Poll: Which are more annoying, fanboys or haters?

[Phenakist]

I see no actual problem with fanboys, they tend to be like piranha's, so long as you don't disturb their water, they do nothing, and if you do they take a frenzy and attempt to strip your flesh off you where you stand.

Haters, well... we all wish they would keep their whiny mouths shut need I say more?

My standing on the whole thing is, I see no problem in expressing an opinion so long as you have a rational reason to back up what you say, and if you are going to challenge someone's opinion be mature about it, no "1337 speak" train wrecks please. And actually insulting someone because of their opinion is about as low as it gets really.

 

[Overlord_Dave]

I generally find fanboys entertaining. Let them enjoy their little cult.

Haters however piss me off. They tend to be more aggressive in forums, I find.

They may be two sides of the same coin but that's my opinion.

 

[Tech Team FTW!]

I have never really understood how anyone can actually hate Halo...
Both Fanboys and Haters degenerate into little more than trolls after a few posts about their favourite/most hated franchise.

 

[Wargamer]

Fanboys. Haters, at least, should have some logical reason to hate.

 

[Ultress]

Fanboy's can be annoyingly crazy but can be a source of Humor while haters tend to sit above us all and be arrogant asshats

 

[Khazoth]

Fanboys are worse, far worse. Not as if this is going to penetrate the particularly thick skulls of the fans but allow me to explain why.

Lets start with God of War fans, God of War was decent, it done well and had a generally appealing story with a likable character. (Or maybe that's just me who liked the generally psychotic main character..) But the game has had a dozen sequels none of which have changed, why? Fans. Fans cannot cope with change to their beloved series, if you differ from the original path you scare people and risk alienating the original fans and thus lose a big chunk of change. So God of War will continue to be the same exact game from here forward.

Onto Grand Theft Auto, Rockstar did a lot of blind stabbing towards the money pot but never managed to actually hit it until Grand Theft Auto 3. The embarrassingly huge amounts of money they make from it makes them unwilling to differ from the formula in fear of scaring off the fragile minds of their fans.

Lastly lets take shots at my favorite target, Final Fantasy. The game has really only changed once, and that was to add 3D graphics. Overall the gameplay has stayed the same since the original in 1987. Let's stop right there, yes there are differences and minor changes but at the end of the day you will always be three schmucks shadowboxing and waiting for your chance to either break a potion over someones head or swing functionally retarded weapons at gibbering little creatures.


I don't blame the developers, I blame the fans, fans create this demand to keep things the same. Final Fantasy, Grand Theft Auto, God of War, games that have potential to be unique but choose not to because its a whole lot fucking easier to release the same game they did a few years back with prettier graphics and a new story. Which is essentially if Atari took Pong, added the ability to customize your ball, made it 3D, and added some story about it being a weapon used by the player to defeat zombie lawyers. All that is really great, but its the SAME FUCKING GAME. The reason why Atari didn't do this is because Pong doesn't have a strong enough fan base to warrant sequels.

So yes, I hate fans, fans cause the death of originality because they are willing to buy the same fucking game they bought four years ago if its got prettier pixelated tits.

 

[s3cur1tr0n]

I hate people who post stupid threads with polls in them!

 

[Archereus]

Of course I will go for the very unique decision that should have been in the pole. The most annoying would be a fan boy, hater mix, some one who does both in such a fashion that makes it the most annoying he possible can.

 

[Trivun]

Haters. Fanboys generally don't bother anyone until Haters insult their baby. And Haters need no provocation to be absolute douches.

This. And not all Fanboys are douches ever, while all Haters are, by definition, douches. I'm a Halo Fanboy, and I actually liked Twilight, but if someone doesn't like either I have no problem provided they've played the game/read the book/etc. and know what they're talking about. Plenty of Fanboys fit this description too. Whereas Haters are douches regardless and they're the ones who start the argument. Just look at any thread on this site bashing Uwe Boll/Twilight/Halo/Final Fantasy (especially Twilight Haters, they're the worst ones...).

 

[manicfoot]

Well, fanboys are haters too. Most fanboys hate anything that isn't on their system. A friend of a friend is a die hard PS3 fanboy and I was talking to him about Little Big Planet and how cool he was and I mentioned I'm playing through Mario Galaxy as Luigi at the moment and he dismissed it as "kiddy bullshit"

 

[Saskwach]

Who hates the haters?

 

[Vash108]

Both.

Fanboys need to leave the heard of sheep and think for themselves

Haters need to just stfu and stick to what they like and learn other people like different things.

 

[Vrex360]

I hate people who post stupid threads with polls in them!

God yeah... I know what you mean but personally I really hate the people who respond to the stupid threads with polls in them and use a message comprised simply of a short insult ended with a smiley face. You know the sort of person who acts like they are so much better than everyone else and decide that rather than simply not pay attention to a thread they have no interest in, instead feel the urge to vent self righeous obnoxious air out onto said thread because it they don't regularly release their clouds of pompusness they explode into a big cloud of smug asswipe?

...you know?

(p.s this post was entirely satirical, please do not take home any deep direct personal insult as a result of this)

 

[tenlong]

haters and fanboys need to grow up and get over themselves.

 

[Cruth]

Fanboys are way more annoying.
I dont know how the fanboys are around everyone else but this was a recent conversation with a fanboy.

He: Hey man! Go buy a PS3! You need to get Killzone 2!
Me: Hmmm I like the graphics... But is it really a good game?
He: Yeah! Even though the campaign is really short it is fucking awesome!
Me: I like Halo 3 better.
He: OMG Halo3 is shit man! I dont get it! Why is everyone always thinking Halo 3 is better?
Me: Maybe because its a good game?
He: No it isnt! Killzone 2 is far superior! And I hate IGN for giving it that shitty score.

And it went on like that.
Which shows, Fanboys are actually haters and fanboys at the same time.
They hate everything that is not what they like, and they hate everyone who doesn't agree.

I see myself as a mild hater. I just hate fanboys. And anyone that changes his opinion on a game just because of a review.
As a matter of fact, I didn't thought the Dragonball movie was bad. THERE! I SAID IT! Now come on you haters! Come and get me!

 

[DeadRow]

Both are annoying, haters slightly more so.

 

[zauxz]

Fanboys. Or haters. Meh, ill just vote both.