Fine, screw majors. Let's just talk about local competition. Take a look at the regional matchmaker place on SRK for 2D games, and then look at TZ.com or even KOR's facebook academy.
I don't watch movies. I don't have a television. I don't eat outside. I buy cheap deoderant/shampoo/soap. I have no furniture. I sleep on the floor. I don't spend any money on fashion and only buy clothes when my previous ones are torn. I share a 2 bedroom apartment with 3 men sleeping in the living room to save on rent/food. I choose this to fund my Tekken hobby from my current income and travel when I can and am capable. Sure, I'm a minority so I'll admit that.
Forget people who travel, let's just look at people who at least try to make a local scene without sacrificing. I know 5 people who actually play Tekken in my city. Yet only 2 of us are willing to meet to play. No matter how much I call or persuade these other guys they're not interested. I travel to Toronto for a bunch of MAJORS, and I knew at least 12 people that live in the area that didn't bother showing up. I went to Montreal for a monthly tournament, again a lot of the people that play the game didn't show up. The best player in Canada (PSN: TheInsaneBoss) is in Montreal and he stopped going to locals. I play (amazing) people online that are amazing like jinandkazama81 who I found out lived in Montreal and they will refuse to show up. There isn't a drive.
Tekken still thrives in Korea/Japan but that's not what your original post was about. A lot of people complain about how Tekken is treated in eventhubs but all these people are doing is barking. You make a statement with actions. You start showing up to things that are at least somewhat convenient to you. If you can't make time for those, then the case is closed. Tekken going to continue to fall further and further into the same circle of relevance games like VF/Skullgirls.
Again, I've reached a point where I don't care. I'll keep playing and travelling because I have fun. But I'm not going to delude myself by expecting Tekken to get the same treatment Capcom players get because the community I'm a part of don't have the same drive as them.
Like Sayah said, be happy with what Tekken has for now and stop feeling persecuted when Tekken isn't getting the same popularity as the Capcom games.
Really gotta applaud that enthusiasm and effort.
Myself, I love the game and want to see the community grow, but I most definitely haven't put in as much effort as you or some other people have. I've only gone to one tourney my entire life so yeah.
But I don't know if it's healthy to sacrifice THAT much bro.
Don't make your life harder b/c of Tekken. As far as your comments on local play, the addition of online this generation is probably the reason you won't see a lot of people coming out to locals. Whereas before T6/TTT2, I'd imagine Tekken locals were more active. Now people just play from their home and are too tired or lazy to go out anywhere after work/school/etc. But then you'd think the same would apply for 2D players but it doesn't. SO you have a point.
And I definitely don't think Tekken players should feel persecuted. Don't know why there's any need to. Tekken may be dwindling but it's still doing a whole lot better than most other fighters. The online community is very active and Tekken players haven't had to deal with all the bullshit that some other FG fans had to go through. We're technically very privileged actually because this gen, we've received the best treatment and the best fanbase service. SCV was rushed. SFXTK had crazy tons of DLC. Vanilla MvC3 was lacking in pretty much even basic features essential in a fighter. ETC. And even today, Marvel fans are daily hoping for a patch. Whereas Tekken got instant patches for any problems that were found.
Yeah, if anything, we need to be happy with what we got.
