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Fanboy Friday is going on hiatus
Jonathan Ross | 11:10 AM on 03.19.2010 49 comments


So, I thought I could do this forever. I thought that fanboys would provide me with a never-ending stream of entertainment, and that we could all sit down and mock them until the end of time.

Unfortunately, after over a year of doing this, I think my brain is about to explode.

At the beginning, it was fun. Every week I'd find something new and ridiculous, some new insult, some new outrageous statement about the superiority/inferiority of a console, but it's at the point where it's stale now (and it's probably been stale for months). Every week is virtually the same -- people bitch about a game score, yell about the biggest exclusive of the week, and then talk about Halo and Mass Effect. If there is some sort of Fanboy revolution where they all suddenly become interesting again, the feature will probably come back. For now, it'll be taking a break.

Just wanted to let people know!
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CelicaCrazed's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/19/2010 11:24
CelicaCrazed
Thanks for the work up until now. You are a saint for actually searching out for that drivel for our amusement. I mean I avoid looking at certain comment sections just because I know my face won't be able to take all the facepalming. I can understand why you wouldn't want to do it every week haha!
MrSadistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/19/2010 11:25
MrSadistic
Aw Jonathan, baby, no. I will miss the intellectual comments about the "blue way" and how the xboxthreeshitty is better than the gaystation 3.
Drakengard's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/19/2010 11:35
Drakengard
I don't blame you. There just comes a point where you realize that these people are so damn serious that you just start going numb.

Best to stop now before the fanboy responses give you eye cancer or something.
Tubatic's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/19/2010 11:40
Tubatic
Its been over a year?

Grats for keeping it going that long!
VGFreak1225's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/19/2010 11:40
VGFreak1225
Aw...I knew that ElPresador getting his Youtube account suspended was a sign of bad things to come, but I didn't know it was this bad. Well, I'll be waiting for a return with open arms.
Los255's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/19/2010 11:54
Los255
Yeah, I didn't know it was over a year. You're a good man for keeping it alive for that long. Thanks for the laughs you Microshitting Fagtart.

<3
Pangloss's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/19/2010 12:02
Pangloss
When you stare into the abyss, the abyss stares back. I really can't blame you for wanting the abyss to give you some privacy for a while.
Elsa's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/19/2010 12:04
Elsa
I'm kind of liking CaptainBus's new "comments of the week" series. It's still got fanboy and "stupid stuff people say", and also funny/clever comments - but it's all Dtoid stuff so somehow it's funnier (to me anyway).

Fanboy Friday was a fun read once in awhile... but in other ways it was depressing (and it must have been incredibly frustrating to do the research and have to read through all that crap)... meh, maybe Dtoid could just promote CaptainBus's weekly blog if he keeps it up! (just a thought).
Blasto's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/19/2010 12:15
Blasto
Enjoy your respite; and it's not like we can't see the same thing in the comments here quite often :P
Gobun's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/19/2010 12:18
Gobun
And now for Starcraft 2 beta....
Sean Daisy's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/19/2010 12:27
Sean Daisy
@Elsa I love you for saying that!

I'd love to provide my comments of the week as a promoted update, but I don't think I have the heft. Only a handful of people seem to have read my previous ones so far.

Still if people enjoy them then I'll continue to do it.

@Jonathan it'll be sad to see you go but I understand how fanboy saturation could make you crazy.
RenegadePanda's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/19/2010 12:28
RenegadePanda
WAT R U SUM KIND OF XBOT FAGBOY DAT PLAIS GAYLO ALL DAY?

There. I started it again.
Kyle MacGregor's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/19/2010 12:34
Kyle MacGregor
It was fun while it lasted.

Thanks.
TheCleaningGuy's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/19/2010 12:50
TheCleaningGuy
That's quite alright. I wondered how long you could do that until your brain broke.
Hamza CTZ Aziz's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/19/2010 13:09
Hamza CTZ Aziz
P.S. Art Attack Friday (has been) dead (too)
pedrovay2003's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/19/2010 13:19
pedrovay2003
Heh, I'm going to miss it, but honestly, you've lasted longer than I would have.
grasslunatic's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/19/2010 13:26
grasslunatic
I really enjoyed reading it each week. I'm honestly surprised that you kept it up for so long.
Guncannon's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/19/2010 13:53
Guncannon
I miss YTMND Thursday...
Steel Squirrel's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/19/2010 14:12
Steel Squirrel
Oh well, buddy. You should come up with something a little more upbeat and fun. I can't even read the Fanboy Fridays because they depress me. I can't imagine what it must be like being the guy that was sifting through all of that shit.

I vote you start talking about beer.
MrSadistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/19/2010 14:23
MrSadistic
I miss YTMND Thursday as well, but then I realized that hardly anyone makes a funny YTMND anymore, let alone a video game related one.
Jordan Devore's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/19/2010 15:18
Jordan Devore
I witnessed Jonathan's eternal struggle last Friday in-person. For the sake of his well being, this is for the best.
Pudge Controls the Weather's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/19/2010 15:30
Pudge Controls the Weather
A year? I'm pretty sure I started reading Destructoid around the time it started then.

Doesn't seem that long at all.
mid3vol's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/19/2010 18:02
mid3vol
:O
GrumpyTurtle's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/19/2010 18:05
GrumpyTurtle
I sure it's like being forced to go to every taping of the Jerry Springer show. At first it's fun, but after awhile, you just get sad faced. I understand. It made my eyes bleed just reading your condensed version.

Twas enjoyable while it lasted. Thanks for that
Alasdair Duncan's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/19/2010 19:55
Alasdair Duncan
Dude, I couldn't do what you do. Reading all that Fanboy shit would make me put my fist through the monitor.
Joanna Mueller's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/19/2010 23:22
Joanna Mueller
I can't believe you made it as long as you did. I read one of those things all the way through vowed never again.
Xzyliac's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/20/2010 10:05
Xzyliac
I'mma miss it fo' sho.
naia-the-gamer's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/20/2010 16:17
naia-the-gamer
You really did this for a year? God damn you have more patience than I do. Maybe you could switch to writing about unique cuisine in video games.
gatorsax2010's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/20/2010 19:20
gatorsax2010
@Guncannon

Thank you for that. Made me laugh.
Excel-2011's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/20/2010 19:58
Excel-2011
You deserve more than a sabbatical. You should get some kind of medal for keeping up with this for so long.
DF's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/20/2010 19:59
DF
So now presenting "LOOK! Smart People in the Fanbase Having Intelligent Discussions and Discourse!"?

Oh wait, that'll never happen. :'(
Knivy's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/20/2010 21:09
Knivy
Oh wow, it totally didn't feel like a year :O. It's ok, now you'll have more time for SC2
SuperDance's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/21/2010 08:25
SuperDance
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little happy about this.

Seriously, those things made me lose faith in humanity.
BlackFreefall's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/22/2010 00:08
BlackFreefall
I didn;t even know we had one. Maybe you can do a Music Monday.
the7k's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/22/2010 10:16
the7k
A shame to see it go... although, honestly, I could never make it through an entire article.

I'd try, but usually around half-way in, I'd just be like "My God - I can't read any more from these human failures." They deserve the embarrassment, but I felt like my IQ was dropping as I read it.

Thanks anyway, and congrats on being such a trouper that you would actually read through and compile it for so long. I know I wouldn't have been able to last one article.
Mayiplay's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/23/2010 11:49
Mayiplay
Wow, this is somewhat disappointing, but mostly joyful--if that makes sense. :P
Tristero's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/24/2010 01:39
Tristero
HAHAHAHAHA XBOTS SCUK IT! (ps3 no new games ifnamus, unchrted2 good graphics lameass gameplay, does everything except leap year clocks.)
ipadshouse's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/06/2010 10:29
ipadshouse
Though I seem to always get stuck in a never ending 'play piano', 'find heart key', 'read diary' loop...Directory
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