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10/1/2013 12:05:13 PM
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Black and White
I've never understood gamers' fascination with everything being good or bad, black or white, this or that, Sony or Xbox, Halo or Call of Duty, or so on. What is it about gamers that makes everything either fantastic or garbage? Is everything binary? Where is the scale, the shades gray? Isn't there room for multiple good games or systems? Isn't lots of choice a good thing?
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Am I the only one who thought he was talking about Pokemon?
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4 RepliesEdited by TGI Skuldier: 10/1/2013 12:38:38 PM>Was ready to talk about the game (._.)
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Edited by Friendlystu: 10/2/2013 3:20:40 PMoops never mind.
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4 RepliesEdited by Arbiter 739: 10/2/2013 12:35:46 PMIt has to do with the same reason people get up and angry over U.S. Democrat/Republican politics in a simple discussion. They want to be right. With younger people it's much worse because there are fewer people who might want to calm the situation down and much more who want to say that they agree or disagree. Xbox vs. PS arguments generally start with an insult.
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Go OUYA!
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1 ReplyThought this was a Pokemon thread. *Is disappointed*
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17 RepliesWell when it came to Black and White, I got White. Now with X and Y I already pre-ordered Y.
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2 RepliesEdited by Payola: 10/2/2013 1:13:00 PMDepends how you look at things. People seem to find it entertaining, I have no complaints. I play or do what I enjoy and that's what matters to me, not some opinion formed by the people.
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6 RepliesEdited by Fresh Pancake: 10/2/2013 3:34:34 AMNo, if you like the Xbox One your an idiot, if you like the PS4 your an idiot, if you like Halo Reach your an idiot, if you like Halo 4 your an idiot, if you play Call of Duty your an idiot, if you don't like a popular game your an idiot, if you do like a popular game your an idiot, if you have a different opinion your an idiot. Man, this is depressing.
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3 RepliesIt's not about gaming; it's about in-groups. People in groups tend to overestimate their own group's strengths while ignoring their weaknesses, at the same time exaggerating the weaknesses of other groups while ignoring their strengths. What's interesting is that this isn't just their own individual biases showing - being part of an in-group actually strengthens your biases. So while one Xbox fanboy might not be too insufferable on his own, put him in a room (or a forum) full of other Xbox fanboys, and they can get pretty nasty towards the Playstation fanboys. There are two probable reasons for this: first, people like to fit in, and so they'll try to impress the other group members by showing how dedicated they are, and subsequently go over the top; second, people feel validated by the like-mindedness of their group, and that strengthens their "group spirit". You see this in politics. People of a particular political affiliation [i]always[/i] (but not actually always) view the opposition unfavourably to a ridiculous degree. Conservatives think liberals are idiots who don't do the research, and liberals think conservatives are idiots who don't do the research. Common sense should tell you that at least some people of a particular side must be half-intelligent and adequately informed. And, of course, it doesn't just end there. You'll see this sort of in-group behaviour pretty much everywhere. Well, except maybe in Nintendo fans... They're generally clever and handsome people, right?
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I was hoping we'd be talkin bout the pokymans.
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1 Reply[url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2001/03/27/black-white-3]Black and White[/url]
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1 ReplyEdited by M37h3w3: 10/2/2013 1:11:58 AMI've said it before Papa: Hyperbole is the internet's native language. Gamers are inherently part of the internet. Thus they speak in hyperbole. I think CoD is a massive steaming pile of rancid dog shit because of it's "Even Grandma can get a kill" twitch shooting MP fueled by unbalanced and unfun system of perks and attachments that must be unlocked and extremely linear and Michael Bay campaign. That said. Lots of people enjoy it. I've even had to admit to myself that I enjoy the ability to be able to customize my death dealing Spartan in H4.
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1 ReplyIt's funny, because it's so incredibly [i]rare[/i] for something to be black and white. People create these polar opposites without realizing that our entire existence is about spectrum.
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1 ReplyWhy I care is if a game has little to no effort being put into it, yet it's the standard for what a game should be, it's just going to make devs worry to take that risk to make something great.
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2 RepliesSome people have a simple mentality.
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Edited by Milk: 10/2/2013 12:35:20 AMOf course it is. Some days I want to play smash bros with friends, other days LittleBigPlanet or Older Halo games is all I need. The boring college classes that take no study time to get an A, that are completely useless to what I'm going for, I'll just play my DS during the lecture.
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Why cause I'm black?
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Everyone is either black or white, but me, I'm like a -blam!-ing rainbow!
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3 RepliesBecause people have to support their decisions. Making anything that strays from their choices look bad is one way of doing that.
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1 ReplyYou know, those who likes everything or almost everything don't have to complain; they just play. Others who prefer a system over another are simply the loud minority sometimes...Personally as a gamer I can enjoy pretty much anything so I don't make xbox<PS ( or whatever makes your heart happy) threads.
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3 Repliescod sucks Halo is at an all time low Destiny is our only hope
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2 Replies6/10 is the new 0.
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1 Reply[url=http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_%26_White_(video_game)]I dunno, but it is something of a game.[/url]
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[quote]WHAT WOULD JESUS DO?[/quote]
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1 ReplyFor the most part I see games and consoles as either black or white until I play them and then make my opinion from there. The main exception is with the xbox one and the ps4 I don't see either one as black or white, good or evil I see them both as similar consoles which are both somewhat impressive in their own way but with exclusives on each one that could sway me either way. But I have to admit its the one thing I really hate about the gaming community is that it can be hyper critical, I've seen a video review of the game (I think it was) Scourge Outbreak or something to that effect and it was by gamespot but instead of saying what was bad with the game and what was good the reviewer just ripped it to shreds essentially saying "why buy this game because its the worst thing ever made and the people who made this game shouldn't even be in the industry because i mean just look at this pile of crap its so bad and i hate it." You know a community is bad when even the reviewers cant hold back on what is essentially their opinion rather than straight up saying why a game is good and bad and then giving their opinion so other people can judge for themselves whether or not to try it.
