Saturday, July 23, 2005
The Notes of a Former Fanboy
I'll admit it. In my younger days I was a Nintendo fanboy. Back in the days when it was Nintendo vs. Sega I was solidly of the belief that the SNES was the only system truly worth having. I got a small bit of glee whenever a Genesis game did poorly when rated and was equally happy when an SNES got high score or angry when they gave Genesis games high scores and Nintendo low scores even if today I recognize that they were often right about those games. This being a fanboy lasted into the N64 but by '98 had mostly evaporated. While I am still a big Nintendo fan and feel they are the best company I am very open to other games. My PS2 is quite well played since I got it though I have no real interest in the XBox. In the end everyone was a fanboy at one time in their life it's very hard not to be.
And as a former fanboy I'm going to list all the things that I can think of as the various types of fanboy.
System Fanboys - These people are the people who are loyal to one console and wouldn't dream of getting another system. So convinced of their systems superiority they will deny that those other systems even have good games even if third party hardware is essentially the same between the systems. These seem to the most common fanboys.
Cash Strapped Fanboys - Face it, gaming costs money and not everyone has the money to get everything. In reaction these fanboys tend to claim that they don't want the system(s) opposing theirs though if given the chance would probably get one. These fanboys are probably not as common as some people say. My feelings is that they may honest to god have money and really want the other system(s) but can't afford. Certain people seem to think this is somehow an impossibility. Of course those people live in some sort of dreamland I believe.
Multi-Console Fanboys - Yes they exist. And while yes it is harder to be a fanboy and have more several systems it happens. Usually these people are self-righteous jerks when it comes to arguing like having all three systems gives them some sort of special insight. How they are fanboys is that they'll usually go around saying that while they have all three systems they only play one pretty much saying the other systems don't have anything good on them ever when this is typically entirely untrue. Usually they'll also ignore when great games come out for the "lesser" systems and claim they don't compare to even mediocre games on their favored system.
Single Game or Franchise Fanboys - These are usually the types who will go all out bashing competing games and seem incapable of believing that anyone dislikes their most favorite game. Often times claiming that the offending person never played it, didn't get it, etc. Whatever to shield them from the fact that not everyone has the same opinion as them.
Well those are 4 of them but like most things there are as many types of fanboys are there are stars in the sky.
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And as a former fanboy I'm going to list all the things that I can think of as the various types of fanboy.
System Fanboys - These people are the people who are loyal to one console and wouldn't dream of getting another system. So convinced of their systems superiority they will deny that those other systems even have good games even if third party hardware is essentially the same between the systems. These seem to the most common fanboys.
Cash Strapped Fanboys - Face it, gaming costs money and not everyone has the money to get everything. In reaction these fanboys tend to claim that they don't want the system(s) opposing theirs though if given the chance would probably get one. These fanboys are probably not as common as some people say. My feelings is that they may honest to god have money and really want the other system(s) but can't afford. Certain people seem to think this is somehow an impossibility. Of course those people live in some sort of dreamland I believe.
Multi-Console Fanboys - Yes they exist. And while yes it is harder to be a fanboy and have more several systems it happens. Usually these people are self-righteous jerks when it comes to arguing like having all three systems gives them some sort of special insight. How they are fanboys is that they'll usually go around saying that while they have all three systems they only play one pretty much saying the other systems don't have anything good on them ever when this is typically entirely untrue. Usually they'll also ignore when great games come out for the "lesser" systems and claim they don't compare to even mediocre games on their favored system.
Single Game or Franchise Fanboys - These are usually the types who will go all out bashing competing games and seem incapable of believing that anyone dislikes their most favorite game. Often times claiming that the offending person never played it, didn't get it, etc. Whatever to shield them from the fact that not everyone has the same opinion as them.
Well those are 4 of them but like most things there are as many types of fanboys are there are stars in the sky.
