Things you thought you'd love forever...

[James Joseph Emerald]

Party rings, those neon circular biscuits

How did I get ninja'd on that?!

I bought them recently because I remembered loving them as a kid and ended up throwing the pack out.

 

[SecondPrize]

MtG I guess. Bitterblossom drove me away until it rotated out. I was always a little apprehensive about Mythic rares and felt Planeswalkers should have been a one-block mechanic but I came back to Jace the fucking Mindsculpter and now I just hate that shit.

 

[WickedFire]

Sitcoms in general. I used to enjoy stuff like My Family, Big Bang theory and other from years ago that I have removed from my memory. The only ones I like now are Scrubs and How I Met Your Mother, even Friends sits on unstable ground. It was probably to do with my growing up in maturity and taste, but I noticed that most sitcoms were essentially moronic. Half the characters were meant to be 'funny' purely because they are loud and stupid, or find understanding normal situations difficult. There is no character growth, just repetitive idiocy. That's why I can only stand HIMYM and Scrubs, because over the series the characters actually do change.

Every time I see an advert for 'hit comedy' Miranda it feels like 75% of my brain cells go into hibernation to protect themselves from the stupid. I'm pretty sure I once stopped breathing until the advert ended and my brain rebooted.

 

[The Funslinger]

I gradually stopped watching them about a year ago, because I got the feeling their gradually introducing all these new guys wasn't going to be enjoyable. I really liked the original crew.

Is that what's happened? (Wouldn't know, having not listened to or watched their stuff aside from RvB in a very long time.

I wouldn't take my word as fact, I have a habit of forming excessively negative opinions sometimes.

But yeah, my main problem is all these new idiots they keep adding. Another thing I'm beginning to despise is how commercial Rooster Teeth is becoming, the ads in the podcast and YouTube channel were bad, but understandable. But now they constantly plug their ridiculous sponsor, some kind of caffeine pill that will make you epic GSL pro at first person shooters (they know their main fan base well), during their videos, they've been reduced to doing several let's plays a week and half the time the podcast just feels like one big Rooster Teeth ad.

Let us remember the golden times. When the podcast was about listening to anecdotes like Geoff's story about huffing gasoline in the army.

 

[Quazimofo]

Warhammer 40k, the game that is, anybody who has been involved in the game for 5+ years should know what I mean.

Don't get me wrong, I still enjoy the fluff, have 40+ 40k & Warhammer books on my shelf, but I hate GW more and more every time some kid convinces their parents to buy them a box of Ultrasmurfs for $65 that cost $35 when I was their age (about 10 years). Fuck you Games Workshop, with a big rusty choppa.

See, I still like the game & the fluff (always loved the fluff)... but I'm definitely with you on hating Games Workshop and whoever does their pricing, even in the UK (that is to say, the source of all WH40K goodness) everything's s'damned expensive. I get all my models from other hobbyists these days... *le sigh* I kinda feel sorry for their staff, because they're basically forced to buy shitloads of the products (granted with a piddly staff discount), but don't really get remunerated for all the extra work they do. You've really got to love the hobby to work at a GW outlet, because most of my GW friends have long since left or moved up to head office to different depts (including one guy who's now at 'Eavy Metal).

Hell... *dons monocle and a superior air* I remember the good old days when paints cost £1!

I wanted to play WarHammer once but I saw the price tags and wiped my hands of it. I dunno how people can afford to play that it is insanely expensive I cut my loses before I even started.

Yeah, the hobby really is just 1 step short of silly expensive. Unfortunately for me, I have been Enthralled (and nearly have a fully 2000 point Vampire counts list for my first foray into fantasy! YAY). I love the painting, and when I get some greenstuff to get into the true customization of models I think I'll love that too. Also the social outlet it provides. Ive met quite a few people through the hobby.

But I have saved the current prices they have for the Australian GW product, since things there are more expensive because "people are just used to paying that much there". Once they get too close to those prices in the US, I'm out, since that will be about a 50% price increase over what it was when I started (very early 2011), and I just cannot condone prices of that magnitude for the same product, which absolutely cannot possibly cost THAT MUCH to make. (55$ for a box of 12 firewarriors and 2 gun drones, which are an inch tall, and half that for the drones).

Anyway, back on topic...

Most television shows, really. I just never really feel the desire to go and straight up watch a TV show. Not even Mythbusters. It just lost its appeal, but I don't really hate it. Kinda like harry potter, or 90% of the disney "classics".

 

[Mr Cwtchy]

Doctor Who. I loved everything up till series 5, and that was still okay. But from there on I just lost all interest and stopped watching completely.

 

[Erja_Perttu]

For me it's whiskey.

Oh whiskey, why are you so cruel to me? Sure, I chased you down too many times when I tried to out drink that biker, but is this punishment truly worth the crime? *sniffle* I can't even smell you without wanting to hurl.

 

[SquidVicious]

Video games. Not that I don't love them now, but I'm finding that as I get older... I just don't care that much any more. Occasionally something comes along that really gets to me, and there are a few games I am actually looking forward to buying on the release date (I think the last time I did that was for Bully (2006)), but for the most part I'm okay with being an outside observer. I'm 26, going on 27 so there's almost 3 generations of gamers who've come after me and these companies are going to vie for their attention, and the things I want to see in video games and the things teenagers want to see in video games don't really overlap that much. I still get at least 3-5 games a year that I really like and keep me connected to the medium, but I just really don't have that same love for it that I did back in my childhood and early teens.

 

[DFDelta]

Series that just go on forever.
It doesn't matter if it is a live action TV series that runs for 14 seasons or a 300 episode cartoon/anime/whatever.

When I was younger I loved it when things just went on and on and on and on.
Now I yell "just bring it to a ******* conclusion finally" at my screen whenever something lasts longer then 40 or so episodes and another season is announced, no matter how much I like it. It just feels so streched if it runs that long.

 

[Spider RedNight]

... which you now hate.

For me, it's Rooster Teeth, especially the podcast. I would always look forward to the next RT podcast, it was probably the highlight of my week. But recently I've really begun to despise the entire crew for reasons I will not mention here for fear of setting this thread off on the wrong foot.

I appreciate this; I've NEVER loved Rooster Teeth. And it pained me to have my friend keep saying "they're hilarious, watch them listen to them do this with them blah blah blah..."

I guess for me, it'd have to be Butt Stallion. It's along the lines of Homestuck where it was really great at first until everyone and their stupid PONIES decided to rape the joke with "RARITY AS A DIAMOND PONY OMGLOL". As an artist, I appreciate seeing ART instead of something funny like that with ponies slapped all over it. I have nothing against bronies, but you don't have to seep your fandom in EVERYTHING ELSE.

I'll go ahead and get booed for saying Skyrim. xD Again, nothing against Bathesda or anyone who likes the game or even the game itself, but no one seems to understand why I just put it down for no good reason and now refuse to play it. It's a timesink for me and I don't like going through this game with people backseat playing telling me I'm sneaking up on this guy wrong or I fight dragons in an unorthodox manner.

As far as food, I will never eat Dipping Dots so long as I live.

 

[floppylobster]

- Porn. (Don't hate it yet, but I hate a lot more of it than I used to).
- Video Games in general (I'm not completely out yet but with each generation I buy less and less games and the end is coming soon. (Though I may continue retro gaming)).
- A lot of music.
- Super sugary cereals.
- Meeting new people.

I guess it's called growing old.

 

[sageoftruth]

Countless TV channels (Especially MTV). At this point they have all become something completely different. I'm sure you've all heard about this already. At this point, I can't recall the last time I glanced at a show on TV for more than 30 seconds.

 

[T'Generalissimo]

Hate is probably an overstatement, but I was disappointed to discover that I now find KOTOR to be an uninteresting, poorly written game filled with incredibly tired characters. Jolee and HK-47 are still pretty great though.

 

[MrHide-Patten]

Pokemon.

Used to totally like the series, was practically the only reason I owned a handheld. Then I started to have less and less time on my hands, so I couldn't put up with Pokemons grindy bullshit. Then the new generation came along that was just as fuggly as fuck (the Garbage Pokemon looks like it was drawn by a 5 year old) and then sequels came out on a NEW handheld .

I could gives less of a fuck about X and Y, 5 years too late for an "innovation" to the series..

Also there's stuff like Kingdom Hearts and Bleach, but you could hazard why I would be completely over those.

 

[sageoftruth]

Games made by Blizzard. I used to love everything that they made and then... Well, if you're on the Escapist, you probably know.

 

[sageoftruth]

Fantasy novels, at least until I find one that feels fresh and new.

 

[mitchell271]

Screwattack is the first to come to mind. Used to like them, but I think they've screwed the pooch too hard now.

I love that this is the very first one. Nice to see a former G1 in these parts.

OT: I have to say Screwattack as well. I was following them for 4 years but then shows kept getting cut (Clip of the Week anyone?), Craig turned into a prick and the final straw was when Jared was fired. He was my favourite guy there and Newsroom was the funniest show that they had produced in a while. And it's gone. I don't have much reason to go back there.

The Sword of Truth books. First one was cookie-cutter fantasy, but very well written and readable. After that, the series became some of the best fantasy I've ever seen. But then it jumped the shark on a rocket-powered jetski and turned into total mush. I don't even enjoy high fantasy anymore as a result.

I hear you on that. Christ, those books got bad. After the first 2 they always follow the same plot too. Celebrate, "We fucked up", long journey, sex, cake.

 

[The Maddest March Hare]

Family Guy.

Jesus Christ Seth McFarlane has lost his touch, with his shitty spinoffs which work on the exact same formula, the increasingly predictable and unfunny cutaway gags and the degeneration rather than progression of all the characters. The further in the program has gone, the more extremely stereotyped each character and joke has become. They're just whaling on the same cliche gags that made the series funny each time.

RuneScape.

It started going downhill early last year when they introduced microtransactions following the introduction of a wheel of fortune clone which you could buy spins on through microtransactions. And this wheel could potentially award high-level gear.

That and the combat rework has finally cemented it for me that the shareholders are thinking "We want to be like WoW! Lets copy everything they do!" so most of the preached updates so far this year are new raid bosses, updates to existing raid bosses to make them relevant after being left behind by the rest of the game and new quests which will probably unlock more raid bosses.

Not my cup of tea, so my stomach turns every time i think of going back to it.

Also this, except the combat rework and animations actually partially revived my interest. But nothing will save it until they bin the fucking investors. What was originally a unique take on MMO worlds with a great quest system has managed to drop everything that made it special in favour of aping every other popular MMO. The website redesign, the latest models and armour designs, the animation styles, all ripped wholesale from WoW, Aion and other big names in the MMO business. It's being milked as a cash cow, and when it eventually stops increasing in revenue the investors will drop it, pocket the cash and leave it to flounder and die.

The microtransactions are genuinely sickening, and my final straw was seeing tons of concepts for what were actually pretty damn cool being released as Solomon Store merch for the low low price of £20! That and the fucking panda costumes. That just happened to coincide with the release of mists of pandaria for WoW. Fuck off Jagex, kindly let yourself die with your shreds of dignity rather than allowing the investors to continue with this disgusting mess.

 

[Baron von Blitztank]

Channel Awesome/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses
Used to be my No.1 spot for online entertainment. Now, with Spoony having jumped ship, I only go on there for Linkara and Oancitizen. Everything else just seems to have degraded and doesn't interest me anymore.