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Fess up! Do you get irritated/annoyed when people diss something you enjoy? [roundtable]
 
Perhaps even ANGRY? Even though they aren't making a personal attack on you? (I guess it could be considered a personal attack, but I mean something that adversely affects you or someone important to you directly.)

I always thought of myself as fairly level-headed, but I have to admit, I do get annoyed by what I perceive as unfounded ignorance towards something I like. Like, I was listening to some recent episode of Rebel FM (I only listen occasionally, when they discuss a game that interests me (or when Robert Ashley is on)), and they were talking about Nintendo, and blood was just pouring from my ears. I was like, "How could they be so fucking stupid and ignorant about an entire library?! Their job is to play and write about games!! They seem knowledgeable about every other console! And their tastes are both elitist and overly mainstream, while still being abysmal! WTF!!"

But it doesn't always happen. If someone was to tell me the concrete reasons why they preferred one thing to another, I don't think I'd have any problem with their opinion. It's just that stupid, dismissive attitude that comes from ignorance, rather than personal experience. I seriously hate that shit. Especially when it seems to be the 'majority opinion', an accepted 'truth' among the community.

I can recognize that the stem of that feeling is some sort of synaptical malfunction, though, a lack of maturity, where even though I know that I shouldn't give a shit about what people say, ESPECIALLY if it comes from a position of ignorance, I get irritated, anyway. Emotion should never override reason. There is a legitimate reason to be irritated by dismissive ignorance in the press, though, since it's so widespread. It probably HAS directly influenced the games that the Wii has received.

Anyway, I also dislike a lot of things, many of them sacred cows, so maybe I should check my own behavior, but I'd like to think that I follow my internal rules and at least speak from personal experience with reasonable arguments.

So how's about youse guys?

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06/09/10, 17:31  
 
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HiredN00bs said:
I think it's possible to delve so deeply into something that you're completely forgiving of its flaws and completely enamored by its redeeming quality, so even though you're massively informed on it, you're completely biased.
Oh, absolutely. But as long as you're aware of your bias, and you acknowledge the flaws, I think that's pretty healthy. Everyone is biased to some degree, after all. And my favorite reviewers are the ones that wear their biases in plain sight, it gives context on their praise and their complaints.
06/10/10, 16:38   
I do find that poor image quality kind of hurts my play experience. I'm not sure if it actually strains my eyes, but it definitely hurts my enjoyment. I'd rather have simple, clean graphics than complex, dirty graphics. The texture crawl on the PS1 used to drive me insane.

Jargon said:
But even in your example, they've probably played something and maybe that's all they need to know it's not for them.
Maybe, but if someone's going to diss something, I'd hope they at least have a decent amount of experience with it (beyond just a short confirmation-of-hatred play session).
06/10/10, 18:13   
@anandxxx

I find that if someone's first impression is hate, then 90% of the time the rest of their impressions are just going to build on that. That just seems to be human nature to me. Some people are going to play Wii Sports, be immediately turned off and just be thinking "I can't believe I'm playing this stupid toy" the whole time. I'm sure they could give reasons for their hatred but everything is skewed by that first impression. And the same thing will happen with God of War, some people will think "I hate this fake mature bullshit" and that will shape their views.

My point is, it's hard for me to get mad at them for dissing it without much reason when their input probably wouldn't be that useful to me anyway.
06/10/10, 18:36   
@Xbob42 I don't get it. Is that different than the game I played?

I was (mostly) joking before, but in all honesty I have no idea what those screens are supposed to be showing me and why I'm supposed to wish I could be playing them instead of my Wii.
06/10/10, 18:47   
Edited: 06/10/10, 18:48
Zero, they're Super Mario Galaxy at a higher resolution. It probably wouldn't be that important to you though, judging by your response
06/10/10, 22:38   
Mr_Mustache said:
Of course I get upset!

Nobody has anything to say good about NASCAR ever. EVER.

I'll say this about NASCAR: actually GOING to the race and being drunk with your buddies (and thousands of random red necks) for an entire weekend is pretty awesome. And I'm pretty sure there's no other "sport" where you can do that. Not even the "all-mighty" football.
06/10/10, 23:16   
@Pandareus The great thing about this site is it is ok to be biased towards Nintendo.

NINTENDO IS STILL THE BEST DEVELOPER EVER.

YES. I SAID IT. STILL. AND EVER.

See, and I can say this here and it probably won't even lead to discussions on no HD and friend codes.
06/10/10, 23:58   
Edited: 06/10/10, 23:59
@Zero

But how can you say that when Western developers have made great strides and are offering us cinematic games with high production values, voice acting, somptuous HD graphics, vast open worlds to explore and intelligently written stories?

Not to mention various achievements to strive for and give us even more value for our dollar, as well as multiplayer modes (that you DON'T need friend codes to play)?
06/11/10, 03:02   
Good point, I was wrong.

*burns copy of Super Mario Galaxy 2*
06/11/10, 05:29   
You guys totally miss him!
06/11/10, 22:51   
Zero said:
Good point, I was wrong.

*burns copy of Super Mario Galaxy 2*

I love Mario Galaxy 2 and Alpha Protocol!

Shhh, you have to be quiet, though, people aren't supposed to like Alpha Protocol since everyone thinks it's a shooter instead of an RPG.

NOW LET'S BOOGIE!
06/12/10, 03:55   
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