Poll: Why all the hate on fanboy-ism

[nathan-dts]

A fanboy is a word that carries many negative conotations, but what is wrong with being a fanboy?

I'm a SCE (SONY Computer Entertainment) fanboy, and proud. I am a fanboy because I feel that thier products are the best quality. I can still acknowledge the pros and cons of other consoles but I believe that SCE's products have been nothing short of revolutionary, with amazing games, better disk format than it's competitors (I know PS2 and the original Xbox both used DVD but the Xbox came out after the PS2) and great hardware specs.

Being a fanboy doesn't meen i'm oblivious to other consoles good points.

 

[neoman10]

Have PS3 and 360

360 already got its ribbon

 

[nathan-dts]

People who have just voted and not commented please do comment.
Oh and yes, read the OP before commenting as I doubt you read it before voting

 

[ICantBelieveItGoesBoom]

i usually think of a fanboy as a person who cant even listen to other peoples opinions about consoles and defend any game on thier chosen system so i wouldnt call you a fanboy

 

[Fanboy]

There is nothing wrong with being a fanboy, so long as you're not a thick-headed, elitist prick.

 

[Mr.Pandah]

A fanboy is a word that carries many negative conotations, but what is wrong with being a fanboy?

I'm a SCE (SONY Computer Entertainment) fanboy, and proud. I am a fanboy because I feel that thier products are the best quality. I can still acknowledge the pros and cons of other consoles but I believe that SCE's products have been nothing short of revolutionary, with amazing games, better disk format than it's competitors (I know PS2 and the original Xbox both used DVD but the Xbox came out after the PS2) and great hardware specs.

Being a fanboy doesn't meen i'm oblivious to other consoles good points.

I'm gonna say that your last sentence is what saves you from being a true fanboy. You see, the real fanboys are the ones that ARE oblivious to the other console's strengths and only focus on their weaknesses. And in the same respect, their console of choice has no weaknesses and only has strengths in their eyes. That is when the arguments start and that is when you see a true fanboy.

 

[nathan-dts]

There is nothing wrong with being a fanboy, so long as you're not a thick-headed, elitist prick.

I agree, fanboy.

 

[Kiefer13]

I can still acknowledge the pros and cons of other consoles

Then, in my opinion at least, you are not what I would call a fanboy. You may be an avid supporter of SCE yes, but not a fanboy. In my mind a fanboy is one who goes off at anyone who suggests that anything other than their choice is the right one, and that refuses to acknowledge any merits of any system other than the one of their choice.

 

[rossatdi]

Sega consoles fanboy
DC fanboy
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But it doesn't mean I can't enjoy the better things about the relative competitors.

 

[white_salad]

As it has been said, Fanboys can take no criticism about their object of fanboyity. Making you, a supporter, not really a fanboy.

 

[Jursa]

I don't think there's anything wrong with being a fan as long as you keep your mouth shut about it when you're not asked, what gets on my nerves is people who keep complaining and whimpering about what they like...

 

[Anton P. Nym]

Being a fanboy doesn't meen i'm oblivious to other consoles good points.

I'm gonna say that your last sentence is what saves you from being a true fanboy. You see, the real fanboys are the ones that ARE oblivious to the other console's strengths and only focus on their weaknesses. And in the same respect, their console of choice has no weaknesses and only has strengths in their eyes. That is when the arguments start and that is when you see a true fanboy.

I concur. To me, the difference between "fan" and "fanboi" is that fans still retain the ability to accept that other people may have different opinions/tastes and not be inferior as a result. Fanbois are looking for external validation of their choice of veneration and, like too many religious fanatics, feel threatened by any expressed opinion that doesn't support them... so any such blasphemy must be attacked, vigorously, to defend the Holy of Holies.

So yes, I'd say that fanboyism is indeed bad as defined above because of its divisive nature. And I say this as a died-in-the-wool Halo fan who is all-too-often ashamed of the fanbois who congregate around my favourite franchise, and all-too-often exasperated by the fanbois who defend their own favourites with unthinking attacks against mine.

-- Steve

 

[Brokkr]

There is nothing wrong with being a fanboy, so long as you're not a thick-headed, elitist prick.

This. Unfortunately many fanboys seem to fall under this category.

 

[Archaeology Hat]

Is it bad to be a fan?

No.

Is it bad to be a fanboy?

Yes.

 

[Dradiin]

Odd i just made a thread about this same subject.... must have been typing it at the same time you made this one.

 

[Kyuumi]

Well, Fanboys are morons for a start, they are ignorant crybabies who can't take criticism without bringing up the same invalid point that nobody cares about.
Plus, they always try to mix people up in their little campaigns to make themselves look cool to their Fanboy friends, plus they always start flame wars...

 

[PedroSteckecilo]

It's mostly the "I love A so much I exclude everything else and call it shit and you are stupid for liking it." mantra that some fanboyish types repeat over and over again. If you just love and defend the virtues of your chosen game/games (like I do my beloved JRPG's and turn based combat) but don't decry the virtues of other genres and alternatives then there's really nothing wrong with your fanboyism.

 

[sirdanrhodes]

Being a fanboy doesn't meen i'm oblivious to other consoles good points.

Why can't fanboys be like this, and just game, rather than *****.