When I went to a GameCity event in December 2016, I was dismayed to see so very few people playing SF – it was clear to me that the community was dead. I started my events to become better at SFV because there was no community in place (knowing it is one of the best ways to level up), but I also was genuinely sad that there was nothing for anyone, let alone for us SF fans, and I wanted to build a place we could all enjoy.
I knew that “If I build it, they will come” - and I was right. I was happy to see that players old and new could have fun, meet people, get better at fighting games. Once I resurrected the SFV community, I resurrected the T7 community too, and for similar reasons. Even though I have very little interest in T7, I was sympathetic. To me it was dead like SF, with no known help in sight with GameCity having just closed. Bridging all the FGC’s has been a dream of mine ever since 2012 in order to make Perth stronger, this is something every other state except WA has done - it is also my belief that we are every bit as good as our ‘Eastern Overlords’. To me, to think that another state is somehow superior in fighting game, is just BS lies.
What people do not know is, until the last few tournaments I have lost hundreds of dollars overall. From re-learning the ropes (I used to run ONLY casuals over 4 years ago), to not having other people offering to help/maybe me not accepting help. The last event was a total disaster for me because everyone kept leaving..but ironically though, the FGC made $16, because of a $5 donation from a T7 guy who I’m pretty sure was somewhat new and $11 from just recouping slightly more than spent – something I did not mention as of late due to a lot of painful things happening in my personal life…
At the WADBO event, the two-day event which ran for over 24 hours, when everyone was having fun and thanking me etc - I played about two hours of SF total, keeping in mind I really want to improve as a player too. Since then I decided I was ‘in-over-my head’ and needed someone to spearhead games I had no interest on a personal level (T7 and others) other than wanting to help the respective communities. I mean, If I book the event, spend hours making a FB post with all event details, get change, take signups, spend hours removing and packing a small army of setups from my home, only to then deploy them at the venue, pack up and redploy at home – then maybe it’s fair to ask, nay demand someone in the T7 community help me after I have done nothing but help them?
If you want records, I got some records of each tournament: Excel documents of who paid on-the-day and how much, bank account details for money withdrawn the day before, PayPal cost of physical prizes - and I can release some of that if really need be. But honestly, fuck every person in the respective FGC who ever accused or even believed me of stealing, you'd have to be a fucking moron to believe I would spend several hours per event just to steal chump change from people who directly benefit from my efforts – fuck you to hell. To the people who created these lies: I do not hate you, I may not like you, but if I cannot hate those from my past who have wronged me 10,000x more then I cannot hate you. You can keep on creating lies - but I will never hate you. You cannot make someone hate - who is by nature, incapable of hate. I cannot be stopped, I will not be stopped.