A personal rant against fanboyism.

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bugrimmar on 09 August 2008

Starmistkarmic said:

bugrimmar said:

WessleWoggle said:

Oh, and while we're on the subject of fanboyism... Let's take a trip to the past.
Genesis does what Nintendon't, suck

i'm not sure what this means. could someone let me in on what this is?

Back in the late 80's and early 90's, Nintendo's main competition in the console market was Sega. Nintendo had the NES, Sega had the SMS. Nintendo had the SNES, Sega had the Genesis. During the Genesis era, Sega started running an aggressive ad campaign against Nintendo with the tagline "Genesis does what Nintendon't", basically touting the Genesis as a better, more powerful, and more fun machine. It would also seem to be the first shot fired in the ridiculous console war. People have been fighting over this crap ever since. Look it up on Youtube. The commercials are still up.

ooh i see. well i owned a genesis back then :P

but see, i had no idea about that said console war and i could care less. i wanted to play sonic, so my mom got me a genesis. not because "oh sega is cooler"

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bugrimmar on 09 August 2008

largedarryl said:

bugrimmar said:

pbroy said:
Some people might be joking around and trying to make light of all these fanboys posting. Don't take things so seriously. Have a laugh or two, because it's funny what people come up with to defend their systems. ^_^

yeah you're probably right.

its just that i love games and i get sick when someone negatively reviews one just because its on another system. it just defies logic and irritates me to no end..

The opposite also occurs. An example is GTAIV, now that game has got so many perfect scores it defies logic. I'm still confused as to how a game with so many bugs and graphical glitches is capable of getting a perfect score, IMO.

The problem is personal opinions cloud everyone's judgement, its just a matter of how your own clouded view perceives it.

i really like your views mate. i've added more stuff on the OP thanks to you :D

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gomezc on 09 August 2008

I totally agree about the fanboyism rant. I personally believe people spend too much time defending these silly things and take everything else for granted.

How about taking a break from ranting about how one thing is better than another and enjoy/appreciate the other things/people around you. There is more to life than useless arguments that will never benefit you in any way towards your future.