The 2007 Fanboy Elimination Game.

[Astrodust]

RolStoppable said:

Astrodust said:
I think you can be a "fan" and appreciate the other guys. I do. I use the sports analogy. I can love my Maple Leafs but I always enjoy watching Pitsburgh play. There are bad fanboys and good fanboys. Being a fanboy on its own does not make you bad or not have logic. i.e. Pitsburgh. It's a case of good old rivalry. But it doesn't mean the Fanboy is a hater imo.

The problem is that when people talk about videogames and refer to someone as a fanboy, they mean someone who is blinded by his love to a certain console and hates on anything else. In the context of videogames a fanboy is a bad thing.

@homelesscarl

Yes, everything is correct. Good job.

I'd have to agree. There are some fanboys out there that have given the video game industry a bad name. We begin to associate the word fanboy with hate and forget that it doesn't need to be that way. The fanboy itself doesn't need to be a hater. I know lots of Nintendo fanboys that when you let them play a good 360 game they have a blast. They don't know these borders that others have erected for themselves. I can see a bunch of good fanboys on the list. And they are not afraid to say that they are fanboys.