I dunno, people are usually asking me about systems and shit in EBgames. I guess I give off that game nerd vibe (it probably doesn't help that all the employees are asking about my PS3 when I go in there). I've had people walk up to me when I am taking a smoke break playing my PSP or DS and and go "is that a ____?" I mean you know what it is, why ask such a stupid question? I don't go up to random people and ask them what kind of cell phone they are using. Generally people playing a handheld or reading a magazine in public don't even really want to talk to you at all. I don't find it suprising at all that someone would get defensive when you are gettin' all up in his grill asking stupid questions :lol
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The problem with this hobby: Nintendo Fans
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Ignatz Mouse said:
Yeah exactly. I don't have a PSP, and don't really have any desire to at the moment, because of the price.
If it ever drops though, you can bet I'll pick one up for portable Metal Slug, Mega Man: Powered Up, Maverick Hunter X, Final Fantasy Tactics, Metal Gear Solid: PO, etc.
Chris Remo
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I can't even ****ing believe this thread. Look at this shit. Somebody starts a thread to point out how pointless all the console whoring is--and he's correct--and of course it immediately devolves into a bitchfest about which fans are worse.
FOR ****'S SAKE GAF
FOR ****'S SAKE GAF
kisakiproject
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ethelred said:
Its so ****ing true.
But its so dumb. Fanboys are idiots. Real gamers buy everything they can or interests them. There is no reason to hate. I mean if playing xbox makes somebody happy who are you to tell them otherwise. Furthermore the most ridiculous part about fanboys is when they degend something their prefered company has done that is bad for them. Like people defending things being overpriced. Its not good for you. Who cares about profit margins for some distant company. Seriosuly wtf. Just play games you like.
Pureauthor
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Take a look at the sticky topics.
Ignatz Mouse
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Flo_Evans said:
I do. But then again, I am a tech whore.
And he wasn't defensive when he put down the PSP, as far as I could tell. That's just the first thing he needed to say. I don't think he thought I owned one. I was the one who got defensive when he put it down.
The issue, I think, if the need to put something down to justify liking something. He could have said "This is great, check out this game" and we would have been off to the races. Or I could have ignored his PSP comment and asked him to show me the game.
Ignatz Mouse
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Chris Remo said:
:lol
*weeps for gaf*
Ignatz Mouse
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Pureauthor said:
I mean an official thread for a specific cross-platform game, not general gaming topics.
aeolist said:
I like everything. I just go hardest on Nintendo fans. I give them a rough ride. But they like it. They usually call me back. Sometimes they like it without lube. That's a frequent request. Y'know. At extra cost. I mean, they gotta think about me too. It takes two to tango.
Ignatz Mouse
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aeolist said:
I didn't bait him after that, I politely ended the conversation as gracefully as a could. We had a couple-sentence exchange where it was clear that he liked RPGs and I liked PSP for Wipeout (I didn't elaborate) and that was it.
Pureauthor
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Ignatz Mouse said:
Actually, I was referring to Legend of Zelda.
But on a more serious note, can you name me some multiplatform games in recent memory that was:
a) Simultaneously developed across consoles for same time release
and
b) Actually worth discussing?
Because honestly, nothing comes to mind for me.
I hate the nintendo fans the most as of now, they're more annoying than Sony and Xbox fanatics.
I ****in hate Wii slogans such as...
"Wii will conquer"
"Wii will rock you"
That sounds beyond gay, seriously. Them slogans makes gay dudes seem straight.
I ****in hate Wii slogans such as...
"Wii will conquer"
"Wii will rock you"
That sounds beyond gay, seriously. Them slogans makes gay dudes seem straight.
Joe Molotov
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Chris Remo said:
The best part is the mods talking about how their going to patrol threads more closely for PSP vs. DS trolling, and then deliberately stir things up like this with the title change. :lol
EphemeralDream
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I love how people are trying to write a compelling argument about the idiocy of fanboys and then slide in their own personal attack. neoGAF: Braindead Edition.
I know it's hard GAF, but you don't have to hit that Post Reply button.
I know it's hard GAF, but you don't have to hit that Post Reply button.
Pimpbaa
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Fight for Freeform said:
Same here. I don't see how a person can be so close minded and stubborn to deny themselves of games on other systems than the one they prefer. I can understand if most of the time it's kids, who tend to get defensive because they can't afford anything more than one system. But when a person with a regular job and a lot of disposable income is a fanboy, it's just outright sad. Nintendo, Sony, MS, publishers, developers, all of them, they don't care about you, they only care about your money. You don't receive anything special for your loyalty. Nintendo? They gave you reheated leftover hardware for 250 bucks and are making huge profits off that hardware. Microsoft? They are selling you faulty hardware that is bound to break within a year of use and have done nothing to rectify the problem other than sending people "fixed" refurbished hardware in exchange. Sony? Selling you hardware that is barely better than the competitors hardware at a much higher price and knowing you will buy it anyway because it's a Playstation. They are all treating you like shit, so don't praise any of them. I do plan on getting all of the next gen systems, but only when the game releases start picking up steam in terms of quantity and quality. Because that's all I really care about, the games.
PantherLotus
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*nice topic renaming*
GAF delivers, every time. Why couldn't it just be:
"The problem with this hobby: One-Console Fanboys"
GAF delivers, every time. Why couldn't it just be:
"The problem with this hobby: One-Console Fanboys"
BrodiemanTTR
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I really can't be bothered to read three pages of...whatever this is, but I'd just like to know exactly why the problem is "Nintendo fans" and not fanboys in general? Like Nintendo fanboys are the only obnoxious ones. This is a GameFAQs topic, take it there.
Saying one type of fan is any worse than the other is ludicrous... but it certainly runs in cycles. For a long time, Sega fans were the worst because they were, by necessity, the most defensive. SegaCD, 32X, 2 failed consoles, everyone making fun of them for their purchase (not even just the hardcore)...
The pattern here is that whatever you purchase, if your purchase is failing in terms of mindshare, you're going to be ridiculed for it mercilessly. First it was Sega fans, followed by Nintendo fans. I got very bored trying to defend my purchase of a "LameCube", but I did get very despondent about how you couldn't say a single positive word about Nintendo without being looked at like you're retarded.
And THAT, folks, is where fanboyism takes its strongest root. If you spend more time being laughed at for what you enjoy, OF COURSE you're going to feel a need to strike back.
Nintendo seems to be on an upturn now, which never happened for the Sega fans, so you can imagine that after 10 years of ridicule, Nintendo fans are seeing an opportunity for a shred of vindication. Do they take it to obnoxious levels sometimes? You bet. But if you ever made fun of someone for owning a GameCube or a DS before its market upturn, you only have yourself to blame.
Conversely, we're starting to see this level of defensive behaviour in Sony fans, as they are now the ones being mercilessly persecuted. And lo and behold, we're seeing similar behavior from Sony fans that we did from Nintendo fans during the GameCube/N64 era. Surprise surprise.
Doesn't take much to put two and two together, folks. If you want it to stop, here's what you gotta do:
The pattern here is that whatever you purchase, if your purchase is failing in terms of mindshare, you're going to be ridiculed for it mercilessly. First it was Sega fans, followed by Nintendo fans. I got very bored trying to defend my purchase of a "LameCube", but I did get very despondent about how you couldn't say a single positive word about Nintendo without being looked at like you're retarded.
And THAT, folks, is where fanboyism takes its strongest root. If you spend more time being laughed at for what you enjoy, OF COURSE you're going to feel a need to strike back.
Nintendo seems to be on an upturn now, which never happened for the Sega fans, so you can imagine that after 10 years of ridicule, Nintendo fans are seeing an opportunity for a shred of vindication. Do they take it to obnoxious levels sometimes? You bet. But if you ever made fun of someone for owning a GameCube or a DS before its market upturn, you only have yourself to blame.
Conversely, we're starting to see this level of defensive behaviour in Sony fans, as they are now the ones being mercilessly persecuted. And lo and behold, we're seeing similar behavior from Sony fans that we did from Nintendo fans during the GameCube/N64 era. Surprise surprise.
Doesn't take much to put two and two together, folks. If you want it to stop, here's what you gotta do:
I hereby present to you...Terrell said:Saying one type of fan is any worse than the other is ludicrous... but it certainly runs in cycles. For a long time, Sega fans were the worst because they were, by necessity, the most defensive. SegaCD, 32X, 2 failed consoles, everyone making fun of them for their purchase (not even just the hardcore)...
The pattern here is that whatever you purchase, if your purchase is failing in terms of mindshare, you're going to be ridiculed for it mercilessly. First it was Sega fans, followed by Nintendo fans. I got very bored trying to defend my purchase of a "LameCube", but I did get very despondent about how you couldn't say a single positive word about Nintendo without being looked at like you're retarded.
And THAT, folks, is where fanboyism takes its strongest root. If you spend more time being laughed at for what you enjoy, OF COURSE you're going to feel a need to strike back.
Nintendo seems to be on an upturn now, which never happened for the Sega fans, so you can imagine that after 10 years of ridicule, Nintendo fans are seeing an opportunity for a shred of vindication. Do they take it to obnoxious levels sometimes? You bet. But if you ever made fun of someone for owning a GameCube or a DS before its market upturn, you only have yourself to blame.
Conversely, we're starting to see this level of defensive behaviour in Sony fans, as they are now the ones being mercilessly persecuted. And lo and behold, we're seeing similar behavior from Sony fans that we did from Nintendo fans during the GameCube/N64 era. Surprise surprise.
Doesn't take much to put two and two together, folks. If you want it to stop, here's what you gotta do:
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