What VGchartz has taught me!!!!

[highwaystar101]

Ajax said:

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.

your analogy with sports isn't really right though cuz you miss two important points that makes being a fan of a sport club less stupid than being a gaming fanboy,
and point 1 is that the major part of sports fans are bound to their team bacause of where they live
of course someone from miami is for the miami heat and someone from new york for the yankees or someone from chicago for the bulls

so there is a natural connection with those clubs

and the second point is,
most sport fans respect other clubs, of course they'll talk bad bout them once in a while for fun,
but it's not comparable with how gaming fanboys talk about some companies and consoles


and there is one more thing
if your club wins, they bring the cup with them to your city, and everyone parties and you will feel that you and your friends have won and not just the players but the whole city is honored

but if nintendo sells well.. are you going to japan to celebrate?
do they come to you?
what do you win?

Haha, with a name like Ajax I guess you are going to be a big football fan. Being a football fan is different, if a console had nothing but bad games I would stop playing it, but if the mighty Aston Villa (my fav club) got relegated 4 seasons in a row I would still go the games and wear the shirt. Also when your club wins the champions league or the premiership, everyone feels as though they accomoplished it.

I would liken fanboyism to hardcore music taste, I like metal but don't like R&B (the new R&B not the old one)