these aren't things i'm like. angry about or anything, just things that inform the way i think about fighting games because of stuff i've heard people say today in various spaces.
- no one likes it when someone says "hey you shouldn't like this thing that you like, like this thing which is clearly better instead". please do not be That Person. i have A Lot of Personal Issues with Mortal Kombat from both a gameplay and a thematic standpoint (even though I find that when certain fanworks choose not to make the Spectacle The Point it can be surprisingly compelling) but i'm not going to tell someone who's excited to play the new one directly to their face that "hey so, cool, but the game I like I hope beats out that game in every category because it's better". sometimes you just have to mind your business on that front and let people enjoy things