Why Are Fighting Games So Gay?

[@goIdy]

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]

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

[@bladedsweep8303]

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

[@NarficAcid]

First video of yours that I’m seeing due to my echo chambers of fighting game stuff and LGBTQ+ issues coming together in the best way. I have to say it’s an excellently crafted video. Hope to see more. I went to my first local fighting game meet-ups 1-2 months ago and saw many LGBTQ+ people there, which I was glad to see. 😁To me, even as a cis-gender person, it always means that I can be safe in a space when others feel that way too. ❤

[@CuriuMusic]

BRO BLEW UP??!!! Like the song I got a ticket to, WTF IS HAPPENING! Congrats on 47k view Z. From you know who.

[@goIdy]

@@CuriuMusic my goat was the first comment

[@jynxbc]

pretty cool to see guilty gear invent gay people

[@pablobarrios7681]

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

[@Pickletron275]

Thank you brisket guilty gear for transing my gender 🥹

[@djdedan]

King from Art /King of Fighting enters the chat.

[@JUST4SHYGUY]

@@Pickletron275thank baguette for inventing transitional genderology

[@Fofenho]

"thank you guilty gear" we all say in unison

[@LilacMonarch]

I love the "why are there so many people from this country?? [pride flag]" joke, it never gets old also the inverse "what pride flag is that?? [country flag]"

[@thetronker3608]

No wonder I’m shit at guilty gear, I’m straight :(

[@IngridVanSchoorl]

Street Fighter VI is out there for you then!

[@moistenedwall1003]

my condolences

[@Sharky_0456]

i too did not enjoy guilty gear as a boring straight white man

[@Sharky_0456]

@@IngridVanSchoorl i didnt like guilty gear and love sf6 and as a cis dude lmao why is this so accurate...

[@JohnathanGooner]

I fw men and women (Femboys are the best though just saying) so now I'm not horrible at guilty gear

[@ZiaErina]

"I just think calling it why are fighting games so gay is funnier" This girl gets it.

[@Feedbackking13]

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]

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

[@noirlavender6409]

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]

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

[@Feedbackking13]

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

[@kylespevak6781]

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

[@MistuFiner]

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

[@goIdy]

😭😭😭 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”

[@crixis48]

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

[@hyper_frog4905]

I live in germany and we have like no fighting game events in my area at all the nerest is in Cologne and its a three hour ride there :(

[@crixis48]

@@hyper_frog4905 Well i live in argentina and you are lucky if you find someone who even play videogames

[@subekyuuke]

i live in scotland and i'll be damned if there are any fighting game events here considering there aren't any arcades either

[@WoomiestWoomy]

I live in small town Iowa so I think I’m the only Guilty Gear player for miles

[@awakened_fjord]

​@@crixis48no hay torneos ni personas que juegan ningún indie, es re triste osea LPM HAY ALGUIEN QUE JUEGA ALGO??

[@er4din903]

“Queer people didn’t just spawn in when the light level was low enough” made me lose my shit XD Fantastic gag

[@lancesmith8298]

Be sure to use your bed every three or so days in Minecraft, or else the enbies are gonna swoop in from the sky to pester you

[@RadikAlice]

That and the Tracer one got me good

[@anotherdnb]

Not surprising at all, actually makes a lot of sense. Fighting games have always been about buff oily men.

[@FHGryphonIRL]

Real

[@dangit69420]

makes sense

[@Chico01232]

Great incentive to win

[@Red_Biker_Dude]

Finding out there's a street fighter character who has oiling up as a mechanic was so fucking funny to me

[@Chico01232]

@@Red_Biker_Dude least oiled up Turkish person

[@r.i.petika829]

We just love lettuce guacamole bacon tomato sandwiches

[@bardockvegetable6377]

Personally I add Queso to it for the full expereince

[@r.i.petika829]

@@bardockvegetable6377 can’t forget the queso

[@gxf4ever805]

Thats kinda based

[@juniperrodley9843]

@@bardockvegetable6377 The Evil Chipotle

[@CardboardBones]

​@@juniperrodley9843Gay Chipotle >:3

[@Amaling]

6:48 made me tear up, I'm struggling to think of another environment where that many dudebros would root for and get super hype after a success for their trans girl homie outside of the FGC

[@regnsloja]

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

[@jasmineelhilali9152]

Lowkey eSports would be way more fun if people dressed up a bit for the occasion, unlike regular sports they could dress so cool because their physicality is irrelevant, it's their perfect chance to create a character other than their true selves

[@20xdee6]

this is why sonicfox is the final boss, love him or hate him, he has the fit

[@inaneinacheve]

​@@jasmineelhilali9152So like in catch ?

[@99jmaster]

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

[@kR-qj7rw]

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

[@99jmaster]

@@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

[@jamwrightiam]

Wait wtf what do you mean that's a middle school memory for people now why what since when

[@JM-zy4pp]

Goldy was born in 2004, 20 years ago 😵‍💫

[@-8h-]

@@kR-qj7rw 2016

[@rougenarwhal8378]

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

[@FinallyAlone]

Pay your taxes.

[@subwayz_qt5]

​@@FinallyAloneIt can remove dysphoria, but not TurboTax 😅

[@BLAHBLAH1000shop]

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!

[@MelodyNosurname]

THANK YOU FOR THE SHOUTOUT ILY

[@bonkloud8182]

big fan btw

[@PankoBreading]

Momma moldy my beloved 💙💙💙💙

[@lostsauce911]

Hello smelody

[@FinallyAlone]

Hey it's melody no maidens.

[@HomebrewForever]

Deer Jumpscare

[@chinogitarista7379]

Back in the day, around mid 2000s, when Guilty Gear was still getting popular in my hometown, the best Guilty Gear players were all from the gay community. No holds barred. They were dressed in drag and would own you in the arcade.

[@caraprism9074]

@@iwillgosomewhere Me when someone’s story or experience starts getting *a little too* cool or interesting (nothing cool or fun or exciting ever happens, everyone’s life must be as boring as mine)

[@TakaComics]

If you see a femme gay guy pick Lili in Tekken, run the other way cause you're about to get stomped with some expensive high heels.

[@bradens.3125]

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

[@RevolverJunkie]

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

[@Jay_Playz2019]

The running joke for smash bros is that we’re all playing for pride, glory, and $11.37.

[@Florassbm]

the last clip reminded me of a screen shot of a discord message that went as followed "Let me walk home and hrt then Ill be good to strive" "Hrt before strive should be considered doping"

[@ordoarc4739]

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

[@FHGryphonIRL]

I played overwatch when it came out and I was in 5th grade lmao

[@RipePineapples]

2019 was half a decade ago.

[@johncychosz8799]

I began to play overwatch and got my nephew to play it with me too but I didn’t know that they supported gay stuff. When I found out I instantly stopped! That’s why I don’t and that’s why I don’t think anyone one else should either.

[@RipePineapples]

@@johncychosz8799 You should also stop going outside, and stop using social media while you're at it, we don't need more people like you that try their best to ruin the lives of others simply because you refuse to understand them.

[@larrydupp3988]

This is sorta a negative comment to make, but I think one of the most important parts of this phenomenon is that fighting games are built around people, and not ideas like esports. Esports are pushed to make themselves like real sports, with all the money and advertising and teams, and that means they need INVESTORS, while fighting games have been entirely a community effort. If a person in esports proves too controversial regarding their identity, they likely wouldn't be contracted on. I don't think we'll ever get someone as open as Sonicfox in esports, because the more conservative funds providers would dislike who would be getting this money.

[@goIdy]

while it does suck to say, you’re absolutely right. there’s a reason a majority of the gender/sexual minority tournaments (in traditional esports) are completely funded by their communities, and that’s that big companies aren’t willing to invest in that as it’s a big risk for them. it’s also super unpopular to a large majority of these games overseas audience, so in the companies eyes, it’s a lose lose situation a lot of the time.

[@Shodan130]

Strongly disagree honestly, like if the fgc had a player as open as donk people would be screaming for him to get banned at events especially in the modern fgc. The reason why fgc’s isn’t esports is because the games don’t evolve so much as change entirely. Sf2 and sf6 have nothing in common except for the name. Legacy tekken and nu tekken are entirely different games. Don’t even start on strive and real guilty gear. While in esports like Dota and cs, if you played dota all stars or cs1.6. Odds are if you play Dota 2 or cs2 right now the game isn’t gonna be that much different

[@larrydupp3988]

@@Shodan130 I have been looking up this Donk kid for like 30 minutes and I do not understand why people would want to ban him. Is he super omega trans or something I do not understand. Also yeah the differently numbered games are different so of course they'll be different, SF2 came out 30some years ago. Plus this is a comment about the economics of the FGC vs Esports.

[@Shodan130]

@@larrydupp3988 mate Dota and CS also came out near 30 years ago. Like late 90’s. That’s my point the games have changed very little since their inception. While fighting games are constantly changing which is something people don’t look for in a spot. People wouldn’t play football if you could use your hands for 7 years then you had to use a stick for the next 7. And with donk I mean the trash talking. The fgc you can’t even pop off without people trying to get you out.

[@franktheprank7336]

​@@Shodan130You can't seriously compare "trashtalking" to being trans when talking about investors interest. Come on bro...

[@Gazyumi]

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. :)

[@chuaam]

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

[@oishicurrypuffus]

Good

[@Dhampire1976]

​@@oishicurrypuffusPOV: no parents

[@QenaitheCustodianGuard]

POV : like and pinbaiting NPC commenter.

[@chuaam]

@@QenaitheCustodianGuard dude eat a fart

[@chuaam]

@@QenaitheCustodianGuard dude eat a fart

[@kylespevak6781]

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

[@purplechili2512]

Hey I'm 39 and started playing at 3 or 4 these silly handhelds and I never stopped. I never thought that being afab would pose a problem with my best hobby and here we are. You, the new generation are the fighters now and I'm so living for it. Make everything gay! Wish you luck on your journey I'm just an L, happy with the representation. And remember kids... We've been there forever. We are not a new fad. And as Lafayette said in true blood: tip yo waitress. Much love 💕

[@SuuBrainrot]

It's not even just "gay people" either, it's minority groups in general. Fighting games have a lot more PoC (in fact, usually I see just as much, if not more black people in major tournaments in the West compared to team based esports where I can probably count the number of black players on my hand for LoL or the such) and cis women competing at a high level too I honestly can't think of any other explanation than minority groups being attacked for being minorities than them not being seen as much in team games

[@dominiccasts]

From talking to PoC people about it, it's more a question of urban and suburban racial demographics in the US. Because arcades only really work in heavily populated areas, and because of the White Flight, US cities have a much higher proportion of PoC than the suburbs. Therefore, more of them grew up playing in the arcades than white people did, thus a higher proportion of PoC playing fighting games now. The inverse seems probably true for other Esports games, since most of those are on PC, which were (and really still are) really bloody expensive, so you'd have seen more people in the wealthier suburbs (i.e. white people, because, again, White Flight) with them than in the cities, thus creating the foundations for self-reinforcing community feedback loops. Doesn't help that a lot of PC gamers are notoriously racist/sexist/etc. as you'd kinda expect from people living in the suburbs, but I don't know how much that part affects things.

[@ShouPow]

​@@dominiccastsI mean as a "suburban" (in central Jersey suburban isn't exactly the same as suburban in other parts) POC queer myself mine and my family's experience with gaming was linked to home consoles. While a select few cousins liked WrestleMania & winback, the whole family got involved when we played Tekken, smash, mortal kombat, or killer instinct. I think the diversity of characters (or at least non eurocentric nature of them) is what made those fighting games so appealing. You can express yourself through the way they look AND through the move sets you use. Those same cousins I mentioned also only played as Ryu, link, or scorpion while most of the rest of us tried out everyone.. and I stuck with Raiden, katana, or peach 💖 The urban arcade theory sounds acceptable but the nature of an arcade is existing where people have disposable income, so regardless of locale that income is necessary to participate, unfortunately. I do think the larger driving factor is representation/the pursuit of something that's new/not another rehash of our (relatively) boring American reality. This is an anecdote but in addition to what I said: a lotta sports averse, honors class type kids exist who are the children of immigrants in suburbs. Video games are an excellent source of cognitive development and imaginary play behavior that fully did not exist in such a way prior. Even with tabletop RPGs you're limited to the mental scope of yourself or your DM. Games authored with a diverse perspective (compared to standard American perceptions) kinda forced the normative masses to accept that WE (anyone non normative, POC, queers, women, disabled folks) exist and can beat your ass. It's subversive in a very cool way, imo.

[@dominiccasts]

@@ShouPow Huh, I never thought of that about what games mean, but that tracks really well. Granted, it would probably also go some way to explaining why video games, and effort put into being really good at video games, is looked down on, though I expect that's mostly because the standard American perspective is that anything that doesn't give you money is a waste of time, even if the disproportionate number of non-normative, especially neurodivergent, people playing them is a factor.

[@Centrioless]

It's mainly because of the 1v1 nature of fighting game. There's less blaming in 1v1 match than in a team match

[@TehStylishone]

Well there are less of us in the west. If we are around 14.4%, we can't be represented everywhere. Sports Games ( Madden, 2K, etc..) Fighting Games (Atlanta, Florida, NY/NJ/Cali have strong scenes with PoCs) FPS Actual Sports to play in college and professional leagues. (Overrepresented) Its not about being attacked, its about which game will get you to where you want to go. Fighting games don't require you to get to Master Rank to qualify for the biggest tournaments in the world. It helps a lot but the format is pretty open in certain regions. We need team based fighting games! Team of 3 needs to be good Daisuke!

[@hardstuck_styx]

eskay (who you mentioned was the only trans girl in pro overwatch) also conveniently started playing tekken recently and went to evo. such a gay genre

[@pashlyn]

Show this to Grummz and watch the skin melt from his face like the Nazis in Raiders

[@neminem233]

My theory: to fully experience fighting games, you have to *regularly* go out and meet other people, and when you meet a lot of other people, there's going to be a lot of different people. Same reason there's a larger queer population in Magic the Gathering and DnD than say Star Wars or Marvel. These games also basically require some form of self expression and way you play. Even in Magic, two people can run the same deck and have the same hand and draw the same cards, but they can both play completely differently. And that's not even considering what deck you want to play and if you want to build one. DnD is basically self-expression: the game, and we all know how Umisho and Leffen both play Happy Chaos differently. And when a game not only rewards but REQUIRES expression, people who feel the need to express what they've hidden their whole life will express it.

[@IngridVanSchoorl]

You can't say that NOW there is a larger queer population in MtG and D&D than Star Wars or Marvel, that is absolute nonsense.

[@neminem233]

@@xavierhouston4650 except it’s good and not government sponsored racism

[@JaymesonDominic]

One of my best friends is a transgirl speedrunner and also a fem presenting gamer and she’s easily the sickest, coolest, person I know as someone who’s hardly a speedrunner at the moment due to newly gained anxiety about submitting runs, moreso a ‘how fast can I do this and show my cool friend I did this’ runner. Speedrunning is another aspect of gaming where, holy shit, there’s so many trans women everywhere. They’re in Minecraft top 100’s, they’re making discoveries in Zelda games, my friend and I used to sit around trying to figure out fun glitches to use to beat PRs in plenty of games or how to perform them consistently, she taught me how to do plenty of glitches that I’m still actively using when I play for fun and we learned, together, what happens under certain games maps and have talked about game design, something she knows about far more than me, for hours upon hours. There’s a large queer community in gaming, including the worst harassment ones, and finding those people. Sometimes through league of legends. Sometimes you meet a really cool transgirl who eventually teaches you how to use the controls of games you’ve only played on controller with mouse and keyboard in the middle of a league of legends match in unranked. Sometimes you meet a lesbian couple you become best friends with on Overwatch because you decided to be nice to the Ana player in qp. Sometimes those lesbians are… really good at overwatch, not professional but way better than you, that’s for sure. There’s such a wonderful community of record breakers and not amongst the gaming populous and while I’ve met half the trans community I know through Guilty gear fan pages or discords and so on, we are everywhere and we will be visible as there starts being more of us in the big leagues, which will happen, I know it will.

[@matiaspereyra9392]

You know turns out that being a dick to someone in person is not easy for us as people Also even people who would be a dick to you in person has the social pressure

[@xviii5780]

Because they're a bunch of toothless nerds

[@AlberioOrion]

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.

[@ziwuri]

your pfp is.. insane

[@Sir_Bucket]

​​@@ziwuri I mean it's on point isn't it?

[@iriszeldaana]

cant believe this video wasnt just an umisho clipset smh

[@RellFGC1]

I just want to say that Eskay is a Tekken player now. This was a really good video, and seeing photos I’ve taken pop up was a pleasant surprise.

[@goIdy]

thanks goldy this video saved my 11 year marriage

[@CuriuMusic]

Forgot to change accounts is wild 😭

[@goIdy]

@@CuriuMusic my goat here as always

[@CuriuMusic]

@@goIdy 💯

[@Aaa-vp6ug]

Wow, congrats on saving your marriage!

[@Shy_Abi]

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

[@disaffected_npc]

"but queer people didn't just spawn in when the light level was low enough" fucking sent me xD

[@evilded2]

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

[@VinceOfAllTrades]

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.

[@eribrin650]

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

[@Dachi40]

Ill take you up on that offer

[@dominiccasts]

Now I'm wondering if the guy who introduced me to Arcana Heart and DFCI is trans. They presented as cis at the time, but the time was also 10 years ago.

[@Tachyon836]

Sonicfox was so good that it went from underdog status to, " CAN ANYBODY IN ANY GAME STOP THIS KID?!"

[@tompeter717]

Should have included splatoon. Not a fighting game but so Incredibly gay it's at least a honorable mention, especially since it's primarily held in lans

[@IcynezYuki]

Gay people were created to sell more guilty gear, bless Daisuke

[@lagspike7763]

“The worst guy you knew … was PISSED about this” so true so true

[@respectfulevil9022]

Guilty gear has ALL the letters, lesbian, gay, british, trans, nonbinary, bisexual

[@Biouke]

I'm very tolerant but, really... The british... The treacherous Albion... A hard sell :p

[@adenjones1802]

My religion says its a sin to be british

[@ember_falls]

the hypocrisy, canceling tracer for being British when Bridget is from there too

[@tahubob]

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]

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 !

[@Ghee_Buttersnaps]

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]

You won't be disappointed

[@Sinetheballwoman]

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

[@kerricaine]

I was early into my transition when Bridget came out and i wanted to cosplay her so bad, but didn't feel right not having played the game. 3 months later i was going to local tournaments wearing my hoodie and using my homemade bridget themed fight stick lmao

[@sixty5notch796]

BASED🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

[@waapi1914]

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

[@anotherdnb]

You're telling me Sonic is a FOX now?

[@saratoga6663]

She ate it

[@imgkaizer]

Don't forget she also has everyone's voice inside her

[@kitkatbreaker1270]

Kirby.

[@jamesfinch6139]

Suspiciously town-shaped brisket:

[@honeysal]

Slime mentioned! 1:30 I am now subscribing, I was already interested but then you show me melee and Slime, I’m in 🤣🔥🔥

[@Kinomi144]

Guilty gear is so good it invented homosexuality

[@prozierozie5692]

Forever gretaful for my existence

[@punchypup]

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

[@Poshowo_uwu]

Ngl, the "cowgirl is fine, because in a girl" line always get me so fucking hard, like im crying rn

[@huzayfasyed5488]

cowgirl is fine

[@dominiccasts]

0:30 That description of Traditional Esports hurt my soul as a StarCraft player, but I get it.

[@burburr8520]

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]

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

[@burburr8520]

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

[@SSBMagi]

WOW i never saw this video until right now I APPRECIATE THE SHOUT OUTS VERY MUCH AND IM SORRY FOR NOT GETTING BACK TO U I AM GIGA DOGWATER AT RESPONDING TO INQUIRIES let me know if u ever do a part 2 and I'll respond this time lmfao

[@goIdy]

no worries at all, im just glad you were able to see it 💛

[@PeatBogGuy]

Came from your comment on Noah Samsen's video, very glad i did! This is a really interesting and well put together video. I'm not very clued in to fgs but I am a proud trans and gay bloke, so maybe i should get into them to piss off the insecure incels. I hope you have a lovely day, my friend

[@MarfansGoth]

Omg me too lol

[@eeveepi]

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

[@bonkloud8182]

good luck

[@crimstrix]

Same here! I hope the best for you!

[@eeveepi]

@@crimstrix awww you too 🩷

[@leeleechi6560]

​@@eeveepiso you know yet?

[@eeveepi]

@@leeleechi6560 nah still on the fence I some fem things I’m fine being referred to as other things don’t quite click

[@MayaIsAnimating]

8:48 thank you for the self jumpscare :D

[@goIdy]

no way you’re the person who makes all the bridget animations i see on my TL😭sorry for not including a shoutout on screen, like ive said this was supposed to just be a silly school project. i simply wouldn’t have bridget yippee without you🫡

[@Clipzandcatz]

Thank you for making this video. As of right now I identify as a cis man but I love your videos so much. The way you talk about being yourself and what makes you comfortable is making me cry on my couch right now. I just want to say thank you.

[@DoomsayerStudios]

"You'll almost certainly find a trans girl practicing some fighting game you've never heard of before" You literally just described me

[@thestate6966]

Ooh what fighting game are you playing?

[@DoomsayerStudios]

@@thestate6966 when I get into the obscure stuff I've been known to play Arcana Heart, Fight Fever, Alien Challenge, Kizuna Encounter and SVC Chaos. Currently I've just been playing a lot of 3rd Strike and Brawlhalla

[@thestate6966]

@@DoomsayerStudios Ooh nice! I'm gonna go look up some of that obscure stuff, sounds cool!

[@nevermorefractures3401]

​@@DoomsayerStudios i used to play a ton of brawlhalla, that one's real fun!

[@DoomsayerStudios]

@@nevermorefractures3401 always good to hear from fellow Brawlhalla enjoyers. Honestly that game deserves more respect

[@SuzakuX]

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]

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]

None of that has to do with homosexuals though

[@ColorfulKindred]

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

[@Stankem]

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]

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

[@pank3245]

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

[@goIdy]

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]

@@goIdy regardless it was a good video

[@juniperrodley9843]

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

[@shadowpup1276]

As a pro fortnite player (no this is not my main acc) who sits at about top 100 in the Americas; im the only queer person OR WOMAN that i know who is around this level. I did know one other queer person but he has stopped competing. I am "out" in the friend groups i play in but iwould never post it on my official acc, the response and hate wouldn't be worth it. I recently started playing guilty gear strive as my first fighting game and was shocked by the about of women and queer people competing at the top of the game. It really warmed my heart to know that other games have more representation.

[@catboyhumper]

insanely good high effort video AND rav at the end? im locked in

[@pleasebcool2006]

rav reference spotted :0

[@Krunschy]

I think another note to the whole point about character selection, is how characters in the fighting game community are uniquely important. Their designs are incredibly deep and without bans or needs for teamcomps, maining a character is simply the way to go. In a competitive environment this often leads to people becoming synonymous with characters, placing an outstanding amount of meaning on the them.

[@ChloeCommentss]

I'd just like to say that I've been obsessing over Adachi's theme (A Fool or A Clown specifically form P4A) all day and you playing it at one point made me unreasobaly pop the fuck off at 11:36. The day ended as it started thanks to you using it for 3 seconds.

[@ChloeCommentss]

Not time stamp, I mean actual time

[@Koyomix86]

The moment I heard that I said “ADACHIIIII!”

[@SamSarracino-r6q]

My feed shows this next to FChamp's "Why is math important in fighting games". It doesn't get much more diverse than this.

[@ethencastillo3514]

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

[@TakaComics]

Life long gamer, nonbinary... the FGC has been one of the most welcoming, kind, supportive communities I've ever been a part of. I play Tekken mainly, though on a break because of computer issues (GAAH I NEED A NEW ONE SO BAD), among a variety of other games. I've never seen a community ask for your pronouns, let alone highlight them as proudly as I have here. On top of that, I've never seen a community self police bigotry in the way the FGC has, with even the game creators like Ishiwatari basically telling bigots to get over themselves or play something else. It's amazing how incredible simply being seen and appreciated feels.

[@vaylish]

6:22 The intro to this part is so hilarious to me because I'm a brand new freshie when it comes to FGC, and the first time I ever went to the weekly in my area, this was my EXACT experience like down to the "teaching me because I stood there long enough" The saying really is true

[@jpisg]

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

[@BohAstora]

Finally a video on a real topic nobody talks enough about

[@Benito675]

Someone once asked me if Guilty Gear was like Gay super smash bros, i replied with: "Eh, I see it more as bisexual street fighter"

[@wenofu477]

fr, we have the characters for the gays(sol, johnny, happy chaos) and lesbos(bridget, baiken, happy chaos)!

[@awpandamia]

this was such a heartwarming video, thank you for making this. much love, you are awesome and cool and i love you

[@familiarnamemissing3382]

Watching this and hearing you talk about how important representation in media is makes me think of one time I came across a video essay talking about how wanting to be represented in media is “narcissistic” or some shit. This was around the time where I think I saw a lot more conservative opinions online and didn’t know enough to know that they were stupid, so I was planning on watching it, but ended up being too lazy to really start it. I’m so glad my fuckin ADHD brain prevented me from watching that because I would hate to have my opinions on representation formed by that video. I enjoy making gay characters to represent others, and although I haven’t really made any finished stories yet, i would love to hear that one of my characters helped an actual person out with their identity.

[@familiarnamemissing3382]

Also it’s really funny how people complain about Bridget being trans as if a boy dressing like a girl isn’t gay somehow

[@goIdy]

i have gotten SO many comments saying awful things just because i said bridget is a girl, like comeon i just think shes cute it's really not a big deal

[@familiarnamemissing3382]

@@goIdy weebs care all about the artist’s intent until the artist intends for something to be gay (Not sure if weeb is quite the right term here but you know what I mean)

[@MmooshH]

@@familiarnamemissing3382 When the established lore for the boy dressing like a girl has him repeatedly correcting anyone who mistakes him for a girl, repeatedly stating that how he dresses doesn't make him any less of a man, and working as a bounty bounter to ultimately disprove a superstition about his existence as a boy being a bad omen, it's only logical that having the newest official lore state that the boy now identifies as a girl is bound to raise some eyebrows. This is where complaints about Bridget come from, it has nothing to do with gender or sexual orientation. Venom was created and added to Guilty Gear before Bridget, he's been gay the whole time, everyone knows, no one ever cared. If Bridget was trans from the start, people wouldn't complain either. Character retcons are the problem.

[@familiarnamemissing3382]

@@MmooshH you know what? That’s the same reason real trans people bother me, I don’t like how they take time to figure out who they really are.

[@mizubutterfly1958]

This video just popped up in my recommendation feed today. I initially clicked it because the title was rather funny (got clickbaited so hard) and not expecting much, but it was a very good watch/listen. The topic doesn't really affect me, but it was very nice to see another person's perspective of the situation and understand the importance of it as a whole. A good way to spend 30min of your life

[@autismrizzard]

Brisket has succefully secured trans rights for videogames

[@dabluepittoo-aqua4213]

*Bucket

[@Sov_spoiled]

Budget

[@augustinjanuary]

"The competitive game I'm most involved in was overwatch" girl the call is coming from inside the house

[@mrorange8576]

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]

I use based differently

[@mrorange8576]

@@Marssonde1 Womp womp.

[@Chico01232]

​@@Marssonde1cool pfp

[@Marssonde1]

@@Chico01232 thank you, one of the 3 people that played TEiN

[@Toastiye]

Since you said that you've only ever seen one Queer Person at the highest level of traditional Esports: Florescent just made the jump from the Valorant Game Changers Scene to Full Tier 1!!! She's transfem and the undisputed best of the GC scene for years now!!!

[@Mikfevg]

I mean, there's is no "gaming" without the "gay"

[@UmbralWitchZ]

love this video but also unrelated that sleep dart on the nanod utling genji was amazing lmao i could never

[@draganoidept]

This is an amazing video. You have my stamp of approval and a new subscriber!

[@beegbeeg507]

1:33 ADACHI SONG!!!!!

[@Wyrmknave]

Several moments in this video made me so happy I teared up.

[@itsfy_]

Wait wait till you hear about celeste

[@SM-sj4dq]

Mad editing felt like I was watching a 1million subscriber paid editor edited documentary essay

[@Mr7Ren]

Maybe it’s like a Baki thing if you become gay you become great fgc player

[@ulawan5]

Kamina icon, instant sub, had to say before watching the rest Thank you for the interesting topic!

[@kenedic7495]

as a nb person i won't lie, testament was one of the big reasons why i started playing strive haha, cosplaying them is definitely on my bucket list

[@sl0wM0_]

Damn Goldy the more you slide into my recommendations, the more I love your work ! You got my sub, please continue, your videos are great!

[@tpbvirusofficial6676]

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

[@SlurySparx]

Seeing Slime in the chapter title screen really warms my heart. That man changed my brain chemistry.

[@dryearlylth]

I know you posted this a while ago. It just came across my feed. There is one person I believe you left out, from the original eSport, Starcraft. Her name is Scarlet, and she has been a top level player for a long time, and she has been very open about her transition and her journey.

[@mrrvo]

This video is so inspiring and well made. I’m crying