Constantinius3rd wrote:
What are the major changes in the community, what is popular now vs then?

Vermilion Spy wrote:We have less of a gatekeeper situation where only a handful of mainstream Mugen forums represent the Mecha of Mugen or pose as authority figures.
Mugen communities, much like this one, now thrive in abundance autonomously and are self sufficient in terms of content and fanbase.

Vermilion Spy wrote:
And most of all there are an entire generation of younger Mugen fans that contrast the older fans in terms of interests and their approach to mugen.
Younger Mugen generation of users (i would say 25 and under) are more into Anime based Mugen content (JUS)
and less focused on Coin-op/Arcade classic Fighting game Mugen content like what you would have been more familiar with 10+ years ago.

I'm skimming alot in terms of addons, innovations, creation quality and preferences but im sure others will fill you in

Phant0mD wrote:The pros and cons of Mugen then vs now in a nutshell:

Pros
- We know alot more than we did then and have better PCS and software/hardware to pretty much make anything and everything we want that we couldnt make before due to restrictions in file sizes and lack of good digital design tools and crappy PCs lol

Cons
- FOr the majority, the largest portion of the community has become very complacent and repetitive. Quality standards are pretty low for the most part in the mainstream community and dare I say it there are more FANS that also happen to make Mugen content, than there are ACTUAL creators with actual translatable skills in a discipline/formal education in digital design professions than there were in those good old days.

oscarlin814 wrote:

Phant0mD wrote:The pros and cons of Mugen then vs now in a nutshell:

Pros
- We know alot more than we did then and have better PCS and software/hardware to pretty much make anything and everything we want that we couldnt make before due to restrictions in file sizes and lack of good digital design tools and crappy PCs lol

Cons
- FOr the majority, the largest portion of the community has become very complacent and repetitive. Quality standards are pretty low for the most part in the mainstream community and dare I say it there are more FANS that also happen to make Mugen content, than there are ACTUAL creators with actual translatable skills in a discipline/formal education in digital design professions than there were in those good old days.

This. A million fucking times this. There's a reason why the Chinese MUGEN community considers 2016-2017 to be the best years of MUGEN, because everything after that was fucking HORRIBLE.

More recolors and reskins, authors are getting more and more on edge due to disrespectful/rude viewers who beg for everything without considering how the author feels, so they privatize their characters only to be insulted by said viewers. It's a vicious cycle.

The MUGEN engine and it's potential has exponentially increased, while the quality of content and the community has exponentially gotten worse, if that makes sense.

That's part of the reason I came to this website: I'm so sick of someone asking me for the nth time "when is *insert character here* getting released" or seeing "MR. KYO'S CLONE GIRLFRIEND?!?!?! MS. KYOKO RELEASE!!!!" or some shit like that.