Why does everyone love *Blank*? I don't understand *Blank*!

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nin_ninja

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SomeBoredGuy said:
I can't stand people who consider themselves better because they don't like blank while the herds of so-called sheep enjoy blank.

You don't like it, big whoop. The people who enjoy blank are a lot happier playing blank than you will ever be feeling self-important for not liking blank, so get over yourself.
You just saw into my soul. Or read my mind. Or you share the same opinion.

ONWARDS!

The only time I don't understand when people like someone (or something) is when the person in question is a complete douche.

Michael Vick, Charlie Sheen, Mel Gibson, etc.

In the case of THINGS, I only hate the flame wars it causes.

COD and Halo. Come on guys, they are basically two very different shooters with the only overlap being the fact that YOU ARE SHOOTING THINGS!

binnsyboy said:
Soylent Bacon said:
Don't you worry about blank. Let ME worry about blank!

But yeah, pretty much anything that is that popular is ridiculously overrated, even the good characters. I can't think of any specific popular characters that I hate, at the moment...

edit: Oh, anyTHING! I don't care much for ironsights. They don't ruin a game, but some people seem to regard them as essential to their enjoyment of a shooter, and it baffles me.
What annoys me is how far it goes sometimes. "Oh, I'm going to sight down this shotgun as if it was a sniper rifle! Fuck my front teeth and/or sternum!

OT: Why does everyone love modern music, like pop and rap?

Rap is for people who can't sing, it's speaking in small bursts with some bass in the background.

Pop: Possibly the most inane form of music ever, which couldn't possibly exist without autotune and voice filters. The people doing the work aren't the musicians, it's the people fiddling around on a computer editing the fuck out of them.
People like them because they have a beat, and they make for supposedly good party/dance music. I don't care for either, but what baffles me is the culture.

"Yeah, we're a bunch of middle-class white guys imitating black and white artists who actually grew up with a shitty life. This is what makes us cool."
 

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I don't really like Minecraft. I'm sorry, I'm just sort of a story-driven game guy, and I'm not the biggest fan of creation games. Ahem:

 

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crudus said:
I don't like regenerating health. The only difference between difficulty at that point is how much I need to use cover. It also takes away from people who like to explore levels.
This my friend.
I hate regenerative health which pushes designers to simply have you duck and cover instead of fighting.

I want to rush in!
I want to be Rambo!
Nope, not in Gears of War you can't. - It takes all the fun away from being a BAD ASS Space Marine.
 

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I dont understand why everyone loves OK COMPUTER by radio head its a alright album but I have never heard a bad thing about it
 

Laser Priest

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I have an answer to every one of these: Because opinions differ and not everyone thinks in the same way or likes the same things as you.

SomeBoredGuy said:
I can't stand people who consider themselves better because they don't like blank while the herds of so-called sheep enjoy blank.

You don't like it, big whoop. The people who enjoy blank are a lot happier playing blank than you will ever be feeling self-important for not liking blank, so get over yourself.
I can't put it better than this.
 

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BURN THE HERETIC WHO DOTH NOT ENJOY THE CRAFTING OF MINES

Anyway, don't you worry about Planet Express, let me worry about blank.

Now that I have THAT out of the way, I don't understand the massive hardon everyone seems to have for Call of Duty. I recently got Modern Warfare 2 to play online with a buddy (Yeah, it's out of date, but he doesn't have CODBLOPS or BF:BC2.) and it was... eh. I really couldn't get into it. I tried the single player and the multiplayer and... it was basically just like any other shooter. Whoop-de-doo?

Kick-Ass and Scott Pilgrim. I may take flak for this, but come on... I read the comics after the movies came out, but before I watched them, as I thought that viewing the movies from the same angle as everyone else would give me the same EPIC experience they all had. Um. Not really. Kick-Ass was dull, had bad acting, mediocre cinematography and Nicolas Cage in it, and Scott Pilgrim just felt kind of stilted and stale. Acting was understandably boring. Couple of chuckles here and there, but nothing special.

Now onto bands... the big one being Arcade Fire. Don't get me wrong, they produce some decent indie music, but I really don't elevate them above the whole indie rock scene in the slightest. I had their first album when it came out, but didn't really peg them as special, and, indeed, forgot about the and until fairly recently, when they got all popular with the best album and shizz. I just don't see it.

Another band time: Metallica. I'm a metalhead, and I don't give a shit who knows it, but Metallica aren't that special to me. Average drums and drummer, decent riffs, but fairly average presentation, decent vocals, blah lead guitar... a few iconic songs, but certainly nothing to blow my mind. I don't get why so many metalheads worship 'em. :/

I could go on. I ***** too much.
 

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Ha, at first I thought this thread would be about Blank from FFIX.

I have to admit, I hate Halo.
 

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crudus said:
GunstarHero said:
crudus said:
It also takes away from people who like to explore levels.
How so?
Well people used to have to explore because they had to for health reasons. Without regenerating health you can always use health as a reward for good explorers and various other secrets for great explorers (which will be found as a consequence of looking for health). You can't really do it when people have infinite health and you can only reward people with weaponry so much.
Well I'll see you regenerating health and raise you a save-scumming. Regenerating health gets tiresome, but I'd rather have that than breaking flow after every encounter to make a new savegame, just in case at any point I cross the unwinnability event horizon, or having to metagame my way through a tough fight because of low health. Health packs didn't promote exploration so much as they promoted obsessive-compulsive behavior.
 

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Real Housewives of X.

Or any of those "follow a family around with a camera" shows that are just because they have kids.

How are these shows entertaining?
 

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Arontala said:
OT: Final Fantasy 7. I don't hate it, necessarily, but I also don't get why it's regarded as the holy grail of JRPGS.
I was going to post the same thing, except with FF6 instead of FF7.

sean360h said:
I dont understand why everyone loves OK COMPUTER by radio head its a alright album but I have never heard a bad thing about it
Yeah, I never understood that either, OK Computer's one of my least favourite Radiohead albums.
 

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SomeBoredGuy said:
I can't stand people who consider themselves better because they don't like blank while the herds of so-called sheep enjoy blank.

You don't like it, big whoop. The people who enjoy blank are a lot happier playing blank than you will ever be feeling self-important for not liking blank, so get over yourself.
That is absolutely true. Nail on the head, dear sir.
 

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I'm not a big fan of Mirror's Edge myself. Don't get me wrong, it has attempted something interesting. Unfortunately, the execution is pretty flawed.
 

mechanixis

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sravankb said:
Most of all, however - there is absolutely no discussion value in these threads. You're not gonna change someone's viewpoint in the least and neither will their opinion change yours. Also, I say misery because these forums are getting so damn depressing with these "I hate X" threads. Like I said - it's good (in a way) that you have such a strong opinion on something, but stop constantly complaining about it. Just avoid what you hate and the both of us will be happier.
I second this. It's essentially just stirring up contempt for contempt's sake; it doesn't even give much solidarity to either party. All it serves to do is divide everyone into hipsters and fanboys. Explaining why I like something to someone who doesn't like it (or vice versa) isn't discussion - it's just opinion-wank.
 

Proton Packmule

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TheYellowCellPhone said:
SomeBoredGuy said:
I can't stand people who consider themselves better because they don't like blank while the herds of so-called sheep enjoy blank.

You don't like it, big whoop. The people who enjoy blank are a lot happier playing blank than you will ever be feeling self-important for not liking blank, so get over yourself.
That is absolutely true. Nail on the head, dear sir.
Who said anything about being better for any reason? Or about anyone being sheep? Or self-importance?

Take your own advice, get the hell over yourself and stop imagining fights and personal attacks where there really aren't any.
 

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Proton Packmule said:
TheYellowCellPhone said:
SomeBoredGuy said:
I can't stand people who consider themselves better because they don't like blank while the herds of so-called sheep enjoy blank.

You don't like it, big whoop. The people who enjoy blank are a lot happier playing blank than you will ever be feeling self-important for not liking blank, so get over yourself.
That is absolutely true. Nail on the head, dear sir.
Who said anything about being better for any reason? Or about anyone being sheep? Or self-importance?

Take your own advice, get the hell over yourself and stop imagining fights and personal attacks where there really aren't any.
You talking to me? I'm pretty sure you arent, because if you were talking to SomeBoredGuy, you quoted the wrong guy.
 

Proton Packmule

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TheYellowCellPhone said:
You talking to me? I'm pretty sure you arent, because if you were talking to SomeBoredGuy, you quoted the wrong guy.
Both of you, him for attacking and you for agreeing.
 

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I HATE KINGDOM HEARTS.

I like 2. Hell, I even liked Chain of Memories. But there are so many things wrong with the first one. Things are poorly explained (how was I supposed to know to hit that random door with Fire?!) the combat isn't that great and platforming is miserable. Though it doesn't help that I played these games after the fact, so I don't benefit from nostalgia.

Thank god they fixed it in later versions.