Chalk another one for Pokemon.
I'd describe it as going from obsession to indifference rather than love/hate though.
I'd describe it as going from obsession to indifference rather than love/hate though.
It is why I refused to take a side during that dumb fiasco. Everyone was persecuting each other nothing, taking "sides", and hurting others in the crossfire. Gamergate/Anti-gamergate accomplished nothing but showing people their true colors, with almost no one, albeit some minor few to benefit from it.PsychedelicDiamond said:MisterMetokur, formerly InternetAristocrat. Back when I was like 20 I was... well, I was a fucking dumbass who unironically thought of people as "Social Justice Warriors". I thought Metokur was a guy who made fun of the right people but... yeah, the guy's a tool, plain and simple. To think that there was a time where I supported GamerGate. God, I was a retard. Only realized just how far gone that movement was when most of its figureheads resurfaced as Trump cheerleaders.
Maybe, but I'd say there's plenty of the opposite too. Things that remained more or less the same, while the person themselves changed. So, two patterns?CaitSeith said:I'm noticing a pattern in this thread: most of the posts are about things that changed, not your opinion about the same old things. Do you now hate the way those things used to be? Or is it just the new version that disappointed you?
I'd say, if you loved something, it takes a lot of hate to break that love. I had trouble with your thread because there aren't that many things I actually hate in the world.Chimpzy said:Maybe, but I'd say there's plenty of the opposite too. Things that remained more or less the same, while the person themselves changed. So, two patterns?CaitSeith said:I'm noticing a pattern in this thread: most of the posts are about things that changed, not your opinion about the same old things. Do you now hate the way those things used to be? Or is it just the new version that disappointed you?
Actually, three. The thread about hating things you used to love seems to have more traction than my own about loving things you used to hate. Does that means people like hating things more than they do loving?
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Honestly fanservice is a massive putoff for me now. I watched about 10 minutes of astericks war, and the protaganist had walked in on a girl getting changed, accidently groped her, a few upskirt shots and then the thing that really took the piss was the higher ranking girl having huge (like, in reality around J cup) tits despite being 14. Really guys, just watch some porn, it's not even meant to be a harem anime.twistedmic said:I can't say anything for manga, as I'm not a regular reader of them, but I have to second the fan-service laden anime (movies and tv shows as well). I used to enjoy them when I was younger (and before I got my own computer) but now I just find them tedious and frankly patronizing rather than titillating. Plus I don't see any point in the softcore/pseudo-nudity of fanservice when I have access to full-on porn (live action and hentai).Chimpzy said:Also, Anime. More specific, fanservice-y trope-laden otaku-oriented anime, which seems to be the large majority of all anime being made. Got entirely weary of that stuff. I'm sure there are still exceptions, but I don't have the interest anymore to dig through piles of crap to find stuff I like. I'll stick to manga. Offers a much wider range of styles and subject matter anyway.
I'll admit it's kinda weird to read up on Clone wars and rebels on TVTROPES and watch all these arguments in the "Headscratchers" sections which pretty much devolve to "But in the EU......". Yeah, hate to break it to you but the EU was a giant sprawling mess and even if Disney hadn't retconned it, people would still be bitching that their favorite interpretation of SW lore wasn't the one featured in the shows/movies.Natemans said:Mostly EU Star Wars, but that's because I'm sick of the fandom hate.
Has Beamdog done anything other than ports/remakes?Saelune said:(Though I now consider Beamdog the real inheritors of Bioware)
Glad to see another fan of Cecil(GoodBadFlicks). Yeah, I lost a lot of love for most internet critics, though many from Channel Awesome I never liked to begin with. Linkara and Bennett's are the only ones I watch, and Bennett left the channel years ago. Ironically, at the time, he was one of the worse ones, but actually put effort into making his content better. Though Linkara, I only watch occasionally. CinemaSins and Honest Trailers pretty much follow trends at this point, CinemaSins got too aggravating, annoying, and Jeremy became a cynical ass claiming to be "against the system" and hiding behind "satire". *****, you are part of the system, and all of the cynical marketing it employs. I'll still watch Honest Trailer some of the time, but I hate their videos on Man of Steel and Crash Bandicoot (that was more so the Smosh's writing team. but you could still tell the HT were dicking around too). It was just them insulting fans of those properties, and claiming they were fools for liking or enjoying them. Or speaking the "truth" and making their opinion a fact. Um, excuse me, but there is a reason the Crash trilogy outsold Horizon Zero Dawn on opening week on PS4. More people are going to positively remember Crash the likes of Aero the Acrobat, Croc, or fucking Bubsy! Because of the success of the remake, Crash has a new audience of young gamers that are now fans. So what do you say to that, dickwads?BaronVonVaderHam said:Pretty much any internet critic I've lost interest in. Nostalia Critic, Honest Trailers, Linkara I grew tired of a lot of the nitpicking and the whole angry" reviewer shtick. A lot of them would get stuff about the movie just wrong and would take stuff completely out of context or ignore what was said in the movie just for a sake of a bad joke.
And I ABSOLUTELY HATE How It Should Have Ended and CinemaSins. But I was never really a fan of those two to begin with. And the whole CS is satire argument is BS
Only two I really like these days are SF Debris and Good Bad Flicks. (Escapist- you really need to hire this guy again)
Chimpzy said:If you ever change your mind, I'll help you out what anime great, if you're looking something with good story, character, and as little fan-service as possible. Do not hesitate to contact me.trunkage said:Also, Anime. More specific, fanservice-y trope-laden otaku-oriented anime, which seems to be the large majority of all anime being made. Got entirely weary of that stuff. I'm sure there are still exceptions, but I don't have the interest anymore to dig through piles of crap to find stuff I like. I'll stick to manga. Offers a much wider range of styles and subject matter anyway.
Horror movies. Maybe it's because I've seen so many and I can see all the scares coming a mile away. I sometimes still go see them, at the insistence of friends, but it's really rare that one still fazes me. I just sit there waiting for it to be over.
Dalisclock said:I'll admit it's kinda weird to read up on Clone wars and rebels on TVTROPES and watch all these arguments in the "Headscratchers" sections which pretty much devolve to "But in the EU......". Yeah, hate to break it to you but the EU was a giant sprawling mess and even if Disney hadn't retconned it, people would still be bitching that their favorite interpretation of SW lore wasn't the one featured in the shows/movies.Natemans said:Mostly EU Star Wars, but that's because I'm sick of the fandom hate.
No but it was founded by Trent Oster, one of Bioware's founders, and presumably other former Bioware employees, and seems to have gained the ability to do these. They are working hard on making their updates to Neverwinter Nights be more than just a port though.Hawki said:Has Beamdog done anything other than ports/remakes?Saelune said:(Though I now consider Beamdog the real inheritors of Bioware)
I hate them now too, but for the opposite reason. I have no idea why I used to try and scare myself watching those things. A kind of self-punishment maybe?Chimpzy said:Horror movies. Maybe it's because I've seen so many and I can see all the scares coming a mile away. I sometimes still go see them, at the insistence of friends, but it's really rare that one still fazes me. I just sit there waiting for it to be over.
Guess that kind of echoes the games. Plenty of of absolute nonsense there too. I mean, recent example: Umbrella is blue now, and the good guys, and Chris Redfield is with them? Wha happun? But the games' brand of nonsense is so stupid and over the top that it becomes kind of endearing. The movies? Not so much, not for my tastes at least.Hawki said:-Resident Evil movie series (I really liked the first two films, but as the movies have gone on...well, Movie 6 does enter guilty pleasure territory for me, but I can't deny that the series became absolute nonsense.)