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Posted by: prometheus25
You can't define someone who is a "true fan". Many people have far too much to do regarding careers, school, family, etc to spend as much time as other people on Bungie.net, yet they love Halo dearly. On the contrary, many people like it, but only come on the forums to participate in The Flodd discussion (nothing wrong with that, only just pointing out it's non-Halo discussion).
Frankly, you can't judge a member on number of posts or quantity of hours spent on the site. Nor can you do it by how much Halo swag they own. If you establish some hard line to determine whether someone is or not, there's always going to be a group whose right on the poor side of the line, and who'll claim they deserve to be recognized as true fans.
It's a vicious game of compromises; one no one can really win.
This ladies and gents, sums the issue up perfectly. As much as many of us would like we can't all devote hours upon hours scouring B.net and buying Bungie branded merchandise. Many of us ARE husbands, wives, and parents. Other things do indeed take precedence sometimes, but I know speaking on my behalf I'm a huge, raving, lunatic of a Bungie fan. It's hard for some people to put levels of fandom into perspective when they themselves have no other responsibilities.