Yet another GAF thread - I still haven't got over it :( (No spergfits allowed)

[Takao]

He probably has an alt ready or in the works. Can't be long now.

His cover will be blown the moment he posts something.

[Great Rumbler]

Dishonored was probably my GOTY that year, and the two pieces of DLC focused on Daud were a really nice addition to the overall package.

[StealthFan]

What is the deal with animated films and the autists they attract? The Frozen love-in is awful, and reminds me of when Tangled was released. Bunch of fucking man children.

Games, comics, films...non have fanbases as blatantly deficient.

[headwalk]

What is the deal with animated films and the autists they attract? The Frozen love-in is awful, and reminds me of when Tangled was released. Bunch of fucking man children.

Games, comics, films...non have fanbases as blatantly deficient.

me and my human girlfriend got sold on tangled and wasted two hours of bandwidth on it. to this day i have no idea what separates it from all the other soulless plastic horseshit that's taken over since rendering a frame became cheaper than painting one.

[Phoenix Dark]

I haven't seen Frozen, but Tangled is VERY good. As in I'd favorably compare it to classic Disney films. I can say it's a great film without wanting to put a Tangled poster on my wall or purchase every iteration that hits Blu Ray.

Interestingly I've noticed the Frozen trailers are horrible and make it look like a dumb movie, which is the same impression I got about Tangled after seeing the trailer.

[StealthFan]

After seeing a /tv/ thread about it just now I have deduced that the main appeal of Frozen is waifus and for Tangled it is...feet. Sounds about right.

[Himu]

Tangled is great. Love animation. Kiss my ass.

Tangled is the best Disney non animated Pixar film since The Lion King.

I hear Frozen is better too.

[Himu]

Helps that Pixar sucks dick now. Disney

[D3RANG3D]

Pretty sure he was on the Lords of Shadow fan squad.  That or DmC.

He hates games that shit on old franchises but considers LOS Good.

 

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[Great Rumbler]

Gonna echo the Tangled praise. It's a fun movie, breezy and light but hardly the worst way to spend a couple hours.

[Phoenix Dark]

Agreed Wrath. There's a big difference between people who appreciate animated films, and spergs who treat them like some life fulfillment process. Animated films shouldn't dismissed because they're "for kids," that shit is stupid. But I reserve the right to laugh at anyone who watches Frozen, Tangled, etc multiple times a month and claims they changed their lives.

[StealthFan]

Agreed Wrath. There's a big difference between people who appreciate animated films, and spergs who treat them like some life fulfillment process. Animated films shouldn't dismissed because they're "for kids," that shit is stupid. But I reserve the right to laugh at anyone who watches Frozen, Tangled, etc multiple times a month and claims they changed their lives.

This is what I think as well.

[Himu]

I think MOST people enjoy those films because they're well made and great movies. The people who find them to be life changing experiences are way off the mark. I treat most animation the same. I just enjoy the process and art form but you won't see me identifying with animation or a movie as a lifestyle or something. I treat the Pony show the same way
 Like the show, don't involve myself in the creepy shit.

I'm not sure why people honestly care. People are nerds and latch onto anything. Why waste your time, brain power, and breath thinking about it? Doesn't stop Tangled and Wreck It Ralph from being great movies.

[Shaka Khan]

I'm not even sure if the spergy obsession is exclusive to animated movies (or even related to the actual autistic spectrum). I feel it generally has more to do with the internet giving geeks/nerds/"enthusiasts" or what have you a channel to easily benchmark their fan-boners and strive to outdo each other. People in these circles are becoming less satisfied with simply liking something and moving on. They feel the need to internalize that entertainment (in some cases swallow it whole!) expand it into it's own sub-community (bronies!), or imbue their real life identities and lifestyles with that fandom (AGAIN, BRONIES!).

It's not as if these habits didn't exist before the internet, but mass communication has sure accelerated its growth exponentially.

[Purple Filth]

+ 1 here on liking Tangled and i also need to check out Frozen

[Takao]

On the internet something can either be the best thing ever, or deserves to be nuked. No in-between.

[Shaka Khan]

It's the same black and dichotomy that Mary Tyler Whore mentioned as plaguing the internet.

[brawndolicious]

Yeah I think it's an identity thing about being able to show off how much more you care about it than "others". Had a long conversation last night with a friend who went into depth about how the popularity of comic book movies is seeming to cause the characters in the new releases of the comic books to become less complex by scaling down their labrinthyian back stories. I told him I haven't actualy read a comic in several years and I swung the conversation around to how he's agitated socially since he's never had sex since he's always made a million excuses for why he can't ask a girl on a date.

Honestly, I think it's a way of venting their rage since they realize that they could possibly be rejected socially for having the personality that they have. So expressing their angst and suppressed romantic desires on the internet to others in the exact same situation seems like the right thing to do.

I'm a little blunt though. I've seen Tangled and it was pretty good.

[ToxicAdam]

On the internet something can either be the best thing ever, or deserves to be nuked. No in-between.

Every Zelda game ever.

[Shadow Mod]

When you have no other means of competition you take your hobbies or shit you watch and find ways.

[Himu]

I like anime. I don't own a single anime t-shirt or poster.

I like games. I don't own a single game t-shirt or poster.

I have a feverish fan rash when it comes to Final Fantasy. But you wouldn't know it if you saw me.

Liking things is fun, but when you turn it into a lifestyle...I just, I dunno.

I think sports are probably the only thing I can think of where people do this and it's seen as okay by society for some reason.

[Shadow Mod]

I like anime. I don't own a single anime t-shirt or poster.

I like games. I don't own a single game t-shirt or poster.

I have a feverish fan rash when it comes to Final Fantasy. But you wouldn't know it if you saw me.

Liking things is fun, but when you turn it into a lifestyle...I just, I dunno.

I think sports are probably the only thing I can think of where people do this and it's seen as okay by society for some reason.

People who identify as a fan of anything first have nothing else going for them. That's not to be judgmental because they might have tons going for them even they don't want to recognize. If the first thing about you is about how much you identify with a piece of fiction, game, celeb, movie, I generally feel like you're still stuck in adolescence.

[Oblivion]

I like video games. I don't own a single video game.

 

[Shadow Mod]

I like video games. I don't own a single video game.

 

Should be gamefly's new tagline. Play games don't own them.

[Your Stalker]

I like video games. I don't own a single video game.

 

Should be gamefly's new tagline. Play games don't own them.

or steam's

[Tasty]

I like video games. I don't own a single video game.

 

Should be gamefly's new tagline. Play games don't own them.

or steam's

 

[fistfulofmetal]

or steam's

well steam's would be the reverse of that. own games, don't play them.

[StealthFan]

I like video games. I don't own a single video game.

 

Should be gamefly's new tagline. Play games don't own them.

or steam's

or steam's

well steam's would be the reverse of that. own games, don't play them.

Check the EULA. You don't own shit.

[fistfulofmetal]

so then... don't own games, don't play them?

[Shadow Mod]

Don't games.

There you go.

[Purple Filth]

or steam's

well steam's would be the reverse of that. own games, don't play them.

Indeed

[Rufus]

I think sports are probably the only thing I can think of where people do this and it's seen as okay by society for some reason.

It's because sports are accepted. Everything after that is just plain old tribalism. Showing your colours, literally.

[Great Rumbler]

Check the EULA. You don't own shit.

Stop ruining good jokes.

[Tasty]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/member.php?u=58226

Dennis is unbanned?

This is the second "perma" he's had reversed in like four months. Come on mods, have some balls.

[Your Stalker]

but it's just andrex doing that

[Shaka Khan]

For a second I thought Andy was talking about Derrick.

[StealthFan]

For a second I thought Andy was talking about Derrick.

Same here

[Tasty]

Huh I got them confused

[thisismyusername]

Huh I got them confused

Liar.

[Shaka Khan]

Racist.

[ToxicAdam]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=100232138&postcount=30


This one almost has the case cracked.

[Yulwei]

Huh I got them confused

 

[Tasty]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=766592

After recently playing through both Galaxy games and finishing up Possibly Not Only The Greatest Mario Game Ever Made But Possible The Greatest Video Game Ever Made Period™ (that would be Mario 3D World)

[StealthFan]

Nintendo fans are children. They'll play anything that is released for their console. They have absolutely no discernible taste or preferences when it comes to the games they play. Disgusting.

If I had only one "great" game to play all year I'd find another hobby.

[FStop7]

What's weird is if you bring up franchise fatigue in reference to 3D World's poor sales, people get so mad because THIS Mario game is DIFFERENT.

[Shaka Khan]

Every Mario game is different if you ignore 75% of the similarities.

[Shaka Khan]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=766622

I personally enjoy my morning coffee with whipped Ninthintears and a dash of denial.

[headwalk]

Nintendo fans are children. They'll play anything that is released for their console. They have absolutely no discernible taste or preferences when it comes to the games they play. Disgusting.

i'm not sure how this is any different from anyone else who bought a next gen console.

[Shadow Mod]

Nintendo fans are children. They'll play anything that is released for their console. They have absolutely no discernible taste or preferences when it comes to the games they play. Disgusting.

i'm not sure how this is any different from anyone else who bought a next gen console.

 

[Your Stalker]

he's not wrong

[Shadow Mod]

I'm not going to pretend to know what y'all do with your ps3 or xbox but my xbox has pretty much been a Netflix machine for a while.

[FStop7]

Is Valnen one of you guys having one over on GAF?  He can't be real, can he?  It's not possible. 

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=766517&page=2

[Shadow Mod]

This must be your first time noticing Valnen's spergyness.

[Phoenix Dark]

WhereIsMahDragons
 

[Mr. Gundam]

Nintendo fans are children. They'll play anything that is released for their console. They have absolutely no discernible taste or preferences when it comes to the games they play. Disgusting.

i'm not sure how this is any different from anyone else who bought a next gen console.

The WiiU actually has games worth playing currently.*


*Currently.

[nudemacusers]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=766772

taliban defense force slowly forming. who knew.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=766772

taliban defense force slowly forming. who knew.

You'll find a defense force for anything at GAF.  Most of it is contrarianism for the sake of being a contrarian.  The remainder is people who take a contrarian view because they conflate contrarianism with intelligence (a common trait among college freshmen who just took Intro to Sociology) and a small group of people who legitimately support the positions they take.

[Jansen]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=100304930&postcount=5

 :deadpos

[Shaka Khan]

[nudemacusers]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=766772

taliban defense force slowly forming. who knew.

You'll find a defense force for anything at GAF.  Most of it is contrarianism for the sake of being a contrarian.  The remainder is people who take a contrarian view because they conflate contrarianism with intelligence (a common trait among college freshmen who just took Intro to Sociology) and a small group of people who legitimately support the positions they take.

this is very true

thanks for the flashbacks to philosophy 101. there is always that one dude. ugh.