That moment came for me last week. And after 15 years of collecting, editing, debugging, and rage-quitting, I can finally say it:
By: A Mugen Archivist
There is a moment every Mugen creator knows well. It’s not the moment you download your first character (Ryu, probably). It’s not the moment you figure out how to add a lifebar. It’s the moment you look at your select.def file and realize it takes your PC over four minutes to load the character select screen. My Final Mugen Roster 1082 Characters 15
Not 1,080. Not 1,085.
But for tonight? For this moment?
It stands at .
And you're right. Tomorrow, someone will release a new SNK boss edit with 15 new palettes and a bug that crashes the game when he wins. And I will download it. I will find a way to squeeze in character #1,083. That moment came for me last week
May your own select.def never corrupt, and may your lifebars always load on the first try.