Well, games were really difficult back in the day with less mechanics. For many games actually. Even fighting games...now there's all kinds of mechanics in fighters too, back before that it was basic stuff. Idk if that makes it more casual, probably for mortal kombat since there's block breakers anx x rays which I always felt were cheap as hell. There's tons of shit that's been added honestly. Like I said before, I mean I grew up back with arcades and shit seeing big ass lines for street fighter...tekken...virtual fighter...king of fighter games...seen games go from classic to turbo to whatever the f[b]u[/b]ck it is now with super gauges and massive renditions to the games play box, priority changes to specials you name it. Depends on what game you're talking about honestly. I mean...we can be competitive in games....but I doubt anyone on these forums anymore is a pro player, I remember a few guys were but no one gave a shit honestly haha it was kinda funny. The boxing analogy, yea it is sad when you see boxers get washed up and tarnish their glory just as it is to see a series you once loved to see tarnish theirs. It isn't always the case though. Sometimes you see redemption. As far as fanboy goes, perhaps fanboy means different things to us. I think a fanboy is someone who [i]can't [/i] admit the game they're a fan of has mistakes. The defense mechanism kicks in. I can list out mistakes of games I like in open conversation, and I have here many times. I also don't care what someone else thinks about the games I like or play. I'm too old for that. Maybe 15 years ago I would haha