No PC port, no hype.
I don't understand this shit at all.
The PS2 port has always brought in more people to the community, it makes running tournaments undeniably easier, and now we'll literally be playing the same game as Japanese (for those that care).
Why bother waiting for the PC version? You realize mauve is NOT making a client for it, right?
Stop waiting and start fucking playing. This year's NEC proved to me that 'oh my scene has noone' don't mean jack shit anymore.
I agree whole heartedly. If you don't have a scene in your area - start one! Take out the time/money to come out to events. And with the mem card mods for Ps2 available now, it shouldn't cost you more than 10$ to mod it. GLZ makes a good point about MBAC was mostly past it's prime when PC (and online play) came out, so it is good for the community, but ultimately I think it should be melty bread's goal to get more people playing and the community members should be doing their best to vitalize it all the time.
I know I personally go out of my way to give people rides, a place to stay, and travel to goto tournaments all a heavy hit on the wallet. But the fact is there's nothing wrong with spending money to have a bit of fun, and our younger group needs to realize because you can't sit at your computer with online play doesn't mean the game is lacking anything (except replays, as Irysa said...)
The fact is, we should really be the elite of elite in the community and starting/going out to all the events on the boards and getting MB bigger for everyone. Regardless of what people who want a Pc Port may say the scene for MBAA right now is bigger than I've ever seen it for ANY past reiteration of the franchise - ever.
I can see why Ecolesoft didn't include PS2 netplay or anything of the like. In Japan, fighting games are a social endeavor, and with the release of SF4 the fighting game scene in general has been revitalized, so they want to see this community hit the peak it did in the 90s. It gets people out to arcades and gets people hype.
How about seeing an arcade OPEN because of our efforts instead of closing down, like all of them US side have been in the last 5 years? It's really fun to be right there against your opponent, with a crowd. I'll not degenerate this into a psychology topic, but needless to say there's something about proximity that makes the game seem more important and gets you more competitive - hence, more fun.
Just get out there and play.