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The Sonic Fanbase; Hoo boy...
Tweet Topic Started: Apr 25 2013, 03:01 PM (591 Views)
FiniteZero	Apr 25 2013, 03:01 PM Post #1
Good vibes. Posts: 7,965 Group: A Rank Legend Member #11,988 Joined: April 10, 2011 Gender: Male Country: United States of America	Alright, so I know that the Sonic fanbase is possibly the most nit-picky of any fanbase, though also the most loyal and dedicated. I have a question: What was the fanbase like before Sonic 2006?



Dark Hero	Apr 25 2013, 05:49 PM Post #2
Marble Garden Act 1 Posts: 129 Group: B Rank Adventurer Member #11,732 Joined: January 3, 2011 Gender: Female Country: United States of America Game Currently Playing: Diablo III: Reaper of Souls	I first participated in The Shadow Realm and Sonic Stadium in 2005 so I may be a little late considering your time range. From what I can remember, people didn't seem as strict. Don't take my word for it though as I mainly lingered around the RP section. I remember there were countless fan-characters that included several of the features that are highly frowned upon today - the recolors, elementals, and hybrids for example. I'll admit, I even made fan-characters consisting of the three that I mentioned. The characters gained free access to the RPs nonetheless, meaning there wasn't an approval stamp.
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UltraMothra	Apr 26 2013, 04:16 AM Post #3
Hydrocity Act 1 Posts: 79 Group: C Rank Adventurer Member #13,527 Joined: April 22, 2013 Game Currently Playing: Godzilla Unleashed, Sonic Colors	They were younger in that period but I still imagine they were a lot less worse than the current fanbase (furries, mary-sues, gary-stus etc)



YamiShadow	Apr 26 2013, 04:55 AM Post #4
Flying Battery Act 1 Posts: 918 Group: C Rank Hero Member #12,994 Joined: May 25, 2012 Gender: Male Country: Canada Game Currently Playing: Final Fantasy X HD	Honestly, I'm not sure how different it would be, since I never really saw it at that time. Still, a bit of research and knowledge tells me that it likely wasn't all that much better. We had Sonic X before Sonic the Hedgehog '06, and there's been enough ranting and nitpicking about that. We also had the transition from the 2-D era into the 3-D era, which also suffers from a ludicrous amount of nitpicking. Arguably even Sonic Heroes is a bit controversial, if mostly for the fact that the plot was so thin compared to SA and SA2. Shadow the Hedgehog also receives a good deal of ranting for reasons ranging from the guns to the cars to the plot. There's also that debate over whether the original canonity for the Genesis games developed in Japan is better, or whether the North American changes to the manual plot information were an improvement. If anything, we've actually gotten better after Sonic the Hedgehog '06, if only because the three main games we've had since then are generally very good. Still, I suppose that statement only goes so far. I have my fair share of negative opinions regarding the Sonic Unleashed plot; enough so that despite my love for storyline, I'm actually okay with how thin the plot of Sonic Colours and Sonic Generations is. So basically our ranting and complaining was vented elsewhere. I doubt it was astoundingly better or astoundingly worse, to tell the truth. Edited by YamiShadow, Apr 26 2013, 08:20 PM.
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HollyYoshi	Apr 26 2013, 06:13 PM Post #5
I object to your claims Posts: 15,025 Group: =SB= Queens Member #9,640 Joined: January 9, 2009 Gender: Female Country: United States of America 3DS Friend Code: 1891-1489-0768 Nintendo ID: Agent_Blaire Game Currently Playing: Yoshi's Island	Well, I'd imagine that they were less picky and disagreeable than what we saw in 2007-2010.



snow toilet	Apr 26 2013, 06:48 PM Post #6
Huffing Kitty Litty Posts: 796 Group: E Rank Hero Member #11,631 Joined: December 7, 2010 Gender: Male Playstation Network ID: SnowToilet Nintendo ID: MegaVectorman Game Currently Playing: Parasite Eve	It was the same just without the constant bitching wbout his eye color.



Shadow The Hedgehog	Apr 26 2013, 10:09 PM Post #7
Angel Island Act 1 Posts: 38 Group: E Rank Adventurer Member #13,509 Joined: April 3, 2013	Edit Three words or more, try to add something while posting a picture. Edited by Neo Metallix, Apr 27 2013, 11:47 AM.



Agent LacenMC	Apr 27 2013, 07:10 PM Post #8
I don't know where I'm going. Posts: 1,155 Group: =SB= Website Deputy Member #293 Joined: November 26, 2006 Gender: Male Country: United States of America Playstation Network ID: BenLacen Xbox Live Gamertag: LacenMC 3DS Friend Code: 232063738346	snow toilet It was the same just without the constant bitching wbout his eye color. Shadow the Hedgehog Oh dear God, I'm crying. Everything is so true! I joined my first forum in 2004 (Yes...I was 10). I joined SFGHQ to learn a bit more about fan gaming. That was the age I picked up Game Maker 5.3. On that forum, not much was really discussed except for the Sonic fan games being produced by the many members on that board. I do remember, however, that there was a lot of crying about Sonic Heroes. They always referred to it as the worst Sonic game ever produced. Every game after that (Shadow the Hedgehog and Sonic Riders), there were complaints tossed out left and right. The only games that they really appreciated were Sonic Rush and the Sonic Advance series. This was mostly due to the fact that they were 2D games. Surprised at this reaction? Uh, no. All the fans cry about not going back to the classics. It's crazy to think back to that time. Adventure and Adventure 2, and their respective ports, were on the rage. Everybody loved those games. Talking ill about them was taboo, and a one-way ticket to a flame session. It was ludicrous . The only difference that there is now is that there are more people complaining simply because they notice other people complain. I really hate it. Most of the fan base is so unappreciative towards the attempts and risks Sonic Team take. It's getting better though. It's been described by many reviews that 2010 was somewhat of a "Sonic Renaissance". Titles like Sonic Colors, Sonic the Hedgehog 4:Episode I, and Sonic & SEGA All-Star Racing really stepped it up, and now the titles only get better and better. Eventually, the fan base will settle down and enjoy a game for once.
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VlaDDrakkeN	Apr 27 2013, 08:45 PM Post #9
The Jester Posts: 1,902 Group: S Rank Hero Member #6,850 Joined: March 22, 2008 Gender: Male Country: United States of America Playstation Network ID: VlaDDrakkeN Game Currently Playing: My New Computer	Gods, I never was a major internet surfer until my High School years, and even then I hardly knew. Though there did seem like a form of radicalism took hold as fans started to go further and further back to when the Sonic games started to go wrong and their suggestions becoming more and more stripped of all current themes and stuff used in games now.
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[Mika] Gumi	Apr 27 2013, 08:50 PM Post #10
Sandopolis Act 2 Posts: 2,338 Group: S Rank Hero Member #13,165 Joined: July 28, 2012 Gender: Female Game Currently Playing: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag	Shadow The Hedgehog Apr 26 2013, 10:09 PM Edit Three words or more, try to add something while posting a picture. Oh, goodness. That's...pretty accurate. And dang. I think that picture in the lower right-hand side looks like a Badnik.
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Ravenfreak	Apr 30 2013, 05:14 PM Post #11
Sonic and Raven! :3 Posts: 441 Group: D Rank Knight Member #13,537 Joined: April 29, 2013 Gender: Female Country: United States of America Xbox Live Gamertag: DARKSOUL12 3DS Friend Code: 3136-7398-6351 Steam ID: http://steamcommunity.com/id/TheRavenfreak/ Game Currently Playing: Beyond Oasis	Although I didn't join the Sonic Scene until late 2008, I did lurk on Sonic Retro for some time before that. Everyone seemed to be a bit peaceful, and reading older topics on Retro really the only issue they had back in the day was members who claimed to know a lot about hacking, and would post non stop saying they ported levels when it was very difficult to do so back in the day. It's really sad to see the community being talked down to other people on the internet who don't care for Sonic, because not all of us complain. $:\$
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Nado The Rabbit	May 17 2013, 02:58 PM Post #12
Hydrocity Act 2 Posts: 104 Group: B Rank Adventurer Member #13,468 Joined: March 14, 2013 Gender: Female 3DS Friend Code: 4940-6839-2018 Game Currently Playing: Sonic Unleashed	Well, from what I know, the fanbase was a little mixed about Heroes and Sonic X, and greatly disliked Shadow the Hedgehog. I don't think it was until somewhere in the Shadow/06 point where the fanbase really got it's terrible reputation. I was too young to be participating in forums, but this is what I've been able to put together based off of what I've read around the internet.
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Retro-Chaos X	May 19 2013, 02:55 AM Post #13
Hydrocity Act 2 Posts: 116 Group: B Rank Adventurer Member #13,427 Joined: February 9, 2013 Gender: Male Xbox Live Gamertag: v aMaaZeD x Game Currently Playing: Sonic Adventure 2	Well at the time I didn't really check out the fanbase but I can imagine it to still be quite nitpicky - but not as much.
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Aura the Hedgehog	May 19 2013, 06:33 PM Post #14
Character Select Posts: 24 Group: E Rank Adventurer Member #13,500 Joined: March 29, 2013 3DS Friend Code: 3351-4817-3814	I didn't read forums back then, so I wouldn't know, but it probably wasn't as bad as it was from 2005 to around 2007-2008. Maybe even to 2009. I'm not really sure.
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Ravenfreak	May 19 2013, 08:50 PM Post #15
Sonic and Raven! :3 Posts: 441 Group: D Rank Knight Member #13,537 Joined: April 29, 2013 Gender: Female Country: United States of America Xbox Live Gamertag: DARKSOUL12 3DS Friend Code: 3136-7398-6351 Steam ID: http://steamcommunity.com/id/TheRavenfreak/ Game Currently Playing: Beyond Oasis	I will say the Sonic fanbase was rather whiny in 2008 when I first joined, so yes it was somewhat bad in 2009, 2010 is where things started to slowly die down from what I could remember. $:\$
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