:question:I've only really been on these forums a short while. I had a friend tell me that PS3 fans are called COWS and 360 fans are labeled Lemmings as with Nintendo they're Sheep. Where did these terms come from? It would seem like an odd group of nick names to give fan boys? How long have these nick names been around, who started the nick names and so on!?!?!
The question shouldn't be where the came from. It should be, "Why are people allowed to insult other gamers by hiding behind these terms?"
In many cases, the terms are used to insult another person's intelligence without being modded.
Example: If I said, "Your claims are completely ignorant and uneducated." That would get modded. But if I said: "Nice point, lemming. Like all lemmings you are blind to the facts." That would be alright to say, since you used the term lemming.
The question shouldn't be where the came from. It should be, "Why are people allowed to insult other gamers by hiding behind these terms?"
In many cases, the terms are used to insult another person's intelligence without being modded.
Example: If I said, "Your claims are completely ignorant and uneducated." That would get modded. But if I said: "Nice point, lemming. Like all lemmings you are blind to the facts." That would be alright to say, since you used the term lemming.
StringGuard
No.
"You are blind to the facts" would not get you moderated, (assuming you have actually made an argument as to why). And calling lemmings completely ignorant and uneducated would get you moderated.
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