When I first joined this site, I assumed that it would be welcomed to call Xbox gamers "Xbots", PS gamers "Sony ponies", and Nintendo fans blind Mario lovers. What I found is that you get moderated and banned! My question is why? The very premise of the site is sales competition. That woud seem to make this site the premier site for so called trolling. I think the system and game bashing is a lot of fun. It's competition! Trash talk is normal for sports fans. Why should it be different here? As long as we don't bash each other personally or threaten one another.
One issue on this site that seems hypocritical is that the N4G stories at the bottom of the page are allowed to display very biased and "trollish" articles that attack consoles and games. If those stories are allowed, then why can't we say the same as the writers of those stories? I want to say Xbot so bad, but I refrain because I don't want to get banned. Does anyone else feel the same?
To clear up one thing though, I don't consider bashing a system or game trolling. I consider trolling when we say things just to make each other mad. If I say Xbot, I mean that I think the person is on the opposing team.