core level of broken with this game and it needs to be fixed.. the game feels more algorithmic than me actually playing. I don’t enjoy that. Not only that but the “Parry” is not a parry. It’s a shield. I like drive impact and I really like the engagement of this game but it really feels like I’m not even playing sometimes. Winning or losing I can’t stand that

In sfv i learned that arguing with these people is pointless, "you play abigail!" Meanwhile my opponent is playing balrog or bison using the best V skill and trigger, they lose and say the old games are better