Poll: Have you ever been convinced by a fanboy?
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When Halo first came out I couldn't care.
When Halo 2 was being shouted at every rooftop for being the greatest thing since Blue Turtle Shells, I was despising it. But time after time my friends were telling me how good it was...
That birthday, I got Halo 2.
I'm back to having a love/hate relationship with Halo.
But I'll tell you something, I was just playing Halo 3's online multiplayer a couple hours ago.
I also got suckered by one of those friends to start playing WoW. I canceled my subscription almost a month now. =]
Another told em to buy Mass Effect and Too Human.
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When Halo 2 was being shouted at every rooftop for being the greatest thing since Blue Turtle Shells, I was despising it. But time after time my friends were telling me how good it was...
That birthday, I got Halo 2.
I'm back to having a love/hate relationship with Halo.
But I'll tell you something, I was just playing Halo 3's online multiplayer a couple hours ago.
I also got suckered by one of those friends to start playing WoW. I canceled my subscription almost a month now. =]
Another told em to buy Mass Effect and Too Human.
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No, because I don't listen to other people's opinions. I'll hear what they have to say, then promptly ignore them and find things out for myself.
Off topic: I totally thought the name of this thread was "Have you ever been convicted of a f{elony?}" (The part in {} was cut off and assumed) when I saw it in the recent posts thing.
Off topic: I totally thought the name of this thread was "Have you ever been convicted of a f{elony?}" (The part in {} was cut off and assumed) when I saw it in the recent posts thing.
I remember my first exposure to rabid fanboys back in the ol' days of the N64/PS1/Saturn. And holy crap, you wouldn't believe the damage hearing their arguments did to any lingering faith I had in humanity.
When I was a kid I liked hanging out with the kid down the street because he had a sega genesis and I didn't. He liked hanging out with me because I had a super nintendo. We liked playing video games and didn't really care about the relative differences of the systems because we were bored and just wanted to have fun.
When I was a kid I liked hanging out with the kid down the street because he had a sega genesis and I didn't. He liked hanging out with me because I had a super nintendo. We liked playing video games and didn't really care about the relative differences of the systems because we were bored and just wanted to have fun.
Mainly b/c I have been for a select few games, but tbh, not often enough to warrant much of an answer in the positive direction in the polls.... Problem is: I'm not into many games which have a heavy fanboy following...
I used to be a pretty heavy Nintendo fanboy, but I saw the light after purchasing the original Xbox. Now I'm just a gamer with no particular fanboy affiliation. I still have never and will never purchase a Playstation.
I'm the same way, I own a ps3 but I hate some of the things sony has done (at the forefront: closing lik-sang) and I probably would've bought a 360 this gen if it wasn't for the rrod thing. It doesn't stop me from enjoying friends' 360s and I might still get one if they ever permanently fix the problem.Eldritch Warlord said:
Nintendo I probably shouldn't comment on because their stock made me a lot of money.
The root of the topic comes from a guy I work with who, if you're talking about anything to do with computers, will cut you off to make fun of PCs and start talking about how mac is better and everything it does, even if it's not relevant to the conversation at hand. I don't think I've ever conversed with a fanboy personally. I've read through a lot of fanboy crap on game forums and it also reeks of envy or fear of money wasted and is all easily ignorable. This guy is no different however, he manages to convince people to buy apple stuff. I work on mac sometimes and they're fine and everything but i don't see enough of a difference to treat it like a religious experience.
I've never been convinced by any rabid fanboy's, now there are some people who have offered some rather good points.
I...... don't care. I am not sticking around to find out how the boomerang is going to activate a switch in a dungeon that involves wind.NeutralDrow said:
That's your objection? Personally, I would have wondered how a boomerang could spontaneously change direction five times in mid-air, wind or no wind.BirdBornAsBee said:
No. 90% of fanboys are like are metaphorical zombies. They believe one thing.
Fanboys - "My console is better. Buy one, or you suck!"
Zombies - "Brains....brai.....brains..brains...BRAINS!"
Fanboys - "My console is better. Buy one, or you suck!"
Zombies - "Brains....brai.....brains..brains...BRAINS!"
They've convinced me, through trial and error, mind you, that the most satisfying way to kill a fanboy is to rip out their aorta and strangle them with it, effectivley killing them twice. Runners up in this catagory include wood chipper, being bludgeoned with excess amounts of whatever they obsess over and embalming them alive.
I'm pretty sure I am one..... so I don't know. I like to just think I'm a devout fan though, nothing more. I think by now it's pretty obvious what game I am a major fan of.
To answer your question though, no I don't think so. I never allow others to influence my life. I make my own decisions, be who I am not what's cool.
To answer your question though, no I don't think so. I never allow others to influence my life. I make my own decisions, be who I am not what's cool.