Yeah, it exists, but I think the point Aris was making was very salient: when you take away the openness of the FGC, it stops being the FGC.
As you guys know, I've been to tons of tournaments. And one of the most interesting things across various games is to see the differences between the communities. And let me tell you this: the fighting game scene and all its subdivisions (I'm including smash because they are culturally pretty similar) are the tightest knit of all.
Outside of team houses, professional PC games are very much a personal endeavor. The vast majority of interaction is made online, and its pretty anonymous. FG culture developed from guys going to arcades/each other's houses almost every day and hanging out. People NEED each other to get better, and things like regional rivalries make people really close. There is slang, inside jokes, and whatnot and it'll come out on stream, but once you know the context of it all, its a lot more reasonable.
Telling people to not talk shit or to calm down the language in a Fighting Game tournament is like trying to host a rap battle on The Tonight Show. It just doesn't make any sense.
So we agree then? SRK is a terrible website full of trolls and bad players. Most stream monsters don't even play the game.
The actual community (i.e. the people who are at the tournaments) is really cool tho.
