When an MMO gets big enough, you get its anti-fandom. This is not the same as people who don’t particularly like a game; some people are just not really into Ultima Online, for example, and that really only comes up if someone brings it up. But the anti-fandom would be the people who take time to specifically say how much they hate UO, who follow around news posts to add comments like “just so you know, UO sucks” whenever possible, who spend all of the energy of a fan but solely to constantly say, “Also, I don’t like this thing.”
This is definitely something that World of Warcraft has held onto for years, with people who proudly declare “I’ve never played that terrible game” or try to use the name itself as an invitation to look down on people who enjoy the title. But it’s hardly alone, as I’ve seen the same sort of anti-fandom behavior around Final Fantasy XIV, Guild Wars 2, and Star Citizen. So today, let’s talk about it. What’s the MMO with the biggest anti-fandom? Where do you feel you see the largest number of people dedicated to constantly talking about a game… specifically, to say that it’s bad?
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