Why Are Fighting Games So Gay?

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On todays episode our hero journeys into the depths of professional esports while trying to answer one of life's most difficult questions, just why are there SO many gay people in the fighting game community? Through extensive research, personal experience, and one too many white monsters, our hero finally completes this exhausting task, bringing only the most important information back with them. From CSGO, to Guilty Gear, the Overwatch League, to Super Smash Bros. Melee, they left no stone unturned, and no person left behind in this quest benefitting all of mankind.
Breaking character for a moment, I've been working on this video since roughly late February. Initially starting as a project for my FMS 303 course, it then turned into a passion project spanning multiple months. The original, 7-minute, version of this video (viewable in my previous video) managed to get nominated for "best documentary" at the University of Kansas' award ceremony, and I knew I was onto something. Between school, work, and of course grinding ranked, this sure took a long time to get to a state in which I was proud to publish it, but alas here we are. Thanks.
Primary articles referenced -
www.adl.org/resources/report/...
teamliquid.com/news/2023/06/3...
www.wired.com/story/fighting-...
gametyrant.com/news/smashin-t...
www.eventhubs.com/news/2019/j...
Timestamps -
Intro 0:00-1:32
Vol.1 Watering the Grassroots 1:33-6:18
Vol. 2 Recourse and Representation 6:19-12:35
Vol. 3 Putting the “G” in FGC 12:36-18:57
Vol. 4 Genderational Talent 18:58-24:00
Vol. 5 Why this Matters 24:01-25:40
Epilogue 25:41-26:39
All my links -
linktr.ee/goIdy
All music used -
• fGAYc ost
Outro-
• Rav - YOU FUCKERS WERE...
How I made this episode -
• how i made "why are fi...
thanks for watching :)
#fightinggames #lgbtqia

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@goIdy Ай бұрын

hey gang, i just wanted to say how truly appreciative i am for everyone taking time out of their day to watch my silly little gay video. when i was first making this video my goal was to “hit 100 views within this month”, and i think it’s safe to say that goal was achieved. i can’t promise when my next video will be out, nor what that video will be about, but i can absolutely guarantee you that it’ll have the same level of care, time, and resources put into it. i would greatly appreciate if you stuck around to see what else i have cooking, and if you’re interested in any updates i highly recommend checking out my twitter. once again thanks to everyone for watching and i hope to see you soon !

@grittytenacious6004 Ай бұрын

haven't even seen any of your videos yet, but you already seem so genuine. definitely sticking around

@j0hncon5tantine Ай бұрын

I heavily disagree with you and I think you should hear out my take on it. I have been to plenty of fighting game tournaments/ fighting game events and have only seen anything LGBTQ+ in the last 5-6 years. My take is the opposite, because the community is more volatile than most, the games being very stressful because of the win or lose by yourself style of gameplay, being competitive to the point of being unfriendly for a very large portion of the time you play it, and extremely aggressive in general, it then in turn attracts and retains 99.99999 out of a 100 males and very close to 0 females, so it essentially becomes a "pretty much" all male space, and all male spaces will as an eventually exhibit some form of gay and/or trans members to some degree based on what is considered socially acceptable in general at the time, just like all other mostly male spaces such as the army, navy, boy scouts, all male schools, religious groupings, prison, etc do as well. Add this to what is trending socially in the past 5-6 years and how the groups I have just mentioned have changed as well in the last 5-6 years, and there you go......... I would really like to have a friendly discourse with you further on this if you would like.........

@bladedsweep8303 Ай бұрын

My favorite part of the video is learning that I was 20 minutes away from a smash locals. 10/10

@ArchSchizo Ай бұрын

@@j0hncon5tantine I noticed that trend of more transwomen and gay men (as opposed to the other way around) in several male spaces, like DnD, speedrunning, etc. If people outside the hobby view it as a "male hobby" then it would likely attract more gay men and MtF than women of any kind. Except for, possibly, transwomen who prefer women/FtM. I think its more about the implication of your possible friend group than stress, but I can see what you are coming from. Great point about prison, military, scouts, and such. Women's spaces wouldn't attract transmen, imo, because women's spaces are more overtly women-only. Typically more akin to support groups rather than entertainment. Of course, the high ratio of transgender men to women leads to some heavy bias. Interesting how in unsegregated hobbies like gaming and streaming, the audiences are heavily skewed men. Either women are making "male accounts" in the same way everyone online is "18 years of age"... or women have their own internet that men don't know about.

@j0hncon5tantine Ай бұрын

@@ArchSchizo Yeah, I mean, I have been playing for many years and I have played in tournaments and in arcades and special capcom events, etc... and have had people yell at me and get very upset, at this small tournament that I won, this guy shoved me very hard.... this video seems kind of like a fantasy compared to my experiences.... or the creator of the video talking about his experiences in a very small sub group in the fighting game community that happens to be very friendly and supportive, before covid, I did visit a street fighter 5 local where it was kind of more upper class people that were super friendly and bought free food for everybody and stuff, but there was no LGBTQ+ people there that I could tell.... fighting games do not just attract mostly males, but also introverted people as well, and that is a factor.......

@jynxbc Ай бұрын

pretty cool to see guilty gear invent gay people

@pablobarrios7681 22 сағат бұрын

Shout out to daisuke ishiwatari, he created gays, metal and air dashes and watercolor anime illustrations

@Pickletron275 19 сағат бұрын

Thank you brisket guilty gear for transing my gender 🥹

@Feedbackking13 Ай бұрын

Three reasons 1.) Autism 2.) Anyone can win or join the FGC 3.) Character designers have more of an opportunity to give the right flair to their creations

@captainhydrodus4616 Ай бұрын

LGBT and Austim truly go hand and hand. almost like the Autistic people can't tell they're being taken advantage of.

@noirlavender6409 Ай бұрын

this seems about right but also you forget it's CURRENT YEAR and in current year they're deleting femboys and replacing them with lgtbetc representation (bridget, testament, vivian) at this rate im sure they'll try making astolfo a transgirl in the next fate/whogivesashit too

@Lestat13TheVampire Ай бұрын

I think point #1 leads into the concept of 1v1 games vs team games. These people will flourish in solo games better.

@Feedbackking13 Ай бұрын

@@Lestat13TheVampire Also, for older games like Killer Instinct, I really don't see a neurotypical person playing them for that long.

@kylespevak6781 Ай бұрын

Definitely autism. There's a huge correlation with gender disforia

@MistuFiner Ай бұрын

8:25 I'm glad my silly shitpost of Johnny microwaving a fork got so much attention but damn what

@goIdy Ай бұрын

😭😭😭 i got that on my home page when i was starting to make this video and i was like “hm i think this has to go in somewhere”

@eeveepi Ай бұрын

This video may have pushed me further in accepting the fact that I might be trans. Don’t know yet but goated video

@bonkloud8182 28 минут бұрын

good luck

@crixis48 Ай бұрын

"any fighting game event every week"... do you actually have those in your places i feel so jealous

@r.i.petika829 Ай бұрын

We just love lettuce guacamole bacon tomato sandwiches

@bardockvegetable6377 Ай бұрын

Personally I add Queso to it for the full expereince

@r.i.petika829 Ай бұрын

@@bardockvegetable6377 can’t forget the queso

@gxf4ever805 Ай бұрын

Thats kinda based

@juniperrodley9843 Ай бұрын

@@bardockvegetable6377 The Evil Chipotle

@CardboardBones Күн бұрын

@@juniperrodley9843Gay Chipotle >:3

@MelodyNosurname Ай бұрын

THANK YOU FOR THE SHOUTOUT ILY

@bonkloud8182 28 минут бұрын

big fan btw

@BLAHBLAH1000shop 27 күн бұрын

I got recommended this vid by a socal local group. When I started at my local last year I immediately noticed way more diversity than other videogame events I've been to in the past (I was only familiar with online shooters at the time). I really appreciate you sharing your experience and other icons in the FGC. The welcoming aspect of the community benefits everybody and I experienced that first-hand when moving to a completely new state and fighting through some social anxiety. Makes a lot of sense that the social and self-improvement aspect of these games invites some of the most awesome people to play!

@99jmaster Ай бұрын

"I've played OverWatch and smashed since I was in middle school" that shit makes me feel so old

@kR-qj7rw Ай бұрын

Overwatch came out on what 2015-6? It makes sense

@99jmaster 7 күн бұрын

@@kR-qj7rw 2015 was my final year of high school That's why it makes me feel old, same thing happens every time I talk to an adult that was born after 9/11

@Ghee_Buttersnaps Ай бұрын

A sub 1k channel about fighting games with structured commentary *AND A MIC THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A TIN CAN!!...* a trully astounding experience in this day age 👏👏👏

@jayfirson13 Ай бұрын

You won't be disappointed

@iriszeldaana Ай бұрын

cant believe this video wasnt just an umisho clipset smh

@ordoarc4739 Ай бұрын

"been playing overwatch since middle school" just call me a fossil why don't ya

@chuaam Ай бұрын

If Goldy has 100000000 fans I am one of them. If Goldy has 0 fans I have been killed.

@oishicurrypuffus Ай бұрын

Good

@21Handguns Ай бұрын

@@oishicurrypuffusPOV: no parents

@QenaitheCustodianGuard Ай бұрын

POV : like and pinbaiting NPC commenter.

@chuaam Ай бұрын

@@QenaitheCustodianGuard dude eat a fart

@chuaam Ай бұрын

@@QenaitheCustodianGuard dude eat a fart

@zedc6072 Ай бұрын

as far as im concerned all fighting games are gay

@Gazyumi 10 күн бұрын

Your conclusion at the end of the video really spoke to me, I have so much appreciation for the fgc because of the space and community provides. fighting games (for me atleast) are about accepting yourself and improving upon the aspects you feel can be improved upon, and then always being open to helping others get better at their craft no matter their walks of life. I'm not particularly good about putting how I feel about fighting games into words but they're very important to me and many others. This was an awesome video that really reinforced the goodwill I feel for the fgc. :)

@jpisg Ай бұрын

i was waiting for capcom and 3d fighters to show up but they barely did, the fact that overwatch has more footage than either of those is crazy

@bradens.3125 Ай бұрын

shoutout to muteace for being both gay but also having rheumatoid arthritis and also purposefully suffering with one of the most hand intensive characters in the game despite the disability

@goIdy Ай бұрын

thanks goldy this video saved my 11 year marriage

@CuriuMusic Ай бұрын

Forgot to change accounts is wild 😭

@goIdy Ай бұрын

@@CuriuMusic my goat here as always

@CuriuMusic Ай бұрын

@@goIdy 💯

@Aaa-vp6ug Ай бұрын

Wow, congrats on saving your marriage!

@Shy_Abi Ай бұрын

_"Shut up, shut up. Shut up and sit the hell down! And don't ask me for shit, okay?"_ -Katsuhiro Harada, Director of Tekken

@punchypup Ай бұрын

Wild to see our bracket in the first 3 seconds :3

@tahubob Ай бұрын

Great video! It may have been a bit before your time but Scarlett's career in Starcraft II was incredible and worth looking up

@goIdy Ай бұрын

right i’ve seen several comments talking about scarlett, and it was before my time but you’re totally right i’ll have to give that a look !

@AlberioOrion Ай бұрын

That's not a fighting game I've never heard of, that's Chaos Code, I have it on Steam. Wait... Crap, I might just be the trans girl in the local scene who's always practicing fighting games that no one's ever heard of and I feel called out by this.

@taczpat5610 Ай бұрын

title: Why Are Fighting Games So Gay? video: Guilty Gear with Smash sprinkled on top.

@Stankem Ай бұрын

Real. I feel bad for +R/Xrd fans

@Adu767 Ай бұрын

Also Overwatch, for some reason??

@Bareq_99 Ай бұрын

@@Stankemwhy do u feel bad for +R/xrd fans

@Stankem Ай бұрын

@@Bareq_99 Because strive/strive fans exist.

@Bareq_99 Ай бұрын

@@Stankem they are.. the same fans?? my strive friends still regulate xrd lol they dont hate eachother

@waapi1914 Ай бұрын

Good video one small issue where the heck do you fit an ENTIRE town inside someone

@tpbvirusofficial6676 Ай бұрын

the switch to the yard at the end made me think i had autoplay on lmao. awesome video

@ethencastillo3514 Ай бұрын

WE MAKING IT OUT OF POOLS WITH THIS ONE 🗣️🗣️🔥🔥

@Dartremix Ай бұрын

amazing video, fun watch all the way through!

@adreamer5920 Ай бұрын

Great essay putting what everyone had on their tongues out into video

@muniz9046 Ай бұрын

yo that controller in the end and the keyboard on your tweet are the goats of this video for me ngl, great video btw, kinda sad those types of events are rare here in The South (the global one)

@muniz9046 Ай бұрын

one on one combat prolly plays a role on that as well, in traditional sports is very easy for people to get in a us vs them mentality. Would be interesting to see if that also happens to chess, considering that i only ever heard of guity gear in trans contexts i feel safe to assume it does not happen, which probably has to do with the fact that is way harder to relate to a tower than it is to a hot person draw by a potencially underpaid japanese artist (guilty gear is japanese right? i just assumed it because of the convulated lore)

@pank3245 Ай бұрын

You forgot to mention that Venom is gay considering this video focuses mostly on Guilty Gear lol

@goIdy Ай бұрын

yea i do say “there are multiple characters throughout the series”, though i only specifically talk about testament and bridget. should’ve mentioned venom though for sure

@pank3245 Ай бұрын

@@goIdy regardless it was a good video

@juniperrodley9843 Ай бұрын

@@goIdy good video as the other person said, but ye Venom's definitely notable as a very early and unambiguous example

@eribrin650 Ай бұрын

glad you shouted out the random trans girl in the corner of the venue teaching people kuso games. anyways wanna play hinokakera

@RevolverJunkie Күн бұрын

you don't see a video called "Why Are Fighting Games So Gay?" and proceed to scroll by without a second thought.

@SuzakuX Ай бұрын

There are honestly so many factors. Fighting games have always been more diverse, also having a disproportionately large black audience compared to other genres. Played internationally, with large rosters of characters designed to have broad appeal. Meritocracy, one on one, with a focus on mutual improvement. And just bonding over shared interest.

@theoamos24 Ай бұрын

Black audience (me), lgtb audience, Disabled audience (also me).. it's why i love the fgc. The large diversity it has. A mecca of diffrent personalities and lives all for competition.

@Qwerty-jy9mj Ай бұрын

None of that has to do with homosexuals though

@user-qd7oj4zy9x Ай бұрын

starcraft, age of empires are 1 on 1 too for the most part.

@Stankem Ай бұрын

The answer is autism. An extreme amount of Trans/gender diverse people are on the spectrum. Its the reason why they fixate and get so good. Ask SonicFox

@kR-qj7rw Ай бұрын

I'm just fruity and like seeing pretty colors on supers

@estongyamot9123 Ай бұрын

Scarlett from Starcraft 2 is also noteworthy

@evilded2 Күн бұрын

The fact it's noteworthy kinda shows the difference

@BunnyToppy Ай бұрын

This is such a lovely and banger vid, cant wait to see more def subscribing 😁

@thomasjames5630 Ай бұрын

Fantastic video, taught me a lot of cool things,

@VinceOfAllTrades Ай бұрын

Great job explaining this! An honorable mention (since you state that you don't follow Street Fighter) is Ricki Ortiz, who was a top player in SF4/5. She was the first openly gay (then) top player I was aware of, and eventually came out as trans.

@regnsloja Ай бұрын

regular esports forgot to hire a character designer for their pro players, they all just look like "esports guy"

@tleevz1 Ай бұрын

I also went to KU for film, play Overwatch, Smash, and think the bear, yo yo, and skates situation make Bridget a really fun character.

@wweis6772 Ай бұрын

The fact I'm practicing Johnny rn made me audibly wheeze

@igorsilva9395 Ай бұрын

Hey, nice video! Best for you. Greetings from Brazil.

@jartoad Ай бұрын

fantastic video❗️ it perfectly sums why the fgc is awesome keep it up man

@burburr8520 Ай бұрын

Being a falco player is so funny. You have your old gods (pc chris, doctor peepee), one true god (buster/kid/goat) and the four horsemen/woman(westballz, ginger, magi, bobby). Every single falco player will pick one of each to draw inspo from and it reflects on their play sooo much and i love it

@goIdy Ай бұрын

all im saying is, the kid won tipped off after i made this video. coincidence? i think not.

@burburr8520 Ай бұрын

@@goIdy well post more vids I can't live the past two years again

@catsandraccoons Ай бұрын

As a fellow trans gal finally starting to play fighting games this year, thank you so much for making this. I feel so seen and represented and among my own people with the FGC community. It’s such an inspiration to see people like Umisho and Magi reach the heights they have in tournaments, and to see folks like yourself just as enamored with the scene as I am. Happy Pride Month Queen 💖🌈

@Sinetheballwoman Ай бұрын

This is so refreshing it was hilarious. That saul badguy tgirl rep line killed me It feels so amazing to have positive anything about LGBTQ community. This made me very happy thank you

@yoruzeruel5009 Ай бұрын

Great video, definitely one of the reasons I love fighting games so much, I'll send this to my gf, she'll love it. Happy pride!

@toharhameiri1029 Ай бұрын

This made me remember how I fell in love with fighting games in the first place, forgetting about everything else and just fucking dunking someone back into the shadow realm or spectacularly failing is such a freeing thing. and the best part is your get to shit talk either way :3

@JazCookie Ай бұрын

Using Rav as the outro song? Peak video

@kinsmanne98 Ай бұрын

Really neat video! It’s always so cool to me to see the experiences the FGC let people have, and this was really well put together on top of that. I’m part of a much smaller scene (the asian Rivals of Aether scene) and it’s led me to meet so many cool people with so many diverse backgrounds that I never would have imagined meeting otherwise. The game itself has these little profile avatars you can use, and naturally had the options for pride flags. I only got into the scene pretty recently after finding out I was bi, and I wasn’t really ready to be so open about it (nor am i now honestly haha). But seeing so many openly fall under the LGBTQ+ umbrella and see the community- MY community, so accepting of that, it inspired me enough to use it when I played. It’s a really small thing, yeah, but it meant so much to me that I could even get the chance to express myself like that. It meant even more to see my fellow players so supportive and chill with it, especially when interacting with other people wearing the same icon I happened to come across on matchmaking or in bracket. Still so happy to be part of this community just for something so small as me deciding to click the cool looking purple flag on my monitor, and I’m even happier to see other people have similar experiences :)

@aleblasco39 Ай бұрын

In League, there was a NA player by the name of Remilia who went to play on the LCS for a couple of years iirc and she was trans. She played support (like yourself) but she was in one of the worst teams so she didn't stay for long tho. Anyways, I loved the video and the perspective that you use while talking about this.

@ChefCaspian Ай бұрын

W video honestly your video got me genderly euphoric, it made me happy

@rakanelafrangi161 Ай бұрын

Solid video, encapsulates everything I love about fighting games in general

@how2tj Ай бұрын

There’s no space in gaming quite as comfortable as the FGC. Great Video! And happy pride y’all!

@kutiekandise Ай бұрын

praying for the magi interview

@Sin606 Ай бұрын

This has been an interesting video, thank you for this. Honestly I didn't think it mattered too much when it came to sex or gender, because personally once you enter the arena you leave everything behind, you're no longer man or woman, elder or child, one sexual orientation over another. When it's a competition that's all it is, one v one...unless it's team based. That aside I was aware about some of this stuff and it's important for everyone to have some representation, but it should be good, and you did that with this vid. Thanks again.

@NadiaDelcatty-pg6fs 2 күн бұрын

Any video with Magi in it is a good video

@borostanca Ай бұрын

This video, editing, the jokes etc is awesome pls marry me idk

@nwz6084 Ай бұрын

don't forget the gay kisses making out after sets for guilty gear strive

@xdgamesCoUk Ай бұрын

I wouldn't use the smash community as a representation of the fighting game community. Would have made a lot more sense to use Street Fighter, or Tekken.

@lydiawilder5996 Ай бұрын

Ehh Street Fighter is a lot more toxic than most other communities, and more queerphobic.

@xdgamesCoUk Ай бұрын

@@lydiawilder5996 yes, and it is also by far the most popular fighting game, encompassing vast majority of the fighting game community, and as such is a much better representation of the fighting game community than smash. So if you want to say that the street fighter community seems toxic and queerphobic, it goes against the whole premise of this video.

@lydiawilder5996 Ай бұрын

@@xdgamesCoUk In comparison, not overall

@irrelevoice Ай бұрын

I remember seeing the tweet about the estrogen bottle! It's so cool how so many people don't bat an eye when it comes to LGBT people just wanting to exist.

@tchukkelz2246 Ай бұрын

19:37 Had me rolling, go get that degree girl

@rougenarwhal8378 Ай бұрын

13:56 damn now HRT's a performance enhancing drug too, what the fuck cant they do

@spookyfungus Ай бұрын

holy shit, this video is boss as fuck. absolutely bangerlicious. liked, commented, and subscribed in the hopes that it will push this video in the algorithm.

@arcanearya513 6 минут бұрын

The signing the first estradiol bottle thing was really cute 💜

@lamMeTV Ай бұрын

Is a film degree really worth it compared to just watching movies for 2 to 4 years?

@epicnan1855 Ай бұрын

5:22 yay Dara mentioned! seriously, it's such a good commentator, and this take is so based

@tacticalkiwibird1960 Ай бұрын

i know your way more geared towards gaming content but you should totaly do a video on on future card buddyfights anime and specifically how the characters are suprisingly complex for a card game anime

@mablungbalrog424 Ай бұрын

they're par for the course for card game shows

@ChellyChel2001 Ай бұрын

This was an amazing video! As someone who has semi-recently joined the FGC, I was initially nervous that I wasn't going to fit in or receive judgement for being different. When I started going to more regional tournaments I realized that like so many people are part of the LGBT community to the point where I feel like I'm in the majority lmao. It is a very comforting experience knowing that there are people within the community going through the same thing I am, and I am extremely grateful for that. Yes I am a Trans Woman, and yes I do play Guilty Gear Xrd (I main Slayer, I love BEEG damage).

@chumples8565 Ай бұрын

As someone from KC Smash I'm really glad you made this video it was hilarious but also very important to talk about (Also seeing my gameplay in a video titled "Why are fighting games so gay? makes me so happy) Wish I had talked to you at Sweet Spot 8 lol

@goIdy Ай бұрын

oh i know you ! i think you were at the first local i ever went to like a year or two ago, it was in that level up arena in a walmart lmao

@hyato64 Ай бұрын

I remember being young and having a friend that loved Shun from Saint Seiya anime and loving the boy with the white hair (dont remember the name) from Sakura Card Captors... At that time, I didn't know that he was homosexual and he loved those characters bc it represented him. Many years have passed, we are still old friends and I remember never thinking less of him bc he was "weird" like to others kids called him... And I think that representation in those animes mattered so much for me to understand that there are people like him in this world. Anyway, today we are in a very weird place related to representation in videogames, moves, series etc... Many times the representations seems soo off to me... and IDK why it seems soo artificial and not the same that I've experienced with this friend. But I fear that the this kind of "miss representation" is somehow upsetting people so much more.... and I feel that many times is incentivizing more racism and more prejudice. There is any balance to this approach of representation? Why I feel that a new Star Wars character super dull and generic while I love each cast of anime Dungeon Meshi (where almost every single body type, color and minority is represented in there) ? It's really werdy... maybe I don't know what I'm talking about and shouldn't talk about this. Idk if I expressed well this feeling... But yeah... sorry if I offended someone... I loved ur video! Subscribed :D

@estongyamot9123 Ай бұрын

i think figthing games is preferred to be played the way it is side by side is due to its roots way back playing it on arcade where both respect and hype is achived whenever a new challenger bravely lines up or puts their token on the arcade cabinet to challenge the current playing champion ... online esports in the other hand hides in their avatar character that most of the time anonimity can change the way people behave than face to face

@BoyMadeEvil Ай бұрын

awesome video!

@melaniabladeofmiquella Ай бұрын

I for one welcome all people into gaming and find it interesting that certain demographics have preferences. Also big muscle men with ripped shirts

@jessie_mooo Ай бұрын

great video!

@goIdy Ай бұрын

thanks !

@shlrup6154 Ай бұрын

im absolutely stealing that first empty estrogen bottle thing thats a perfect idea

@mimszanadunstedt441 Ай бұрын

Maybe RTS is dead because no grassroots rts. I think that could change, you can make a fighting-rts hybrid genre, I already thought of a couple ways to do so. No keyboard needed.

@ShoukerX Ай бұрын

20:00 Wait a second... Bridget is also British! 😱

@claimingagate Ай бұрын

BIGOT BILLY BEER BASED BRITISH

@eukarya_ Ай бұрын

Isn't Bridget from Brittany, France? Which is arguably worse actually...

@ShoukerX Ай бұрын

@@eukarya_ She's from England, you can check the wiki if you want.

@sagehoge Ай бұрын

i cheered and stood up when you confirmed you don't play Bridget and instead Johnny (A.B.A. player here I hope all Bridget mains have a very stepped on a Lego day)

@sagehoge Ай бұрын

Bridget as a character is sick though and I'm glad she's in the game (not gameplay) and makes people happy.

@Aondeug 29 күн бұрын

For me a big part of what got me into fighting games beyond seeing that I could have Megaman and Spiderman on the same team in Marvel was the fact that there were so many girls I could play as. Because oh wow they're girls just like me. They also happen to be very pretty girls who are dressed "interestingly". And while we can and should say things about how women are depicted in these games, as a tiny butch who did not yet realize she was into girls there was just something very magical about characters like Cammy or Ivy.

@evilded2 Күн бұрын

13:28 I can't imagine finding out about cow lady post retirement into realizing that she's an evo champion.

@drivingfast6763 Ай бұрын

Good vid 👍

@Akriu Ай бұрын

Happy chaos my one and only

@igem03 Ай бұрын

imagine living somewhere where locals happen. couldnt be me

@kylespevak6781 Ай бұрын

7:02 We used to have that everywhere before social media killed third places and hanging out was basically criminalized

@mrorange8576 Ай бұрын

Gaming is just so much more based when people from totally different backgrounds, cultures, identities etc can sit down and just have fun together

@Marssonde1 Ай бұрын

I use based differently

@mrorange8576 Ай бұрын

@@Marssonde1 Womp womp.

@CardboardBones Күн бұрын

Thank you so much for making this (and the gender bender video). Im a trans girl almost a year on E, and ive been blown away by the importance of finding a communities that support me. Like you said, its incredibly inspiring to see other trans people succeed (and in my case, trans women succeed).

@zazertyoup9366 Ай бұрын

6:23 where is sheeeeeeeeeeee why didn't she come to my local ? ho wait mb it's me, guess i need to bring my setup to play 3rd strike to my local now

@theycanlion2265 Ай бұрын

Great video

@frozmo369 23 сағат бұрын

1:33 the picture of slime lol

@wuteverfloats Ай бұрын

Leafblade mentioned ❤️

@shaftmastr7753 Ай бұрын

to me, a fight is as emotionally intimate as sex, and for a long time men have only ever felt they could express the way they feel about another man through fighting and competition. the very concept of rivalry is very romantic to begin with, and truth be told many fighting game players love their rival. love is an energy which helps you to grow, and growing thru competition is what fighting games are all about

@EyesDontCry Ай бұрын

"All is gay in love and war"

@millyardopeacecraft9778 Ай бұрын

This is assertionism

@tang620 Ай бұрын

Kiss your anime rival, it's good for both of your competitive growth fr fr

@MoroccoKindaCringe Ай бұрын

It's true that in sports like jiujitsu people say they really get to know their opponent through the matches... also it's a fighting style where men grab each other on the ground, so you might really be onto something

@DeaconBlu35 Ай бұрын

Holy shit This is hot