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What’s the Saltmine?

The Saltmine is a blog that follows the fighting game community.  You’ll find emerging details of upcoming fighting games, results and news from fighting game tournaments around the world, and articles and blogs on certain facets of the community that can be confusing to beginners.

Speaking of confusing, what’s with the salt?

When a player of fighting games gets upset after losing a match, he’s described as salty, referencing the salt present in human tears.