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Over two years ago, on a site called Gameaday....
Ok, hands up who remembers when Gameaday was relatively new, the forums were totally different, and there were no topics at all in the Pokémon Yellow forum? Ok, not many of you, but a few of you may remember what I was like then.
That's right. I was an idiot. I was biased. And I acted like a fanboy.
I used to start topics about "how the N64 is better than the Greystation" and used to use these as my reasons:
More powerful
Better graphics
better controller
no or few loading times
cartridge based
Only console to have Zelda
etc, etc
Basically, I was posting the kind of crap that some people on the Special Reserve forums are doing today. Sure, the Nintendo 64 was the more powerful console. Sure, the Nintendo 64, for the majority of games, had better graphics. Sure, to me the controller was better. The fact that the cartridge based system has smaller or even no loading times was good too. They're still not really any decent reasons as to why the N64 was, in my opinion, the better console.
If someone said otherwise, they were wrong. No, they weren't wrong in my opinion. They were most definately wrong and no one could change my mind about anything. I wouldn't accept that anyone else had opinions different to mine and I thrived on arguments with Playstation fans.
Since then I have managed to grow out of that phase. I still have my loyalties based on what consoles and games I prefer, but I have learnt to accept that I am not always right (forget I said that :) ) and that there are just as big fans of other consoles as I am of Nintendo and SEGAs. The reason I matured on these forums? I was fed up of the Sony fans who were just as biased giving me the same kind of crap. So I bettered myself to better them. Whether it did any good I don't know, but I know that I have probably more respect on these forums than I did then.
If the archives reached as far back as then, you'd be able to see examples of my style of writing. It was totally different back in the olden days. You'll have to take my word for it now, but I am more than 100% the better poster than I was back then.
I now believe that my improved writing skills are what got me through GCSE English, what have enabled me to carry on in the sixth-form at school and are what have got me a column on the official codejunkies website talking about retro-games. Basically, not just my opinions are more mature, but my writing skills, and my ability to take other things into consideration have got better.
Anyway, that's enough of my blabbering...I'm going to eat a bacon sarnie.
Ok, hands up who remembers when Gameaday was relatively new, the forums were totally different, and there were no topics at all in the Pokémon Yellow forum?
That's right. I was an idiot. I was biased. And I acted like a fanboy.
I used to start topics about "how the N64 is better than the Greystation" and used to use these as my reasons:
More powerful
Better graphics
better controller
no or few loading times
cartridge based
Only console to have Zelda
etc, etc
Basically, I was posting the kind of crap that some people on the Special Reserve forums are doing today. Sure, the Nintendo 64 was the more powerful console. Sure, the Nintendo 64, for the majority of games, had better graphics. Sure, to me the controller was better. The fact that the cartridge based system has smaller or even no loading times was good too. They're still not really any decent reasons as to why the N64 was, in my opinion, the better console.
If someone said otherwise, they were wrong. No, they weren't wrong in my opinion. They were most definately wrong and no one could change my mind about anything. I wouldn't accept that anyone else had opinions different to mine and I thrived on arguments with Playstation fans.
Since then I have managed to grow out of that phase. I still have my loyalties based on what consoles and games I prefer, but I have learnt to accept that I am not always right (forget I said that :) ) and that there are just as big fans of other consoles as I am of Nintendo and SEGAs. The reason I matured on these forums? I was fed up of the Sony fans who were just as biased giving me the same kind of crap. So I bettered myself to better them. Whether it did any good I don't know, but I know that I have probably more respect on these forums than I did then.
If the archives reached as far back as then, you'd be able to see examples of my style of writing. It was totally different back in the olden days. You'll have to take my word for it now, but I am more than 100% the better poster than I was back then.
I now believe that my improved writing skills are what got me through GCSE English, what have enabled me to carry on in the sixth-form at school and are what have got me a column on the official codejunkies website talking about retro-games. Basically, not just my opinions are more mature, but my writing skills, and my ability to take other things into consideration have got better.
Anyway, that's enough of my blabbering...I'm going to eat a bacon sarnie.
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Sibs, yes. I used to be like that once. Ooo many years ago. This has also bettered my english skills which I am very very happy with.
And Sibs, its called "Maturing" ;o)
I still can't spell though, it used to be all txt spk lik tis.
Thats pap. I hate it, I can't ever understand it now!
Bah ;o) Nice Post
And Sibs, its called "Maturing" ;o)
I still can't spell though, it used to be all txt spk lik tis.
Thats pap. I hate it, I can't ever understand it now!
Bah ;o) Nice Post
AfroJoe wrote:
> You've only been around 600 days on that account, but from what I've
> heard, you have others.
>
> Am I correct?
Yep, The name 'Edgy' has been around a lot longer than this...I had previous accounts at a time when editing details wasn't possible.
So I re-registered when my email address changed, and my account changed from Edgy to edgy735 (so that it didn't clash with the original). Then I had problems with that account and so this one was born.
> You've only been around 600 days on that account, but from what I've
> heard, you have others.
>
> Am I correct?
Yep, The name 'Edgy' has been around a lot longer than this...I had previous accounts at a time when editing details wasn't possible.
So I re-registered when my email address changed, and my account changed from Edgy to edgy735 (so that it didn't clash with the original). Then I had problems with that account and so this one was born.
Edgy wrote:
> That's right. I was an idiot. I was biased. And I acted like a
> fanboy.
Are you implying something's changed?
:-)
> That's right. I was an idiot. I was biased. And I acted like a
> fanboy.
Are you implying something's changed?
:-)
You've only been around 600 days on that account, but from what I've heard, you have others.
Am I correct?
Am I correct?
Over two years ago, on a site called Gameaday....
Ok, hands up who remembers when Gameaday was relatively new, the forums were totally different, and there were no topics at all in the Pokémon Yellow forum? Ok, not many of you, but a few of you may remember what I was like then.
That's right. I was an idiot. I was biased. And I acted like a fanboy.
I used to start topics about "how the N64 is better than the Greystation" and used to use these as my reasons:
More powerful
Better graphics
better controller
no or few loading times
cartridge based
Only console to have Zelda
etc, etc
Basically, I was posting the kind of crap that some people on the Special Reserve forums are doing today. Sure, the Nintendo 64 was the more powerful console. Sure, the Nintendo 64, for the majority of games, had better graphics. Sure, to me the controller was better. The fact that the cartridge based system has smaller or even no loading times was good too. They're still not really any decent reasons as to why the N64 was, in my opinion, the better console.
If someone said otherwise, they were wrong. No, they weren't wrong in my opinion. They were most definately wrong and no one could change my mind about anything. I wouldn't accept that anyone else had opinions different to mine and I thrived on arguments with Playstation fans.
Since then I have managed to grow out of that phase. I still have my loyalties based on what consoles and games I prefer, but I have learnt to accept that I am not always right (forget I said that :) ) and that there are just as big fans of other consoles as I am of Nintendo and SEGAs. The reason I matured on these forums? I was fed up of the Sony fans who were just as biased giving me the same kind of crap. So I bettered myself to better them. Whether it did any good I don't know, but I know that I have probably more respect on these forums than I did then.
If the archives reached as far back as then, you'd be able to see examples of my style of writing. It was totally different back in the olden days. You'll have to take my word for it now, but I am more than 100% the better poster than I was back then.
I now believe that my improved writing skills are what got me through GCSE English, what have enabled me to carry on in the sixth-form at school and are what have got me a column on the official codejunkies website talking about retro-games. Basically, not just my opinions are more mature, but my writing skills, and my ability to take other things into consideration have got better.
Anyway, that's enough of my blabbering...I'm going to eat a bacon sarnie.
Ok, hands up who remembers when Gameaday was relatively new, the forums were totally different, and there were no topics at all in the Pokémon Yellow forum?
That's right. I was an idiot. I was biased. And I acted like a fanboy.
I used to start topics about "how the N64 is better than the Greystation" and used to use these as my reasons:
More powerful
Better graphics
better controller
no or few loading times
cartridge based
Only console to have Zelda
etc, etc
Basically, I was posting the kind of crap that some people on the Special Reserve forums are doing today. Sure, the Nintendo 64 was the more powerful console. Sure, the Nintendo 64, for the majority of games, had better graphics. Sure, to me the controller was better. The fact that the cartridge based system has smaller or even no loading times was good too. They're still not really any decent reasons as to why the N64 was, in my opinion, the better console.
If someone said otherwise, they were wrong. No, they weren't wrong in my opinion. They were most definately wrong and no one could change my mind about anything. I wouldn't accept that anyone else had opinions different to mine and I thrived on arguments with Playstation fans.
Since then I have managed to grow out of that phase. I still have my loyalties based on what consoles and games I prefer, but I have learnt to accept that I am not always right (forget I said that :) ) and that there are just as big fans of other consoles as I am of Nintendo and SEGAs. The reason I matured on these forums? I was fed up of the Sony fans who were just as biased giving me the same kind of crap. So I bettered myself to better them. Whether it did any good I don't know, but I know that I have probably more respect on these forums than I did then.
If the archives reached as far back as then, you'd be able to see examples of my style of writing. It was totally different back in the olden days. You'll have to take my word for it now, but I am more than 100% the better poster than I was back then.
I now believe that my improved writing skills are what got me through GCSE English, what have enabled me to carry on in the sixth-form at school and are what have got me a column on the official codejunkies website talking about retro-games. Basically, not just my opinions are more mature, but my writing skills, and my ability to take other things into consideration have got better.
Anyway, that's enough of my blabbering...I'm going to eat a bacon sarnie.
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