Why are some of Feliks Zemdegs' fans rude?

[PenguinsDontFly]

Yeah, but it's rare to see this amount of people who are this obsessed over someone that they'll go out of their way to hate on everyone who is not Feliks. Even with super popular channels like Pewdiepie and stuff; you don't always see comments floating around like "wow you suck, Pewdiepie is better than you!"

For some reason, Feliks just seems to attract all the attention. Can't blame him though; he hasn't done anything wrong. Maybe this says something about the overall maturity of our community? I'm not too sure.

Rare? Have you ever heard of the Golden State Warriors? Aka the Golden Stacked (band)Wagonners? Their fans are cocky, elitist, hate other teams, and will worship them no matter what. Cubing fans are relatively nice and loving when compared to fans of professional sports teams.

On the topic of maturity, I think most cubers are probably younger. However, adults can sometimes take things way farther than kids do, so this may not be a bad thing.

 

[AlexMaass]

Curry fans hate everybody else. Habs fans cannot be convinced of anything. The difference there is that Feliks is the best while curry and montreal clearly arent. //lolziez

If you are world class at anything, you will have a fan base. It is guaranteed that some fans will be rude or disrespectful towards someone who doesnt share the same opinion as them or even towards other world class athletes/competitors. The best thing we can do is to not engage in this type of blind idolizing/fangirling/fanboying and make sure that we dont offend people who support different cometitors or the competitors themselves.

w0w i totally have a ton of fans because of my pyrastinx skils

 

[JustinTimeCuber]

w0w i totally have a ton of fans because of my pyrastinx skils

I should use that word in relation to myself, but as a verb: I pyrastinx.

 

[PenguinsDontFly]

w0w i totally have a ton of fans because of my pyrastinx skils

Pyra stinks, @waffle=ijm drinks.
The way I see it (especially after the convo on this thread), having "fans" can sometimes be a bad thing.

 

[potatoman]

Rare? Have you ever heard of the Golden State Warriors? Aka the Golden Stacked (band)Wagonners? Their fans are cocky, elitist, hate other teams, and will worship them no matter what. Cubing fans are relatively nice and loving when compared to fans of professional sports teams.

On the topic of maturity, I think most cubers are probably younger. However, adults can sometimes take things way farther than kids do, so this may not be a bad thing.

I don't think that's necessarily a fair comparison; the Golden State Warriors have way more supporters than the amount of cubers in the world (and sports teams in general). Also, I wouldn't say cubing is anywhere on the level of competitiveness and aggression in terms of sports. I agree that we're a relatively friendly community, but there's also a good portion of those who's been directing this hate toward other cubers.


What I seem to be getting from a bunch of you guys is that I'm hating on Feliks. I am not hating on Feliks, nor do I think people should dislike him. I've made it pretty clear in the beginning from my very first post, but I suppose I'll reiterate, just so you guys don't think I'm just another hater.

I have nothing against Feliks. I think he's definitely one of, if not, the best cuber in the world. My impressions of him are that he's super nice and friendly, and I'm sure that if I ever met him, I'd be pretty stoked and excited. I too see him as a form of role model; as a cuber that I can only dream of becoming. That's what I see him as. I have absolutely nothing against him, I do not hate him. I guess you can even call me a decently big fan of him.

So please, if you're going to disagree with me, that's fine, but don't say that I'm "hating on him" or "don't want people to look up to him", because then, you'd the one that's curving my words.

 

[uyneb2000]

Just ignore them and not care, focus on the better part of the community. Nubs will eventually not be nubs, and if they don't, they go away.

 

[SolveThatCube]

What I seem to be getting from a bunch of you guys is that I'm hating on Feliks. I am not hating on Feliks, nor do I think people should dislike him. I've made it pretty clear in the beginning from my very first post, but I suppose I'll reiterate, just so you guys don't think I'm just another hater.

I have nothing against Feliks. I think he's definitely one of, if not, the best cuber in the world. My impressions of him are that he's super nice and friendly, and I'm sure that if I ever met him, I'd be pretty stoked and excited. I too see him as a form of role model; as a cuber that I can only dream of becoming. That's what I see him as. I have absolutely nothing against him, I do not hate him. I guess you can even call me a decently big fan of him.

So please, if you're going to disagree with me, that's fine, but don't say that I'm "hating on him" or "don't want people to look up to him", because then, you'd the one that's curving my words.

Why do you like repeating yourself?
No one has said you're "hating on him".

 

[ottozing]

Yeah uyneb hit the nail on the head. Also, if you think Feliks fans are disrespectful you should try looking at comments from the fans of people in other more well known communities (competitive ssbm comes to mind since that's something I follow)

There are things I would change about the community, but as a whole we're a pretty damn nice and respectful bunch of people

 

[shadowslice e]

Let's put it this way; most cubers (at least the ones I've come into contact with) are quite snarky and sarcastic so you really shouldn't take half of what is said as serious.

Also, if you think feliks is immune, have a look at his recent world record thread on the forums.

 

[Dene]

Speedsolving's not your blog man, just imagine everyone writing a rant.

Hey man don't ruin the fun!

I'm kind of surprised it doesn't annoy others honestly.

Lol probably because most people don't rely on YouTube comments for their daily reading digest. I mean seriously, what do you expect haha?

Anyway, based on what you're saying I'm guessing you're young, and have yet to venture out of your box into the big bad world. I suggest you get used to this sort of behaviour because that's what humans do. A psychologist might be inclined to refer to "tribalism".

 

[Ingo]

If you're offended by either of these things, stop reading now because you will not like this post.

That is a good advice for yourself as well, when reading youtube comments next time, just sayin...

 

[Sajwo]

He's overrated.

I disagree. He's the best speedcuber in the world man.

 

[Nimish Kashyap]

By seeing all the comments of all of you,,, this is an philosophical topic xD. But seriously Feliks and lucas, even all of you guys are good cuber though. The problem is the "FANS"(the one who makes all OVERRATED).

 

[Jbacboy]

Unsolved anyone?

 

[Hyprul 9-ty2]

are you seriously complaining about the quality of comments on youtube of all places

don't try and bring your tumblrina rubbish in here

 

[Loiloiloi]

You're right, I can't possibly imagine why anyone in the world would compare the 2 top speedcubers to each other, that's ridiculous.

 

[potatoman]

That is a good advice for yourself as well, when reading youtube comments next time, just sayin...

hey man, what's the point in saying that? I mean are you really contributing anything useful? It's not even like I'm whining or complaining, I'm literally pointing it out so I can raise some bit of awareness.

I disagree. He's the best speedcuber in the world man.

Yes I am aware. Can you read my post more carefully next time?

are you seriously complaining about the quality of comments on youtube of all places

don't try and bring your tumblrina rubbish in here

Why do people assume I'm complaining about youtube comments? I'm not doing anything of the sort. Stop assuming I am. I'm trying to raise awareness to the negativity that I found, and YouTube comments were simply a easy source for that. Don't act like I'm the enemy, because I'm really not trying to do anything bad.

You're right, I can't possibly imagine why anyone in the world would compare the 2 top speedcubers to each other, that's ridiculous.

It's not comparison when there are a bunch of people hating on others.l

Hey man don't ruin the fun!



Lol probably because most people don't rely on YouTube comments for their daily reading digest. I mean seriously, what do you expect haha?

Anyway, based on what you're saying I'm guessing you're young, and have yet to venture out of your box into the big bad world. I suggest you get used to this sort of behaviour because that's what humans do. A psychologist might be inclined to refer to "tribalism".

I am aware of the "real world", and I am aware of internet maturity, human behavior, blah blah blah.
The problem is that I always viewed the cubing community as a nice and friendly community almost in an angelic way, but after coming to realize this bias that people have towards the best in the world, I'm not sure if I think the same anymore.

Why do you like repeating yourself?
No one has said you're "hating on him".

People at first were "hating" on me because I said some stuff that's negative that's semi-related to Feliks. So I wanted to clarify. Is there something wrong with that?

 

[Loiloiloi]

None of what you described is hate. If you can't handle competitive speedcubing, this probably isn't a very good place for you

 

[adimare]

In all seriousness though: you suck, Feliks is better than you.

 

[Forcefulness]

I dont see the point in complaining about a joke