Nerd Culture: Halo Fans
November 20th 2011 20:09
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As I stated earlier about the clothes, Halo Fans get a really bad reputation in the general public, but it is kinda easy to see why.
The average person will know Halo because it is a cultural phenomenon. Girlfriends hate it, middle schoolers won't stop talking about it, and you mom knows it's about some kind of robot-alien- thing. The fact of the matter is that it is a new franchise and with that comes some back-lash. Generally, Halo is viewed as something for immature gamers that become grotesquely obsessed with the franchise. This isn't too far off though. I am a Halo fan, have been since the first one, but I wouldn't call myself obsessed or a "true" fan, as so many have put it. I enjoy the games and the story universe that was developed, but I play other games and I have no problem tossing a few stones in the franchise's direction (as I am doing now) or its fan-base.
The above picture is what I imagine when I hear some one is a really big Halo fan. I think of "little" kids when I imagine an opponent screaming over the voice chat system. Perhaps this is a personal bias, as I was nine when the first one came, eighteen when Reach released and Nineteen when the anniversary edition came out, so everyone around me who liked the game passionately was young. This seems to hold water though, the older/mature the gamer is the less time they seem to dwell or passionately defend Halo, but the flip side of this is that perhaps the Halo fanatics are just going with whatever is popular. I say this because the same people who so passionately defend Halo also seem to have the same fanaticism for the Call of Duty franchise, perhaps is just a shooter-fan thing.
There is nothing wrong with being a Halo fan, (once again) I am also one, the point I am trying to make is that people will associate the Halo fan with the hundreds of immature people that are "true" fans. There is nothing wrong with liking a franchise, the fans of a franchise may want to tone it back a bit so as to not alienate the other, usually the older/more mature, fans from the general public because of their hobby.
...all things considered...
The above picture is what I imagine when I hear some one is a really big Halo fan. I think of "little" kids when I imagine an opponent screaming over the voice chat system. Perhaps this is a personal bias, as I was nine when the first one came, eighteen when Reach released and Nineteen when the anniversary edition came out, so everyone around me who liked the game passionately was young. This seems to hold water though, the older/mature the gamer is the less time they seem to dwell or passionately defend Halo, but the flip side of this is that perhaps the Halo fanatics are just going with whatever is popular. I say this because the same people who so passionately defend Halo also seem to have the same fanaticism for the Call of Duty franchise, perhaps is just a shooter-fan thing.
BIG shooter fan!
Let's all be civilized...young men
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