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Jaywood2010 on 16 July 2013
binary solo said:
Tribalism extended to cast a wide net. Basically anything that you consciously or subconsciously connect to your own sense of self becomes a matter of pride/celebration at the success of that thing.

Bringing it back to the subject of this site. At least with game consoles we have a direct vested interest in the success of our preferred platform: more and better games. Not that it makes the extent of fanaticism with gaming consoles any less ridiculous, but at least there's a direct personal benefit to rooting for "victory".


what is the personal benifits of such victory that other things such as sports dont benifit from? 




       

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binary solo on 16 July 2013
JayWood2010 said:
binary solo said:
Tribalism extended to cast a wide net. Basically anything that you consciously or subconsciously connect to your own sense of self becomes a matter of pride/celebration at the success of that thing.

Bringing it back to the subject of this site. At least with game consoles we have a direct vested interest in the success of our preferred platform: more and better games. Not that it makes the extent of fanaticism with gaming consoles any less ridiculous, but at least there's a direct personal benefit to rooting for "victory".


what is the personal benifits of such victory that other things such as sports dont benifit from? 

See bolded bit.

Though in the case of things like console and phone wars you don't need victory, you only need sufficient market share.



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insertleusername on 16 July 2013

I find failure more entertaining to observe, for some reason.

Well, the answer to your question is that people are still categorized and a strong sense of community prevails.



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Licence on 16 July 2013

A related question that I always wondered about is - where do all the football fans go? I mean, twenty years ago there were a LOT of Blackburn Rovers fans around here (here being a city very far away from Blackburn). You would see people wearing blue and white everywhere in the malls, the buses, the trains. When you talked to them, they would eagerly boast how "we" are going to show United how it's done, how "we" are the best club team in England and probably the world, and that "our player" Alan Shearer is the best striker in the history of the game.

Where are they these days? And about 15 years ago, suddenly, a hell of a lot of Chelsea fans, something that was nowhere to be found twenty years ago, decided to move into my home town. I also recently noted that Man City fans have been appearing.

Maybe someone should tag all these football supporters to study their migration patterns more closely? Really an interesting phenomena.