Pretty much speaks for itself. Roots for the Autobots or Decepticons?

And... WHY?

Um...it's not real. There's no point in "rooting" for anyone because it's all at the mercy of the writers, who will invariably make the Autobots the ultimate winners because it is a children's property.

But most of the characters I find to be most interesting are Autobots, so I probably own more of them, if that's what you're asking.

I cant remember ever watching Transformers and thinking "man I hope the bad guys win."

except in A/E/C when I was hoping that Unicron would eat everyone, then self-destruct.

It's not really have to be based on show only. The judgment could be based on several aspects, like toys, shows, comics, etc. Because I'm fully aware that, expecting bad guys to ultimately win is futile.

<roots for the cons. knows the bots will win every year.

I can't vote because I can't really say I "root" for one side over the other.

With the exceptions of Blitzwing (always), the Insecticons (most of the time), Starscream and various Seekurz/flyers (ditto), and Megatron (sometimes) I can't really say I give a squat about the Decepticon characters. Most of my "favorite" characters are on the Autobot team.

Now, if we're talking about Predacons vs. Maximals...

EDIT: G1 Blitzwing DID rule the battlefield at my house, though. The Autobots on my little brother's team were always "OMG! HE'S A FIGHTER JET AND A TANK! WE'VE HAD IT NOW, FELLAS!"

I had a lot more Decepticon toys... probably just because they looked cooler. But that's always the way.

Autobots. I dunno why exactly, but most of my fav characters are autobots (excluding Blitzwing and the seekers) also, being a child-like-person, I feel the good guys should ultimately .

In animated, anyway.

Same.

Though in BM I actually found myself agreeing with the s

I always love the villains more than the heroes. They are always cooler and more interesting.

Decepticons for the win.

Then why bother with it in the first place? Emotional attachment to a story involves rooting for the character. Take Armada Starscream. When he was on the Autobots you found yourself hoping that he would remove the purple Deceptibrand and change to Autobot. Though in the back of your mind you knew he was gonna be snotted by Galvatron you still rooted for him. Take Beast Wars Yes the Maximals won the battle but as evidenced by the start of Beast Machines they lost that war..

If you have no involvement and reduce it down to writers etc.. then there is no point to watching.

I agree...but that has what to do with rooting for the entire Autobot or Decepticon team like they're the local sports franchise?

I might cheer on Dinobot as he saves the human primitives from the Predacon assault - that doesn't automatically mean I'm a "Maximal fan" does it?

"Which team" is a weird question to me, because most of the Transformers fiction I am familiar with treats the war between the Bots and Cons as the setting of the story and not the main plot. The plot involves some of them going back in time or ending up on a planet where they're the size of toys. There's no point in "rooting" for a conflict that will never end. It'd be like rooting on the Allies during a WWII film. WWII films aren't about the end of the war, they're about the people caught in the middle. You'll never see the war get won in a such a film and that's not why you watch it.

By your logic though there is no point to you watching Batman cause we all know Joker will be defeated and Batman will survive. No point in watching Bond or even movies like Dogeball or hell even Meet the Fokers..

No, dude, that's not my logic. My logic: you root for Bond, not "MI6". You root for Rudy, not "Notre Dame". You root for Optimus Prime, not "The Autobots". You root for individual characters, not generic groupings that may or may not contain those characters depending on the context in which they are used.

Optimus Primal vs. Quickstrike elicits a completely different "team loyalty" from me than does Air Razor Vs. Beast Wars Megatron. In one case I cheer on the Predacon and in the other I cheer on the Maximal because I don't blindly root for "teams" in fiction - I root for characters.

So the question of "Autobot or Decepticon?" means nothing.

I voted for Autobots cos I'd totally root Arcee. Giggity!

I won't vote for no 4 wheelin' goody two shoes that cain't fly!

i find the decepticon character's to be more imaginative and original. the autobots seem to be the same tired characters over and over.

Powerdasher, Powerglide, Jetfire, the Aerialbots, Sky Lynx, Omega Supreme, Cosmos, Whirl, Swoop, Blades, Springer, Broadside, Sandstorm, Highbrow, Brainstorm, Cloudraker, Scattershot, Strafe, Raindance, Cloudburst, Phoenix, Sky High, Doubleheader, Crossblades, Skyhammer, the Air Patrol, Phaser, Blastmaster, "Autobot Leozak", Rotorstorm, Deftwing, Autobot Cyber-jets, Energon Bulkhead, Skyblast, Evac, Vector Prime, Mini-Con Thunderblast, Wing Sabre, the Clear Skies Team, Metalhawk, Fortress Maximus, Grand Maximus, Mach, Wing, Sixwing, Star Sabre, Victory Leo, Galaxy Shuttle, Sonic Bomber, Fly-Up, Tracks, Road Rage and Galaxy Convoy would care to disagree with you about that flightless Autobot thing.

...and I whole lot of Decepticons without flight modes like the Constructicons, Stunticons, Barricade (G1 and movie)... you get the idea.

Dude, I totally rooted against Rudy.

Well, y'know the old saying: bad guys make life interesting for the good guys! I think a lot of people are fascinated with the evil characters. I alwyas was attracted to the likes of Megatron, Skeletor, or Darth Vader since childhood. I remember secretly "rooting" for the baddies but knew that the good guys would always win. It always ticked me off when the villains came so close to accomplishing something and ended up running off, arms raised and flailing, when the good guys put a little heat on them. Face it, cartoon bad guys are lazy quitters! Whatever happens, HAPPENS...like someone said earlier...it's up to the writers.

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While I do like some Autbots, I love the the decepitcons. Ruthless, for themselves, powerful, way better color schemes and faction symbols and the three original G1 seekers! I think the signature says it all.

And vice versa. Basically we need to have at least two sides in order to have a conflict.
Autobots/Maximals = Protagonists
Decepticons/Predacons/Vehicons = Antagonists

Some of us may prefer one side over the other but storywise both sides need each other in order to provide conflicts to drive stories - and Transformers has always been a story of conflict. It's not as if anyone has ever written any detailed stories about Transformers during peacetime. Such periods are only ever mentioned in passing (e.g.: The Golden Ages, Pax Cybertronia etc). Not that I would necessarily object to TF stories written in peacetime... but I'm not sure if having Transformer soap dramas would be a terribly exciting prospect for most people and it would arguably not be a terribly good formula to sell action toys (primarily marketed at boys).

Even Go-Go-Go-Bots still had conflicts despite the fact that they had no bad guys. They only had "naughty" Transformers that needed correcting.


Are you talking about your avatar? Cos I don't see any image on your signature.

In G1 the Decepticon jets were officially known as "Sky Raiders". The term "Hunter Seekers" was a term created by fans on the ATT newsgroup (circa 1994-95). "Seekers" entered official currency when it was used by Dreamwave Productions in their retro-G1 series.
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Actually...

I've just been reading IDWs rerelease of the Marvel G1 comics, and the term Hunter Seeker is quite clearly used in the issue "The Smelting Pool."

Not to argue with you or anything.

Although if this was an IDW editorial change I don't know, as I don't have the originals.

How long did this take you?

yeah but those hunter-seekers are a different sub-class of Decepticons from the Sky-Raiders. The term "Sky Raiders" came from the G1 Marvel comics. Other continuities didn't really have a specific name for them beyond "Decepticon jets."

e.g.: Ferak is a Hunter-Seeker whereas Starscream, Skywarp and Thundercracker are Sky-Raiders - whom fans later called "Seekers." I'm not sure if that's meant to imply that they're in the same class as the G1 Hunter-Seekers... but the use of the term "Seekers" in reference to the Sky-Raiders was initially fan usage (really originated from some American toy catalogue but entered common currency via the fandom).

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Sky-Raiders

good guys but only because of ops, its strange that baddies are always cooler (darth all the way) but somethin bout prime bein a total boyscout i really really have an inordinate ammount of love for

while more of my favourite characters seem to be decepticons my favourite toys are mostly autobots but I guess that's because they seem to make more autobot toys then decepticons

Gotta love those CONS!!!!!!

i've always liked the cons a bit more, they were heavily outnumbered it always seemed and still had the ability to rip it up.

"Of course, the Destrons' mecha and ways are cooler."

Decepticons all the way baby!!!

As to why, well they just look meaner and harder than the Autobots imo...

Yeah, this is kind of a silly question, and one which makes me wonder what the hell Raksha and her goons were smoking back in the 90s and the earlier part of this decade.

It's a kids' show. I don't root for anybody, I just watch and think "Hm, this is cool. I totally have to buy me that toy." You know, the toys Hasbro designed, with the Autobots as the good guys and Decepticons as bad guys. Let's be honest; if anyone'd know who's who, it's Hasbro.

If it's just the toys, I've always had a slight lean towards the Decepticons, if only because I liked the engineering of their designs better in G1, and it kind of stuck. Whether or not that's still a valid view with the current toylines, I'm not sure - some of the Animated Autobots appeal to me more than the Cons.

Decepticons: Because it makes my fanfic more authentic if they win... wait... wtf? I don't write fan fics.



Decepticons: Because Turning into tanks with spikes on them is cooler than turning into your mom's mini-van/

My vote goes to the Decepticons/Predicons. I just like their characters better. =P Waspinator, Starscream, Inferno, Tarantualus, Blackout......The list goes on. o_O

My vote goes to the Autobots and Maximals.

I've always found the villains more interesting. So in this case, go Decepticons!

Whichever side has the most interesting and/or prettiest characters at any point in time. Which can be either, depending on series~

Definitely Decepticons. I always root for the bad guys even though they never win. Plus bad guys are cooler (usually)!

decepticons villains are awesome PERIOD!!!!!!!!!!!!! (LOL jetstorm qoute)

Is it okay to say both and neither?

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I almost voted autobot b/c of Optimus Prime's heroics. But all in all its a tie. Without one, the other isn't really cool. With BOTH of them, they give life to each other, IMO.

O & nltag, nice joke about fan fics!