God, I love that avatar, papercut. It's so hypnotic. Now, what were we all talking about? Oh yeah. Fanboys.

I think anyone who's spent time at the AEE during fan hours can ID a fanboy at 1000 yards. Do I think Lee is a fanboy? Not really, no. Yes, he's leapt to Sierra's defense on occasion, but he's also a friend of hers, which discounts the fanboy status.

Now someone like AC Cream, on the other hand, is way more clear cut.

If you follow porn girls around slavishly, write about them on boards and pretend you know them really well, then hey, you're a fanboy.

If you create a lame porn-related job for yourself which probably doesn't even pay the rent (hi Swami!) in order to get close to the chicks, if you run a piece of shit blog review site or call yourself an amateur glamor photographer and are unable to sell your images to skin mags or online, then hey, you're probably a fanboy.

If you've ever written to a stroke mag asking them to run shots of your favorite girl, if you've traveled more than 10 feet out of your way to see a named performer feature dance... you get the idea.

If you're not a fanboy at that point, then you certainly need to seek out a trained professional before your buddies hold an intervention.

Some of the guys I saw at AEE just defy description (won't stop me from trying). The sweaty, greasy guys who pounced on any chick they could aim their cell phone camera at, the guys who just couldn't or wouldn't speak to the girls but were trying to play grab ass... fanboys, to a man.

And let's be clear here: those are the real problem fanboys. I don't think there's zip wrong with fanboys per se, but the sweaty borderline stalkers, those are a whole different ball game. The guys who can't differentiate between an on-screen persona and performance and the real girl off-set. Those are the ones who concern me.