Comments on: Facebook Files: Do You Consider Yourself A Fanboy / Fangirl?

By: Joanna

Joanna — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:48:10 +0000

My response is late, but I guess it's better than never: not really a fangirl, although I tend to like Nintendo's handheld systems. I usually go where the RPGs are at, although not always. I have jumped around quite a lot in consoles: NES – GEN – PS2 – Wii – PS3. I've only stayed with Nintendo throughout all my handheld systems: GBC – GBA – NDS. I think the only company I avoid is Microsoft because they tend to make the games that I do not like. I used to be a big Squaresoft/Enix fangirl but lately I feel like they aren't staying true to what I liked about them (more so square than enix). I'm quite the fan (not yet fangirl) of Atlus because they always localize the obscure games I am most interested in.

By: Joanna_T

Joanna_T — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:48:10 +0000

By: thebanditking

thebanditking — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:09:06 +0000

Thus why I usually end up owning everything, it goes without saying that each platform has always had exclusives (not paid/timed ones those are stupid) that are worth playing.

By: thebanditking

thebanditking — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:59:23 +0000

I suppose that if I was a true "enthusiast" of anything I would have to say it was Sega. Now keep in mind I never blindly defended or supported them but rather I just found their games and systems resonated with what I wanted. I has an NES (Who didn't) but I skipped out on SNES in favor of a Genesis (though at 10 through 12 money is the biggest reason I did not have one) and completely ignored the N64 in favor of a Saturn and a PlayStation. Though its worth mentioning that I had every Nintendo handheld to date and skipped the GameGear.

I don't prefer the term fanboy as its just too negative and carries a very negative image so I try to only use it when describing those who are truly ignorant to whatever topic we are discussing. That being said though I do own all consoles but while I own a 360 and a Wii I do favor my PS3 just as I did the PS2 last gen, though I would likely tie the sway in my favor to the the PSone (or PSX for those who had the original) as no other system since my Sega ones had resonated with me so much.

By: thebanditking

thebanditking — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:47:15 +0000

I agree with your points, Im not anti-Nintendo I just find my self at odds with most of the decisions they make and also find most Nintendo “fanboys” to have absolutely no logic in most of their statements (though I suppose that could be said of a blind fan of anything).

By: thebanditking

thebanditking — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:40:21 +0000

Bingo.

By: Lyh Scully

Lyh Scully — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:14:54 +0000

Well im not sure XD ….. i have a preference for sony consoles but …… I own game cube games ( i dont have game cube) I own 360 games ( i dont have a 360 right now) so yes in the end i am a videogame fangirl cause i buy the games if i think they are good dosent matter the console i can always get that later :P , and i havent started buying the wii games XD cause right now Ps3 is getting my money '«« what a couple of crazzy months !

By: Chow

Chow — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:13:41 +0000

I used to be a Sega fanboy back in the 8-bit days, but only because my parents would never get that Nintendo I asked for and always got something else. But because of that, I think it has formed into, in part, a bit of an anti-Nintendo fanboyism throughout the years. I say "a part" because I'm not totally anti-Nintendo, but rather in a state of mind that I feel like I'm more objective about their products instead of simply expecting goodness and being blinded by that expectation. I enjoy a good number of Nintendo games, actually.

For me, I now look at things with an expectation to be objective about the product, and it really opens my eyes when I see people being swayed by fanboyism. This is to the point where (for example) on the subject of Nintendo's Virtual Console titles, they'd make some offhand comment about an old game being outdated, then turn around and completely ignore what they just said and start praising a Nintendo title for almost the exact same points they made faults for other titles.

You can see some of my anti-Nintendo fanboyism in that comment, but it should be noted that what I said wasn't completely out of fanboyism, but out of trying to have an objective view.

By: eliel

eliel — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:14:49 +0000

Same here

By: MelodyKitn

MelodyKitn — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:51:27 +0000

I don't mind fans, but I hate fantrolls.

By: antithesis

antithesis — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:40:14 +0000

I don't consider myself a fanboy but I do have preference. Like most things in life, it's not black and white. For example, if someone who doesn't agree with the democrat's ideal doesn't automatically make them republican but sadly that's how most people think. Same goes for someone who doesn't believe in a religion makes them atheists or agnostic.

By: Dark_Sage

Dark_Sage — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:27:29 +0000

Otaku means different things to different people. It's not like words' meanings are set in stone, and it gets annoying when I hear people say, “Well, durr, in Japan otaku isn't good so you shouldn't self-identify as otaku cuz it's bad in Japan!”

If the majority of people I interact with don't consider the label to be negative, then I don't see a problem with it. It's like calling oneself a nerd; it may have been more negative than positive at one point, but I see people self-identify as nerds all the time, and it's not in a bad way.

By: Doctor_Rabbit

Doctor_Rabbit — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:19:40 +0000

I used to be a Nintendo “fanboy.” I loved Nintendo when I was younger but quickly grew out of that when the Wii came out. I had always kind of led a sheltered life in the confines of Nintendoland, reading my Nintendo Power and talking about Nintendo games with my Nintendo-loving friends. It took me until the Wii to realize that other consoles had games that were just as good, and I finally found out that the PS2 had incredible games. I spent plenty of my parents' money on Amazon buying older PS2 games… And here I am now, mostly neutral but leaning towards Sony because of my favorite system of all time, the PS2. But I can't say they've done such as great job with the PS3.

So yeah. Go neutrality! No more console wars! All three systems have good games! Honestly, there's just no reason to argue about or cling blindly to a console.

By: anbu

anbu — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:15:05 +0000

Being called fanboy/fangirl is cool, nothing wrong with it.

What I don't like are those fanboys that like to argue alot and gets sooooo heated up when you mention something that they don't agree and will defend their beliefs/opinions like its a matter of life and death (not really life or death but who knows lol).

They make the word fanboy a bad thing. And it's true and it's not good.

By: malek86

malek86 — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:02:53 +0000

I'm an inverse fan. I don't like Microsoft, Nintendo or Sony one bit. That's probably because of my negativity, which makes it difficult for me to see the good things in those companies, and easy to see the bad things.

"The 360 has paid online? Yes, but it has Halo 3!"
"The 360 has Halo 3? Yes, but it has paid online!"

It's just a matter of seeing the glass half-empty instead of half-full. But it changes a lot of things in perspective.

The only company I'm a fanboy for is Sting, and mostly because of Baroque anyway (not that Riviera/KitN weren't awesome, but that's the one particular reason for my fanboyness).

BTW, that reminds me, I need to rewatch Freakazoid.