Today, I was given a 7 day ban from the Gamer Zone for calling someone a "fanboy". I have confirmed with the moderator in question that this is what resulted in the ban. There was no warning of any sort beforehand.
I am not here to vent or complain, but since this is a community site, I wanted to ask N4G users the following: Do you think that calling someone a "fanboy" in the Gamer Zone is worth a 7 day ban without any other warning? Is "fanboy" even really an insult, given that some people refer to themselves as one with some measure of pride?
To me, it seems a bit like killing a housefly with a hand grenade, but I'm obvious bias so I wanted to hear input from the community, such as we are.
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
The charity event will be streamed live from Gamescom in August.
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
A ban from one small part of a gaming website, wherein there is another part that serves almost the same purpose, will have no lasting effect on you. In other words, it's not a big deal.
Furthermore, and insult is such because of the inherent connotation of the word, and the context in which it is used. As of yet, the word "fanboy" may have no inherent negative meaning, but if you meant it negatively, then it is insulting.
"Using words such as Xbots and Sony droids, OR other words from the console war VOCABULARY, is strictly prohibited in this Zone."
Well its definitely not allowed although I don't know if the 7 Day ban is a standard punishment for the offence.
I'm not sure if the mods have a policy...but maybe you just caught them on a bad day?
A 24 hour ban? Yeah sure thats really nothing but it would have sent the message
It's amazing how some can get a away with so much...yet you get punished for calling someone a fanboy
Depends on context. Some people are touchy bro. Personally I think your right with your housefly hand grenade analogy but I dont know what the reference is. If you said something like "You only think that way cause your fan boy" Then prolly insulting. If you said "Fanboys all feel the same way" IMHO not justified... As it could mean a number of things and possibly not even in direct reference to any person...
No worries though man.
your lucky...i got a 2 week ban...i dont even know what i did.
im sure i insulted some1 sumwhere in some thread.