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Turbo Rants: Fanboys and 'True Gamers'

Kyoshi Frost Wolf

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Hello and welcome to Turbo Rants! LETS DO THIS!

 

Fanboys, I don't like them. Ever since the Nintendo vs. Sega era, fanboys have been a parasitic entity on gaming. They worship their gaming platform of choice while insulting and demeaning all other choices. Nowawadays fanboys are getting worse and worse with the newly released Xbox One, PS4, and the bit less recent Wii U. They exist for everything and not just gaming but gaming is where they are at their worse.

 

If you are a fanboy, then I have a problem with you. Why? The main reason is that fanboys deem it necessary to try and soil the enjoyment of other people just because they play games on a platform you don't prefer. Brand loyalty is perfectly fine to me. Do you PREFER a certain gaming platform? That is wonderful and you should stick with it if it is what YOU enjoy. A fanboy is someone that takes this preference and uses it against others, which is pretty pathetic.

 

I know this because I was once a fanboy. Yep. After I got my PS3 is 2007, I became very defensive of the system and hated most other platforms. I was stupid. It was meaningless paranoia and I did not need to do that to enjoy what I enjoyed. That's the thing, fanboys are an infection. Once you start being really defensive over a unit of choice, the other fanboys will insult you and just continue the cycle.

 

This applies to all consoles and PC sadly. There are fanboys for all of them. People trying to demean the Xbox One without even playing it. People saying the Wii U is bad because..I don't know. Those saying consoles are terrible and we should all game on PC. It happens constantly. People who share articles that do nothing but fuel fanboy wars and arguments. People that use the sales of a system against those who play the system. Those are just a few examples.

 

If you don't enjoy a certain platform, then don't play on that platform and leave it at that. Enjoy what you enjoy and let others do the same. I play mostly on Xbox nowadays. Xbox 360 and One. Why? It is because I enjoy and prefer to do so. That's it. That's what gaming is about, enjoying it and having fun. I also own a 3DS, I prefer that as well for my handheld gaming. If you prefer PC gaming, that's fine. Wii U, that's fine. Atari 2600, go for it. What you enjoy is what matters for yourself.

 

One other thing I need to address are people that participate in flame wars and say this: "True gamers own ALL systems so you don't miss any of the great games!" This is also insanely stupid. 'True gamers own all systems'? Wrong. True gamers enjoy gaming without resorting to trolling and insults at others that enjoy other platforms. True gamers are people that have fun with gaming in their own way. People that get immersed in a game's world, or maybe get legitimately scared at a horror game due to immersion, or play for hours on end because they are having so much fun, people that get competitive but Ina friendly way, people that enjoy the story, and so many possibilities. I am not saying you have to do one of those things to be a 'True gamer', I am saying that a true gamer is someone that enjoys gaming in their own way without ruining the fun for others. Enjoying it is what it is all about.

 

Thank you for reading my first rant. It is something that has been bothering me of late and I wanted to address this. I hope you enjoyed reading it. Remember to enjoy what you enjoy because that's what gaming is for.

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long gone

"People saying the Wii U is bad because..I don't know."

It's because hating Nintendo is cool because they don't have all the specs and the fancy graphics and the like, don't ya know?

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Mr F

"People saying the Wii U is bad because..I don't know."

 

It's because hating Nintendo is cool because they don't have all the specs and the fancy graphics and the like, don't ya know?

Exclusives > Graphics

Anyway while fanboying goes on the executives of the companies are friends.

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Zygen

Totally agreed, I essentially agree with every point you made, and i think you went about the rant pretty well.

 

As someone who has purchased a more pricey computer, and really started to like playing games on it, sure I like it, infact I think overall I am more comfortable playing on a computer on most games, but even if I prefer my PC for gaming over other consoles, does it mean I shouldn't own any consoles? Because I own a good number of consoles, for multiple reasons. Some games I just want to play on console, some games are exclusive to a console, there are several reasons I could have for playing on it.

 

But really I don't see any other reason that is needed besides because I want to.

 

I agree that there really isn't any reason to tell everyone they have to play on one console or another just because you prefer it. Why does someone else's console choices matter to you? Really the only time it would is maybe playing online with friends, but even then, let people play on what makes them happy.

 

I'm kinda just restating stuff mostly from your rant, but again, I agree completely on the issue I think Kyoshi.

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Admiral Regulus

I used to be a fanboy, but then I took an arrow to the knee.

 

Now I hate the entire industry, not just the systems I don't own. Hooray for progress! :D

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Evilshy

Primairly a PC gamer (and I do think that PC is far and away the best platform for gaming), but now that PS4 is out and PS3s are going down in price, I might grab one for Last of Us and Infamous.

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Professor Annabella

I agree with everything said here. Well done. 

 

I am also a Xbox One user, because I am loyal to Microsoft. My uncle worked for them before the recession, and he got us a free Xbox 360 when they were new. Also, my favorite game series of all time, Halo, started on the original Xbox. It sucks that PS4 fanboys laugh in my face everytime I say I enjoy my XB1. I mean, I just like the console. Screw the specs, or the sales, or even that my uncle worked for Microsoft. I just like Xbox, always have been pleased with it's performance.

 

Now I hope that's not fanboying, or in my case fangirling, I am just loyal to Microsoft. I don't argue over it either, it just makes me upset and not want to play any console

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Kyoshi Frost Wolf

I agree with everything said here. Well done.

 

I am also a Xbox One user, because I am loyal to Microsoft. My uncle worked for them before the recession, and he got us a free Xbox 360 when they were new. Also, my favorite game series of all time, Halo, started on the original Xbox. It sucks that PS4 fanboys laugh in my face everytime I say I enjoy my XB1. I mean, I just like the console. Screw the specs, or the sales, or even that my uncle worked for Microsoft. I just like Xbox, always have been pleased with it's performance.

 

Now I hope that's not fanboying, or in my case fangirling, I am just loyal to Microsoft. I don't argue over it either, it just makes me upset and not want to play any console

Spot on, this is %100 fine. Being a loyalist is a lot different than being a fanboy/fangirl. You enjoy what you enjoy regardless of what others say and that's what matters. :) Thanks for the comments, it is an issue I feel needed addressing even though that won't due much. I am just glad to see people that get it.

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long gone

Exclusives > Graphics

Anyway while fanboying goes on the executives of the companies are friends.

All fanboys care about having these days is fancy graphics, it seems, even if they immediately rescind their arguments with "No-one cares about graphics!" right after they get refuted. Why do you think Sony fanboys are bragging about most PS4 games running in 1080p? Why do you think ENB mods for Skyrim and other Bethesda games exist? Because fancy graphics! I don't even want them because why would I want to murder my frame rate just to have better graphics? Even with vanilla graphics my frame rate in Skyrim drops for no reason after a while.

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Justin_Case001

Yeah, people really need to just chill the f*ck out.  I never understood the need to dump on people for stupid stuff like that.  One of the things I get sick of hearing is "PC Master Race."  I hate that phrase.  I love PC gaming, but I just hate the whole, like, tribal war thing.

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