INFORMAL POLL: WHO IS DUMBER, KORN FANS OR SILENT HILL FANS?
I can’t believe I’m about to stick up for Korn. I mean, I guess I’m not technically sticking up for them, but… the enemy of my enemy is not always my friend, y’know?
So. In case you don’t know, Silent Hill is a long-running horror video game franchise that has even been turned into a terrible a movie. And the latest installment in the series, Silent Hill: Downpour, is coming out later this year, and now Korn have been commissioned to write a theme song for the game. And apparently there’s a faction of hardcore Silent Hill fans who don’t want any Korn music in their game, because, well, Korn are a fucking awful band and an embarrassment to all that the human race is capable of achieving.
And normally I would be all for some good old fashioned nerd rage over such an issue, because, like I said, Korn blow entire herds of goats in a single sitting. Unfortunately, though, it turns out that these Silent Hill fans are idiots, too.
Below is the petition they wrote up protesting Korn’s involvement with their beloved franchise. Not only is it incredibly self-serious and written by people who apparently think that the Silent Hill games are a bastion of artistic integrity, but it’s use of grammar is, um, creative, to put it mildly.
“Most Silent Hill fans are extremely sad to see that it has been decided to use Korn to make their theme song in the upcoming Silent Hill : Downpour.
“There is many reasons for this, a nu metal band simply does not belong in silent hill and especially not one that deals with teenage angst themes, that is not what silent hill is or will ever be and a nu metal band that was cool in the late 90’s and early 00’s will do no good for silent hill as a game.
“Neither will it do much good for the games reputation, we have already seen gaming journalists with headlines like “Barf! Korn to do Silent Hill: Downpour’s theme song”, some people say bad press is better than no press but do we really want the silent hill franchise to be known as the game people make fun of or the deep and amazing experience we usually know it for? Korn has never done anything that is remotely fitting for the silent hill atmosphere and represents everything that Silent Hill isn’t.
“We don’t know if it’s Vatra who has made this decision or if it’s Konami pushing it on them but it’s sad and shows a complete lack of respect for the fans and we hope that Konami will very unlikely cancel this deal they made with Korn or at the very least show our disapproval with this. We hope that Silent Hill Downpour is a quality title but the news of Korn as the main theme makers makes us believe that Konami don’t understand silent hill or its fanbase one bit, the silent hill fanbase is very dedicated and don’t take news like this very lightly, reading silent hill forums and facebook pages shows a collective depression among fans.
“Please Konami, show some respect for silent hill and the fans and don’t have Korn do the main theme for Silent Hill : Downpour.”
As of this writing, more than seven-hundred fans have signed to petition to show that they “hope that Konami will very unlikely cancel this deal,” which I assume means they want Konami to cancel the deal, even though they know that outcome is very unlikely. And they’re right — I don’t have any actual sales figures in front of me, but I imagine this game will sell seven-hundred copies the first ten minutes it’s available for pre-order. My point being, this petition ain’t gonna do jack shit.
But at least it gave us all a chuckle.
Of course, what I would REALLY like to see is Korn fans fighting back. As we’ve previously documented here on MetalSucks, Kornholers are incredibly adept internet debaters, so watching them go head-to-head with the Silent Hill squad would truly be a can’t-miss battle of wits.
-AR
[via Metal Insider]
