I think it's all about passion for a game. Now I give a ration of to a few people here about their choice in games (I just can't fathom people liking FFX without a frontal lobotamy) but at the end of the day I still fell they are FF fans. It's just about how much passion you have for it, and by "passion" I don't mean owning every wall scroll and telling me what Yoshinare Kitase was eating the day he did this scene...
It's all about the love...