[quote name='Strell']I'd love to debate with you, but I'm tired of pretending like I'm
not arguing with a Philosophy 101 student who just thinks he walked out of the Cave.
I get a lot of flack from people like you and some others that center me out as this gradiose Nintendo fanboy. There is truth that I prefer the big N - grew up with them, have had great gameplay experiences, the whole nine yards. Worked for their street team a few years ago, did a Cube Club, and currently looking to head up to Seattle at some point to work there.
So you've got me.
Really. You've pointed out that I prefer them, just like so many others before and after you. Congratulations on connecting the dots.
Meanwhile, you similarly dismiss the dozens of fanboy posts by others. People who make absolutely no attempt to hide their preference. Creating topics that are SOLELY meant to bash and SOLELY meant to attack one company over the other. There's anti everything.
You'd be hard pressed to find me acting like several other members around here, but it's comforting to you to know that you can single me out because I'm vohement and, frankly, "well known" on these boards (even if I somewhat cringe at the fact that my virtual persona outweighs whatever it is I am outside CAG). That said, you're just lumping yourself in with a bunch of other comments from people who like to drop labels.
The only -
only - "propogandic" post you can find under my name is from two weeks ago with "Sony rips off Nintendo's controller." Beyond that, you'll find regular posts - reporting deals, helping people in the PC forum, a remarkable number of OTT posts, and general questions about shopping.
However, I challenge you to figure this out yourself. I forget if you're quoted in someone's sig as saying this, but it's easier for someone to be outraged than to find facts.
So I guess that means you're clueless AND a hypocrite, because you're denouncing people doing the same thing you are doing because a 10 second search would just be so
below your lofty keyboard input.
Meanwhile there are people polluting threads with who sux OMFG and front page stories that bash console-repair efforts. The owner of this site himself runs around making running jokes at MS's expense, but this is waived because he shows up on XBL occassionally. There's moderators exercising authority on certain posters but not others, and in some cases, even
encouraging said fanboy posts.
That is all fine and well. You can pretend you have a
ing clue, myke, because you wrap yourself up in a blanket of pseudo intellectualism, and frankly, a few people reinforce that
notion in you.
The fact is that, yea, I have said in the past that 90% of what I post is a joke. Someone even suggested "everything you post is a joke." That's fine with me, because I have so little to prove and so little to gain on a
ing virtual message board. This is an internet tea party, and I could care less if you invite me or not to your exclusive table.
But someone telling me what I am is just ridiculous. You have no earthly clue, and you are throwing your weight around with what little notoriety you have, and assuming that's all the justification you need.
I did that in second grade,
er. Second
ing grade.
So make all the posts you want where you decide what it is I'm doing. Say all the nonsense you want, let one or two people convince you that you're right, and then continue on your "I have a college degree even though I think I'm too good for it" merry little way.
Now then, perhaps you'd like to talk about
videogames on a
videogame site, instead of pretending you're an elite high wizard in the intelligentsia.[/QUOTE]
The *facts* are Nintendo currently has marketshare well below Sony and Microsoft. The *facts* are (at least, according to the most recent EGM) that the top selling games for the past month (March or April - I don't know the lag and my copy went out with the recycle bin) included GTA: San Andreas (PS2 - #1) and Madden 2006 (PS2 - #2). The *facts* are that Tony Hawk is on its umpteenth iteration in every
ing console imaginable, including all next gen systems. The facts are there, and while I don't want you to be wrong, you're simply living in a world of denial. There's a reason that Phoenix Wright had a miniscule print run, and there's a reason that Guitar Hero was impossible to find early in its lifespan - nobody wants to take a chance on unproven properties and concepts. OTOH, proven properties are in abundance everywhere.
So, you want to lambast me as a hypocrite, well, there are just a handful of facts for you to chew on. Tell me, have you seen the updated release schedule for the Virtual Boy? It looks like this:
[quote name='Upcoming Virtual Boy Games']...[/quote]
Look, I wish you were right. If you were, I'd be trembling with the excitement of Shenmue III. God knows what other games would be coming out that I'd want to play. The facts that you seem to want to willfully ignore are that innovation doesn't pay, and tried and true formulas are oftentimes the way to success. These are commonalities, but that doesn't mean it's always true, of course.
You can take this as personally as you want to (and you certainly seem to want to), but I mean no malice. I'm not too fond of Sony controlling the market, as it's done some good, and some harm. In regards to the latter category, their flippant disdain for 2D games is more legend than myth, and we're missing out on a lot of excellent games as a result. While you want to assail me with numerous ad hominems, the facts are there despite how many underdog games we want to own and play.
I'd much prefer you explain to me, and you can include all the name-calling you want if you like, how you think that the next generation *won't* favor assembly-line pap that we've all played before in eleven different packages. The kids ain't really lining up to play "Odama," are they?
