Over the past six months or so I've been getting really involved in the Atlantic North Smash Bros. scene. I've gone to a few tournaments, played and beat some well-known players, and usually placed around the upper middle (fifth or seventh out of 20-30, usually).
The scene, is okay. There are some of the fat neckbearded archetypes, and a good majority of the really good players are elitist fucks, but for the most part it's a pretty good community. Only recently have I heard of two relatively similar fighting game documentaries coming out: one focusing on 2D fighters like SF, MvC2, GG (mostly SF4 though) and the other specifically on Smash Bros.
This is the first, I Got Next.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vb76Sn1YvTc
This is the second, Smashed Together.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aBjl3pCV_c
Do either of these documentaries do ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING to attract ANYONE to know more about the community? The first actually looks kind of interesting, if only for the more professional editing and greater hype at the events. That, and the Smash community just looks like a ravenous gaggle of howling baboons. The Smashed Together preview also goes out of it's way to make the community look like one of elitism and escapism.
I suppose I'm just curious: do either of these documentary previews look the least bit appealing to you?
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