As Shane would say (my CoJ bud)..."Here's where FD pulls out that fanbois rant article...". For those waiting on DoD Source I remind you that is was one year ago this month we got the last major version of DoD. So to wait a year or more for the next version is not only acceptable...it's the norm in gaming circles outside of the periodicals (Madden, baseball, etc). So for all of you out there convinced you're getting screwed over read this first...comment second.
"But the biggest problem is the nature of a fan base. You hardcore fans can be bad news. You are often idiots with no perspective. You live with an exaggerated sense of self-importance, mistaking your own dedication for commercial significance. You don't know what's best for a game, because you rarely represent an accurate cross-section of the people buying the game. You don't understand that you rarely drive sales in any statistically significant sense. You’re just the guys with the loudest mouths. You might think the conventional wisdom is that your mouths drive the word of mouth. And they do. Among hardcore gamers. For everyone else, the word of mouth is driven by friends, the press, and the guys at EB who ask if you’d like the strategy guide for 30% off when you buy the game. "
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"But the biggest problem is the nature of a fan base. You hardcore fans can be bad news. You are often idiots with no perspective. You live with an exaggerated sense of self-importance, mistaking your own dedication for commercial significance. You don't know what's best for a game, because you rarely represent an accurate cross-section of the people buying the game. You don't understand that you rarely drive sales in any statistically significant sense. You’re just the guys with the loudest mouths. You might think the conventional wisdom is that your mouths drive the word of mouth. And they do. Among hardcore gamers. For everyone else, the word of mouth is driven by friends, the press, and the guys at EB who ask if you’d like the strategy guide for 30% off when you buy the game. "
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Yes, a FanBoys strength flows from the Forum. But beware of the dark side. Anger, fear, aggression; the dark side of the Forum are they. Easily they flow, quick to join you in a fight. If once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will, as it did many a Forum's apprentice!
You really hate "fanboys" huh?
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Jibba-Jabba |
12:36 AM