street fighter IV & online gaming in general

Anyone who has tried playing SFIV online is sure to know what I'm talking about here - it seems just about any random match you happen upon will be against a Ken or a Ryu or if they're feeling extra resourceful an Akuma. All the easiest to learn characters that everyone knows how to use. And I don't really dare msging people after a match & suggesting "try some other characters" lest I get a "WELL I BEATURASS DIDN'T I??? I JUST PICKED THE BEST ONE GOPLAYFLOWERFAGG" (though I'd be more worried of such intelligent banter on xbox live).

No accounting for skill or finesse or enjoyment, just pick the easiest characters & rack up that win count. Even in unranked matches (though I can more often beat a persistent Ryu-er with multiple fighters, they'll still eek out a win almost half the time through sheer Hadou-/Shoryu-ken willpower).

Of course, daring to venture into ranked territory will get you a bit more variety, but you can only play one match at a time, & you're 80% more certain to lose. So you're stuck at a dilemma if you ever want any effing battle points - be cheap like everybody else & possibly still lose because they only play those characters so they're better with them than you, or be the sore thumb pain in the rear paladin about things & stick in there for the art of gaming'g sake.
I suppose one other option would be for me to train diligently with a single character & count frames & enter tournaments & pwn every time but then I'd quickly acquire a repetitive strain injury unless I get a $$$ pro arcade joystick (& even then).

Then again, I'm sure I'm taking this all too seriously, but this attitude in fighters & also FPS savants who have memorized every pixel of every map & every frame of every animation so they can winWINWIN because they only play one game. Why is every online game dominated by people who seem to only own one game & play it constantly & are obviously unemployed (or barely employed) and leeching income from family who they are neglecting by playing games online all the time... it's enough to sour one on the whole online gaming phenomenon in general. Yahtzee famously dislikes all multiplayer(?) partially because of similar gripes & also possibly xenophobia. Back to the xenophobia...

So in conclusion I'm just a bitter f-tard writing the millionth blog on this topic because I can't seem to find nor have the motivation to find friends who play the games I play at the same skill level. If I was more into online multiplayer I suppose I would have gotten an Xbox 360 (or at least kept that one I owned for 24 hours lol).

In other gaming news, I'm definitely putting Burnout Paradise in more often thanks to the new ability to -wow!- restart a race! Haven't touched Little Big Planet or Bioshock in awhile... Still not sure if I'll ever get into the supposedly wondrous co-op of Resistance 2 or Left4Dead... Wondering if I should setup a Paypal donation link to afford a Rock Band 2 drum set since my RB1 one's snare stopped working... I almost enjoy SF2 HD Remix more than SF4... Flower was fleeting but great, maybe I'll play it again... aaaand I should be plunging into Killzone 2 shortly as soon as the Gamefly comes hopefully tomorrow!