Naming the most rabbid Fan-bases

Raptor 597 · Post by **Raptor 597** » 2003-01-24 07:56pm

weemadando wrote:The most virulent of all rabid fanbases...

Wrestling fans.

I hate them especially my brother who refuses too admit it's fake. Especially wrestling, heavy metal, Christian Fundies.

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2003-01-24 09:52pm

weemadando wrote:The most virulent of all rabid fanbases...

Wrestling fans.

I really wouldn't consider them "rabid", but they are really dumb, not only because they watch it, and are entertained by it, some of them think it's real.

The most rabid fanbase out there would have to be religous fundamentalism. You don't see Trekkies handing out pamphlets on the streets, or Fivers blowing themselves up in public.

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-01-25 04:11am

Captain Lennox wrote: I hate them especially my brother who refuses too admit it's fake. Especially wrestling, heavy metal, Christian Fundies.

When you mentioned heavy metal, extreme metal fans are called metalheads or headbangers.

By the way, have anybody mentioned Gaters, who are Stargate fans??

consequences · Post by **consequences** » 2003-01-25 04:19am

Knights of the True Fiancee (KOTF) People who believe that Akane Tendo is the only possible choice for a happy marriage to Ranma Saotome, and who are sometimes very obnoxious to anyone with a different viewpoint. Of course, if you don't give a shit about Ranma 1/2 this isn't likely to mean much to you.
The Klingon Diplomatic Corps-a lot of the people you see running around in the full movie or next gen Klingon makeup at cons.
You know, its kind of sad that I have had people obsessed with various s-f shows around me for my entire life, and I don't even know how most of them refer to themselves,

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2003-01-25 04:26am

consequences said:

You know, its kind of sad that I have had people obsessed with various s-f shows around me for my entire life, and I don't even know how most of them refer to themselves,

That's not nescessarily that bad of a thing.
What's funny to me is how my brother laughs behind his hand at me for being such a sci-fi geek, but he is the MOST die-hard Buffy fan there is.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-01-25 05:16am

Currently Islam

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2003-01-25 05:19am

First of all, I'm an SCAer & Re-enactor (I like dressing up in Mideval or Civil war garb and pretending to kill others). I am a biblophile (I will read just about anything). however for entertainment value you just have to see a member of the Klingon Diplomatic Corps, getting into a fight with a Northwind Highlander at a Ren. Faire (The Northwinders are allowed, the Klingons are not, because while the Battletech Scots are decent at not being a disturbance during an otherwise nice bit of make believe.)

Skelron · Post by **Skelron** » 2003-01-25 09:19am

Singuler Quartet wrote:
Simon H.Johansen wrote:Well, when it comes to fantasy novels, there are....

Tolkienists (also known as Bilbo-Thumpers)
Goreans (fans of the Gor novels by John Norman)
Lovecraftians (OK, Lovecraft is more of a horror author than a fantasy author, but he cooperated closely with Robert E.Howard)
40Kers. Most commonly found screaming, and I quote,
BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!!!

Skulls for his skull throne...
Oh sorry erm got kinda carried away, yep we are a fanatical bunch. Oh well I'm Off, got to wipe out a few Mon-Keigh Scum.

Archaic` · Post by **Archaic`** » 2003-01-25 09:25am

Simon H.Johansen wrote: Pokémaniacs.

If you think the average Pokémaniacs is bad, then you should look at some of the niche sub-groups within that fandom. Specifically, the Shippers and ASBers. It's freaky just what lengths some people will go to with those.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2003-01-25 09:44am

Quakers.... See this post's author for an example, and don't forget your Railgun!

Xisiqomelir · Post by **Xisiqomelir** » 2003-01-25 11:33am

THEHOOLIGANJEDI wrote:On some other message boards I'm at there are LOTS of Rabid DBZers. Some think that Goku could beat Galactus.

Which Galactus are we talking about, the Infinity Gauntleted one, or the barehanded weak big guy?

And shame on you all for not mentioning the Macolytes, Apple Flanatics and members of the Order of the Holy Mac <----Ya that's me

SyntaxVorlon · Post by **SyntaxVorlon** » 2003-01-25 12:47pm

Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:Quakers.... See this post's author for an example, and don't forget your Railgun!

Here friend, have a bowl of oatmeal and a case of ammo. Let's DANCE!

LOL So does this mean that those who play quake don't believe in sex?

-I am not a quaker, I'm a Fiver and an HWorlder(Person who plays Homeworld fanatically, especially mods)-

VF5SS · Post by **VF5SS** » 2003-01-25 01:38pm

Sir Sirius wrote:Otakus = Anime fans, weird people with bizarre taste.

No kidding

If I hear one more thing about Ikinakimanasomu-san, the wimpy hero of the show yugiokinamasona Part 2!, and the twenty lesbian who surround him while he fights to save the Akawakashittu Kingdon from the evil Makawokas with his Crapp Sword...

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2003-01-25 01:48pm

SyntaxVorlon wrote:
Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:Quakers.... See this post's author for an example, and don't forget your Railgun!
Here friend, have a bowl of oatmeal and a case of ammo. Let's DANCE!

LOL So does this mean that those who play quake don't believe in sex?

-I am not a quaker, I'm a Fiver and an HWorlder(Person who plays Homeworld fanatically, especially mods)-

Oh, I'm also a Warsie and a Fiver, rabid and not-very-rabid, respectively. I definitely believe in sex, but Sex and Quake, nope. Don't mix! Sex+Nine Inch Nails: Definitely something that goes together like, well... QUAKE and Nine Inch Nails!!!

Utsanomiko · Post by **Utsanomiko** » 2003-01-25 01:52pm

Fansub Elietists.

These are the people who come into an anime thread shouting "OMFG its 'bejita' not 'vegeta'!!!111 I AM FUCKNIG GOIGN TO KILL YUO!!!!!"

The main thing for them is that they think that fan-made subtitled episodes of anime are godly examples of translation, even though some totally cannibalize the standard Hepburn hiragana-english letter transliteration model, throwing out 'u's and 'h's everywhere and things like (serriously, this happened) spelling Goku's name as 'Gohkuoh'.

The idea that some subtitle scripts can (and sometimes do) diverge from the original Japanese as much as a dub is a totally foreign concept to them, just like the phrase "just because it's text doesn't mean it perfectly converts from Japanese speech. There's more to translation than lip synch, you know."

They also tend to lack most social skills, comprehension of the purpose of communication or translation, and only have a vocabulary of about 12 words/phrases in Japanese, despite watching over 60 hours of the stuff, though they do end speaking it like 14-year old schoolgirls.

Sir Sirius · Post by **Sir Sirius** » 2003-01-25 03:50pm

SyntaxVorlon wrote:Fiver's a sad bunch?

Yeap! Why you ask.

SyntaxVorlon wrote:We subscribe to being fans of one of the most literary and thought out Scifi series ever made, comprable only to SW.

Just answered your own question.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2003-01-25 03:54pm

Gotta go with Utsanomiko on the fan subbers. Jesus fucking Christ...It's SUBBED, of course it's better!!!! is their rally cry.

I mean I liked sub at times(seen very few weel done Dubs) but chrickey.

Next for me is Marvel Zombies...and no I don't mean the regular fan I mean literally the people who believe that Marvel is the best there is at storytelling and liking any other company is blasphemy or some such nonsense.

It's fun going to a con seeing them try to ream into a write about why they left Marvel(then again Peter David reams back...which is funny in of itself)

Majin Gojira · Post by **Majin Gojira** » 2003-01-25 04:59pm

Frank Hipper wrote:consequences said:
You know, its kind of sad that I have had people obsessed with various s-f shows around me for my entire life, and I don't even know how most of them refer to themselves,
That's not nescessarily that bad of a thing.
What's funny to me is how my brother laughs behind his hand at me for being such a sci-fi geek, but he is the MOST die-hard Buffy fan there is.

And he thinks that exempts him From Sci-fi geekness!

And so on...

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-01-25 05:08pm

Japanophiles.

You know who I mean. They're everywhere. In school. At cons. On the net. People- usually Americans- who absolutely worship Japan. They don't care about it's rich cultural past, they don't care about it's customs or it's history, oh no.

It's always anime, and whatever video game, and whatever manga, etc. etc. America, in comparison, sucks. American entertainment is crappy. Japanese stuff is the only way to go.

I mean, Jesus Christ! Yeah, some anime is good, but a lot of American enertainment is FINE! Give me Batman Adventures or Batman Beyond or The Justice League over Inuyasha or DBZ or Gundum anyday! American comics are good, too- I mean, they differ from the Japanese comic style dramatically- but 'Empire' and 'The Punisher' and others, Marvel and DC, are all good, too!

A Big Flying Fish · Post by **A Big Flying Fish** » 2003-01-25 05:37pm

Archaic` wrote:
Simon H.Johansen wrote: Pokémaniacs.
If you think the average Pokémaniacs is bad, then you should look at some of the niche sub-groups within that fandom. Specifically, the Shippers and ASBers. It's freaky just what lengths some people will go to with those.

By gum some of those are just plain scarey. I used to lurk at a pokemon massage board a few years ago and these people were hurling around death threats. It was scarey to say the least.

Archaic` · Post by **Archaic`** » 2003-01-25 09:21pm

If you lurked around one of the message boards, then you've probably already recognise who I am. ^^;;; Though I don't get where you got death threats from. I don't remember any of us ever doing that. Oo Anyway, which one were you at? UPN, BMG, Abode, TPM, or some other?

consequences · Post by **consequences** » 2003-01-26 12:23am

Hey, there are a lot of things to admire and enjoy about Japanese culture, but there are also a lot of things which don't mesh well with our cultural context. Not all anime is good, but the best of it is in a class all its own.

beyond hope · Post by **beyond hope** » 2003-01-26 12:47am

Well, I have now waited out in near or below-freezing temperatures for every Star Wars film released thus far (and I have no doubt I'll do the same for Episode III.) Since that's the ONLY series of films I've ever done that for, and since I didn't wait alone, I'd say that is a strong argument in favor of Warsies being a pretty fanatical group. I'd add that we had several people in costume, including Jedi, Darth Maul, Darth Vader, and a stormtrooper.

FPS-wise Quake is a distant third for me, behind UT and AVP 2. Why? I like to camp, that's why. I was bitterly disappointed that they replaced the sniper rifle in UT with the lightning gun in UT 2003, leaving a highly visible trail so people can see where I'm shooting from. The Ion Painter makes up for it though... that thing leaves a HELL of a mess when it hits. Then you've got the Redeemer: there's nothing like popping off a tacnuke at your enemies. AVP 2 offers the cloaked pred with the speargun... also great for camping. I've tried it with the railgun in Quake but it's just not the same because there's no scope on the damn thing.

A Big Flying Fish · Post by **A Big Flying Fish** » 2003-01-26 07:31am

Archaic` wrote:If you lurked around one of the message boards, then you've probably already recognise who I am. ^^;;; Though I don't get where you got death threats from. I don't remember any of us ever doing that. Oo Anyway, which one were you at? UPN, BMG, Abode, TPM, or some other?

I do remember you and I was from BMG (was called Charishard). Most of the death threat type messages I saw were on ezboard message boards, though I think most of them may have been jokes (I bloody well hope they were)

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-01-26 08:43am

Just a question:

What the heck do you call Macross fans?? Macrossites?? Macrossians?? Macrossies?? The MacRoss clan?? Macrucified people?? (BAD PUN, BAD PUN)