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As long as you're fanboying while not badmouthing another fanbase, then it's all good.



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Unfortunately fanboys exist in almost every facet of life, not just within the gaming industry. You've got other tech fanboys (Apple, GPU manufacturers), sports team fanboys, car fanboys, celebrity fanboys, political fanboys, religious fanboys, etc.

To me "fanboy" refers to someone's unquestioning blind loyalty to someone or something, and are always quick to defend their love of said subject while attacking the position of people they disagree with, no matter how irrational their point of view might be.



On 2/24/13, MB1025 said:
You know I was always wondering why no one ever used the dollar sign for $ony, but then I realized they have no money so it would be pointless.

Maybe you are mistaking fan with fanboy. A fan of a company likes that company's products but is able to know when his loved company is doing wrong.

A fanboy will lick that company's balls no matter what that company does (for example there is people defending online suscriptions to play on XBL or PSN while Steam and Wii U offer it for free).