LJWooly - 54 days 2 hours ago

I would join you, because I honestly don't really feel like arguing anymore, it's making posting on the mainsite a real drag.

But, this won't happen, because certain people who support certain consoles just love being raped by certain corporations, and then arguing on the internet about who rapes them better. They love it so much, that they're incapable of being humble.

Worthy intentions, though.

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resistance100 - 53 days 21 hours ago

Nice idea, but it won't work

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Jack Meahoffer - 53 days 19 hours ago

The people saying this isn’t possible are pessimistic. There are open and gamer zones for a reason. I’d like to see moderators crack down hard. Its not hard to tell a fanboy comment from a gamer comment. I’m not talking about deleting and banning everyone that makes a negative comment. I’m talking about cracking down on blind brand worshipping comments that do nothing to further the discussion. You all know what I’m talking about. If you say a fanboy keyword you should be deleted and blocked for a week. I see the word fanboy used a lot. Also see droid and xbot in gamer zone comments that DO NOT get deleted like they should. Ultimately the users are to blame but if the moderators aren’t policing correctly the users will only get worse and that’s what we’re seeing.

Users can start by realizing that competition only helps gamers. Even if you hate the 360 or the PS3 the fact that they both exist helps gamers on both sides of the fence. Hoping and praying for the downfall of one platform over the other is childish and shortsighted. Fanboys need to get a life and understand that there are far bigger issues out there in the world than this stupid childish console war. If you can’t be even-handed and add to the discussion then STFU and get banned permanently to the open zone.

I’ll admit I started my time on this site by being sucked into the pointless back and forth fanboyism. I’m not proud of the onesided comments I posted out of frustration in the past but it made me realize I didn’t’ want to be one of the trouble makers. I realized that its totally stupid and childish so I try hard to only post constructive even-handed comments in the gamer zone. The frustrating thing about that is that you then get attacked from both sides. This “your with us or against us” attitude is what is killing N4G.

Wake up and grow up or shut the F up.

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Drakol - 53 days 18 hours ago

I hope that this could happen, but not on this planet.

I remember being a HUUUGE Sony fanbot back during the PS1 days, but gradually grew out of that as I matured. Among the latest gen systems, I have PS3 and 360. Both are great, and I do plan on getting a Wii soon. Sure I play my PS3 more often due to MGS4, but soon switching back for Gears 2.

Trying to look at both sides of the coin can only happen with maturity. Sadly enough, not a lot of people have reached that yet.

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Dmack79 - 53 days 16 hours ago

But it probably won't happen. I am someone who enjoys a friendly debate not mindless and mean arguments. oh well...

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Isaac - 51 days 7 hours ago

And sadly, just as racism is cause of racism, which then produces a vicious cycle and ideologies grow more complex, fanboyism is almost the same except the consoles or brands become the race you belong to or the one you hate the most.

A good start would be to stop posting news like "10 reasons to hate..." or "10 reasons to choose X over Y" or "X versus Y video comparison", articles from people with a clear agenda, articles from websites that are clearly not gaming websites but fanboy websites, FUD, and so on. Websites like Sony Defense Farse or Xbox Queens should be banned, and authors like Rob Enderle among others shouldn't even make headlines.

There are also some "well respected" members of this site that have too many bubbles that use them to pursue their own agenda, and a good move from them to set an example would be to stop putting on their own Bio quotes like this one: "I have a great disdain towards Sony fanboys. I do not understand their bizarre emotional attachment to their console. I will try to be a positive influence to N4G". I won't name names, but when you lash out against the fanboys of X console or company you're simply being a fanboy of Y console or company; you only make things worse with self righteous statements like "I will try to be a positive influence to N4G" after lashing out.

The bubble system is broken which is why some fanboys happen to have tons of bubbles while some rational beings that end up being pissed off by these individuals lose their bubbles because they don't have as many friends on sites like these because they have no agenda and their only purpose on visiting this site is getting their gaming news and not reading someone else's ideology about how X business is evil and should get out of the console war altogether.

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