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[demonfox13]

hYpnochronic said:

Squilliam said:
People get emotionally attached to a piece of dirt, a line on a map, a hairbrush, a car, a favourite sex toy and thats simply human nature.

Yeah, people can get attached to almost anything, but they usually don't go so far as to attack anyone who doesn't have the same opinion.  I like my shoes, but I would never verbally lash out at someone that liked Nike over Skechers.  It's the part where aggression meets attachment that makes me wonder how that occurs.  What is it about video games that makes them susceptible to this?  I can sorta understand when people get riled up about certain things (politics, law, religion) because these things are important.  But video games are just that:  GAMES.  They are not gonna change the world.  It's like arguing over Monopoly and Scrabble.

If it makes you feel better I got to witness some Greek kid (think his name was Spiro or something) get his nose broken by a keyboard at an internet cafe by 2 dudes ( only seen them there a couple of times though). I'd say roughly 2 years ago if that. Reason? He was kinda talkin a little smack about how the Wii was better than 360 and PS3 and whatnot. It seemed like a regular BS argument so I payed little attention as I just saw it funny (I was either playing BF2 or CSS). Things did get heated as soon as he said RE4 on the Wii destroys all the piece of s...... halo games ever created. You could guess what followed and I guess they were diehard Xbox brand fans (xbox and xbox 360). Although despite this "minor" incident I am well aware that it is not representative of that population of gamers, but it goes to show that some people tend to take things a little too seriously.