Poll: "They just hate it because it's popular."

[Ba22crow]

yep, i try to avoid playing some of the games that are entirely played by the mainstream. I'm not really sure why, but if something is hugely popular, i tend to avoid it for that reason, and instead seek out possible treasures in less heard of games. however i don't go around trash talking them, just avoid them because of the bandwagon.

 

[MASTACHIEFPWN]

When I went to see Avatar, I was expecting a Sci Fi epic, the next Star Wars- But I was uberly disapointed.

It just kept going on and on and on- and the last battle just made me so angry-

A Machinegun will beat an arrow, weather it is on a bird or not. I don't know what military was sent to fight those guys- but it was the absolute worst in the known universe.

The unrealism of it just made me LOL.

I have never been more disapointed.
James Cameron- you just made the biggest skid mark in the underwear of Science Fiction- EVER.

 

[elvor0]

No, never, I don;t like things because I don't like them. It pisses me off no end when someone says I hate some thing just because it's popular. It completely attempts to undermine my views on things, seriously people that say that I just want to throttle.

 

[Farseer Lolotea]

I've never hated something just because it's popular.

Now, considered something both bad and wildly overrated, on the other hand? Been utterly mystified at its popularity? Definitely.

 

[TPiddy]

I may at first, but if I hate something ENOUGH, I'll do my research to ensure my hatred is justified. There's nothing worse than misinformed hatred.

 

[TPiddy]

yep, i try to avoid playing some of the games that are entirely played by the mainstream. I'm not really sure why, but if something is hugely popular, i tend to avoid it for that reason, and instead seek out possible treasures in less heard of games. however i don't go around trash talking them, just avoid them because of the bandwagon.

Yes.... specifically involving gaming.... more popularity = more shitheads.... so you have a good point there

 

[Brian Hendershot]

I hate something that becomes popular and as a result is ran into the ground for popularity's sake. You know, like how CoD and Guitar Hero are.

And I don't hate Twilight because it's popular. I hate it because it's stupid. I read jalf the books and they were stupid. That's not hisptery, that's just logic.

 

[vxicepickxv]

Since you're reading this on an internet forum, it's probably safe to assume you've all encountered this particular phrase or some variation thereof.

It inevitably emerges when someone who enjoys a popular and/or successful product encounters someone who does not. Common examples include Avatar, Call of Duty and Harry Potter. The accusation is generally accompanied by the suggestion that the 'hater' is motivated by the desire to be an independently minded person who does not simply follow the crowd.

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Really? I mean... really?

Does anyone actually do this? Because I find it a bit hard to swallow.

Seriously, I'm curious. Have you - yes, you - ever decided to hate something purely because other people like it?

I hate 'Avatar' because I didn't like it. I don't 'hate' it, I just don't care for it. It felt like the movie I saw six months ago, and the oter one I saw three years ago, that i can't remember their names, but with giant blue men in space. And amazing effects.
Eye candy doesn't buy me.

I liked Avatar better when it was called Last of the Mohicans.

 

[Nautical Honors Society]

I've disliked a fanbase before which sometimes sours my image of a product. But no I've never disliked something because it is popular.

 

[IDTheftVictim]

I'm often trying to take an opposing argument to any statement, so if I'm told something is popular I do have a bias against it, and I am not usually proven wrong (though it has happened).

One thing I don't get is where people think something is popular and its not. For example, Twilight is supposedly one of the most popular things out there and I can't find a person who likes it.

 

[Squeaky]

When i was a kid and the spice girls were popular thats about the only thing ive ever hated because of its popularity. so quick answer No as Spice girls dont matter/count as somthing.

 

[kortin]

I'm often trying to take an opposing argument to any statement, so if I'm told something is popular I do have a bias against it, and I am not usually proven wrong (though it has happened).

One thing I don't get is where people think something is popular and its not. For example, Twilight is supposedly one of the most popular things out there and I can't find a person who likes it.

Well, something being popular doesn't denote that everyone likes it. Just that its a common thing that most everyone knows about.

 

[funguy2121]

Since you're reading this on an internet forum, it's probably safe to assume you've all encountered this particular phrase or some variation thereof.

It inevitably emerges when someone who enjoys a popular and/or successful product encounters someone who does not. Common examples include Avatar, Call of Duty and Harry Potter. The accusation is generally accompanied by the suggestion that the 'hater' is motivated by the desire to be an independently minded person who does not simply follow the crowd.

...

Really? I mean... really?

Does anyone actually do this? Because I find it a bit hard to swallow.

Seriously, I'm curious. Have you - yes, you - ever decided to hate something purely because other people like it?

Why are we talking as if it's even possible to decide to hate something?

Here. Let's try a little exercise. Now, when I say 'go,' I want you to start hating Scarlett Johansen, Martin Luther King and Christopher Nolan with all you've got.

Ready? Go!

Did it work?

Now, let's try it again, but this time I want you to totally fall in love with Halo, My Little Pony and Anime

 

[EvilPicnic]

Funnily enough, often the opposite.

I'm confident in my own tastes enough that if I like something, I won't change my opinion just because the masses disagree with me (for a gaming example, I actually really enjoyed FFXIII).
But I am quite a cautious buyer, and I do a lot of research before I purchase a game.
Therefore if a game is critically and popularly lauded then it's more likely to be on my radar.

For example, the Assassins Creed series is pretty popular and succesful; and so I recently bought the first game to find out if that's true. I haven't played it yet, but I expect it will probably be a good game, and I would probably not have picked it up at all without all the attention the series gets (action-adventure games generally don't interest me).

One thing I don't get is where people think something is popular and its not. For example, Twilight is supposedly one of the most popular things out there and I can't find a person who likes it.

Haha, well to be honest that says more about the sort of crowd you know and hang around with than anything else. Cinema tickets and book sales disagree with you, my friend; Twilight is insanely popular.

 

[Yopaz]

When it comes to music I've started disliking it more because it became popular, thus gets played more on the radio and parties. So let's say I am a person who enjoys punk rock, classical rock, hard rock and some metal sub genres and lives a place where techno is the most popular genre. Yeah, it makes me annoyed, but I don't hate it. With games I did decide not to get Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 because of the hype and the fact that everyone bought it. Yet I also don't like fps games that focus on k/d ratio, because it always ends up with me running around then getting killed the first time I go around the corner. Yeah, I dislike it because I suck at it, not because it's popular.
Still, even with the rising popularity of Rise Against I love them, and I love that they're getting popular. So I like to see things I like be popular, and things I don't like I just wish to ignore or tolerate as much as I can.
Hating something in itself is really stupid and I don't get the whole idea behind it. I think the world seems so extreme. Either loving something or hating something. It seems so depressing that everything in between is getting blurred out...

 

[kickyourass]

While my dislike of a certain thing has definitely been assisted by the fact that it's popular (though that's closer to confusion over why the thing in question is popular), no, I've never had the mind set of "That's popular, therefore I hate it."

 

[Zhukov]

Seriously, I'm curious. Have you - yes, you - ever decided to hate something purely because other people like it?

Why are we talking as if it's even possible to decide to hate something?

Here. Let's try a little exercise. Now, when I say 'go,' I want you to start hating Scarlett Johansen, Martin Luther King and Christopher Nolan with all you've got.

Ready? Go!

Did it work?

Now, let's try it again, but this time I want you to totally fall in love with Halo, My Little Pony and Anime

Heh. Point taken.

Poor choice of words on my part.

 

[loc978]

Hate? Not so much. I'm just dumbfounded when a movie rehashes old ideas in a flashy way or a game with one new feature that removes depth from an already shallow genre comes out and both become incredibly popular. I don't hate the movie or the game, I just laugh at their fans.

 

[TheIronRuler]

Since you're reading this on an internet forum, it's probably safe to assume you've all encountered this particular phrase or some variation thereof.

It inevitably emerges when someone who enjoys a popular and/or successful product encounters someone who does not. Common examples include Avatar, Call of Duty and Harry Potter. The accusation is generally accompanied by the suggestion that the 'hater' is motivated by the desire to be an independently minded person who does not simply follow the crowd.

...

Really? I mean... really?

Does anyone actually do this? Because I find it a bit hard to swallow.

Seriously, I'm curious. Have you - yes, you - ever decided to hate something purely because other people like it?

I hate 'Avatar' because I didn't like it. I don't 'hate' it, I just don't care for it. It felt like the movie I saw six months ago, and the oter one I saw three years ago, that i can't remember their names, but with giant blue men in space. And amazing effects.
Eye candy doesn't buy me.

I liked Avatar better when it was called Last of the Mohicans.

I liked it better when it was called 'The last Samurai'.

 

[Sparrow]

No, but I hate it when something I think is bad is popular. It's not so much that I think my opinions are that of God's opinions or anything, it's more a case of a lot of stuff being undeserved.

For instance, take Avatar. Terrible script, terrible acting for the most part and generally overused storyline. For me the majority of it's popularity came from Cameron's ability to make the audience cry and its 3D. For that, I think all the praise it got is undeserved. Probably also stems from the fact that I watched it once, then was pretty much forced to see it another two times by friends and family. Didn't like it the first time, hated it the second and wanted to kill myself the third.

I hate 'Avatar' because I didn't like it. I don't 'hate' it, I just don't care for it. It felt like the movie I saw six months ago, and the oter one I saw three years ago, that i can't remember their names, but with giant blue men in space. And amazing effects.
Eye candy doesn't buy me.

I liked Avatar better when it was called Last of the Mohicans.

I prefered it much more when it was called Dances With Wolves.