Fanboy is a gaming jargon used to describe an individual who has gone beyond the point of being a fan of a console game and, during online chats or discussions, has shifted to defending the program at all costs, unable to take any criticism or to acknowledge any shortcomings of the game or gaming console. Considered an over-enthusiast to the point of losing all subjectivity and often times denoting a somewhat questionable state of mind, fanboys are often found annoying by the gaming world. Fanboy is also referred to as fanboi.
Fanboys are not always easy to ignore since not only are they continuously touting their favorite games or gaming consoles, they passionately criticize others' usage of different gaming products. This can result in dramatic exchanges and escalating amounts of conflict within gaming chat rooms as the sometimes out-of-control fanboys can resort to verbal attacks of anyone who uses products other than their chosen one(s). And even though they may draw on some good points about gaming technologies, fanboys' opinions may take on a radical nature and their messages may get lost in their emotional, if not illogical, debates.
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