Why do fanboys...

[Valentine82]

why do people make pointless threads like this that have been made many times before?

Because they find themselves dealing with fanboys and it makes them want to post a thread like this? Or maybe because they want to see what feedback they get? Or maybe because it's on their mind? Maybe to make a statement at the end, like the one I made about fanboys often being suckers who act as an unpaid goons?

Anyway it's no more pointless than your post.

wHAT about fangirls?

Of course fangirls count too!

 

[PhantomCritic]

Because if an entire army of 10,000 fanboys banded together, their total IQ would be 10,000.
My school is worst for 360 vs. PS3 wars, the only thing both of the factions agree on is that the Wii can go die in a corner apparently, go figure.

 

[randomrob]

I am a sony fanboy but i try to keep the flaming and the i won't even pretend to listen to your criticisms bigheadedness to a minimum. This is because i know that it never turns out well. this is also because i know that sony are far from perfect. Why do i like sony again? i don't know.

 

[Tom Phoenix]

To be honest, everyone is a fanboy/fangirl to a degree. Afterall, everyone has a gaming company and/or genre they perfer and will be more lenient towards compared to others. The only difference is that some try to be as unbiased as possible in spite of it, while others fully go along with it.

 

[Swaki]

fanboys are passionate people who hates everyone who feels different than they do, deep in our hearts we are all fanboys, even the OP is one, which is pretty clear from the post.

heck im a fanboy.

 

[CrazyGirl17]

As big a fangirl as I am about video games and anime, I don't like crazy fan boys and girls who violently defend thier fandoms with all the zeal of an extremist. They... kinda scare me.

 

[Custard_Angel]

Why? BECAUSE XBAWKS/PSTHREE/WEE IS THE BEST!!!

No... Not really... I don't know any Wii fanboys... All the Wii owners I know just have a small white box they keep around and wave at... They don't claim wonderful things... They just use it...

You know... Like how all consoles should be? Used as entertainment?

 

[Daedalus1942]

I will answer them all with the same response; Because God hates us.

All.

 

[Kiutu]

Wow, fanboys exist cause some things are liked by people, alot. You are likely a fanboy or girl of something, even if you deny it. I am a huge fangirl of The Elder Scroll games, but I am not rabid. You confuse fandom with rabidly blind fandom. Its the ones who cant hear bad of what they like without going mad who are bad. You can say bad of TES, but I wont just say you are stupid. I may even agree.

 

[wiX_88]

I think we should also ask ourselves these questions as well:

"Who would defend something that is awesomely cool, and how much would you defend it?"

"Do we rag too much on things that are blatantly main-stream, simply because we want to be 'indie' or 'non-conformist'?"

"Is a fan-boy just another type of extremist?"

 

[J-Alfred]

Aren't these all rhetorical questions?

Nope, I want to see what people think. Really.

Okay then, here's my theory: there is no inherent difference between fanboys and a regular fan of a particular movie or game, except for one thing: fanboys have no impulse control when it comes to their object of affection. I'm sorry if this offends, but reading some of the stuff posted by fanboys- the innaccurate statements, the hate-filled flames, the short, one sentence posts consisting mostly of 'LOL! ROFL!' or "STFU, n00b!'- indicates to me someone who reads something and then, based solely on their knee-jerk reaction, posts their immediate feelings without actually thinking or acknowledging criticisms where they may be valid.

Anyways, that's my theory. If anyone feels I'm wrong, I welcome your comments.

 

[wiX_88]

Anyways, that's my theory. If anyone feels I'm wrong, I welcome your comments.

That pretty much sums it up. Thank you for that. Now let's talk about something interesting.

 

[Valentine82]

Aren't these all rhetorical questions?

Nope, I want to see what people think. Really.

Okay then, here's my theory: there is no inherent difference between fanboys and a regular fan of a particular movie or game, except for one thing: fanboys have no impulse control when it comes to their object of affection. I'm sorry if this offends, but reading some of the stuff posted by fanboys- the innaccurate statements, the hate-filled flames, the short, one sentence posts consisting mostly of 'LOL! ROFL!' or "STFU, n00b!'- indicates to me someone who reads something and then, based solely on their knee-jerk reaction, posts their immediate feelings without actually thinking or acknowledging criticisms where they may be valid.

Anyways, that's my theory. If anyone feels I'm wrong, I welcome your comments.

Yours is a position that I can greatly respect.

 

[Jonatron]

I tried to be a Ninendo Fanboy at one point, but it's quite impossible. They suck too much at the moment.

 

[drakenabarion]

I think you forgot the question "Why do Fanboys post/bash/yell so vigorously in hate to anything that's not what they want on Youtube?"

e.g. In response to a comparison video for Xbox360 and PS3 versions of Assassins Creed:
"PS3 is the ghey. You is retard for not having Xbox360."

 

[Knonsense]

Well, the more a fanboy's favorite console sells, the more games said fanboy will have access to on said console. The more another console sells, the less the fanboy's does. If a fanboy's friends buy the same console as him, they can play together and/or lend each other games, controllers, etc.

The more a fanboy's favorite game sells, the more people play that game's multiplayer and the more sequels get made. The more another game for the same demographic sells, the less the fanboy's does.

Marketing is designed to do this to some extent. Fanboys read specialized press and tell their more casual friends about what's on the market. The obnoxiousness is an unfortunate by product.

Also, people like to look down on other people sometimes. Talking about how stupid it is to derive fun from something that the fanboy can't have fun with (EDIT: or afford when in addition to what they're already playing) is a way for some fanboys to do so.

 

[MiracleOfSound]

If I stick up for the fanboys and say 'oh they're not that bad'...

does that make me Fanboy Fanboy?

 

[kazabamer]

The "FAN" bit is only there because all fanboys do is blow around air. Their words amount to nothing more than that.

 

[Jon Etheridge]

Fans are out of their minds.

 

[Robert632]

because some people believe there console is descended from gods penis in sperm form and became a perfect object of entertainment and any other forms of entertainment come from satens ass.