Thursday, July 2, 2020

The end of an era. A salute to Capcom-Unity...

Hello friends. The closure of Capcom-Unity, at least the old version, has been on my mind for a while. News of its imminent closure had been circulating for a few weeks. Things got very "real" for fans when people that had an account on the site received the email below. That's when we were advised to archive our content, if we wanted it saved. Thankfully about 90% of the material I posted on Capcom-Unity is on this blog in one way or another. Still, I miss the community atmosphere that Capcom had created.
 

Capcom-Unity was the perfect example of a positive web presence that a publisher could develop, maintain, and grow. There were forums where people could reminisce or debate. The mods seemed to be on top of things, helping put out fires before they got out of control. Then there were almost daily news drops. Whether it was a patch to a game, or some juicy reveals. Capcom made sure there was a story for all of their biggest titles. Plus they supported podcasts, and videos from their own team as well as the community. Exclusives on the merch store were tailor-made for the fans of the studio. They were constantly listening to fans, polling them, soliciting feedback. The fighting game community would not have been the same without Capcom-Unity. Their appearances at trade shows, including the E3, WonderCon, San Diego Comic Con, and Tokyo Game Show were for fans, as much as they were for vendors. Their super-secret "Fight Club" debut of Street Fighter IV, V, and Street Fighter X Tekken allowed celebs and fans to mingle over the shared love of fighting games. I am eternally grateful for the site hosting my ramblings for years, and years. I am eternally grateful for all the events the team put on. You really made us, the fans, feel like part of the family. I wish I could thank each and every member of the team personally. Someday I hope to. In the meantime here are a bunch of memories that I will always cherish.




































































































































































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3 comments:

  1. If I remember when the Capcom website removed the forums, my username, SERGIO REYES LEDESMA, is my real name. I used this account a lot on my forum.

    When Capcom removed the forums, I stopped visiting capcom.com.

    When my Capcom Unity forum account was removed, I dreamed about my old Capcom Unity forum account. I dreamed about my Capcom forum account. I miss my Capcom forum account. What does my dream say about my old forum account?

    Could you communicate with Capcom employees? You upload uncensored photos and videos.

    On the forums, you can say you create ideas for new Capcom games.

    In fact, I used to comment a lot on Capcom news blogs. I commented a lot about Street Fighter Marvel vs Capcom Capcom news Capcom looked at my Capcom forum account and Capcom used my name Sergio Reyes Ledesma A Capcom employee called them SEREGIOS for monster hunter 4 a lot of people don't believe me but the forum doesn't exist anymore

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    1. Sergio Reyes, I remember that name. It was a bummer that Capcom closed down the forums. I do not have any contacts at the company. I've applied for a job many times, but never even got a call back. I hope you are well.

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  2. I remember that I came up with ideas for Street Fighter 5 from the Street Fighter forums. I created these ideas and they appear in the Street Fighter 5 video game.

    Here's the link:

    https://streetfighter.fandom.com/wiki/User_blog:Sergio_reyes_ledesma/Sergio_el_creador_de_onimusha_ibuki_suit_ex_forum_capcom_unity

    Link 2:

    https://streetfighter.fandom.com/wiki/User_blog:Sergio_reyes_ledesma/street_fighter_5_online_tournament_ex_forum_capcom_unity

    The ideas I came up with appeared in the Street Fighter 5 video game.

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