Poll: Which are more annoying, fanboys or haters?

[Space Spoons]

It's about even, I'd say.

Gotta be honest, though. I haven't met a lot of fanboys of one franchise/company who weren't also haters of another franchise/company, and vice-versa. They seem to go hand in hand;

If you're a Nintendo fanboy, you hate Sony for stealing Final Fantasy and Microsoft for not being a laughingstock.

If you're a Sony fanboy, you hate Microsoft for "stealing" what would have been console exclusives ten years ago and Nintendo for for being popular.

If you're a Microsoft fanboy, you hate Ninteno for taking the top spot that should belong to "hardcore gamers" and Sony for not having enough decent games.

 

[gamegod25]

I haven?t voted because if you say you find either group irritating, you?re confessing to being a ?hater?. As ?gamegod25? so eloquently exemplifies:

They both need to dive under a tractor.

There?s no problem with people liking one game or console over another, or just hating everything for that matter; things only start getting shitty when these ridiculous labels are applied to generalised impressions.

I'm not talking about normal likes and dislikes. I'm talking about fanboys as in "this game is perfect and anyone who disagrees is a retard" and haters as in "that game sucks and anyone who likes it is a retard". Both are just different sides of the same ignorant, insufferable coin. Does finding both equally annoying make me a hater, perhaps so, but IMO that's like being called a hater for hating diarrhea or racists.

 

[Evertw]

I like Halo, it's probably my most favorite game, but i also love the CoD games series, but i show restraint when i see criticism to Halo, everybody is entitled to their opinion, even the annoying idiots who can't think of better arguments than "OMG! HALO SUXXXXXXXX!"

 

[GebGuy]

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.

I agree. I don't really understand how you can HATE Halo. I mean, I played Halo and I didn't really like it very much but I don't HATE it.

And to remain a little more on topic, I voted both because I dislike fanboys and haters pretty much equally in different contexts.

Fanboys because pointing out a flaw or questioning any aspect of their favourite game results in a quick trip down QQ Alley right off of Unneccessary Insults Avenue.

Haters because... well... they are pretty much the worst guys. The unrestrained and unmitigated hate expounded by these people exacerbates the probelematic nature of fanboys. And they are generally fanboys themselves.

 

[Iskenator67]

They all suck.

 

[dontlooknow]

I haven?t voted because if you say you find either group irritating, you?re confessing to being a ?hater?. As ?gamegod25? so eloquently exemplifies:

They both need to dive under a tractor.

There?s no problem with people liking one game or console over another, or just hating everything for that matter; things only start getting shitty when these ridiculous labels are applied to generalised impressions.

I'm not talking about normal likes and dislikes. I'm talking about fanboys as in "this game is perfect and anyone who disagrees is a retard" and haters as in "that game sucks and anyone who likes it is a retard". Both are just different sides of the same ignorant, insufferable coin. Does finding both equally annoying make me a hater, perhaps so, but IMO that's like being called a hater for hating diarrhea or racists.

I can see what you mean, and there are people who completely negate the possibility theirs is (like all) a subjective opinion. But if you take your example of hating racists, surely by hating the people who themselves employ hate in a way that fulfils their own subjective opinion (that Race A is superior to Race B), you, the one who is arguably in the ?right? (I'm saying I, and indeed most likely the consensus, agree with you that their attitude is excessively negative and unconstructive) is creating a paradox in their own opinion by using the same medium that the ?haters? use. That?s how all sorts of nasty things occur: action in the name of the ?good? or ?right? opinion, which employs the same violent, oppressive methods as the opposition.

This forum is only a few contractions, spelling and grammar mistakes, and a smattering of hyperbole away from the forums populated by the very same people you are slenderising. What was this really made for in the first place? Was it truthfully based solely on data collection? Or was it an attempt at a legitimate excuse to vent that Forum B was inferior to Forum A?

 

[A random person]

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

Haters tend to be more aggressive and just spew hate. Fanboys aren't quite as aggressive and spew somewhat less hate. Therefore I went with haters. Both suck, though.

 

[Vrex360]

Which are more annoying, fanboys or haters?

Are they not the same?

Yeah more or less, except that fanboys usually have to be provoked to get annoying while haters always start off being annoying.

 

[Lexodus]

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

I resent that.

I only speak my opinions on certain games/consoles when I have the opportunity to do so...And there's some pretty good things about any game, even if I don't like them or think they straight up suck.

That said, I'm overly critical of everything: that is, I tend to find something to hate about everything, even my favorite games.

Naturally, I hate it when mediocre or bad products do better than exceptionally good products, but I think everyone here does - like BG&E having less sales than the Imagine series.I feel like a justified hater, but I suppose they all do, eh?

I just feel terrible and superficial when people just talk to me about how beautiful and wonderful everything is. Especially when I personally feel it's not. Now, I'm not about to give a lecture on how awesome the GOOD OL' DAYS were, but suffice to say that I can, I almost want to, but I don't mind people enjoying what they have.

I'm just tired of everyone running around talking about how they're a FPS expert when they've never heard of Quake, and the only UT they've played is 3. I'm tired of people claiming to be the biggest Fallout fan when they've never played the first two games. Tired of strategy experts who won't play Starcraft because the graphics are cartoony.

I don't like it when fanboys are in love with their franchise and refuse to try anything else.
I don't like it when fanboys talk down on me for not liking their franchise when I already have a substitute that (to me) is superior.
I don't like it when fanboys are bro gamers.

Can I stop now?

The problem is that fanboys ARE haters. Ever meet a PS3 fanboy? 80% of the time they're 360 haters. And likewise for the 360. Ever meet a PC, 360, OR PS3 fanboy? They're all fucking Wii haters. Ever find a Wii fanboy? They shun everyone who even owns a 360 or PS3 because OBVIOUSLY the ONLY people who would own a 360 is a FPS-fanboy, and all PS3-owners HAVE to love MGS and hate those 'casual' kiddie games.

Unconditional love for something that deserves it? Debatable.
Unconditional love for something that doesn't deserve it? Bad.
Unconditional hate for anything? No.
Conditional hate for products and companies that do services in a way that is wrong? Debatable. (windows live, I mean, seriously)

Anyway, my point is that haters can be justified. A lot of them are terrible, but not all of them. And fanboys can be justified too. A lot of them are terrible, but not all of them.

Why lop them together like this?

I have a Wii. I don't think like that.

 

[PureChaos]

both are annoying but it depends on one thing: if they let they have their own opinion. people can tell me all they want how the Sims 2 is the greatest game ever or that Twilight Princess is a steaming pile of crap but as long as they respect the fact that i find the Sims games boring and Twilight Princess to pretty much be an orgasm on a disk then it's fine

 

[llamastorm.games]

Never occur to anyone that everyone is a fanboy? Everyone has that one series that absolutely made gaming for them.
Sure theres your mainstream fanboys like HL 2, Halo, GTA IV, MGS but theres a reason why they have so many fanboys, cos so many people enjoyed it.
And less mainstream with games like Shenmue II and those games only seen in side streets that only about 8 peope played.
I dont like GTA IV, i have played it, spent £45 on it and i was thoroughly bored by the time i hit 10 hours of playing and gave up, but i could understand why someone might like the game.
I believe that Shenmue II is one of the greatest games ever and anyone who doesnt like it obviously misunderstood the game or was a retard.
On the other hand everyone has a game series that they hate, but lots of other like.
I think Gears of War is one of the most dull games i have ever played, but most of the world thinks its amazing. I've played 2 other third person shooters recently besides Gears of War and both were miles miles better.

Point is everyone is a fanboy to some game franchise somewhere no matter how obscure and at the same time is a hater to some other game out there.

 

[quack35]

Haters.

See No Mutants Allowed for the various reasons I say this.

 

[GuerrillaClock]

For me, it's haters. Fanboys are irritating, yes, but at least they're expressing an opinion on something they've played. When my MGS fanboy friend bores me with plot details i long since ceased to care about, at least I know that he knows what he's talking about. Haters, on the other hand, need no experience with anything to tear it down. We all hate something, but the haters I take issue with are the ones who go "I NEVER PLAYED HALO BECAUSE ITS SUPER SHIT".

 

[Pendragon9]

I think they're one in the same. Haters can't be haters unless they have something they love enough to hate something else that challenges it.

Ps3 haters are 360 fanboys. 360 haters are Ps3 fanboys. Ps3 and 360 haters are Wii fanboys.

Get the hint?

 

[crazyjay321]

is there a differance?

 

[IamQ]

Fanboys/girls. Haters are mainly just trolls who post something random to make you argue.
A fanboy does about the same thing, but doesn't realise how stupid they are and just keeps going until the point where a hater wouldv'e stooped long ago.

 

[Nexus424]

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

Wow this is actually a good response summed up in better words then I could ever hope to string together.

[small]you bastard[/small]

Thanks this is what I would say.

 

[iJosh]

Usually fanboys because they have all these random facts about what ever thing they are fan boying about.