Hello, my name is vivster and I want to be a retired fanboy.

From whenever I can remember I was a fan of gaming. I admired all those who had gaming systems since I was never allowed as a kid to own one. I wasn't even allowed to buy a system with my own money. My mom was almost religiously against gaming in general and was adamant about me studying instead of having fun. I finally got the courage to save up enough money for my first console and just bought it. I was 15 and it was 2003 and it was a Nintendo 64, used. I was happy but still envious of all my pals playing with their PS2s. Especially Final Fantasy got to me. I played most of the FF games without even owning a PS2 or PS1 at my friend's house. Nevertheless I saw a good deal on the GC that time and bought it with some leftover money. Fun times but I knew my next console had to be a PS3. So I took all my graduation money and plunged it on a launch PS3. The first game I played on it was FF12.

By then I also owned a PC that wasn't made for gaming but enough to indulge myself in gaming journalism. My first contact with fan sites, fan news and fanboys. It was a nice feeling being connected to so many people who own and love the same console as me. And what was especially fun was trash talking other consoles I didn't own. I defended all Sony did with a passion by gleefully reporting all the mistake the competitors made.

Time went on and I matured and got a gaming PC. I played less and less with my PS3 part because the HDD was full and part because I couldn't take the graphics anymore after I saw the light and what hardware could actually do. I also got quite a bit into IT which is where I am fully employed now and which is my biggest passion besides gaming and Anime right now.

I joined this forum for nostalgia for my old fanboy days. I wasn't disappointed. The place is crawling with fanboys of every fandom and vocal ones no less. Always fun to watch them have a go at each other. I even joined for fun in some instances with matters of my heart. Though it's getting increasingly difficult to not be embarrassed. Even by the fandom I consider myself a part of.

The ACU meltdown was the last straw. In itself it was the usual fanboy meltdown and nothing to cough about. But since my stronger involvement in everything IT I've become allergic to anything that is spreading lies, misinformation or simply ignorance about technology. This shouldn't affect me much though since I'm surrounded by technologically ignorant people all the time.

But what really got me this time was that these kind of people who willfully ignored or weren't able to comprehend simple technological concepts were the same people who can't stop talking about pixels, framerates and other graphical features. I was almost shaking by embarrassment, anger and my crumbling world view.

I don't want to associate with those people anymore and I don't want to be associated with them. I still want to take jabs at every game manufacturer but where being called a fanboy was once a medal for me to wear is now a painful reminder what kind of people are out there.

So I renounce my faith. I will no longer be a fanboy of any console. I will now fight the good war against everything and for everything as I please.

So don't call me a fanboy or a hater as I will love and hate everything equally. "Asshole", "dick" and "unstoppable love machine" will suffice.