Fanboy extremists: What in the world is wrong with these people?

There is no accounting for taste. There are billions of individuals, and thus billions of various likes and preferences. This is true even in the world of gaming (on a much smaller scale of course). If we were to pick apart all of the various types of gamer in order to categorize, we'd end up with a decent sized list. But lately there are a few types of gamers who stand out. The Hardcore, the Casual, the Take it or leave it, and the Can't live without it gamers. All of which have markets tailored toward their needs. HD consoles and PSP, the Wii and DS, Mobile phone, and All of the above, respectively.

[Harry190]

to love these guys.They are the ones who make or break our day.
But we are all fanboys in our own way.

[meepmoopmeep]

we are one way or another for one thing or another
maybe it's just human nature.

[fenderputty]

Me personally, I'm a fanboy of "Ice Tea without sugar"

Those elitist southern pigs and their sugar need to stay away from my sun tea.

[LightningPS3]

But I personally would even inflict bodily harm on someone just because of the console wars.

That's how serious it is.

Fanboys are even more passionate that people realize.

[LightningPS3]

Just some people won't admit it. But good thing that most of the fanboysim is limited to the Internet.

[JadeTyrant]

you are not capable of inflicting bodily harm on anybody, you don't have the mindset to live with such an act. How do I know? First off, anyone who could, would not admit to it, and second, if they could, they would not use the internet to do so. Everyone is 10 feet tall and bulletproof on the internet. You made that statement to get attention. And guess what? You got it!

[tony]

how ignorant.

[Genuine]

I would absolutely LOVE to run into an SPG member out in the real world.

[caffman]

and I'm in the 360 camp. I would never think of harming him over something as stupid as electronics. The other night he had his PS3 at mine and we had a chance to compare both. I had to admit that certain parts of the PS3 were good and he had to admit that certain things on the 360 were good. But the whole thing about fantastic wireless gaming for free was bull. I have a very very good wireless router and it just couldn't connect properly. He admitted that he always has problems with wireless and asked if I had a spare cable. So he used my routers wired broadband and we had a few games on resistance.

[Genuine]

You should show your daughter this article, as well as the SPG website. They are chock full of psycho's. I would certainly watch his behavior if their relationship ever goes sour.

As for me, I've watched them collectively control the news on this website, bully it's members, and even make death threats. For me it would be more about their behavior than electronics.

[Rattles]

waits for POG to start complaining about ps3 fanbois.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

waits for someone to mention RROD or how MS is the devil and it is out to screw all gamers and kill all your children by people who name themselves after corporate execs that would not give a crap about them if they died by bear attack 2 blocks down from their home.

[FLOPbox 360]

<-----------This wannabe is failing again this generation.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

That wannabe is currently right behind the Wii in install base while the POS3 is last and will be years before it catches up. Just because you keep telling everyone your #1 doesn't make it true last place boy.

[Sir Ken Kutaragi 4]

p.s Is that a Photo of Bill Gate$ kid at Christmas???
i.e Daddy got him a xBox 360!!! ;-D

[kewlkat007]

see I was part of the whole "Sega will do what Nintendon't era", so I see the same Sh^t, except fanboys are more delusional these days.

Especially when they swear what they type is absolute fact..

There is less thoughtful(even if you like your only console of choice) replys on this site and just more disagrees. sometimes the Agrees fanboys get are laughable..not even worth disagreeing with.

well nothing new here, I suppose, from what I've read from other forums, this site as the sh^thole of BS, misleading articles, and flaiming topics of gaming sites, which has made it quite popular, because of.

I was on the AVS forums and some MOD mentioned this site as the lowest denominator( for those that cannot engage in civil discussions.)

I believe you have "fanboys" then you have "fanboy Extremist", hey just like religion. some can give you good reasons and at least back up their comments and then there is TRASH, not worth reading.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

"The sad little chump who talks crap on internet message boards about consoles other than his favorite, or even goes so far as to "Join an alliance" with other sad little chumps on these message boards to form a "Majority of outspoken Jerks rule" clique."

lol

[heyheyhey]

i didnt know your a net model?

your so cute, but not very crabby as you described

[GiantEnemyCrab]

Why would you say such things!?

You know how I feel about nets. Although it would take a giant one to snarl me.

=)

[heyheyhey]

LOL!!!

so I guess il see you at dinner- BECAUSE YOU'LL BE ON MY PLATE WITH SOME LOVELY LETTUCE NEXT TO YOU!!!!!!!

mmmmmm, fresh crab with some honey mustard sauce

p.s im giving you buubles from now on, because you've been amusing me since you came here- thanks for the laughs crabman

[Erasmus]

I can't stand fanboys, why you would swear allegiance to one system and hatred to someone that plays another is completely beyond me. Games are games and I own both a 360 and a PS3, honestly I prefer the 360 but I have no problem with those that love to play another console. It's called being an adult people.

[MetalProxy]

but saying you preffer the 360 is being a fanboy no matter how you say it. So is it Chevy or Ford? oh wait it dont matter to you cuz you like everything, lol.

[Gam71]

Metal you missed his point like a us missle misses its target.
Do you want everyone to put extreme before fanboy all the time?

You can't have two of anything similar and say you like them both equally with no preference to one.
But I'm sure if he said he prefers the ps3 you wouldn't have been so quick to disagree.

[kewlkat007]

has nothing to do with being a Fanboy of whatever that may be.

someone called me a fanboy because I said I liked the 360 controller for Shooters instead of the Dual shock.

Of course I gave my clear and specific reasons. But I cannot have a preference...of one thing over the other? or Im a fanboy...haha

Since when...

[dantesparda]

Is overall a little bit better than the PS3 thus far, but i think thats changing. And i think that Live is a little bit better than PSN, but not by much and definitely not worth $50, but feel like i am force to pay it if i wanna play online. But i definitely hate the 360 fanboys far worst than the PS3 fanboy, that's for sure!

[Skerj]

The extremists need like some major real life tragedy to occur to put things in perspective for them.

[MetalProxy]

This is pointless. Fanboyism happens with EVERYTHING..cars, cloths, music, movies ETC. So wondering why is a waste of time.

[Kaz Hirai]

What in the world is wrong with you SWINE???
Your UNCOUTH behaviour is ruining the gaming community! Luckily, 2008 marks the EXTINCTION of the Xbox brand! Once this year is over, the gaming community will be a FAR better place without you HOGS stinking the place up!

58 days until Judgment Day, Nazisoft!

MWAH-HA-HA-HA!!!

[LaChance]

make N4G fun.
Moreover being the hated minority ( that is being pro 360 )is REALLY cool. You cant believe how fun and challenging it is to be hated by 90% of the people on this site.
To be completely honest if the majority of people on N4G were 360 fanboys I dont think I would have signed up to this site.
I only signed up because the unbalance (in favor of sony fanboys) was INCREDIBLE and because its fun to come and spoil the party (by the way I only speak the truth lol )

Sometimes it do feel quite lonely though , especailly at the begginig of the year.I think we were probably 5 on this site against probably 5000 sony fanboys.

But some people take this whole WAY too seriously. To all the guys sending threats and disses in my PM : GET A LIFE !!!

@OO : I keep on saying that ! nasim/shmee/tanod/zambrotta/sh oduku/doodle/etc is the biggest fanboy in the history of fanboyism. He's like the messiah for fanboys or something.I dont even think his human.Thers no words to describe just how crazy that guy is.

[Skerj]

Being pro 360 isn't hated, it's when you're pro something and a douche about it is what irritates people. If you post well thought out constructive comments without antagonizing others then you'll see it's not that bad. And by well thought out, I'm not talking of pulling some statistics from some no name site to prove a skewed point of view that you really know nothing about like I see so often.

Besides, Sony purists being rampant on the site is still kinda new. It wasn't always like this, from last year you'd have thought that the PS3 would bring forth armageddon, and was the source of every bad thing that ever happened.

[Gam71]

Skerj
I'm sorry but I have to disagree. Yesterday a thread was started on the first review of gta on the 360 and the first comment was everything you said that wasn't antagonising and just informative yet got so many disagrees purely for mentioning the 360.
More disagrees than i've seen on pure extreme fanboyism comments in the open zone.

Fanboys rule here.
I have to sayI signed up for similar reason that lachance did. And as bad as it is it's still better than kotaku

[Skerj]

What I said before is the general rule of thumb , but like you pointed out is not absolute (which is why I said "not that bad"). Hell I've gotten disagrees on some of the most random things ever, even when what I said was neutral and 100% truth. Also I've seen that if you point out the fact that you got disagrees, you'll get more but really it's not that major.

[yesah]

lol, you talking about fanboys. Funny.

[dantesparda]

All of 2006 and 2007, this whole site was by far more 360 fanboys than PS3 fanboys. It wasnt until the last quarter of 2007 that things started to change and more and more Sony fanboys started to show up. And as PS3 news finally started to take a turn for the better, more and more the 360 fanboys started to shut up.

So you dont know cuz you're fairly new to this site, but this site was bigtime overrun by 360 fanboys. Its just alot of them seemed to have runned/left the site as more PS3 fanboys have come in

[00]

is that nobody on this site can match up to nazmin and is other accounts, he makes the worse trolls on this site look like amateurs.

[heyheyhey]

why doesn't someone stop and ask- where would we be without fanboys?

in the fvcking stone age

if every person was always pleased by every console and thought "every console is good and has its advantages"- companies would have no reason to push their consoles to perfection

companies need to work hard to attract the loyal fanboys of another brand- to do this they need to create excellent features to try and pull them away from their beloved brand

pfft, all you people keep complaining about fanboys yet fail to realise that they push the industry to new heights

us fanfvcks are the reason you people have consoles with revolutionary features- so stop complaining about us

[TruthbeTold]

The article even says as much. It's those who take it to extremes and give us all a bad name that are the problem.

[f4nb0i]

Keep it real

[power of Green]

" Bigoted Rancorous Asshole Teenagers or "Brats" are so enthralled by their own little world of preferences that they feel the need to put down or attempt to destroy anything that isn't directly aligned with their thinking."

^^Sounds like 90% of the contributors and their rabid followers that make up 90% of this site.

Here come the "Brats"...

"And finally, these are angry people. Whether they have been bullied, suppressed, ignored, picked on or whatever, these people have underlying issues that feed into this behavior. If you've ever wondered how these foul mouthed kids get away with what they do the answer is simple: Their parents don't pay enough attention to them. And therein lies the heart of the matter. This is the reason that True Gamers have to deal with this abuse. This is the reason why Governments want to regulate and control what games can and can't be made. This is the reason why the media attempts to attach gaming as the phantom motive behind an ever growing list of violent crimes. Parents let games and television raise their kids, which causes many of them to become Brats, which causes many of them to become borderline psychotic adults. Don't let these nuts be the face of Gamers to the world. They don't represent you. They don't represent me. They're Brats. Plain and simple."

^^^Too many of these types on XBL its too bad.

[Chug]

I kinda figured you would be here...

[power of Green]

All I was saying is there are many on this site that will troll every single 360 thread saying 360 sucks!, RROD, PS3 is the greatest they'll find anything to nit-pic about claiming the glory of the PS3 lineup and there are many PS3 contributor troll's that spend all day and night trolling for anti MSFT news. lol

Sony fans can get so rabid they'll practice character assassination if they think somebody from the other side could even out the bias on this site.

One or two positive 360 stories get posted and you can expect *MSFT screws gamers again! or RROD posts from Sony fans that use this fud for counters. lol.

Don't even make me get into how they've figureed out how control story degree's benifiting Sony.(they'll let Sony stories heat up in pending and will quikly appove good 360 news to hide it in the 360 section)

[Chug]

...And vice/versa. I've been on this site for quite some time now, long enough to remember how sh!t used to roll around here. With the PS3 gaining popularity the tables have turned. Some would call it "sweet revenge".

[Kleptic]

you are right POG...and I never see you...Jason...Mart...Poos3...I cewake...Wageslave...or any of the rest of your hopeless half-wits trolling every thread on this site either...or on your pointless agenda to make people feel sorry for you because the bad Sony fans keep pointing out how retarded you were for over a year straight...its not the Sony fans man...its more like reality...

you know what?...forget it...I will longer attempt to contradict you anymore...you are obviously beyond repair...just this past weekend I witnessed you trying to say that uncharted was built on UE3 and had to have features 'reduced' in order to run well on a PS3...you obviously suck at the internet...

[Genuine]

Kleptic do you honestly believe you acquired all of those bubbles through you gaming intellect and thoughtful posts? Lol, news flash you have those bubbles because your a sony fanboy (aswell as 90% of the other people with 6+ bubbles), nothing more, nothing less.

[Kleptic]

thanks genuine...what the hell does that have to do with anything?...POG whines on a daily basis about everyone ganging up on him...I was pointing out that maybe if he didn't say retarded stuff ALL THE TIME, maybe this place would be a little safer for him...

thanks for your input on where I got my bubbles too...douche...

[Says you]

the console that is working is already handing the XBox 360 ass! all over the place!.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

Well I always take offense to someone calling me an idiot who can't even spell "blatantly" right.

You fail you quarter pecker.

[Mclovin96]

"GiantEnemyCrab is blantly and idiot
the console that is working is already handing the XBox 360 ass! all over the place!."

Maybe you should take a look at what you type before you hit the "add comment" button. Either that or you are a complete moron. It would take me more words to explain everything that is wrong with that sentence than all the words you actually typed. Go back to school says me.

[PimpHandHappy]

PS3 owners dont hate the 360camp

its jut they have it coming

thats all

consider it payback

If you go read that last consele war thread and see how the conversasion went you would notice when the 360 camp doesnt say something stupid ppl will really share thoughts and not threats

be a gamer not a hater

Why dont you finish with that again after you bring up something off topic just to start sh!t

I think your POG/MArt/Kinslayer 4th account

[fenderputty]

Your mentality doesn't help the situation. As much as payback might feel good, it only serves to make things worse. I hope one day this site regains some semblance of respect.

[LaChance]

I just checked out your bio , and I just feel sad for you.

I know alot of people on this site are fanboys but you actually take it to another level.

I honestly cant believe you're actually serious.

How old are you ? Whats wrong with you ?

Oh well , its none of my business. Im just gonna leave you in your fantasy world where good and evil is Sony and MSFT.

[Dark General]

I think a good 70 percent of "fanboys'' are fraudulent on the internet. They aren't really extremists at all but rather just like to get under other people's skin that likes a certain product. I know a few people who even claimed as much. The other percentage of that group either are young and doesn't know any better or just really like heated debates.

[mikeslemonade]

You took the words straight out of my mouth. If given the chance I think almost everyone would own all 3 systems.

[PimpHandHappy]

you know why you are out numbered?

Its because ppl can only lie to themselfs for so long! thats why

When the only talking point you have in favor of your system is XBL then its over. You dont have a foot to stand on! PSN gets improved and its free. We can play games online just like you and the games we get are just as good now and thats not even counting Sony exclusives!

dont you think its funny Lachance? The only time the 360camp would blast away with opinions was when they thought they had the upper hand....2007 sales ended that!

Your a dying breed just like your system of choice and in the real world the cream always rises to the top

Be a gamer not a hater

[PimpHandHappy]

i know for sure thats what ppl are doing. Its sad if thats the case thou. In my world ppl with that attitude face to face dont last long.

and yes

Thats the power of bloggers and avitars in todays internet

[Mwaan]

PS1 and PS2 were market leaders and sony fans were used to getting all the games. Basically, it spoiled them. Now PS3 is in 3rd place, dragging it's feet. No exclusive killer apps, almost nothing to play on it at all. The only reason POSN is free is because people would laugh hysterically if they tried to charge for it. Sony fanboys are angry and jealos, and they should be. All Sony gave them was a movie player. Mwahahahahahaaha

Hmmm. Maybe I should say something to balance things out. I don't want to lose all my bubbles... RROD FTW!!! Uncharted Rocks!!!

[heyheyhey]

see this is what i mean people

uber-fanboys like this one push the industry

now Sony has to come up with great new features to entice him away from M$ and into Sony's arms

@Gam71

all their features aren't really that original, but they improved upon the concepts those features were originated from

and made a nice package of cool features- in my opinion anyway

but then again, Microsoft hasn't done ANYTHING completely original in the console business

face it- everyone copies off everyone else

the only company that does original things is Nintendo (in the console business that is)

anyway im not going to spend ages trying to explain this trivial stuff to you- cause frankly, i dont care what you think about the PS3

@Mwaan

http://www.ps3forums.com/sh...

they'll be here, just be patient- or as you would put it "wait b3yond"

bear in mind that the list is missing a few games too

[Gam71]

Heyhey
they'd better start soon. Every feature they have is on the other two consoles. (well I included sixaxis but that doesn't work, i mean count)
I'll start again every feature is on the other console.
What feature have they come up with thats original?

[Mwaan]

I can be enticed with games. All Sony has to do is give me some fricken games. Where's the turned-based jrpgs?! I have several on my 360. My PS3 isn't pulling it's weight.

[Gam71]

Pimpandhappy.
Your so tough and one of the brats the article was talking about

It's a good thing you live in "your world" because in the real world you'd keep you gob shut and wouldn't be half as tough.

Maybe one day you'll realise that you can have a conversation with having to resort to threats and violence and you'll then have your first ever discussion with real people.
No fear of getting beat up to stop you

[PimpHandHappy]

thats from his other account

[Gam71]

I gave him the agree because thats how i see this site.
And a few ps3 fans have agreed with his sentiment about rabid ps3 fans, not the ones that come on here to have a sensible (may i suggest going elsewhere) discussion.

Of course it happens with 360 fans and saying there's not as much isn't really justifying their stance.

[Mclovin96]

I agreed with him too.

The PS3 fanboys have almost completely ruined this website, and the people who run this site are just as bad by not doing anything about it. I don't always agreed with what POG has to say but at least he has not been brainwashed by all of sony's bullshit and hype. I'm proud to say that I am one of the few people left on N4G that has not been reduced to a weak, mindless, blabbering, PS3 fanboy jerkoff.

[Erasmus]

Let me just state that there is absolutely nothing wrong with preferring a certain system. Not everyone has enough time and money to own and make use of every system on the market, so obviously people have to pick and choose. The problem lies in being an infant and picking on people that chose to invest money in something else, making you feel insecure that you waisted yours.

btw for the person nagging at me because i said i perfer 360 did you not notice in my post that i own a ps3 as well? i may prefer one but i still play them both.

[bootsielon]

LaChance and GiantEnemyCrab just won the biggest hypocrite awards. Permanently. (I guess they're tied if both of them are "the biggest")

[yesah]

lol Brats.

[trolling b1tch]

how does that happen anyway? i mean what turned u in2 a fanboy extremists?

[00]

mind control

[permutated]

Fanboy of the decade award goes to Labwarrior on Game Trailers, and if you don't know who that is consider yourself lucky.

[LaChance]

THE OPEN ZONE ROCKS !!!!!!!!!

OPEN ZONE FTW !!!

I wonder if the people in this zone are real comedians ?

[Covenant]

They need to get l@id. Pure and simple. :)

[Bebedora]

The ordinary - Get a family. Get a job. Get a career. Get a car. Get a house. Get a TV. Not me. I just want to get my next fix.(Trainspotting, the movie).

Obsession/passion and snowed in is words that spring to mind. You're stuck in a mindset. And you have Internet where you can be a 10' meanie if you like. As someone mentioned above me. That last ting is a very big reason you can see destructive and very badly formed posts. If moderated haevily and having a penalty system removes lots of those.

I am guilty to some of thouse things too, so I am not trying to throw boulders in a glasshouse.

[Defectiv3_Detectiv3]

I'll tell you straight up, I am a PS3 fanboy thru and thru. Its not that there isn't a place in my heart for a 2nd console, there's just no place for the abortion of gamingdom that is the 360!!!

M$ uses a number of shady business practices that impact the gaming industry in a negative way. Look at XBL for example. Personally, I think that online features are a selling point of the software, not the system it runs on. M$ has duped its customers into believing that it offers them a service they need and in return charges them 60$ a year.

Fact of the matter is XBL is a sham. It uses the highly inferior P2P networking. PSN is FREE and even they use DEDICATED SERVERS!!! XBL is constantly down. I have never been denied access from PSN, not to mention there is no limit to the file sizes on PSN. PSN doesn't charge for useless crap like themes and wallpaper, and they don't use a confusing point system - everything has a dollar value.

And now M$ is trying to make games for windows use XBL, so now you can't even play online on a PC for free. That is an alarming trend.

The only thing superior about XBL is the interface, but after HOME and in game XMB(cross media bar) come out this summer, PSN will have every feature of XBL and more. If M$ respected their customers they would cut the price of XBL, but I doubt it.

My other big issue w/ XBOX is that more than 1/2 their exclusives are ported to PC (Gears, Halo, MassEffect, Bioshock, etc.) PC version have more features and run better. That defeats the purpose of owning the console in the first place!!! Ill take my 400$ and upgrade my PC, and it will smoke an XBOX!!!

You don't see PS3 exclusives ported out on PC(aside from the possibility of GT5). Resistance, Killzone, Warhawk, MetalGear, Socom, Motorstorm, FF13, LBP - not coming to PC. This ensures a unique experience you couldn't get anywhere else.

Overall quality issues are also a problem for me w/ XBOX and im not even talking RROD. First off, because M$ didn't feel like making HDD's mandatory, this leaves their software developement at a disadvantage. Why do you think it too so long for GTA4 to come out? They couldn't make it fit on one DVD.

The overall design is what gets me w/ the 360. The fan sounds like a jet turbine - its so loud it drowns out the games. The powerblock is way to bulky and heats up badly. The lense on the DVD laser scratches the games. This is remedied on the External Hi Def drives with 3 rubber gaurds. You're telling me that M$ can't afford to put a few rubber gaurds on their console!!!

Tech Support is also a joke. You call in to tell them you have RROD and they act like you can fix it yourself. Even if it does work again that still doesn't change the fact you have a defective console and it will crash again in the near future. And do they renew your warranty when they replace your console? No, you still have the same timeframe as the old one.

I bought a 20gb 360 at launched and was so underwhelmed I traded it in asap to get as much value for it as I could. I then used that money to preorder a PS3. PS3 got of to a slow start, but no that they are moving away from PS2 dev. and focusing on PS3 their is a steady stream of titles coming out. And if their future lineup is any indication, this trend will continue.

M$ on the other hand has hit a dry spot. Where are all their great titles this year? They have a serious lack of exclusives at a time when they should be experiencing a 360 renassaince. It looks like what was once Sony's biggest issue has become M$'s.

[TruthbeTold]

I don't know about healthy, but moderate Fanboyism is definitely o.k. The gaming market needs fanboys. Extreme fanboys on the other hand... Those people need to check themselves.

[NinjaRyu]

EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TruthbeTold]

The Brats even showed their faces here. Who are they? The ones who immediately agreed with the article, but laid all of the negative traits on the fanboys of the system they don't prefer. How predictable. :p