If first appearance items were not holy grails they wouldn't be worth any money.Good grief , man! you're either completely clueless or you only hangs out with the real life version of the comic book guy from the Simpsons. NO comics fans worth his or her salt, THESE DAYS, still hunting that 'first appareance'issues on the bargain binsThat kinda crap only happened in the 90's. Ask Rob Liefeld.
And ..all sport fans wants is to create awesome memories? i think i just got sugar -shock just by reading that line...
I'm wearing an X-Men T-Shirt right now! I just don't feel this convenient hypocrisy that everyone else claims is there.Translation: i got nothing constructive to add anymore, so i just gonna insult you.
Looks like debating isn't your strong suit...but hey, being a sport fanatic that you are, i should've expected that
As I say, on paper the basic premise of both sports fandom and comic fandom is not that different, but in reality they certainly are different. I don't think it's an accident that sports garnered the amount of money, prestige and popularity that they did. Sports are a naturally social activity, and it's also a much larger, much more real and all encompassing activity. So there are a lot of natural differences between it and comics. Comics are a very passive, solitary activity and service a much smaller niche' of people. Certainly you're very right to point out that sports has it's fair share of wackos, but you can devote a lot of times to sports or sport related activities without it becoming weird. There really is nothing wrong with being a nerd or being weird for that matter. If you're going to have a million Star Wars figures you don't play with I would simply reccommend having a sense of humor about it. The problem with most nerds isn't that they have daft hobbies, many people do, the problem is most of them are incredibly defensive about it. The reason most people who have very active social lives tend to shun nerdiness is because being a nerd is very time and money consuming. I'm selling all my collections now because as an adult I want the money to go do things, like go to Miami next week. I'm not selling them because I hate them though, but I no longer require their presence to remember the emotions I felt for them at one time. My actual need for money outweighs my emotional attachment. I would contend it is a little odd to be emotionally attached to things like toys (past childhood) or fictional characters from children's entertainment (like superheroes). Much moreso than it is to become emotionally attached to something real, like a person, town or team. Both can become weird, but one is sort of weird from the get-go.
For me selling my toys is the ultimate act of love for my collections because I have purposfully found a buyer who will appreciate them more than me. The act of me collecting them has been giving purpose by, in effect, making someone else happy.
Yeah, but it also kind is a little more crazy, hence why it's viewed as such. It's a somewhat bizzare emotional attachment. Teams and fans do interact, on both a incidental and direct level. Comic characters and fans do not. You're emotional attachment is one sided, and therefor a tad bizzare. Both, as I say, can go too far, but one starts out weirder than the other.
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, that's like saying "if you've read one comic, you've read them all". Actually, in truth, you will never see the same sporting event twice (live).
That's human nature in a nutshell though, that's hardly trivial, it's primal. The world doesn't possess comic evil, it's all shades of gray and most people fight over reasons that are fairly "trivial".
Just because you don't tangibly OWN something after the sporting event, that doesn't make it materialistic. A true emotional event doesn't require any money to enjoy. A materialistic passion is one that requires giving a great deal of material value (like currency) for something susceptible to either of your five senses (including food and music). That doesn't automatically make it BAD, but materialistic nonetheless.
No. No offense, you're just pettifogging a pretty obvious distinction. "Events, time, restaurants" - Not material goods. "Toys, games, cars, books" - Highly material. If you want me to flip this on it's head.Just because you don't tangibly OWN something after the sporting event, that doesn't make it materialistic. A true emotional event doesn't require any money to enjoy. A materialistic passion is one that requires giving a great deal of material value (like currency) for something susceptible to either of your five senses (including food and music). That doesn't automatically make it BAD, but materialistic nonetheless.
Again, those who actually still "collect" comics don't do it for the physical comic - either they do it for the investment/gamble (in the sports world this would be equivalent to betting on a game) or for the "experience" of owning the issue. You can easily sit back and poke at the stereotype and say "sports fans take a more normal approach" to their practices, but to compare stereotype to stereotype would have been much more appropriate.
The truth is that both hobbies are a materialistic one. They can entice an emotional reaction, yes - but they are still materialistic.
Sheesh man, it seems like you're trying to argue that sporting events are practically spiritual....
