The user group was created by game's creator, Greg Cleod9 McLeod, back in mid 2008 in order to keep track of SSF2 development and its contributors. As Cleod9 can't do everything by himself, he receives help from these special users in order to provide him with sprites (for both characters and stages), graphics, sound effects (BGM and SFX), character coding, and many other things, among miscellaneous suggestions like game modes and pertaining to game physics. A SSF2 Developer can be identified on the Forums by a unique label that shows the phrase "SSF2 Dev" above his/her avatar, however, Lead Developers, the ones who play leading roles in contributing towards SSF2, have their username highlighted in blue.