S.T.A.G.E. said:
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By normal I meant rational mind. Hate filled fanboyism is not rational. I should have used the word rational, but I had arealy used irrational a couple times.
Anyway.
I understand rivaly. But adults should keep it light and fun. Takes sports for example. Sports rivals are a way to make matches mean more, sports holligans ruin it by taking things too far.
With video games it makes even less sense. What I will never understand is the love of a plastic box and the hate of those without that plastic box. I'm talking about the extreme cases here, but they are often the loudest voices screaming insanity. They make the rest of us look bad.
The video below explains how brand managers use marketing to trick people into joining the cult of fanboyism. I understand what they are doing, I just don't understand why people so easily fall prey to it. I'm a fan of many things, but at the end of the day it's all just entertainment and it doesn't really mean anything. But to some people it does mean something and it means a lot to them. It's like they have a personal stake in which company makes the most money and they act like it's impossible to enjoy Halo, Uncharted, Zelda, and Diablo III all at the same time. They pick one and hate the rest and it's that madness that frustrates me to no end.
