Board 8 > Enough about bad fanbases. What about good ones?

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Or at least ones you've had positive interactions with. Like, pretty much every fanbase is bad and everyone knows it. But that doesn't mean there aren't fanbases that you've not only had fun interacting with, but have even actively made the experience with that respective piece of media better and more memorable.

For example, the first few months after Undertale came out were my favorite time interacting with a fanbase that I've ever had. There were tons of discussions on the characters/story, theories, sharing details about the game you might've missed, ect. There was also a ridiculous outpouring of creativity - lots of music remixes, comics, even games, more than I've ever seen for one single piece of media. And there was basically no negativity whatsoever! While the fanbase got a tad out of hand as the game got bigger, those first few months were awesome and unforgettable to me.

Also going to throw a shoutout to the Nier fanbase, who seem too accepting of weird stuff in general to get hung up on differing opinions or small details. Comes with the Yoko Taro territory, I suppose. I've loved talking to people about both Nier games.
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Kentucky Wildcats

ChampionCloud posted...

Kentucky Wildcats

you're a part of it so no
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Gravity Falls was fun for the short time I was able to watch it as it aired.
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Life is Strange has hit a few snags before (especially after Ep5) but they recovered from that pretty quickly. My experience as a part of that fanbase was that everyone was positive and creative. I can still go to the LiS subreddit and find new thoughts, new fanart, etc.
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shadow hearts if you exclude Kyle Bowen
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I am part of the Kentucky Wildcats fanbase and it is terrible
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I gotta say Night in the Woods has a pretty cool one from everything I've seen.
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Beer fans
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Never had a bad encounter with Resident Evil fans.
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The Mana Sword posted...

shadow hearts if you exclude Kyle Bowen

Oh man. I forgot about Kyle Bowen.

I actually met a to-this-day friend over Shadow Hearts 1. We were in High School, started talking about video games for the first time. He went "ever heard of Shadow Hearts?". I told him I'd played it, to which he responded with "wait are you serious?" Been buds ever since.
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tazzyboyishere posted...

I am part of the Kentucky Wildcats fanbase and it is terrible

Online sure.

But real life, no.

There's a reason I'm still playing DDR after 15 years.
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For as big as it is I feel like Metroid has a pretty great fanbase.
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Sonic

they've been keeping me entertained consistently for 20ish years now
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NHL or ice hockey in general. I've found to be a really welcoming and friendly community in general. Especially if you actually attend a game and ask questions about the game and things.
NBA I've generally been able to have intelligent conversations with most fans I've met even though they all like different teams.
Resident Evil, Silent hill. Actually most fans of horror genre seem more than willing to help out other people and fiund the positives in what they love instead of the negatives.
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Redlettermedia fans are cynical enough about fan culture to be delightful
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ChampionCloud posted...

tazzyboyishere posted...

I am part of the Kentucky Wildcats fanbase and it is terrible

Online sure.

But real life, no.

As somebody who lives in Kentucky... Hell yes it's terrible
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Hannibal Fannibles
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gonna have to go with renowned and award winning board 8 franchise "mercenaries" created by MyWorldIsCircle in 2008. Ten years later and it still has a warm, friendly, and inviting (also very welcoming!) community.
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Of course I butchured that. Thanks phone
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pretty much any sports fanbase whose team is really good on a regular basis is prone to be pretty awful
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what about ones that are consistently mediocre
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StealThisSheen posted...

ChampionCloud posted...

tazzyboyishere posted...

I am part of the Kentucky Wildcats fanbase and it is terrible

Online sure.

But real life, no.

As somebody who lives in Kentucky... Hell yes it's terrible

I live right on the Indiana/Kentucky border where it's half IU, half UK. Both fanbases are toxic and infuriating and basketball is not really very fun anymore.
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I've never met a Cleveland Browns fan I didn't like

they have suffered so much and yet are almost always pleasant.
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LiquidOshawott posted...

what about ones that are consistently mediocre

what, you mean like Bills fans?

they've gotten to the point where they just body slam each other through tables because what else are they supposed to do so how can you hate that
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tazzyboyishere posted...

StealThisSheen posted...

ChampionCloud posted...

tazzyboyishere posted...

I am part of the Kentucky Wildcats fanbase and it is terrible

Online sure.

But real life, no.

As somebody who lives in Kentucky... Hell yes it's terrible

I live right on the Indiana/Kentucky border where it's half IU, half UK. Both fanbases are toxic and infuriating and basketball is not really very fun anymore.

Go to the rest of the state. Many U.K. Fans in Louisville or on the border have had to deal with so much shit from these absolutely abhorant fanbases would rather we lose than they win, that they kinda have way more hate than is healthy for U6 and IU.

But everywhere else it's pretty jovial nice guys who will talk to justnabout any other college basketball fan in the world about their favorite sport.

Speaking of sports, I obviously have bias, but Cubs fans are pretty great. Saying this as someone who hates the other fanbases of my teams (Wildcats, Bears). We probably had some shitty bandwagoners come on over the last few years, but it's mostly been an awesome group to be a part of.
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Chrono Cross fans
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tazzyboyishere posted...

Gravity Falls was fun for the short time I was able to watch it as it aired.

I think that depended on how much you were into twincest.
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Dippercifica all the way
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Loved Lost's fanbase.
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Nelson_Mandela posted...

Redlettermedia fans are cynical enough about fan culture to be delightful

ugh no

Ever read the comments on their videos? It's the same rehashed jokes over and over and over and over and over
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Dark Souls fans. Pretty cool and relaxed people.
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I dunno about fanbases generally, but online playerbases...

Heroes of the Storm stands out for being better than most MOBAs for player bases not being all jerks.

FFXIV generally has a pretty good reputation as well (compared to other MMOs).
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McElroy fans. That goes for The Adventure Zone and other side projects, and stuff in the periphery like Still Buffering or Polygon projects (Raaandy's Fandies, Awful Squad Jr.) I love this community

to a lesser extent Nerdfighteria. I don't interact with this community quite as much but it's always been positive and they do some amazing things for the world.
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Trails fans seem cool. Babylon 5 fans are alright (if a bit stuck-up against Trek sometimes).
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SaveEstelle posted...

Trails fans seem cool

That's because it's 9 B8ers.
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Critical Role and the extended Geekandsundry community at large are pretty damn good given their size.
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tazzyboyishere posted...

but Cubs fans are pretty great.

It might just be your traveling fans but... Cubs fans are fucking assholes in every interaction ive had with them.

The flipside to this is Cards fans. I want so badly to hate the cardinals but its just so hard to hate such nice people.
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See I've never had a bad experience with Pirates fans. Don't like the team, but the fanbase seems fine.

Cardinals fans, however, are atrocious to deal with. I've never seen a group of sports fans so engrossed and invested in demeaning a franchise that, until a little over a year ago, they would claim was never a threat. Like, I'll go to a Cubs/Cards game, and half the Cardinals fans are wearing attire designed to insult the Cubs rather than support their team. It's unreal, and I can't understand how any fanbase gets to that level of pure toxicity. Obviously I know solid people who are Cardinals fans, but when I go to St Louis it's always such a bitter environment.
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bloodborne fanbase is prettttyyyy good. even after the game has been out for quite some time there is a steady flow of fan generated content like great fan arts and such. there's also people who go out of their way putting in a ton of time and effort to find cut materials from the game files and not just show them off but try to make ways so that any player can access them.

I feel the fanbase is also a bit more niche and less mainstream than dark souls as a whole. if you go asking for advice or information you're more likely to get it instead of someone spouting a meme at you.
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two of my favorite subreddits: nba, asoiaf

also phoenix wright, except for that leonhartfour guy
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Sonic the Hedgehog

I'm not even joking.
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StealThisSheen posted...

ChampionCloud posted...

tazzyboyishere posted...

I am part of the Kentucky Wildcats fanbase and it is terrible

Online sure.

But real life, no.

As somebody who lives in Kentucky... Hell yes it's terrible

As someone who also lives in Kentucky and goes to grad school at UK...It is absolutely unbearable.
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Never hear bad things from LotR fans.
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As far as good fanbases, I'd like to throw in The Walking Dead. I've been to several events and all of the fans I meet are super nice people who love to sit around and discuss theories and whatnot.

And if we're counting bands, I'll say Linkin Park. I was a huge fan growing up and whether you love or hate the band, their fans are phenomenal people. I've gone to several of their concerts alone because my friends don't listen to them and every time I've found people to hang out with and made immediate friends. Little known fact, I ended up on "Making the Video" on MTV for Breaking The Habit and I had so many of them contact me to let me know I was on air. Solid people.
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Creatures. As in, the virtual pet/life sim series. The community on the developers' website (back when it existed) was great, and there were loads of wonderful fansites, almost all of which have since fallen off the internet. It was a lovely fanbase while it lasted though.

Oh, and Drunks & Dragons. Most RPG podcasts (or at least the ones I listen to) have pretty good communities, in fact.
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Psych fans, the Psych-Os
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I think most mobile game communities are pretty good from what I've seen, in a sense that usually band together, and at worst you'd get meme spewers.

However, all it takes one bad move from the developer to really shake things with the community.
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