Fanboyism

I enjoy being a fanboy.
I'm a fanboy of Nintendo for it's great games but i find the online a downer.
I'm a fanboy of Microsoft (Not XBOX...) for their great OS's like Windows 7, but their upgrade disc prices are HEAPS...
I'm a fanboy of HP (Specifically Compaq Presario) for their laptops, though i have been hearing negative things.
What about you guys?

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Westside
[quote name='Guild McCommunist' post='3339068' date='Dec 20 2010, 03:39 PM'][quote name='BobTheJoeBob' post='3339044' date='Dec 20 2010, 09:23 PM'][quote name='Guild McCommunist' post='3334289' date='Dec 18 2010, 02:39 PM']Saying "I'm a fanboy and I'm proud of it!" is just openly admitting that you're an idiot. Fanboys are nothing but tasteless gamers who just buy whatever crap comes out from company X. They're view of games being good or bad is gone; it's just if it's from company X or company Y.[/quote]
There's a difference between a fanboy and an idiot. Being a fanboy just means your a big fan of whatever game/console/series. It doesn't mean you can't hate on the company for doing something bad or making a bad move. Now an idiot; an idiot would just accept whatever shit come's out that company's ass, whether it be good or bad, they'll defend it to their grave.

I'm not really a fanboy of anything, maybe nintendo handheld wise, but that's about it.
[/quote]

Being a fan of a company =/= being a fanboy. Fanboy is pretty widely used for someone who just gobbles the shit of one thing or another, no matter how good/bad it is. A fan is just an appreciator who still has taste.

Fans are good, fanboys are bad. Big difference.
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I can sort of see where you are coming from. I LOVE Nintendo games, but I keep an open mind. One of my buddies is a guy who happens to be a Nintendo fanboy. He refuses to believe there are good PS3 or 360 games. I say fuck him and play Halo and MGS. Every system's got its games, unless they are absolutely crap, (#cough# ngage #cough#) I don't think there is a reason to hate it completely.
 
Etalon
[quote name='Westside' post='3339076' date='Dec 20 2010, 10:43 PM']One of my buddies is a guy who happens to be a Nintendo fanboy. He refuses to believe there are good PS3 or 360 games. I say fuck him and play Halo and MGS. Every system's got its games, unless they are absolutely crap, (#cough# ngage #cough#) I don't think there is a reason to hate it completely.[/quote]

I don't think that Nintendo fanboys hate different systems. At least I don't hate them.

But we simply don't care.

"There's a good game for PS3" ist just the same as "There's a good book in Thai language" for me. Nice to know. But I don't care about it...
 
Guild McCommunist
[quote name='Etalon' post='3339081' date='Dec 20 2010, 09:47 PM'][quote name='Westside' post='3339076' date='Dec 20 2010, 10:43 PM']One of my buddies is a guy who happens to be a Nintendo fanboy. He refuses to believe there are good PS3 or 360 games. I say fuck him and play Halo and MGS. Every system's got its games, unless they are absolutely crap, (#cough# ngage #cough#) I don't think there is a reason to hate it completely.[/quote]

I don't think that Nintendo fanboys hate different systems. At least I don't hate them.

But we simply don't care.

"There's a good game for PS3" ist just the same as "There's a good book in Thai language" for me. Nice to know. But I don't care about it...
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That's an absolutely terrible comparison. Odds are you won't be reading a good book in the Thai language because you don't understand the Thai language and won't learn the entire language to read one book. You can understand how to use a PS3 in no time, and you won't be buying it for one game. You'll be buying it for quite a few good games that the system has. And if you don't like all the games, well then you've got a Bluray player too. Go watch some movies.

And since when was saying "LOOK I'M A FANBOY" a good thing?
 
B
[quote name='Guild McCommunist' post='3339068' date='Dec 20 2010, 08:39 PM'][quote name='BobTheJoeBob' post='3339044' date='Dec 20 2010, 09:23 PM'][quote name='Guild McCommunist' post='3334289' date='Dec 18 2010, 02:39 PM']Saying "I'm a fanboy and I'm proud of it!" is just openly admitting that you're an idiot. Fanboys are nothing but tasteless gamers who just buy whatever crap comes out from company X. They're view of games being good or bad is gone; it's just if it's from company X or company Y.[/quote]
There's a difference between a fanboy and an idiot. Being a fanboy just means your a big fan of whatever game/console/series. It doesn't mean you can't hate on the company for doing something bad or making a bad move. Now an idiot; an idiot would just accept whatever shit come's out that company's ass, whether it be good or bad, they'll defend it to their grave.

I'm not really a fanboy of anything, maybe nintendo handheld wise, but that's about it.
[/quote]

Being a fan of a company =/= being a fanboy. Fanboy is pretty widely used for someone who just gobbles the shit of one thing or another, no matter how good/bad it is. A fan is just an appreciator who still has taste.

Fans are good, fanboys are bad. Big difference.
[/quote]
Huh, I always took Fans and fanboys as the same thing, just one that describes the gender of the Fan. Well you learn something new everyday I guess.
 
ZeWarrior
I used to be really biased towards Sony and Apple, not anymore though, I try to be neutral and only tell it how it is.
 

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