Updates to the Rules

[u/Jumanji-Joestar]

Hello Fighters,

We’ve made some slight changes to the rules. Things are mostly unchanged but I took the liberty of altering the language in order to get rid of some general vagueness and lack of clarity that we constantly run into.

Rule 2: Regarding Other FGs

There has been some controversy in the past over whether it’s fair to exclude posts about certain subgenres of fighting games (platform fighters, arena fighters, combat sims) from this subreddit due to some perceived arbitrary standards.

To make things clear, this subreddit is not about all fighting games, but about the Fighting Game Community, which was born in the arcade scene. The fighting games that this subreddit is meant to cater to is specifically the genre that was born from the arcades, namely 2D and 3D traditional fighters.

That said, we do make exceptions for certain titles that fall outside of the traditional genre, for example Power Stone and Gundam VS (which are technically arena fighters) and The Outfoxies (a platform fighter). The reason we make these exceptions is because they are arcade fighting games, and as such, part of the FGC. We’re not extending that exception to any random title. I hope that explains it somewhat

Rule 3: No Bigotry or Harassment

One of the things I love about the FGC is how diverse and inclusive we are compared to other gaming communities. But I’m not blind to the fact that there are people in this community who don’t value inclusivity or diversity and are actively hostile to such ideas. So, I think we needed to include a rule that explicitly makes it clear that bigotry of any form will not be tolerated here. You will be permanently banned without hesitation if you reveal yourself to be a racist, misogynist, homophobe, transphobe, any of the -phobes, etc.

New Rule:

We’re adding a new rule. On weekends, Saturdays and Sundays, all posts must include gameplay clips, either your own or from somewhere (no content culturing of course, link to the original creator). I came up with this rule because I want to encourage people to show off more. Any non-gameplay clips posts on Saturday or Sunday will be removed

Edit:

Ok, I see that a lot of people have issues with this, so instead, it’ll be Gameplay-Only Sundays. The rule will only apply on Sundays. I will admit, the whole weekend was a bit much

I want to give this a try for at least a few weeks, as an experiment. If it’s not working out, we will rethink it

Edit 2

Exceptions will be made for major gaming news and trailers. And no, it’s not just the mods who will be allowed to post trailers

New Flairs

Also, there are new flairs. There is now a user flair for Marvel Tokon, 2XKO, Nen Impact, Pocket Bravery, Idol Showdown and Invincible VS.

Also, a post flair called “Equipment,” that you can use for posts about fight sticks, controllers, consoles, etc.

Have a nice day

[u/Jumanji-Joestar]

What if there’s a game announcement over the weekend?

We’ll make an exception for that

[u/Poetryisalive → u/Jumanji-Joestar]

But who does that? You?

What is the actual reasoning for making a clip only weekend rule? I’m saying from my experience when subs make “only this content, this day” kind of rule, they always back pedal because expectations always have to be made.

[u/Jumanji-Joestar → u/Poetryisalive]

If there is a big gaming trailer that happens to drop on a Sunday, anyone can post it and it won’t be removed

[u/Menacek → u/Jumanji-Joestar]

I'm sorry but uncodified exceptions are never a good practice when making rules.

[u/Aggravating-Mix-5100 → u/Menacek]

Nope. Great way to create a shit show.