Thanks!
I won't make any excuses, I never really looked for an online community for or anything FGC related until recently. I live in Colorado and there aren't too many big FGC in these parts, most are in Denver and Colorado Springs. I used to live in Springs and go as many events as I could, but at my current job I work nights, which is when all the events happen. That and when I was in high school my Mom refused to upgrade her internet from dial-up, so I was stuck with mooching off of friends for any sort of info regarding anything. Wasn't until late '08 that I moved out and could mooch off of a free wireless signal whilst I tried to get a job to pay for my own. During that time the only game that would run smoothly off of the unsecured signal was SFII HDR. I tried playing SCIV a few times, but the lag made it unplayable, so I had no real desire to get better. That and when SFIV came out, everyone jumped to that.
I learned of 8WR from the 8 on the Break stream. I loved watching MarlinPie play whatever game he was playing (mostly MvC3). Now that SCV is out, I knew that this would be a great time to join, mostly because this game feels so new to me. It's like going from SFII to SFIII. I hope the scene will grow and new players will discover how great the Soul games are. And I hope Namco continues to support it with patches (as needed) and I hope we get some wicked DLC.
Xiba's section is my next stop, thanks for the warm welcome. :D