What VGchartz has taught me!!!!

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I'm a fanboy and proud of it too.

I don't see anything wrong with fanboyism. To me the industry is a little bit like a sport and Nintendo are simply my team. I love and support them, because I believe in their track record, products and ideals. I also give them the benefit of the doubt, take a shady view of the competitors and generally put a positive spin on them - just as most sports fans would. But I also get angry at them when they clearly do something wrong (or counter to my likes), and recognize the others' positive achievements - just as a sports fan would.

I say the only real problem is BLIND fanboyism - where 'fanboys' fail to recognise evidence or logic, and don't have actual reasons for their particular support. Most sufferers also spout vitriolic abuse and have difficulty with intelligible grammar. Such fanboys aren't really fans at all - they're more like the football hooligans you get at matches - there for the brawl rather than the sport.