@GuileWinQuote is to many the premier retro fighting game video essayist, providing retrospectives and deep dives into all the good, the bad, and the weird the genre has to offer. With many of his popular retrospectives releasing within a month of an unexpected game re-release announcement, the “GuileWinQuote effect” has been coined, with people falling into one of two camps: Those that view him as a prophet of the retro fighting game re-release, or as a Capcom or SNK plant drumming up hype for reviving a lost entry.
Before his videos had the power to revive lost fighting game franchises, GuileWinQuote was a student of the games, spending his younger years downloading and balancing mugen characters and digging through obscure fighting game rom packs to learn everything he could about the genre.
Growing up with youtube as his primary source of content entertainment, he saw first hand the gap in terms of how fighting games were discussed.
With his authentic passion, real expertise in the genre, and a clear mission statement to share why all fighting games are great, GuileWinQuote has established himself as a trusted representative and friend of tight-knit retro fighting game communities.
I sit down with GuileWinQuote to discuss his journey in the fighting game genre, being a student of the game of YouTube, and how to extend your reach while being true to yourself. Please enjoy this episode of Trash Talk, available on YouTube, Spotify, and all major podcast platforms.
0:00 - Intro
1:39 - Who Is GuileWinQuote
10:29 - Finding a Local FGC
16:07 - SFIV was peak
22:25 - SFV opened a lot of doors by failing
29:41 - Rediscovering the joy of fighting games
40:17 - Be a student of the space
44:47 - Fun and Passion over Profit
48:36 - Why your ranked mode videos get no views
1:04:25 - Don't stream - create
1:13:19 - What's missing from FGC Youtube?
1:23:33 - Who's going to cover the classics?
1:27:07 - The GuileWinQuote Method
1:34:32 - Approach peoples' passions carefully
1:42:34 - but passionate people make mistakes, too
1:46:25 - The GuileWinQuote Method, continued
1:50:07 - Capturing your footage yourself
1:54:37 - Drop a video and walk away
2:00:37 - Closing Thoughts
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