Many gamers (especially on the net) complain about Halo’s fanbase behaves immaturely, bash on other titles compared to their favorite Halo franchise, and spout things like: “OMG! Halo rox!!!” or “halo is the best game evar!!!” tend to stereo-type Halo fans as a whole. However, maybe it’s just me, but I haven’t seen those kinds of Halo fans in many game forums I’ve been to. I’ve mostly seen more people saying:   “I really don’t like Halo” or “OMG! Halo sux!!!”. I’ve only seen fanboyish Halo posts on Halo related YouTube videos and in the Bungie forums, of course you can find any fanboyish quotes from every message board dedicated to a single game franchise.

I’ve seen more; God of War, Metal Gear Solid, Final Fantasy, StarCraft, and Valve fanatics than the likes these of Halo fanboys at every non-Halo related gaming site (and I like all the games series that I've mentioned). You could ask “but what about the annoying Halo fanboys on xbox live who cuss and scream and shout racist and homophobic words” Well, I’ve been hearing crap like that in Counter-Strike, long before I’ve played Halo 2 online.   You could say I’m bias because I’m a die-hard Halo fan, but I’m not that big of a fan of the series as I’m really just a fan of the first game but I anticipate Halo Reach as I loved the beta. I’ve met more moderate Halo fans than I’ve than the likes of its rabid fanatical following that everyone keeps complaining about.

Yeah, so is it just me? Or is this some stereo-type done as an excuse to bash the games and the people who play it?

Fanboys in general should all be buried under 6 feet of concrete.

Yeah, they are.  Or if anything, they've moved onto MW2 :p

People that complain about a fanbase that they don't have to pay any attention to if they don't want to are worse, I'd say.

I agree I'm a rabid Halo fanboy with over 3000 games clocked. But I will never force my opinion or show a blindside to a fault in the game. I do agree with you, that when a game is so popular the anti-fanbase is bound to be large. I used to be agianst Halo for a long time, as I felt that it stole the glory days of PC FPS, but after trying it i proved my self wrong, it is a great game, but wont trash you if you disagree

I've always found Halo to be the home of the bad mouthed nine year trash talking kind of players, I'd say most of them are pretty bad.

" Yeah, they are.  Or if anything, they've moved onto MW2 :p "

" I've always found Halo to be the home of the bad mouthed nine year trash talking kind of players, I'd say most of them are pretty bad. "

I think games like Halo and MW2 are easy targets for gamers to criticise when they are at the very least solid shooters. There are a lot of annoying people online but I love playing Halo online with mates and the mute button isn't too hard to press 

" I think games like Halo and MW2 are easy targets for gamers to criticise when they are at the very least solid shooters. There are a lot of annoying people online but I love playing Halo online with mates and the mute button isn't too hard to press  "

In my experience.... people are arseholes on all games.

I like Halo.  Always have.  Don't understand how people can hate it, but they have directed their hate at me a lot more than I have directed my like at them.

Because for most people, and I hate to say this, that's where most multiplayer started for them. You don't hear as much trash talking 12 year olds on the PC. And before you say "all games have trash talking 12 year olds", they do, but not as much. 
 
Right now I just woke up so my replies are probably doesn't make that much sense. Anyways, for most people that also started to use gaming forums that's what they seen the most of, Halo fanboys. We're now at a point to where anytime a new hyped game comes out then we're going to see "INSERT GAME HERE" fanboys. And it will be annoying.

It's not just Halo. It's XBox Live in general. Any borderline retarded, self-hating, closet homosexual with a mic finds his way to Live and uses it's anonymity to come to grips with his confused sexuality and feel better about the size of his below average dick. It's not just a single game problem.

no, if anything it's under
That's why I love PSN, no one has a mic and it's the most wonderful thing ever.

" Because for most people, and I hate to say this, that's where most multiplayer started for them. You don't hear as much trash talking 12 year olds on the PC. And before you say "all games have trash talking 12 year olds", they do, but not as much.  Right now I just woke up so my replies are probably doesn't make that much sense. Anyways, for most people that also started to use gaming forums that's what they seen the most of, Halo fanboys. We're now at a point to where anytime a new hyped game comes out then we're going to see "INSERT GAME HERE" fanboys. And it will be annoying. "

lol my favorite stereotype is their definition of campaign: go hur lernz ta shootz, OFF TO MULTIPLAYER

" It's not just Halo. It's XBox Live in general. Any borderline retarded, self-hating, closet homosexual with a mic finds his way to Live and uses it's anonymity to come to grips with his confused sexuality and feel better about the size of his below average dick. It's not just a single game problem. "

" no, if anything it's under That's why I love PSN, no one has a mic and it's the most wonderful thing ever. "

" I've always found Halo to be the home of the bad mouthed nine year trash talking kind of players, I'd say most of them are pretty bad. "

" @Frostler said:

" I've always found Halo to be the home of the bad mouthed nine year trash talking kind of players, I'd say most of them are pretty bad. "

Again, I'd say you'll meet the same type of people in any game.  Halo became particularly infamous for this, just because of its sheer popularity. Modern Warfare is equally as bad at this stage, if not worse.  Ditto for World of Warcraft, and even GTA IV and Red Dead Redemption (back when they had players).  And as others have said..  At this point, I consider the Halo haters far worse than the fanboys. "

" @Dad_Is_A_Zombie said:

" It's not just Halo. It's XBox Live in general. Any borderline retarded, self-hating, closet homosexual with a mic finds his way to Live and uses it's anonymity to come to grips with his confused sexuality and feel better about the size of his below average dick. It's not just a single game problem. "

You do realize a lot of XBox Live gamers are homophobic and constantly shout homophobic insults?
 
  

   @trophyhunter said:

" no, if anything it's under That's why I love PSN, no one has a mic and it's the most wonderful thing ever. "

Actually, you can play through PSN with a mic. While it's not as bad as XBoxLive, it comes pretty close. Most of the time, many PSN users behave like "gangsta wannabes". "

" @Dad_Is_A_Zombie said:

" It's not just Halo. It's XBox Live in general. Any borderline retarded, self-hating, closet homosexual with a mic finds his way to Live and uses it's anonymity to come to grips with his confused sexuality and feel better about the size of his below average dick. It's not just a single game problem. "

You do realize a lot of XBox Live gamers are homophobic and constantly shout homophobic insults?
 
 

"Fanboys in general should all be buried under 6 feet of concrete. "

i've always enjoyed the Halo series. Your going to get screaming 9 year olds on any popular online game. It just happens. I like sci-fi stuff and the Halo series has a pretty decent sci-fi story and backstory told through novels. 

"I'm outraged that people are so judgmental about fans of the franchise that I love. Here is a list of franchises that have bad fans." 

" no, if anything it's under That's why I love PSN, no one has a mic and it's the most wonderful thing ever. "

As with all things the negative shows far more than the positive. I'm a die-hard halo fan. I go crazy over all things Reach related. Our fanbase can have some assholes but I can safely say I've seen far more competent nice people. but I remember all the racist 12 year olds and adults that think they have special privileges far more clearly.
 
Same goes for MW2,WoW,LFD2, and more.
 
But because i'm a halo fan i'll have to throw in that CoD sux lololol!!!111!

I think the main problem is that Halo is just a rather boring series.

Playing Halo online isn't fun unless everyone is muted.

" I've always found Halo to be the home of the bad mouthed nine year trash talking kind of players, I'd say most of them are pretty bad. "

" @Ashtwin: You aren't a pc gamer anymore if you make statements like I have to drop $500 every six months? You aren't a pc gamer at all then because that's a misconception from those who doesn't even know how to upgrade properly so they waste money. Look i'm tired of arguing with new users on the forum who are casual gamers and not hardcore. There is no elistism because these are standard games we all played here as hardcore gamers. You are a casual gamer, bioshock 2 is worst than the first game and I don't own a wii. I don't really view metroid prime as a fps game that I must play. Of course you played half life games, they are old games. I have nothing to say to you except you are the sterotype. Don't expect another reply, I posted points after points with articles to back up my points, I did my job and I belive you are a casual gamer who likes halo and hate other fps games. You tried to counter my arguement, sure, however it's tough when you are the exact sterotype in every way. Remember, I never actually threw an insult your way, so don't take it personally, with your hostility. I am the opposite of halo gamers, I play other fps games. "

 I say Metal Gear Solid’s, Valve (I like Valve a lot actually, I can't stand it's rabid fans), Final Fantasy, and Sonic’s fanbase are far worse. I'm going to get a lo of flak for saying that. "

Yes, I feel that it is, but so are most popular game fanbases
The vocal people will always set the stereotype

I'll admit right away that the Halo games are my favorites of all time. I'd say that something like half of ANY online community act exactly the way that most people stereotype them - or if not half, it is a VERY vocal minority. This isn't unique to Halo, but if you want a real surreal trip to just how mentally damaged people on the internet can be, go to Bungie.net. I'm constantly following the Reach news, and occasionally I drop in the the forums, and Christ. Even if you get past the complete and utter disregard for the English language, there is constant bashing of other games and contrarian ideas, plus dozens of people saying things like "y doen't bungie mak it so u can have scarab in multi??" (which, even if that would be cool, there are things called technological limitations and deadlines, durr). Sure, there are outliers, decent people with legitimately good ideas and conversations, but they are in the vast majority.
 
tl;dr - There is a stereotype that it is largely deserved, and while it isn't unique to Halo, the Halo community is an excellent case study for that kind of behavior.

For the record, I NEVER stated that I hated other FPS's compared to Halo.  I was able to pick up Halo 3 brand new for 13 bucks and ODST came with the Elite system I bought a couple months back to replace my first system.  I posted a few FPS games I enjoy playing but those didnt count because they werent "real FPS" games.  Which is funny considering Hitman doesnt consider Halo a "real FPS".  Like I said previously, I buy games based off what interests me and what my budget can afford.  Since I buy games of all genre's, certain games tend to get put on the back burner until they come down in price.

I don't pay attention to the stereotypes i'm often too busy actualy playing Halo rather than discussing it on a forum, love the series, and the novels were great, i like it because its gameplay is fast paced much like Unreal Tournament, Doom, Quake and other games of the sort. I have had so many laughs from matches in Halo that i couldn't get from your average typical shooter. 
 
The influence from these franchises in Halo's gameplay is apparent. and generaly i prefer FPS like it, Halo & Gears are my fav console shooters simply because they play more like action adventures rather than your typical tactical base FPS. 
 
I just can't get into CoD, Killzone and basicaly any CoD-like FPS, i prefer the styles of FPS like Half life and such, plus i enjoy the weapon variety in Halo (Human/Alien) weapons, and sci fi shit in general, War games can kiss my ass they don't have that variety to hold my attention. 
 
And ive actualy met more immature kids on Modern Warfare 2 than Halo, it seems like almost every match in Modern Warfare 2 someone is arguing about being "Legit" and some other crap calling each other "Faggots" and what not.

Multiplayer FPS fans are all the same.
 
Assholes!
 
(I'm kidding here.                                                                      Sorta.)

" @Dad_Is_A_Zombie said:

" It's not just Halo. It's XBox Live in general. Any borderline retarded, self-hating, closet homosexual with a mic finds his way to Live and uses it's anonymity to come to grips with his confused sexuality and feel better about the size of his below average dick. It's not just a single game problem. "

You do realize a lot of XBox Live gamers are homophobic and constantly shout homophobic insults? "  

I think thats a false stereotype though popularized by Hollywood, most people are just assholes, i doubt the people shouting insults to gays are actualy gay, just like i don't think the people shouting insults to people of a different race are actualy racist in reality. 
 
Also we must all remember that everyone was not raised as some of us might have been, there are some adults who don't understand Homsexuality in this family, but they aren't gay they just have an old mindset. In highschool the words faggot and gay were thrown around hundreds of times in the day, none of the perpetrators were actualy gay though its just a word that the youth likes to throw around. Ive noticed people like that who are actualy seriously "Confused" tend to be "quiet" rather than a loud asshole.

Halo's fanbase is a lot better now thanks to MW and MW2.  I think Halo is more and more about fun and less and less about grinding levels and pretentious bullshit that Activision want to push (for obvious $cough$ reasons) with each itteration.
 
There are always "zZEliteMLGprO3li7eSniipeZz" people, even in TF2 (competitive play my arse) but they are allowed to their own brand of fun, especially when they are not at MW2's numbers and there are pleanty of other people to play with who simply want to have a decent time playing vidja games.

" Halo's fanbase is a lot better now thanks to MW and MW2.  I think Halo is more and more about fun and less and less about grinding levels and pretentious bullshit that Activision want to push (for obvious $cough$ reasons) with each itteration.  There are always "zZEliteMLGprO3li7eSniipeZz" people, even in TF2 (competitive play my arse) but they are allowed to their own brand of fun, especially when they are not at MW2's numbers and there are pleanty of other people to play with who simply want to have a decent time playing vidja games. "