Is it just me or are there others that feel like the guards don't get as much attention on this game as the other groups do?

I have always had a Guard in FMA. However, Drum Corps & Marching Band do seem to be talked about more. Guard & Drum Line are less discussed.

They're less discussed because in the real world they're already less known and less popular. I figure the same translates into FMA.

Right, many people who play on FMA really don't do guard or play percussion instruments in real life and aren't familiar with it enough to know what to say about it.

Wow, now that you think about it, it makes a lot of sense.

I'm a percussion guy, who also happened to study dance on top of music (which is a whole other universe), and well, that thought never really crossed my mind. To me, guard is dancing essentially, with various forms of equipment (most popularly, flags, rifles and sabres, and variants of those), while moving them around via choreography to emulate the ideas of the music (audio or live), so if one was to do a write up, talk about the intense choreography, the emotion felt from the performance of members, guard or drumline.

Whenever I did WGI, that was the focus, appropriate emoting of the music, and visual performance aspects, especially with GE being the move for the future.

So, yeah, that would be the thing. Heck, I could do a write up for the Indoor stuff, get my feet wet, see if I'll get in the water.

Anyway, interesting observation, never thought of it that way, though there are commentators who are percussionists. Guard? I don't know for sure.

It'll be interesting to see.

Good news, I've been a guard guy in addition to being a musician for 24 years. I promise, and I don't make promises lightly, that I will do more guard write ups. It might not always be elaborate writing because real life gets in the way sometimes, but I will write more on here.

Unfortunately I do think drum corps and marching bands do get slightly more attention than drumlines and color guards on here.

And that's awesome you're (hopefully) going to do some guard write ups, Aaron0316! :)