Hello everyone. My name is David but you can call me DQ. I made a post in another thread but figured i would officially introduce myself. I'm new to collecting for Turbografx but have a nice little collection going already. I've collected for alot of other systems over the years but Turbografx always eluded me. I never knew anyone who had one growing up and didn't really start thinking about getting one till a few years ago. I finally jumped in last month and bought my first system complete in box with a few games i was wanting! I'm a big shooter fan so some of these were a must!
Here's pics of my Turbo collection so far:
(https://www.pcengine-fx.com/forums/index.php?action=dlattach&topic=19535&attach=5953&image) (https://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y367/dqualls187/Mobile%20Uploads/20150727_131657-1_zpstohztnlg.jpg)
(https://www.pcengine-fx.com/forums/index.php?action=dlattach&topic=19535&attach=5955&image) (https://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y367/dqualls187/Mobile%20Uploads/20150812_112940-1_zpsiq0dvfza.jpg)
An here's the game collection!
(https://www.pcengine-fx.com/forums/index.php?action=dlattach&topic=19535&attach=5957&image) (https://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y367/dqualls187/Mobile%20Uploads/20150812_205117-1_zpsdxpziibi.jpg)
(https://www.pcengine-fx.com/forums/index.php?action=dlattach&topic=19535&attach=5959&image) (https://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y367/dqualls187/Mobile%20Uploads/20150812_205501-1_zpsafch0oxa.jpg)
(https://www.pcengine-fx.com/forums/index.php?action=dlattach&topic=19535&attach=5961&image) (https://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y367/dqualls187/Mobile%20Uploads/20150812_205544-1_zpsm4mspk97.jpg)
Spent quite a bit on the bundle of Turbo games but it's worth it to me. I've played Soldier Blade and Super Star Solider for a while on my Vita and loved em. Air Zonk was one i had always heard was amazing and always wanted to play.
So far I'm loving the system! Play it everyday after work! Me an my girl have been playing alot of Bomberman as she was always a big fan of the series. Beat Cadash a number of times now! Absolutely love Air Zonk & was finally was able to 1CC Soldier Blade with 1,892,000 points! 8)
I secured another pretty awesome bundle this past weekend. 2 separate ones actually. First was for a sealed Blazing Lazers and sealed R-Type. The other was a bundle of 4 sealed games. Bonks Adventure, Bonks Revenge, Dragon Spirit & Bravoman. Also included in that bundle was 3 new controllers. Picked up a multitap nib as well! :lol: I'll have to post another pic when i get the new bundle.
Some may think I'm crazy but i plan on opening the games and enjoying them. I just like to get games in as good as condition as possible. Anyway, I hope to meet some cool people here and maybe do some deals in the future! :dance:
Welcome aboard! :)
Why not make video when you open up any of the sealed games you haven't cracked yet?
Hey, thanks! :P
I may have to. I've never made a video like that so it would be a first. I already opened the sealed Aero Blasters i picked up. :shock:
Make videos, post them to Youtube and shock all those dumb collectards for good.
Quote from: guest on 08/09/2015, 06:05 AMMake videos, post them to Youtube and shock all those dumb collectards for good.
You know what's funny is I've thought about making a YouTube channel dedicated to just that, haha. Ive opened
quite a few rare sealed games over the years. :-k
I don't know if I'd ever go through with it though. I'm not one to try and seek attention. I don't even have any social network accounts or anything. This is only the 2nd forum I've ever posted on.
Quote from: dqualls187 on 08/09/2015, 06:46 AMQuote from: guest on 08/09/2015, 06:05 AMMake videos, post them to Youtube and shock all those dumb collectards for good.
You know what's funny is I've thought about making a YouTube channel dedicated to just that, haha. Ive opened
quite a few rare sealed games over the years. :-k
I don't know if I'd ever go through with it though. I'm not one to try and seek attention. I don't even have any social network accounts or anything. This is only the 2nd forum I've ever posted on.
Ok, I don't have the silly Facebook stuff, either. (OR WHATEVER THE NEW THING IS... Instagram? Snapchat? YouPornTube? Pinterest? Tweeter? Blodia? Timeball? Twitter?)
But, simply send me your sealed games and I will make videos as I unwrap them.
Sometimes, I may unwrap myself, too, but we can decide on the show's formula later (see, it should be a series!)
Seriously, though, you can make a video without showing yourself or saying anything.
In fact, if you shot the raw footage, I would gladly create a video from it.
"Sealed games want to be free" could be our tag line or mantra.
Sadly, I really want to do this, but I understand if you are scared.
DON'T BE.
Keep phone/camera steady and film.
:)
YOU HAVE A LOT OF PRESSURE TO DO THIS NOW.
Don't blame me.
TG-16 can be intense.
Welcome, comrade. :)
Normally I would not have anything nice to say about someone joining to talk about collectard stuff, but if you buy sealed games to open them, you have my support.
Cool on the Soldier Blade 1cc. If you got a pic of your high score post it up in the high score thread :)
If you don't want to create a Youtube channel, I can post the videos for you on my channel as well.
Quote from: dqualls187 on 08/09/2015, 04:12 AMI just like to get games in as good as condition as possible.
This is how I roll also, I'll buy sealed/new if I can and just open them up and play them. Welcome aboard!
Thanks for the welcome everybody! 8-[
Didn't know so many people would be for opening sealed games, lol, I'll try an do a video when I get the new bundle or at least take some good pics!
And I'll definately have to get in on the high score thread! Just set a new score last night on Soldier Blade! 8) + i tried the Challenge levels for the first time and snapped a pic of all 3 scores!
Can't say I've ever heard the word "Collectard" haha. Does it make me one because i have a collection and came to talk about it? ](*,)
Quote from: guest on 08/09/2015, 02:29 PM"Collectard" isn't an entirely derogatory term. Many of us self apply the term. I.e. I have a bunch of CIB games but usually just use my everdrive, I'm such a collectard.
Since you open your sealed games and play them, RJ is pleased and the community will not flog you. :D
This video just gets better and better.
Which is why you call it a library vs. a collection. Welcome! Are you related to DJ Qualls?
Quote from: guest on 08/09/2015, 02:29 PM"Collectard" isn't an entirely derogatory term. Many of us self apply the term. I.e. I have a bunch of CIB games but usually just use my everdrive, I'm such a collectard.
Since you open your sealed games and play them, RJ is pleased and the community will not flog you. :D
Jackpot! That's everything i wanted! :dance:
Quote from: MotherGunner on 08/09/2015, 02:59 PMWhich is why you call it a library vs. a collection. Welcome! Are you related to DJ Qualls?
Nah, no relation. Haha. Initials are DEQ though so make sure them cars are up to emission standards or me and boys will come after you! [-(
Yes, this community is secretly all about pleasing Ron Jeremy. But please don't tell anybody.
Funny user name. Did you kill the actor or something?
Quote from: agent_orange on 08/09/2015, 05:15 PMFunny user name. Did you kill the actor or something?
He wasn't giving Qualls a good name :evil: I had to take him out!
Openning dem sealed games is music to me ears.
Welcome aboard, matey!
Welcome to the forums!
In my opinion, there are two options: you open them now and you become famous or you keep them for 150 more years and you become a millionaire. The choice is yours.
Quote from: guest on 08/09/2015, 02:29 PM"Collectard" isn't an entirely derogatory term. Many of us self apply the term. I.e. I have a bunch of CIB games but usually just use my everdrive, I'm such a collectard.
Since you open your sealed games and play them, RJ is pleased and the community will not flog you. :D
It's really really, really really, really really, really fun......to think about not being flogged by the community and pleasing RJ!
Quote from: dqualls187 on 08/09/2015, 07:44 PMIt's really really, really really, really really, really fun......to think about not being flogged by the community and pleasing RJ!
Apparently you can fathom the concept of traveling at the speed of light and must not be human.
Quote from: dqualls187 on 08/09/2015, 07:44 PMQuote from: guest on 08/09/2015, 02:29 PM"Collectard" isn't an entirely derogatory term. Many of us self apply the term. I.e. I have a bunch of CIB games but usually just use my everdrive, I'm such a collectard.
Since you open your sealed games and play them, RJ is pleased and the community will not flog you. :D
It's really really, really really, really really, really fun......to think about not being flogged by the community and pleasing RJ!
The community here is really simple to explain,
Picture a hotdog bun, and throw all the hundreds of stars that there are in the universe into a bag, put the universe into a bag... and all of a sudden, they become.... ...when did I get here?
Quote from: Lost Monkey on 08/09/2015, 07:54 PMQuote from: dqualls187 on 08/09/2015, 07:44 PMQuote from: guest on 08/09/2015, 02:29 PM"Collectard" isn't an entirely derogatory term. Many of us self apply the term. I.e. I have a bunch of CIB games but usually just use my everdrive, I'm such a collectard.
Since you open your sealed games and play them, RJ is pleased and the community will not flog you. :D
It's really really, really really, really really, really fun......to think about not being flogged by the community and pleasing RJ!
The community here is really simple to explain,
Picture a hotdog bun, and throw all the hundreds of stars that there are in the universe into a bag, put the universe into a bag... and all of a sudden, they become.... ...when did I get here?
2 X PC Engine FX=Tube
Quote from: Lost Monkey on 08/09/2015, 07:54 PMQuote from: dqualls187 on 08/09/2015, 07:44 PMQuote from: guest on 08/09/2015, 02:29 PM"Collectard" isn't an entirely derogatory term. Many of us self apply the term. I.e. I have a bunch of CIB games but usually just use my everdrive, I'm such a collectard.
Since you open your sealed games and play them, RJ is pleased and the community will not flog you. :D
It's really really, really really, really really, really fun......to think about not being flogged by the community and pleasing RJ!
The community here is really simple to explain,
Picture a hotdog bun, and throw all the hundreds of stars that there are in the universe into a bag, put the universe into a bag... and all of a sudden, they become.... ...when did I get here?
2 X PC Engine FX=Tube
Welcome
Please enter my name in the raffle.
some awesome cib games along with that nice turbografx box!
welcome aboard!
Quote from: cr8zykuban0 on 08/10/2015, 01:15 AMsome awesome cib games along with that nice turbografx box!
welcome aboard!
Thanks man! Was really happy to start the collection with such a great bundle! The console was barely used!
Quote from: dqualls187 on 08/09/2015, 04:40 AMHey, thanks! :P
I may have to. I've never made a video like that so it would be a first. I already opened the sealed Aero Blasters i picked up. :shock:
opening a sealed games in front of people who collect.....
while screaming "unleash the kraken !" :evil:
sure is fun to watch as they scream in terror :lol:
(for the most of them) I dont get people who keep sealed games...
only reason i see to keep them sealed is for money value... [-(
2 of my friends are doing that... :roll: they never try any games...
If there's one guy I trust in regards to retro game collecting, it's a guy with a really large penis.
Welcome aboard!
Well look no further! 8-[
I don't really understand the sealed collector. I sorta tried it for a bit i guess. I remember picking up alot of sealed collectors editions for ps3. Along with quite a few sealed Super Nintendo & 64 games. I cashed out on some eventually to fund more games I wanted to play but for the price i sold some at in auction I wish I would of just kept them and opened em up to have a really nice cib. One i regret was Super Castlevania IV. Only sold for about $220 at auction. Wish I would just kept it and opened it up. It was about 2 years ago when I wised up and got rid of all my sealed games to get more awesome games to play. There's no sense in having a game on the shelf that can't be enjoyed!
Welcome to Pcenginefx!
Good job on clearing Soldier Blade! I haven't beaten it yet, but i need to try again. I have beaten Final soldier, though.
Nice sig, Mr. Qualls. :D Nice collection there, too. Some rare stuff and it all looks in great condition. More importantly, you have a nice sampling of systems that encapsulate much of the history of games, not just picks from one developer or system. Get yourself some nice shelves to display all that shizz though!
Quote from: grolt on 08/10/2015, 07:58 PMNice sig, Mr. Qualls. :D Nice collection there, too. Some rare stuff and it all looks in great condition. More importantly, you have a nice sampling of systems that encapsulate much of the history of games, not just picks from one developer or system. Get yourself some nice shelves to display all that shizz though!
Thanks man I appreciate it! Haha, I know, I'm in desperate need of some new shelving. I keep putting it off.
Welcome aboard and very nice shots of the ole collection! Super Star Soldier is my most played and favorite shooter of all time just going by hours/replay value. Best sound/music tracks are of stage 2 (https://youtu.be/jPyx1nlq5zM) and stage 6 (https://youtu.be/7iirlYVuHb0). It's really the perfect shooter in all aspects, challenge, music, vertical level design, bosses, etc. And a true master will enter the Easter Egg code to enable the max difficulty level (which is stated in Japanese) and attempt to beat the game. :)
Quote from: escarioth on 08/10/2015, 06:37 AMopening a sealed games in front of people who collect.....
while screaming "unleash the kraken !" :evil:
sure is fun to watch as they scream in terror :lol:
:)
Welcome to the forums. Very nice collection. Love to see that you are opening these sealed games and enjoying them. At the end of the day, its just plastic. people shouldn't be trying to profit off this stuff. It should be played, and enjoyed.
Thanks guys! I love Super Star Soldier! Havnt quite mastered it yet. Feel I've pretty much mastered Soldier Blade now so I will try and get further in Star Soldier.
I agree with you guys about opening the sealed games as well! :P
Just got this little fundle in the mail! All Sealed 8) will be busting into these tonight! :dance:
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Magic trick! 8)
Now they're sealed
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Now they're not!
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Hey, where did you get those? Nice copies, have fun playing them, they're all good games (bravoman isn't bad shut up)!
Yes! I love seeing games gutted.
"Welcome Me !" Lol, you're a fairly demanding person.
Quote from: dqualls187 on 08/12/2015, 07:03 PMMagic trick! 8)
Now they're sealed
https://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y367/dqualls187/Mobile%20Uploads/20150812_153601-1_zpsoaho0pi0.jpg
Now they're not!
https://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y367/dqualls187/Mobile%20Uploads/20150812_154941-1_zpswoof0zl2.jpg
Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! Bravo!
Sweet. Welcome to the mad house.
P.s. bravo man really irks the shit out of me.
Quote from: guest on 08/12/2015, 10:48 PMBravo! Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! Bravo!
Sweet. Welcome to the mad house.
P.s. bravo man really irks the shit out of me.
I'm gettin some good laughs out it and the shooter levels make it worth it overall! I paid like $30 for ot, F it, makes me laugh at least!
Loving Blazing Lazers! First time ever playing it! And I'm a big shoot em up fan! Here's a little chunk!
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Quote from: TurboXray on 08/12/2015, 10:39 PM"Welcome Me !" Lol, you're a fairly demanding person.
Haha, I mainly did it because i posted my first post in Recent pick ups a week or 2 ago and heard crickets. Lol, decided to officially introduce myself.
Welcome! Welcome! I love Blazing Lasers, not to mention the entire Soldier series. Enjoy.
Quote from: martinine on 08/14/2015, 09:49 AMWelcome! Welcome! I love Blazing Lasers, not to mention the entire Soldier series. Enjoy.
Really enjoying it so far! Havnt beat it yet but ive only had it for 2 days, lol.
im sure ill master it this weekend. Love Soldier Blade! I cant stop playing it. Its probably up in my top 3 favorite shooters!
you don't have sol feace on sega CD? I think it's fun, especially for how cheap it is
Quote from: agent_orange on 08/14/2015, 12:59 PMyou don't have sol feace on sega CD? I think it's fun, especially for how cheap it is
Agreed. Play whilst wearing dollar store headphones.
(https://junk.tg-16.com/images/Sol_Feace.jpg)
PCE DOES WHAT SEGAN'T.
Quote from: agent_orange on 08/14/2015, 12:59 PMyou don't have sol feace on sega CD? I think it's fun, especially for how cheap it is
I do have it actually, lol, and Keio Flying Squadron along with quite a few others not shown. It's an old pic and i didn't wanna pull em all out for a new one.
If you look close in my collection pic though you can see the red case on top on my sega cd games, lol
is deathsmiles any good?
Quote from: agent_orange on 08/14/2015, 02:10 PMis deathsmiles any good?
It is actually! I'm not huge on shmays, but it's a pretty fun one! I like the variety of enemeies and the ability to shoot left and right.
Quote from: dqualls187 on 08/14/2015, 02:18 PMIt is actually! I'm not huge on shmays, but it's a pretty fun one! I like the variety of enemeies and the ability to shoot left and right.
I enjoy it too, I got it because I didn't it have any modern system shooters, and I really enjoyed it.
What is a shmay?
Quote from: Gredler on 08/15/2015, 02:01 AMQuote from: dqualls187 on 08/14/2015, 02:18 PMIt is actually! I'm not huge on shmays, but it's a pretty fun one! I like the variety of enemeies and the ability to shoot left and right.
I enjoy it too, I got it because I didn't it have any modern system shooters, and I really enjoyed it.
What is a shmay?
https://www.pcengine-fx.com/forums/index.php?topic=19546.msg419090#msg419090 (https://www.pcengine-fx.com/forums/index.php?topic=19546.msg419090#msg419090)
I enjoyed Death Smiles too, and this says a lot since I can't stand most of modern bullet hell shooties (especially vertical) and mostly prefer the oldschool ones from the late 80s to early 90s.
Quote from: guest on 08/15/2015, 03:31 AMI enjoyed Death Smiles too, and this says a lot since I can't stand most of modern bullet hell shooties (especially vertical) and mostly prefer the oldschool ones from the late 80s to early 90s.
I do enjoy some bullet hell shooters but most of my favs are from the late 80's/early 90s as well. I mainly like bullet hell before it got too crazy like the original Dodonpachi for Saturn. Though, i love Ketsui on PS3!
Won a few auctions this evening! 8)
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You might want to instead place them here: https://www.pcengine-fx.com/forums/index.php?topic=17082.0 (https://www.pcengine-fx.com/forums/index.php?topic=17082.0)
Fucking A! $91??
Quote from: agent_orange on 08/17/2015, 09:49 PMFucking A! $91??
Yeah, lol, how'd you know? 2 much? Not enough?
How'd i know?
There aren't many sold listings with the exact same picture.
Haha, don't have em in hand yet. Is that alot for Devils Crush? Other listings seemed to be more expensive and not as great shape. Was a game I was wanting. Same with the other 2!
I went PC Engine for both Sidearms and Devil's Crush, so I don't know if what you paid for is a good price or not, but they're definitely three great starter games to get for the system.
Quote from: dqualls187 on 08/17/2015, 09:50 PMQuote from: agent_orange on 08/17/2015, 09:49 PMFucking A! $91??
Yeah, lol, how'd you know? 2 much? Not enough?
Well, if you are asking, that could be a problem. That says you might be just wild westing it through ebay and paying whatever.
Many members here exercise great patience in getting the games they want. Personally, I don't like contributing to the high price "sold listings" that the next guy bases his price off.
At least it was an auction, I guess, and not a BIN.
Quote from: agent_orange on 08/17/2015, 10:19 PMQuote from: dqualls187 on 08/17/2015, 09:50 PMQuote from: agent_orange on 08/17/2015, 09:49 PMFucking A! $91??
Yeah, lol, how'd you know? 2 much? Not enough?
Well, if you are asking, that could be a problem. That says you might be just wild westing it through ebay and paying whatever.
Many members here exercise great patience in getting the games they want. Personally, I don't like contributing to the high price "sold listings" that the next guy bases his price off.
At least it was an auction, I guess, and not a BIN.
I'm new to collecting for Turbografx but not new to collecting and I'm not above hitting ebay when i cant find something i'm looking for. I can't find alot of turbo games locally in the boxes like these. All the other turbo games I bought through NA not ebay except Blazing Lazers & R-Type.
necro...you boot him? or did he leave on his own?
set to "guest" now?
Quote from: agent_orange on 08/18/2015, 08:30 AMnecro...you boot him? or did he leave on his own?
set to "guest" now?
He was on late last night while Nec hasn't been on since yesterday evening. He must not have been able to handle a little heat.
I doubt he was booted - The guy is enthusiastic and actually playing stuff...
I am more concerned with how high the starting bid on that auction was...
Quote from: agent_orange on 08/18/2015, 08:30 AMnecro...you boot him? or did he leave on his own?
set to "guest" now?
I had nothing to do with it. Why'd he leave?
Quote from: NecroPhile on 08/18/2015, 09:51 AMQuote from: agent_orange on 08/18/2015, 08:30 AMnecro...you boot him? or did he leave on his own?
set to "guest" now?
I had nothing to do with it. Why'd he leave?
Maybe it was just a troll account which failed to get a strong enough reaction?
Hard to tell with some of the people joining these days.
He probably just didn't care too much for this (https://www.pcengine-fx.com/forums/index.php?topic=17082.msg420217#msg420217) reaction to overspending.
If that's all it took, he's one sensitive sally.
meh, some people just want to get games for the praises these days....
facebook is overflooding with them.. and everytime i seee somene getting TG16 lately
...its like freaking chrismas...
LOOK LOOK WHAT I JUST BOUGH D: CrAzY !
followed by thoses die hard noobs/gamergurls/and wannabees lines :
-OMG !!! :shock:
-10x LIKES ! :-"
-MAN , THOSE SEGA CARDS ARE SO RARE :shock:
and so on and on~..... ](*,)
so when you dont praise them they get all angry and mostly rage quit
and go back to those who're drooling all over their flashy stuff...
can't say if that's what happened here (if not sorry, whatever who he was)
....but i've seen that happening so many time
Wait, dqualls is already gone! He beat Soldier Blade...I thought we had another SHMAYS fan.
Damn.
Quote from: guest on 08/18/2015, 09:58 AMHe probably just didn't care too much for this (https://www.pcengine-fx.com/forums/index.php?topic=17082.msg420217#msg420217) reaction to overspending.
He literally paid double what Air Zonk CIB had been selling for on eBay, dropped Dynastic Hero money on Soldier Blade and more or less paid double to quardruple what Devil's Crush had sold for recently CIB, for a "Devils Crush" listing.
If he wants to close his eyes and plug his ears so that he doesn't learn the basics of how to operate the internet/common sense, then he is as lost as the rest of the collectards who brag to one another about overpaying for games and raising the price ceiling.
At least with openibg sealed games, he was taking them out of the loop. It's ironic that by making a sealed game technically less available, it actually slows the increase in price.
Ha! I took one look at this thread title and knew exactly how it was going to end.
=D>
Quote from: guest on 08/18/2015, 09:58 AMHe probably just didn't care too much for this (https://www.pcengine-fx.com/forums/index.php?topic=17082.msg420217#msg420217) reaction to overspending.
That's what did it, a little scold by BT ?? Heh. Ah well...
Quote from: dqualls187 on 08/09/2015, 04:12 AMHello everyone. My name is David but you can call me DQ.
Well, so long
David DQ! You had a good 9 days here!
The whole point of big spending is to show off the photos of purchases you haven't even received yet and bask in the chorus of praise as your fellow collectards cheer you on to buy harder and faster.
He never got the validation he was looking for here, but I'm sure he's been spamming every form of social media and forums like nintendoage, where he will get the reaction he needs.
This took less than a minute to find:
http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=150344&StartRow=76#bottom (http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=150344&StartRow=76#bottom)
Quote from: CrackTiger on 08/18/2015, 05:24 PMhttp://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=150344&StartRow=76#bottom (http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=150344&StartRow=76#bottom)
Including such gems as:
QuoteJust picked up a cheap lot of PC Engine games for $20! I figured for that price i could keep the few i want from the bundle and sell the rest!
What games? Who cares!? He spent money! And he might have gotten [game names missing] for free, too! That's all that really matters, isn't it, folks?
Quote from: guest on 08/18/2015, 05:29 PMQuote from: CrackTiger on 08/18/2015, 05:24 PMhttp://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=150344&StartRow=76#bottom (http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=150344&StartRow=76#bottom)
Including such gems as:
QuoteJust picked up a cheap lot of PC Engine games for $20! I figured for that price i could keep the few i want from the bundle and sell the rest!
What games? Who cares!? He spent money! And he might have gotten [game names missing] for free, too! That's all that really matters, isn't it, folks?
Wow, I hadn't actually read more than one or two posts, just found him spamming a Turbo thread as soon as I looked under the "Collectors" section.
Dude was a grade A collectard. Good riddance.
Damn! Y'all dispatched him quicker than a blue slime lol
Quote from: CrackTiger on 08/18/2015, 06:39 PMQuote from: guest on 08/18/2015, 05:29 PMQuote from: CrackTiger on 08/18/2015, 05:24 PMhttp://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=150344&StartRow=76#bottom (http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=150344&StartRow=76#bottom)
Including such gems as:
QuoteJust picked up a cheap lot of PC Engine games for $20! I figured for that price i could keep the few i want from the bundle and sell the rest!
What games? Who cares!? He spent money! And he might have gotten [game names missing] for free, too! That's all that really matters, isn't it, folks?
Wow, I hadn't actually read more than one or two posts, just found him spamming a Turbo thread as soon as I looked under the "Collectors" section.
I started on page 4. I didn't even realize he started the thread to spam his shit.
Quote from: guest on 08/18/2015, 12:28 PMHa! I took one look at this thread title and knew exactly how it was going to end.
=D>
Yeah. After witnessing a few hundred melt-downs on this forum you get to the point where you can see it a mile away. I read the first couple of posts, knew it was going to flame out, waited a few days to check back...yep. Collectard.
Quote from: CrackTiger on 08/18/2015, 05:24 PMThe whole point of big spending is to show off the photos of purchases you haven't even received yet and bask in the chorus of praise as your fellow collectards cheer you on to buy harder and faster.
He never got the validation he was looking for here, but I'm sure he's been spamming every form of social media and forums like nintendoage, where he will get the reaction he needs.
This took less than a minute to find:
http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=150344&StartRow=76#bottom (http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=150344&StartRow=76#bottom)
Haha, nintendoage.. Big braggers, small members :P
Quote from: CGQuarterly on 08/18/2015, 07:31 PMDude was a grade A collectard. Good riddance.
He splurged like Jabba the Hutt on a cruise ship buffet.
Did that idiot even realize how much just the Bomberman 93 Turbochip costs? Let alone the whole CIB.
Then he bought sealed games just to open them. Considering he was gonna flip them later, I don't get why he bothered to open those boxes.
Yeah, pretty much a good thing he's gone.
Such nice folks around here. Feels good to be back! 8)
I just want you guys to know, I don't have any hard feelings. I did leave because i was a little frustrated by the negativity, but it's whatever. Nothing to dwell on, I just wasn't wanting to hear any more about it at the time.
I also want you to know that I actually am a gamer and have a love and passion for games. I never bought any of my Turbo games with the thought of flipping them. I bought them because I wanted to play them. Maybe I spent more than some of you guys did but oh well, that's my problem. I did it because I wanted that game and it's not available any where else around me. And I bought sealed games and opened em because I wanted those games in as good of condition as I could get them in for my personal collection. To enjoy and play, not to show off and hope people think I'm cool cuz i got rare games. I don't need validation or Internet props or whatever. I only shared my games and pics because that's what I'm into and thought you guys were to. You can call me a collectard or idiot or whatever makes you feel better but I'm in this hobby for the right reasons, because I love games and have for 30 years. I havnt sold one of my Turbografx games and don't plan to. That's a system I had been interested in and wanted to get into for along time and I'm glad I did and i still play it regularly.
Anyways, just thought I should say a little somethin :) Hope you guys have been doing good. Im happy to be back and looking forward to being part of the community again.
Quote from: DQ187 on 03/22/2016, 02:24 AMSuch nice folks around here. Feels good to be back! 8)
Got your collection back? Welcome back to the forums, friend!
Considering all the self deleting members lately, I guess some new blood is necessary.
Should be some tasty drama
Quote from: guest on 03/22/2016, 03:02 AMQuote from: DQ187 on 03/22/2016, 02:24 AMSuch nice folks around here. Feels good to be back! 8)
Got your collection back? Welcome back to the forums, friend!
Considering all the self deleting members lately, I guess some new blood is necessary.
Should be some tasty drama
Thanks! Yeah, most likely! :P Collection never went anywhere, lol. Still collectardin it up with the best of em!
Collectardism is a serious affliction. Some of us are more susceptible to it than others.
You have to believe you will come out the other side all the stronger for it.
I'll pray for you, brother! [-o<
I want to be nice, and welcome you... But I feel like before I may even finish posting this response, you may have left again already.
I suggest if you want to make it here, you just be more apart of the community. Be proactively posting, not just in the FS sections.
You will upset members with the "Look at me posts" and overall the community dislikes collectards.
I hope you make it. Its always nice to actually have meaningful members join. May your time here hopefully be longer this time.
~Ryan
Welcome back, crybaby. I look forward to your next rage quit. :roll:
Necro, why'd you approve his account again?
Someone newer than me! yay!
Quote from: kosko99 on 03/22/2016, 10:33 AMSomeone newer than me! yay!
Well, not for long.
Quote from: kosko99 on 03/22/2016, 10:33 AMSomeone newer than me! yay!
Don't feel bad. I've been on here for about 5 years now and average 15 posts per year. It can always be worse.
Haha, I guess.
I welcome back one of pcefx's wayward sons...
:)
Quote from: 780racer on 03/22/2016, 05:43 AMI want to be nice, and welcome you... But I feel like before I may even finish posting this response, you may have left again already.
I suggest if you want to make it here, you just be more apart of the community. Be proactively posting, not just in the FS sections.
You will upset members with the "Look at me posts" and overall the community dislikes collectards.
I hope you make it. Its always nice to actually have meaningful members join. May your time here hopefully be longer this time.
~Ryan
Thanks! :) I came back to get some help with some mods but plan to stay and try for some more high scores and things. I havnt even checked the for sale section and im not really buying many new games and things right now as im saving to move outta my apartment and get a house but i may check it out at some point.
Quote from: esteban on 03/22/2016, 04:21 PMI welcome back one of pcefx's wayward sons...
:)
Looks like I've been missed. So nice to know ya'll cared and searched for me! :lol:
You're too needy. Go away.
I'm still waiting for este to unwrap himself as promised.
Quote from: SignOfZeta on 03/22/2016, 05:55 PMYou're too needy. Go away.
You guys were so talkative while I was gone and now that I'm back i get "you're too needy" and "cry baby". You're gonna have to try harder than that. I expected better quality douchebaggery from people around here. Step your game up!
Quote from: DQ187 on 03/22/2016, 06:21 PMQuote from: SignOfZeta on 03/22/2016, 05:55 PMYou're too needy. Go away.
You guys were so talkative while I was gone and now that I'm back i get "you're too needy" and "cry baby". You're gonna have to try harder than that. I expected better quality douchebaggery from people around here. Step your game up!
Do you have a mint?
Please me your raffle enter
Me!
Me!!!!!! LOOK AT ME!!!!!(https://i.imgur.com/IXhhBK6.gif)
You guys know me so well it's uncanny! :shock:
Quote from: DQ187 on 03/22/2016, 06:21 PMQuote from: SignOfZeta on 03/22/2016, 05:55 PMYou're too needy. Go away.
You guys were so talkative while I was gone and now that I'm back i get "you're too needy" and "cry baby". You're gonna have to try harder than that. I expected better quality douchebaggery from people around here. Step your game up!
We talked about you because you're an asshole. Your presence is not needed for that conversation, so you coming back is, if anything, a damper on the discussion.
I can't expect this to mean much to someone who clearly craves attention very very badly, but there is good attention and bad attention. When your mom beat you with her hot water bottle every day and said the reason why African babies are going to hell is because you touch yourself, see, that's the "bad" kind, even though, yes, feeling anything is better than feeling nothing. To earn the "good" kind you'll have to engage the rest of society on a more meaningful level than, "LOOK AT ME!!! LOOK AT ME!!!".
It works best if you practice it in "real life". Then the forum version comes naturally. So, go away for like a decade.
Quote from: SignOfZeta on 03/22/2016, 09:10 PMQuote from: DQ187 on 03/22/2016, 06:21 PMQuote from: SignOfZeta on 03/22/2016, 05:55 PMYou're too needy. Go away.
You guys were so talkative while I was gone and now that I'm back i get "you're too needy" and "cry baby". You're gonna have to try harder than that. I expected better quality douchebaggery from people around here. Step your game up!
We talked about you because you're an asshole. Your presence is not needed for that conversation, so you coming back is, if anything, a damper on the discussion.
I can't expect this to mean much to someone who clearly craves attention very very badly, but there is good attention and bad attention. When your mom beat you with her hot water bottle every day and said the reason why African babies are going to hell is because you touch yourself, see, that's the "bad" kind, even though, yes, feeling anything is better than feeling nothing. To earn the "good" kind you'll have to engage the rest of society on a more meaningful level than, "LOOK AT ME!!! LOOK AT ME!!!".
It works best if you practice it in "real life". Then the forum version comes naturally. So, go away for like a decade.
Grow the fuck up. I've never been an asshole to anyone who didn't deserve it and act like one themselves. Your little speech just shows how childish you are but go on, I'm all ears, babble on like a dumbass and try and impress your little forum buddies.
And you guys wonder why people leave here? You feed on negatively and stupidity, kinda sad really.
Plenty of good members come and stay. The attention whores are the ones who go away.
Quote from: DQ187 on 03/22/2016, 09:22 PMYou feed on negatively and stupidity, kinda sad really.
Welcome to planet Earth.
(https://i.imgur.com/VAUbV4f.jpg)
http://youtu.be/8AbXuhBlH4s?list=PLkVd2VjRP9xOrBfCGxfGoUNYjOnXqc6D3
Quote from: guest on 03/22/2016, 10:14 PMPlenty of good members come and stay. The attention whores are the ones who go away.
You're a poet and didn't know it.
Quote from: DQ187 on 03/22/2016, 09:22 PMQuote from: SignOfZeta on 03/22/2016, 09:10 PMQuote from: DQ187 on 03/22/2016, 06:21 PMQuote from: SignOfZeta on 03/22/2016, 05:55 PMYou're too needy. Go away.
You guys were so talkative while I was gone and now that I'm back i get "you're too needy" and "cry baby". You're gonna have to try harder than that. I expected better quality douchebaggery from people around here. Step your game up!
We talked about you because you're an asshole. Your presence is not needed for that conversation, so you coming back is, if anything, a damper on the discussion.
I can't expect this to mean much to someone who clearly craves attention very very badly, but there is good attention and bad attention. When your mom beat you with her hot water bottle every day and said the reason why African babies are going to hell is because you touch yourself, see, that's the "bad" kind, even though, yes, feeling anything is better than feeling nothing. To earn the "good" kind you'll have to engage the rest of society on a more meaningful level than, "LOOK AT ME!!! LOOK AT ME!!!".
It works best if you practice it in "real life". Then the forum version comes naturally. So, go away for like a decade.
Grow the fuck up. I've never been an asshole to anyone who didn't deserve it and act like one themselves. Your little speech just shows how childish you are but go on, I'm all ears, babble on like a dumbass and try and impress your little forum buddies.
And you guys wonder why people leave here? You feed on negatively and stupidity, kinda sad really.
Look, man. It's a generational problem. I see lots of guys like you on Reddit who really enjoy spending time spreading their collection out on the floor and taking pictures to post with titles like "My collection so far. How am I doing?" There's nothing wrong with that. But that stuff just doesn't resonate with us older guys. For us it's even a little bit cringe-worthy because that's just not how our generation rolls. That doesn't mean that we're right and you're wrong, but there are a lot of us here who are old enough to have played the Turbo back in its heyday, and we're not generally going to give you positive feedback when you post that kind of stuff. If you want to hang out here and do your thing, then you're just going to have to accept that there's going to be some blowback from us old farts. Honestly the best thing you can do is just tune it out.
Quote from: guest on 03/22/2016, 10:14 PMPlenty of good members come and stay. The attention whores are the ones who go away.
I can attest to this! I am a newer member here, and have really enjoyed my time. Some people even have nice things to say about me.
Isn't the guy 30?
Quote from: guest on 03/23/2016, 07:07 PMIsn't the guy 30?
If so, then he was one or two years old when the PC Engine launched.
He might've been psyched about the Dreamcast launch though.
I think Jibbajaba is on to something I only been here about a year but I actually played turbo when it came out. I have no desire to show what I have even though I have some cool things.
I enjoy CrackTigers witty response and Zeta is just Zeta. You just wait for him to respond to stupid post.
Quote from: DQ187 on 03/22/2016, 08:17 PMYou guys know me so well it's uncanny! :shock:
Jesus Christ this shit is too much for me. :lol:
I'm 17, probably youngest member on the board and was excited for the Wii's launch.
Yet I don't splurge on a collection and enjoy the PCE for what it is. With 85 games cleared under my belt no less
What does that make me?
Quote from: guest on 03/23/2016, 09:31 PMI'm 17, probably youngest member on the board and was excited for the Wii's launch.
Yet I don't splurge on a collection and enjoy the PCE for what it is. With 85 games cleared under my belt no less
What does that make me?
A god damn hipster. lol
Quote from: 780racer on 03/23/2016, 09:33 PMQuote from: PukeSter on 03/23/2016, 09:31 PMI'm 17, probably youngest member on the board and was excited for the Wii's launch.
Yet I don't splurge on a collection and enjoy the PCE for what it is. With 85 games cleared under my belt no less
What does that make me?
A god damn hipster. lol
Probably. But I'm a pretty normal guy with plenty of friends. I play Xbox as well, and I don't obsess over the turbo in public lol
Quote from: guest on 03/23/2016, 09:37 PMQuote from: 780racer on 03/23/2016, 09:33 PMQuote from: guest on 03/23/2016, 09:31 PMI'm 17, probably youngest member on the board and was excited for the Wii's launch.
Yet I don't splurge on a collection and enjoy the PCE for what it is. With 85 games cleared under my belt no less
What does that make me?
A god damn hipster. lol
Probably. But I'm a pretty normal guy with plenty of friends. I play Xbox as well, and I don't obsess over the turbo in public lol
So a closet hipster.... The worst kind..... lol
Quote from: PukeSter on 03/23/2016, 09:31 PMI'm 17, probably youngest member on the board and was excited for the Wii's launch.
Yet I don't splurge on a collection and enjoy the PCE for what it is. With 85 games cleared under my belt no less
What does that make me?
A game player.
Quote from: CGQuarterly on 03/23/2016, 06:39 PMQuote from: DQ187 on 03/22/2016, 09:22 PMQuote from: SignOfZeta on 03/22/2016, 09:10 PMQuote from: DQ187 on 03/22/2016, 06:21 PMQuote from: SignOfZeta on 03/22/2016, 05:55 PMYou're too needy. Go away.
You guys were so talkative while I was gone and now that I'm back i get "you're too needy" and "cry baby". You're gonna have to try harder than that. I expected better quality douchebaggery from people around here. Step your game up!
We talked about you because you're an asshole. Your presence is not needed for that conversation, so you coming back is, if anything, a damper on the discussion.
I can't expect this to mean much to someone who clearly craves attention very very badly, but there is good attention and bad attention. When your mom beat you with her hot water bottle every day and said the reason why African babies are going to hell is because you touch yourself, see, that's the "bad" kind, even though, yes, feeling anything is better than feeling nothing. To earn the "good" kind you'll have to engage the rest of society on a more meaningful level than, "LOOK AT ME!!! LOOK AT ME!!!".
It works best if you practice it in "real life". Then the forum version comes naturally. So, go away for like a decade.
Grow the fuck up. I've never been an asshole to anyone who didn't deserve it and act like one themselves. Your little speech just shows how childish you are but go on, I'm all ears, babble on like a dumbass and try and impress your little forum buddies.
And you guys wonder why people leave here? You feed on negatively and stupidity, kinda sad really.
Look, man. It's a generational problem. I see lots of guys like you on Reddit who really enjoy spending time spreading their collection out on the floor and taking pictures to post with titles like "My collection so far. How am I doing?" There's nothing wrong with that. But that stuff just doesn't resonate with us older guys. For us it's even a little bit cringe-worthy because that's just not how our generation rolls. That doesn't mean that we're right and you're wrong, but there are a lot of us here who are old enough to have played the Turbo back in its heyday, and we're not generally going to give you positive feedback when you post that kind of stuff. If you want to hang out here and do your thing, then you're just going to have to accept that there's going to be some blowback from us old farts. Honestly the best thing you can do is just tune it out.
I don't mind the blow back and I expected it. There's no reason to be rude with nonsense though talkin about my mom and African babies. Shits ridiculous! im not not gonna stick up for myself. I'm not that Facebook guy. I posted a few pics of my Turbo and games when I first signed on like a year ago. I was introducing myself to the forum the same way I had on the few I go to. Sorry if that rubbed people the wrong way. Just because alot of you grew up with the Turbo doesn't mean I'm not as into it as you guys. I grew up with lots of systems from nes to snes and so on. Turbo always eluded me. Same with Neo Geo.
Quote from: DQ187 on 03/24/2016, 12:03 AMI don't mind the blow back and I expected it. There's no reason to be rude with nonsense though talkin about my mom and African babies. Shits ridiculous! im not not gonna stick up for myself. I'm not that Facebook guy. I posted a few pics of my Turbo and games when I first signed on like a year ago. I was introducing myself to the forum the same way I had on the few I go to. Sorry if that rubbed people the wrong way. Just because alot of you grew up with the Turbo doesn't mean I'm not as into it as you guys. I grew up with lots of systems from nes to snes and so on. Turbo always eluded me. Same with Neo Geo.
I don't know anything about your mom or African babies. I'm just telling you why some people weren't very welcoming. If you want to talk Turbo, this is the place. If you want to circle-jerk with other millennial collectards (and I'm not saying that you are), then Reddit is going to be the best spot.
Quote from: CGQuarterly on 03/24/2016, 01:01 AMQuote from: DQ187 on 03/24/2016, 12:03 AMI don't mind the blow back and I expected it. There's no reason to be rude with nonsense though talkin about my mom and African babies. Shits ridiculous! im not not gonna stick up for myself. I'm not that Facebook guy. I posted a few pics of my Turbo and games when I first signed on like a year ago. I was introducing myself to the forum the same way I had on the few I go to. Sorry if that rubbed people the wrong way. Just because alot of you grew up with the Turbo doesn't mean I'm not as into it as you guys. I grew up with lots of systems from nes to snes and so on. Turbo always eluded me. Same with Neo Geo.
I don't know anything about your mom or African babies. I'm just telling you why some people weren't very welcoming. If you want to talk Turbo, this is the place. If you want to circle-jerk with other millennial collectards (and I'm not saying that you are), then Reddit is going to be the best spot.
Never messed around with reddit. I'm always up for a good circle jerk tho! :dance:
+10 points, Jibbajabba :lol:
He mistook you for Zeta.
DQ even by the title of your post you were asking for it. I don't have time to go back and read 10 pages of posts, but I will say read this (https://www.pcengine-fx.com/forums/index.php?topic=19279.msg411125).
That said, enjoy the forums.
Quote from: DQ187 on 03/24/2016, 03:21 AMQuote from: CGQuarterly on 03/24/2016, 01:01 AMQuote from: DQ187 on 03/24/2016, 12:03 AMI don't mind the blow back and I expected it. There's no reason to be rude with nonsense though talkin about my mom and African babies. Shits ridiculous! im not not gonna stick up for myself. I'm not that Facebook guy. I posted a few pics of my Turbo and games when I first signed on like a year ago. I was introducing myself to the forum the same way I had on the few I go to. Sorry if that rubbed people the wrong way. Just because alot of you grew up with the Turbo doesn't mean I'm not as into it as you guys. I grew up with lots of systems from nes to snes and so on. Turbo always eluded me. Same with Neo Geo.
I don't know anything about your mom or African babies. I'm just telling you why some people weren't very welcoming. If you want to talk Turbo, this is the place. If you want to circle-jerk with other millennial collectards (and I'm not saying that you are), then Reddit is going to be the best spot.
Never messed around with reddit. I'm always up for a good circle jerk tho! :dance:
I am pretty sure I still have the first handful of albums by the Circle Jerks.
Anyway, this thread is always going to inspire snarky posts.
So, really, the best thing is to simply play a game. Any game. Or, if you're too busy, read about something PCE/TG-16. Or listen to song from a game. Or look at some cover art.
Literally, anything connected to TG-16 beyond simply purchasing an item.
If you do this, then you are home.
Don't even post about your flirtations with PCE/TG-16.
Just know that you are home.
Home.
:)
Quote from: CGQuarterly on 03/24/2016, 01:01 AMQuote from: DQ187 on 03/24/2016, 12:03 AMI don't mind the blow back and I expected it. There's no reason to be rude with nonsense though talkin about my mom and African babies. Shits ridiculous! im not not gonna stick up for myself. I'm not that Facebook guy. I posted a few pics of my Turbo and games when I first signed on like a year ago. I was introducing myself to the forum the same way I had on the few I go to. Sorry if that rubbed people the wrong way. Just because alot of you grew up with the Turbo doesn't mean I'm not as into it as you guys. I grew up with lots of systems from nes to snes and so on. Turbo always eluded me. Same with Neo Geo.
I don't know anything about your mom or African babies. I'm just telling you why some people weren't very welcoming. If you want to talk Turbo, this is the place. If you want to circle-jerk with other millennial collectards (and I'm not saying that you are), then Reddit is going to be the best spot.
Also: Nintendo Age
You know DQ you could post your collection over at the Neo forums. It's common place over there.
O:)
Quote from: Gentlegamer on 03/24/2016, 09:17 AMQuote from: CGQuarterly on 03/24/2016, 01:01 AMQuote from: DQ187 on 03/24/2016, 12:03 AMI don't mind the blow back and I expected it. There's no reason to be rude with nonsense though talkin about my mom and African babies. Shits ridiculous! im not not gonna stick up for myself. I'm not that Facebook guy. I posted a few pics of my Turbo and games when I first signed on like a year ago. I was introducing myself to the forum the same way I had on the few I go to. Sorry if that rubbed people the wrong way. Just because alot of you grew up with the Turbo doesn't mean I'm not as into it as you guys. I grew up with lots of systems from nes to snes and so on. Turbo always eluded me. Same with Neo Geo.
I don't know anything about your mom or African babies. I'm just telling you why some people weren't very welcoming. If you want to talk Turbo, this is the place. If you want to circle-jerk with other millennial collectards (and I'm not saying that you are), then Reddit is going to be the best spot.
Also: Nintendo Age
He's had that covered since he got here.
Among his many Nintendoage Awards, he's the winner of "Complete Series Set for Earthbound". I did not make any of that up.
Quote from: guest on 03/24/2016, 11:50 AMQuote from: Gentlegamer on 03/24/2016, 09:17 AMQuote from: CGQuarterly on 03/24/2016, 01:01 AMQuote from: DQ187 on 03/24/2016, 12:03 AMI don't mind the blow back and I expected it. There's no reason to be rude with nonsense though talkin about my mom and African babies. Shits ridiculous! im not not gonna stick up for myself. I'm not that Facebook guy. I posted a few pics of my Turbo and games when I first signed on like a year ago. I was introducing myself to the forum the same way I had on the few I go to. Sorry if that rubbed people the wrong way. Just because alot of you grew up with the Turbo doesn't mean I'm not as into it as you guys. I grew up with lots of systems from nes to snes and so on. Turbo always eluded me. Same with Neo Geo.
I don't know anything about your mom or African babies. I'm just telling you why some people weren't very welcoming. If you want to talk Turbo, this is the place. If you want to circle-jerk with other millennial collectards (and I'm not saying that you are), then Reddit is going to be the best spot.
Also: Nintendo Age
He's had that covered since he got here.
Among his many Nintendoage Awards, he's the winner of "Complete Series Set for Earthbound". I did not make any of that up.
You know it! :P lol, I didn't make the award. Dont hate on Nintendo Age. It's a good place full of nice people.
I actually got a chuckle out of that 1 myself but it's like 1 of the only sets I actually qualified for besides Tales of series as Im not a complete set kinda guy. I've never really set out to complete any system sets or whatever. Having a complete nes or turbo set never appealed to me cuz I know there would be alot of games I would never play.
NintendoAge definitely sucks, but at least you're not a completist, so you got that going for you.
They give out awards over at Nintendo Age? What do you win?
Quote from: Bloufo on 03/24/2016, 01:20 PMThey give out awards over at Nintendo Age? What do you win?
Fake internet points and the false sense of accomplishment that is the lifeblood of the millennial generation. When you grow up getting participation trophies...
Kind of like selling imaginary gratification. I got you.
Quote from: CGQuarterly on 03/24/2016, 01:22 PMQuote from: Bloufo on 03/24/2016, 01:20 PMThey give out awards over at Nintendo Age? What do you win?
Fake internet points and the false sense of accomplishment that is the lifeblood of the millennial generation. When you grow up getting participation trophies...
Pretty much! :) And on top of all those amazing perks you mentioned, you also get nifty icons under your posts! (See bottom right in pic!) And medals next to your name depending on how many unique positive transactions you've had there! Hooray! :shock: Shiny!!
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Quote from: DQ187 on 03/24/2016, 02:14 PMQuote from: CGQuarterly on 03/24/2016, 01:22 PMQuote from: Bloufo on 03/24/2016, 01:20 PMThey give out awards over at Nintendo Age? What do you win?
Fake internet points and the false sense of accomplishment that is the lifeblood of the millennial generation. When you grow up getting participation trophies...
Pretty much! :) And on top of all those amazing perks you mentioned, you also get nifty icons under your posts! (See bottom right in pic!) And medals next to your name depending on how many unique positive transactions you've had there! Hooray! :shock: Shiny!
Such big e-peen!
Someone hand me a cigarette, because I just came.
Quote from: CGQuarterly on 03/23/2016, 06:39 PMThere's nothing wrong with that. But that stuff just doesn't resonate with us.
This.
There are literally dozens of other avenues for communities and communication filled with people who share this possession over played mindset, and PCEFX happens to be one of the few that does not. Why do some insist on trying and force and shoehorn in this mentality into a group of people who obviously do not share the same opinion, especially when it's one of the minority that does not want that culture here.
It sucks to say, but there's a lot of stubborn people here, and heck, I'd say it's stubborn in its own right to not venture outside of such a specific hardware manufacturere - so what do you expect! The fact is, if you want to flash your collections somewhere, this is probably a place that will get more of a negative reaction than a positive one, where most other sites would collectively ejaculate - it brings the PCEFXers tears to see so games imprisoned behind a wall of backlog for the sake of vanity.
Then the whole thing derails into this shit slinging competition. I'd hope what everyone is saying is be modest about your game collection, be thankful you can play these awesome games you have, and be respectful of the culture and peoples affinity towards the hive mind ant-collectard mindset of this forum :)
I have the Jive Turkey Award for calling people collectards.
Quote from: Gredler on 03/24/2016, 06:26 PMQuote from: CGQuarterly on 03/23/2016, 06:39 PMThere's nothing wrong with that. But that stuff just doesn't resonate with us.
This.
There are literally dozens of other avenues for communities and communication filled with people who share this possession over played mindset, and PCEFX happens to be one of the few that does not. Why do some insist on trying and force and shoehorn in this mentality into a group of people who obviously do not share the same opinion, especially when it's one of the minority that does not want that culture here.
It sucks to say, but there's a lot of stubborn people here, and heck, I'd say it's stubborn in its own right to not venture outside of such a specific hardware manufacturere - so what do you expect! The fact is, if you want to flash your collections somewhere, this is probably a place that will get more of a negative reaction than a positive one, where most other sites would collectively ejaculate - it brings the PCEFXers tears to see so games imprisoned behind a wall of backlog for the sake of vanity.
Then the whole thing derails into this shit slinging competition. I'd hope what everyone is saying is be modest about your game collection, be thankful you can play these awesome games you have, and be respectful of the culture and peoples affinity towards the hive mind ant-collectard mindset of this forum :)
You guys are assuming I'm somethin I'm not. I agree with you. I don't have a possession over played mindset. I play my games evryday. It's not like I went out and bought everything yesterday to show off. I've been building my little library for over 25 years. This is all I'm going to say on the matter because there's no point in trying to relay to you guys who I am when you already have your minds made up. Now let's all go play some games!
It'a amazing that nintendoage has imaginary tokens for collectards to collect, which they earn from collecting real games.
Was it on nintendoage that some was selling a repro or homebrew game with "limited edition" homemade magnets or something? And people were buying multiple copies to try to complete the "set" that someone made in their basement and the actual game was an afterthought?
WTF is a "complete series set" for Earthbound?
Also, having never been to that forum (I've only heard stories. About 300 of them.) I had no idea the forum itself so actively encouraged collectard insanity. Now I can confidently say that it isn't just the people, it's the place.
Also, "Don't hate on Nintendo Age" followed by a fucking emoticon is seriously inflamitory speach. I'm not going to say I hope he shoots himself in the foot cleaning his Zapper collection or anything but...that sure would be remarkable, wouldn't it? Because it impossible? That's what I find funny about that joke anyway.
Does everyone lose their "Complete Earthbound Series Set" award when a new game is released, or do they just create an all new tier of Earthbound collecting award?
That probably hasn't happened once since these jerks started collecting. The last game was for GBA.
Is there a Megaman or Sonic one though? You'd be constantly running to the store buying shitty games to keep your badge!
Quote from: SignOfZeta on 03/24/2016, 09:26 PMThat probably hasn't happened once since these jerks started collecting. The last game was for GBA.
Is there a Megaman or Sonic one though? You'd be constantly running to the store buying shitty games to keep your badge!
Yeah, there's ones for most series. Some are ridiculous like Mega Man With all them Super turbo Robo chip network attack patern delta games.
The funny thing is, you only need the Earthbound cart for the badge, no Mother or Mother 3. The catch is you need 5 related items, so I used the box, guide and Smash Bros games as my extra items :P
Quote from: DQ187 on 03/24/2016, 09:46 PMQuote from: SignOfZeta on 03/24/2016, 09:26 PMThat probably hasn't happened once since these jerks started collecting. The last game was for GBA.
Is there a Megaman or Sonic one though? You'd be constantly running to the store buying shitty games to keep your badge!
Yeah, there's ones for most series. Some are ridiculous like Mega Man With all them Super turbo Robo chip network attack patern delta games.
The funny thing is, you only need the Earthbound cart for the badge, no Mother or Mother 3. The catch is you need 5 related items, so I used the box, guide and Smash Bros games as my extra items :P
Wait, so you applied for this?
Quote from: guest on 03/24/2016, 10:33 PMQuote from: DQ187 on 03/24/2016, 09:46 PMQuote from: SignOfZeta on 03/24/2016, 09:26 PMThat probably hasn't happened once since these jerks started collecting. The last game was for GBA.
Is there a Megaman or Sonic one though? You'd be constantly running to the store buying shitty games to keep your badge!
Yeah, there's ones for most series. Some are ridiculous like Mega Man With all them Super turbo Robo chip network attack patern delta games.
The funny thing is, you only need the Earthbound cart for the badge, no Mother or Mother 3. The catch is you need 5 related items, so I used the box, guide and Smash Bros games as my extra items :P
Wait, so you applied for this?
But of coarse, how else was i spose to get my Mr saturn badge :dance:
Quote from: DQ187 on 03/24/2016, 11:14 PMQuote from: guest on 03/24/2016, 10:33 PMQuote from: DQ187 on 03/24/2016, 09:46 PMQuote from: SignOfZeta on 03/24/2016, 09:26 PMThat probably hasn't happened once since these jerks started collecting. The last game was for GBA.
Is there a Megaman or Sonic one though? You'd be constantly running to the store buying shitty games to keep your badge!
Yeah, there's ones for most series. Some are ridiculous like Mega Man With all them Super turbo Robo chip network attack patern delta games.
The funny thing is, you only need the Earthbound cart for the badge, no Mother or Mother 3. The catch is you need 5 related items, so I used the box, guide and Smash Bros games as my extra items :P
Wait, so you applied for this?
But of coarse, how else was i spose to get my Mr saturn badge :dance:
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Quote from: TheClash603 on 03/25/2016, 12:18 AMQuote from: DQ187 on 03/24/2016, 11:14 PMQuote from: guest on 03/24/2016, 10:33 PMQuote from: DQ187 on 03/24/2016, 09:46 PMQuote from: SignOfZeta on 03/24/2016, 09:26 PMThat probably hasn't happened once since these jerks started collecting. The last game was for GBA.
Is there a Megaman or Sonic one though? You'd be constantly running to the store buying shitty games to keep your badge!
Yeah, there's ones for most series. Some are ridiculous like Mega Man With all them Super turbo Robo chip network attack patern delta games.
The funny thing is, you only need the Earthbound cart for the badge, no Mother or Mother 3. The catch is you need 5 related items, so I used the box, guide and Smash Bros games as my extra items :P
Wait, so you applied for this?
But of coarse, how else was i spose to get my Mr saturn badge :dance:
(https://i.imgur.com/bjxblqd.jpg)
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I'll take it from your response that you were serious, but believe me it's equally believable as a truth or a lie. That is a seriously stupid mechanism and, much like the year 2016 and the movie Idiocracy, sometimes it's hard to tell stupid fantasy from stupid reality.
I actually kinda feel sorry for you assholes. You never knew a time when video games were something too big to ever collect. It's all about checking boxes and constant validation with you dicks.
The badges are pretty ridiculous, and do look like shit. NintendoAge cannot be taken seriously based on the bathtub full of miller lite in their room at MGC last year. It was like one of those high-school parties that you didn't go to because you knew that everyone was square, had shit taste in music, and had the personality of drying plaster.
Some of them were nice, but wading through a roomful of teenage adults to find the one person who likes Metroid or Kid Icarus or Zelda on FDS or actually PLAYS their famicom games and doesn't want to show me how they have Pokemon on a flip-screen thing with a stylus. ...All the mario-wankery was just too much for me.
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Quote from: SignOfZeta on 03/25/2016, 12:38 AM...much like the year 2016 and the movie Idiocracy, sometimes it's hard to tell stupid fantasy from stupid reality.
The producer was interviewed a few weeks ago and said that his movie is now a documentary.
All of this Gen X on Millennial violence. When will it all end? Hopefully never because I hate the fucks. I grew up when games were 50-60 bucks and allowance was 5 bucks a week, if you were lucky, and Mongoose was a bike you DIDN'T buy from Wal-Mart.
Whipper snappers. Showing off all of your games and badges. Know how I won a badge in 1984? By winning the All-Valley Karate Tournament fighting the Cobra Kai. Put that in your pipe and...wait..vape on that.
Badges and patches and shit ain't new:
https://www.atariage.com/2600/archives/activision_patches.html (https://www.atariage.com/2600/archives/activision_patches.html)
But they've always been kind of stupid...
Quote from: Lost Monkey on 03/25/2016, 11:25 AMBadges and patches and shit ain't new:
https://www.atariage.com/2600/archives/activision_patches.html (https://www.atariage.com/2600/archives/activision_patches.html)
But they've always been kind of stupid...
At least that's for accomplishing something. Buying shit for a badge is not at all even close.
Quote from: SignOfZeta on 03/25/2016, 12:38 AMI'll take it from your response that you were serious, but believe me it's equally believable as a truth or a lie. That is a seriously stupid mechanism and, much like the year 2016 and the movie Idiocracy, sometimes it's hard to tell stupid fantasy from stupid reality
I actually kinda feel sorry for you assholes. You never knew a time when video games were something too big to ever collect. It's all about checking boxes and constant validation with you dicks.
I know right, darn those Assholes & Dicks! I often get mad at shit I can't control because I have an opinion then go on forums and belittle people because they are different than me and couldnt possibly appreciate games more or have played them longer than they i have, so i let them know about it to make me feel better about my situation which definately doesn't need validation....
...
.Please someone read this and comment on it so I know how cool my words are so I can come back on later and find some self worth...
Quote from: DQ187 on 03/22/2016, 09:22 PMYou feed on negatively and stupidity, kinda sad really.
Pot, meet kettle.
Quote from: guest on 03/25/2016, 11:53 AMQuote from: Lost Monkey on 03/25/2016, 11:25 AMBadges and patches and shit ain't new:
https://www.atariage.com/2600/archives/activision_patches.html (https://www.atariage.com/2600/archives/activision_patches.html)
But they've always been kind of stupid...
At least that's for accomplishing something. Buying shit for a badge is not at all even close.
Absolutely. The NA badges are purely for fueling collectardation. Ironic that they are all slapping each other on the back even as they make it harder for each other to accomplish their own collectard goals...
Quote from: guest on 03/25/2016, 12:36 PMQuote from: DQ187 on 03/22/2016, 09:22 PMYou feed on negatively and stupidity, kinda sad really.
Pot, meet kettle.
You lovelies bring out the best in me!
Quote from: Lost Monkey on 03/25/2016, 12:51 PMQuote from: guest on 03/25/2016, 11:53 AMQuote from: Lost Monkey on 03/25/2016, 11:25 AMBadges and patches and shit ain't new:
https://www.atariage.com/2600/archives/activision_patches.html (https://www.atariage.com/2600/archives/activision_patches.html)
But they've always been kind of stupid...
At least that's for accomplishing something. Buying shit for a badge is not at all even close.
Absolutely. The NA badges are purely for fueling collectardation. Ironic that they are all slapping each other on the back even as they make it harder for each other to accomplish their own collectard goals...
The irony is that they only have to say that they posses anything to win the awards and that you can collect them all without actually collecting real games, but they do it anyway for the glory.
Quote from: shabba on 03/25/2016, 09:42 AMAll of this Gen X on Millennial violence. When will it all end? Hopefully never because I hate the fucks. I grew up when games were 50-60 bucks and allowance was 5 bucks a week, if you were lucky, and Mongoose was a bike you DIDN'T buy from Wal-Mart.
Whipper snappers. Showing off all of your games and badges. Know how I won a badge in 1984? By winning the All-Valley Karate Tournament fighting the Cobra Kai. Put that in your pipe and...wait..vape on that.
High-quality post.
Edit: I REALLY wanted a Mongoose when I was a kid. Got a Murray from K-Mart instead. :(
Badges. They have badges. I didn't know that. Wow.
I'm trying really hard to NOT say "badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges!"...but I just said it. Edit: goes back a page, and it was already said. Still.
Badges. Man.
Forget badges, this forum awards you special crystals.
It takes so much dedication to recieve the full JO crystal set.
Played this today. Then found your posts. Fate?
(http://abload.de/img/badges1cr63.gif) (http://abload.de/image.php?img=badges1cr63.gif)
Quote from: CGQuarterly on 03/25/2016, 02:53 PMI REALLY wanted a Mongoose when I was a kid. Got a Murray from K-Mart instead. :(
That reminds me, when were razor scooters a thing?
Quote from: Koop on 03/27/2016, 08:48 PMQuote from: CGQuarterly on 03/25/2016, 02:53 PMI REALLY wanted a Mongoose when I was a kid. Got a Murray from K-Mart instead. :(
That reminds me, when were razor scooters a thing?
I think that started in 2000. That's when I first noticed kids zipping around the neighborhood on them.
Quote from: CGQuarterly on 03/27/2016, 10:31 PMQuote from: Koop on 03/27/2016, 08:48 PMQuote from: CGQuarterly on 03/25/2016, 02:53 PMI REALLY wanted a Mongoose when I was a kid. Got a Murray from K-Mart instead. :(
That reminds me, when were razor scooters a thing?
I think that started in 2000. That's when I first noticed kids zipping around the neighborhood on them.
Seconded. Way after Mongoose, Redline and Schwinn Stings were cool. Fuck I'm old.
Late 90s Mongoose owner checking in!
Quote from: shabba on 03/27/2016, 11:22 PMQuote from: CGQuarterly on 03/27/2016, 10:31 PMQuote from: Koop on 03/27/2016, 08:48 PMQuote from: CGQuarterly on 03/25/2016, 02:53 PMI REALLY wanted a Mongoose when I was a kid. Got a Murray from K-Mart instead. :(
That reminds me, when were razor scooters a thing?
I think that started in 2000. That's when I first noticed kids zipping around the neighborhood on them.
Seconded. Way after Mongoose, Redline and Schwinn Stings were cool. Fuck I'm old.
I had 2 mongooses and a redline in the 90s! :P I remember working a ton of odd jobs during summer to raise money for all of em! My first mongoose was blue and ended up getting stolen out of our garage :/ 2nd was green, and the redline was orange. Loved those bikes. Can't remember what ever happened to em. Probably traded em for games later on..
Was just looking around and I'm pretty sure my blue mongoose was a motivator and the green one was an expert pro? Maybe? Or Stylist Pro. I'm not positive. And don't remember what kinda redline I had.
Quote from: GoldenWheels on 03/25/2016, 02:59 PMBadges. They have badges. I didn't know that. Wow.
I'm trying really hard to NOT say "badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges!"...but I just said it. Edit: goes back a page, and it was already said. Still.
Badges. Man.
There's badges and then there's
badges.
One badge was for knot tying, another for fire building, and the rest for fucking bitches.
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Quote from: Bloufo on 03/28/2016, 03:35 AMQuote from: GoldenWheels on 03/25/2016, 02:59 PMBadges. They have badges. I didn't know that. Wow.
I'm trying really hard to NOT say "badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges!"...but I just said it. Edit: goes back a page, and it was already said. Still.
Badges. Man.
There's badges and then there's badges.
One badge was for knot tying, another for fire building, and the rest for fucking bitches.
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That's the best picture on the internet ever. That eagle is boss.
Quote from: Bloufo on 03/28/2016, 03:35 AMQuote from: GoldenWheels on 03/25/2016, 02:59 PMBadges. They have badges. I didn't know that. Wow.
I'm trying really hard to NOT say "badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges!"...but I just said it. Edit: goes back a page, and it was already said. Still.
Badges. Man.
There's badges and then there's badges.
One badge was for knot tying, another for fire building, and the rest for fucking bitches.
/2v2xonp.jpg
There's birds and then there's BIRDS. With talons.
Quote from: SignOfZeta on 03/24/2016, 08:19 PMWTF is a "complete series set" for Earthbound?
Also, having never been to that forum (I've only heard stories. About 300 of them.) I had no idea the forum itself so actively encouraged collectard insanity. Now I can confidently say that it isn't just the people, it's the place.
Also, "Don't hate on Nintendo Age" followed by a fucking emoticon is seriously inflamitory speach. I'm not going to say I hope he shoots himself in the foot cleaning his Zapper collection or anything but...that sure would be remarkable, wouldn't it? Because it impossible? That's what I find funny about that joke anyway.
you cant possibly say you didnt know the level of tardism at nintendoage. if you have heard 300 stories, i am willing to bet at least one of them was about the VGA "society" that cultivates there. its gross, like really fucking gross.
I always wondered what was up with those old man boy scouts, like the ones that are "scouting" in the 12th grade and go on massive canoe trips and shit. I would see them in the newspaper sometimes, local kids, because apparently its a huge deal to be an Eagle Scout, and it would confuse me because at that point in life I hadn't known any kid that had been into that scout bullshit for like 4-5 years, I'm talking about when I was old enough to be hanging out with kids with cars, Iron Maiden records, large caliber firearms, porn collections, etc at this point but aparently there is some mechanism to stay a "scout" past the point of high school graduation!?
Fucking weirdos, man.
Quote from: gynt on 03/29/2016, 12:08 AMQuote from: SignOfZeta on 03/24/2016, 08:19 PMWTF is a "complete series set" for Earthbound?
Also, having never been to that forum (I've only heard stories. About 300 of them.) I had no idea the forum itself so actively encouraged collectard insanity. Now I can confidently say that it isn't just the people, it's the place.
Also, "Don't hate on Nintendo Age" followed by a fucking emoticon is seriously inflamitory speach. I'm not going to say I hope he shoots himself in the foot cleaning his Zapper collection or anything but...that sure would be remarkable, wouldn't it? Because it impossible? That's what I find funny about that joke anyway.
you cant possibly say you didnt know the level of tardism at nintendoage. if you have heard 300 stories, i am willing to bet at least one of them was about the VGA "society" that cultivates there. its gross, like really fucking gross.
Yeah, I'm not into the VGA thing. I'm just saying there's nice people there. I try not to hate on people just cuz they like to do things differently than me. Not everyone there has vga games or whatever and I usually speak my mind when things like that come up though. Or full set collectors. I just never saw the point. I only have games I want to play. Sold all my sealed games I was never gonna open, doubles and fluff I didn't want a couple years ago. That's actually what helped fund my entry into Turbografx. I sorta reevaluated my collection and trimmed the fat to fund other games I was interested in. For about 12 years I hadn't sold or traded anything until that moment a couple years ago.
Quote from: DQ187 on 03/29/2016, 01:33 AMQuote from: gynt on 03/29/2016, 12:08 AM... VGA, its gross, like really fucking gross.
Yeah, I'm not into the VGA thing.
I didn't say YOU were.
Quote from: DQ187I'm just saying there's nice people there. I try not to hate on people just cuz they like to do things differently than me. Not everyone there has vga games or whatever and I usually speak my mind when things like that come up though. Or full set collectors. I just never saw the point. I only have games boxes I want to play.
fixed it.
Quote from: SignOfZeta on 03/29/2016, 01:04 AMI always wondered what was up with those old man boy scouts, like the ones that are "scouting" in the 12th grade and go on massive canoe trips and shit. I would see them in the newspaper sometimes, local kids, because apparently its a huge deal to be an Eagle Scout, and it would confuse me because at that point in life I hadn't known any kid that had been into that scout bullshit for like 4-5 years, I'm talking about when I was old enough to be hanging out with kids with cars, Iron Maiden records, large caliber firearms, porn collections, etc at this point but aparently there is some mechanism to stay a "scout" past the point of high school graduation!?
Fucking weirdos, man.
I am glad to know that apparently you were unable to hang around with other heterosexual men once you reached 12th grade.
Quote from: guest on 03/30/2016, 04:47 PMQuote from: SignOfZeta on 03/29/2016, 01:04 AMI always wondered what was up with those old man boy scouts, like the ones that are "scouting" in the 12th grade and go on massive canoe trips and shit. I would see them in the newspaper sometimes, local kids, because apparently its a huge deal to be an Eagle Scout, and it would confuse me because at that point in life I hadn't known any kid that had been into that scout bullshit for like 4-5 years, I'm talking about when I was old enough to be hanging out with kids with cars, Iron Maiden records, large caliber firearms, porn collections, etc at this point but aparently there is some mechanism to stay a "scout" past the point of high school graduation!?
Fucking weirdos, man.
I am glad to know that apparently you were unable to hang around with other heterosexual men once you reached 12th grade.
A song related to this topic:
Carter USM: A Bachelor for Baden Powell
http://youtu.be/3KOXcRHTAGw
As a former cub scout/boy scout, I can't say I disagree with the song's critique.
Quote from: guest on 03/30/2016, 04:47 PMQuote from: SignOfZeta on 03/29/2016, 01:04 AMI always wondered what was up with those old man boy scouts, like the ones that are "scouting" in the 12th grade and go on massive canoe trips and shit. I would see them in the newspaper sometimes, local kids, because apparently its a huge deal to be an Eagle Scout, and it would confuse me because at that point in life I hadn't known any kid that had been into that scout bullshit for like 4-5 years, I'm talking about when I was old enough to be hanging out with kids with cars, Iron Maiden records, large caliber firearms, porn collections, etc at this point but aparently there is some mechanism to stay a "scout" past the point of high school graduation!?
Fucking weirdos, man.
I am glad to know that apparently you were unable to hang around with other heterosexual men once you reached 12th grade.
There are 4 Eagle Scouts in my senior class of less than 200. Nothing off at all, they are are great dudes to hang with.
Zeta is a recluse neckbeard as usual
Quote from: guest on 03/31/2016, 11:32 AMQuote from: guest on 03/30/2016, 04:47 PMQuote from: SignOfZeta on 03/29/2016, 01:04 AMI always wondered what was up with those old man boy scouts, like the ones that are "scouting" in the 12th grade and go on massive canoe trips and shit. I would see them in the newspaper sometimes, local kids, because apparently its a huge deal to be an Eagle Scout, and it would confuse me because at that point in life I hadn't known any kid that had been into that scout bullshit for like 4-5 years, I'm talking about when I was old enough to be hanging out with kids with cars, Iron Maiden records, large caliber firearms, porn collections, etc at this point but aparently there is some mechanism to stay a "scout" past the point of high school graduation!?
Fucking weirdos, man.
I am glad to know that apparently you were unable to hang around with other heterosexual men once you reached 12th grade.
There are 4 Eagle Scouts in my senior class of less than 200. Nothing off at all, they are are great dudes to hang with.
Zeta is a recluse neckbeard as usual
This was in Ohio, correct?
they're not detroit!
Quote from: esteban on 03/31/2016, 04:28 PMQuote from: PukeSter on 03/31/2016, 11:32 AMQuote from: guest on 03/30/2016, 04:47 PMQuote from: SignOfZeta on 03/29/2016, 01:04 AMI always wondered what was up with those old man boy scouts, like the ones that are "scouting" in the 12th grade and go on massive canoe trips and shit. I would see them in the newspaper sometimes, local kids, because apparently its a huge deal to be an Eagle Scout, and it would confuse me because at that point in life I hadn't known any kid that had been into that scout bullshit for like 4-5 years, I'm talking about when I was old enough to be hanging out with kids with cars, Iron Maiden records, large caliber firearms, porn collections, etc at this point but aparently there is some mechanism to stay a "scout" past the point of high school graduation!?
Fucking weirdos, man.
I am glad to know that apparently you were unable to hang around with other heterosexual men once you reached 12th grade.
There are 4 Eagle Scouts in my senior class of less than 200. Nothing off at all, they are are great dudes to hang with.
Zeta is a recluse neckbeard as usual
This was in Ohio, correct?
Southeast PA. Not sure what joke you're trying to make Esty.
In Ohio, Eagle Scouts get MAD pussy.
QuoteIn Ohio, Eagle Scouts get MAD pussy.
Absolutely. They draw out all the crazy ladies.... :)
Quote from: CGQuarterly on 03/31/2016, 05:40 PMIn Ohio, Eagle Scouts get MAD pussy.
Never put your thing in crazy.
Quote from: guest on 03/30/2016, 04:47 PMQuote from: SignOfZeta on 03/29/2016, 01:04 AMI always wondered what was up with those old man boy scouts, like the ones that are "scouting" in the 12th grade and go on massive canoe trips and shit. I would see them in the newspaper sometimes, local kids, because apparently its a huge deal to be an Eagle Scout, and it would confuse me because at that point in life I hadn't known any kid that had been into that scout bullshit for like 4-5 years, I'm talking about when I was old enough to be hanging out with kids with cars, Iron Maiden records, large caliber firearms, porn collections, etc at this point but aparently there is some mechanism to stay a "scout" past the point of high school graduation!?
Fucking weirdos, man.
I am glad to know that apparently you were unable to hang around with other heterosexual men once you reached 12th grade.
Well, I read that five times and I still don't understand WTF you are saying. I tried.
For the scouts and lovers of scouts, if my writing offended you, go fuck yourself. I'm sure you're all great guys and all that, but you simply *must* have heard by now that it isn't cool to be old enough to drive yourself to the "den". That's fringes of society stuff for sure. Don't you engage in enough structured bullshit as a teenager between school, church, sports, and whatever else? When do you smash shit and make out and play Street Fighter and smoke weed?
Quote from: SignOfZeta on 04/01/2016, 02:16 AMQuote from: guest on 03/30/2016, 04:47 PMQuote from: SignOfZeta on 03/29/2016, 01:04 AMI always wondered what was up with those old man boy scouts, like the ones that are "scouting" in the 12th grade and go on massive canoe trips and shit. I would see them in the newspaper sometimes, local kids, because apparently its a huge deal to be an Eagle Scout, and it would confuse me because at that point in life I hadn't known any kid that had been into that scout bullshit for like 4-5 years, I'm talking about when I was old enough to be hanging out with kids with cars, Iron Maiden records, large caliber firearms, porn collections, etc at this point but aparently there is some mechanism to stay a "scout" past the point of high school graduation!?
Fucking weirdos, man.
I am glad to know that apparently you were unable to hang around with other heterosexual men once you reached 12th grade.
Well, I read that five times and I still don't understand WTF you are saying. I tried.
For the scouts and lovers of scouts, if my writing offended you, go fuck yourself. I'm sure you're all great guys and all that, but you simply *must* have heard by now that it isn't cool to be old enough to drive yourself to the "den". That's fringes of society stuff for sure. Don't you engage in enough structured bullshit as a teenager between school, church, sports, and whatever else? When do you smash shit and make out and play Street Fighter and smoke weed?
LOL the judgemental bigotry in this post is amazing. Please, tell us more about this group of people and how they are uncool because they do not conform to your ideals.
Zippy's probably just bitter over never learning how to tie a square knot.
Speaking of fringes of society stuff:
QuoteI'm quite the Macross fan and all. I have the DRYL Perfect Edition CAV laserdisc. I was mail ordering Macross model kits from photocopied catalogs that said, "Check your local TV listings soon for "Robotech", the English version of Macross!!!" hand written in the margins. I had Kawamori draw me an SD VT-1D, which sits framed on my dresser. Etc etc...
QuoteI remember a long time ago there was this skinny dude with a beard that would always be able to get you out of print Japanese model kits, Macross and stuff. This was before email. Like, 1987 or something. Between mailing him a letter ("Can you get a Max Type movie version VF1J 1/110th scale?), getting a reply letter ("Yeah, sure, when I go to Japan next spring."), sending him a payment (checks sometimes took months to clear in the 80s), and then him sending the kit it would sometimes take nine months or more. It sounds crazy now (Hobby Link Japan can have this kit on my door in 5 days flat now) but I can't emphasize enough that this guy was a fucking hero back in the day because it was him or nothing. Its fully possible that that Urashiman kit sat on his living room table for a month before he mailed it to me without me knowing, but I will never forgot the fun I had as a kid finally getting my package from guys like him and other shops and stuff. This shit taught me patience.
While the guys Zeta's criticizing were outdoors hiking through the wilderness, he was indoors at home meticulously working on the latest addition to his Japanese model kit collection.
If Zeta didn't know anyone still doing scouting type stuff, it's probably because he already filled his social circle's role of resident "weirdo". I don't doubt that he may very well have gotten to hang around people with far fewer hang ups than him, but I can't imagine joining in with his buddies, after a long day of shooting beer bottles in the woods, head banging to Maiden while getting high. Going by his posting history here, I can only envision him waving his figure at them for having Eddie tattoos and making such poor life choices, while counting down the days until the proliferation of the internet. So he could finally take breaks from modeling to criticize the life choices of people he's never even met.
I don't think that Zeta was molested during his clandestine meetings with that skinny bearded gentleman. I'm sure he was a great guy and all that, but Zeta simply *must* have heard by now that it isn't cool to be old enough to drive yourself to the meet up with your out-of-print Japanese model kit importer.
But I actually think that Zeta's hobbies
are cool, or at least I find them interesting, even if they're not for me. I have other nerdy/geeky/weirdo stuff that I spend my limited free time on. But just like many older scout enthusiasts, my free time is limited because I have a relatively normal and fulfilled life outside of my non-mainstream hobbies.
Everyone active on this forum is a "weirdo". If you're socially well-adjusted, you know exactly how it sounds to a regular adult, if you explain exactly what the PC Engine is and the kinds of discussions which take place here. You don't have to shove it in people's faces, but you shouldn't feel insecure about your passions in life.
Exactly. Nerds in glass houses shouldn't throw Macross model stones.
You guys missed the point entirely.
While I'm not an "outdoors kid" by any means, I wasn't critiquing woodsy crap, but rather that anyone at the age of 17 would voluntary give themselves more deadlines and people to answer to and...hanging out with surrogate dads and shit like that. It reaks of desperation and neediness, and while it's blatantly obvious that model kits are dorkier than canoeing (academic, I'm sure, since I'm pretty sure there's a merit badge for both) all that associated horse shit is exclusive to scouting. It's not the activities themselves, it's the need to experience and to enforce even more structure on kids. Nobody gives a fuck if you're late for a Star Trek club meeting and nobody makes you say the pledge of allegiance before being yelled at for not folding the flag correctly.
And as for insinuations for pedophilla...well, we know that's not an issue in scouting historically because those Bible thumping "good guys" only just decided to allow gays last year so that would have made all that totally impossible, right?
Quote from: guest on 04/01/2016, 02:47 PMExactly. Nerds in glass houses shouldn't throw Macross model stones.
I would have said Macross *sized* stones, but otherwise, good point.
Would you also call kids that participate in team sports, debate club, cheerleading, etc. a bunch of weirdos? :roll:
I got news for ya: lonely losers hanging out in mommy's basement getting high on glue fumes is not what most people would call normal.
What is even happening in this thread right now, lol :D
Curious NecroPhile, I see you are close to finishing your US Turbo collection, what titles are you missing?
I'm missing Super Air Zonk, Samurai Ghost, Ghost Manor, Champions Forever Boxing, Chase HQ, Dynastic Hero, Tonma, Mysterious Song 1.1, and of course Magical Chase. About half of 'em are relatively cheap and easy to pick up, but I doubt I'll ever get the spendy ones. In any case, I'm not losing any sleep over it.
As I said, I was a Cub Scout and Boy Scout.
I enjoyed many aspects of it (camping, learning basic survival skills, learning about nature), but even as a kid there were many things I found "off-putting":
(1) undeniably strong presence of religion (Christianity) permeated the handbooks, activities, philosophies, etc. My local troops were all organized out of churches (leadership in Scouts were prominent members of congregation)...Boy Scouts, as an organization, was in many ways interchangeable with religious youth groups (that I also participated in).
(2) even stronger, and more problematic, was the blind patriotism/nationalism. Don't get me started on this. Even my Catechism teachers acknowledged that questioning the status quo was important (every now and then, anyway, otherwise, Jesus would have been a hoodlum). The institutional desire for conformity in the Scouts seemed even more suffocating/oppressive than in church, if you can believe it. (Presbyterian and Roman Catholic, for the curious)
(3) Hunting/Fishing. I enjoyed marksmanship, but I stupidly opened my mouth about why I thought hunting/fishing was unsportsmanlike. Ha! That earned me some harsh rebuke from leadership team. Also, I didn't like the way animals were treated, but I didn't say anything about that.
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Remember, my critique of Scouts started when I was a kid, when I didn't even understand all the institutional problems the organization had with homophobia, pedophilia, racism, etc.
I am sure folks have had different experiences with the Scouts.
I feel like I was the last generation to experience *some* of the OLD SKOOL scouts...I was definitely part of a "transition" where the national organization was trying to be more inclusive. Early-to-mid 80's.
Quote from: esteban on 04/01/2016, 04:52 PMThen I
I have never been in scout stuff, that was a descriptive picture you painted and supports the assumptions I had about them, but the ending left me on pins and needles!
Well, the scouts is a Christian organization. The Mormon church has been sponsoring it for the past 100 years. As for the patriotism, the Boy Scouts have traditionally been involved stateside during wartime, especially WWI and WWII. Interestingly, if you make it to Eagle Scout and join the military, you are automatically promoted to E-3. I can't find a reason for this, but there ya go.
On a personal note, I had a friend in high school who made it to Eagle Scout when he was a senior. I was invited to the ceremony, even. The guy didn't seem to have many friends, and I remember wondering why anyone would want to spend time involved with such a group once they discovered that girls were a thing. Kudos to him, I guess. It takes a lot of dedication to make it that far. It's just not for me.
I don't like doing anything that involves effort which won't result in me getting money or vagina at the end, so I kinda see the anti-scout argument, especially from a non-conformist point of view.
However, the older I get the more I turn to socialism, which is the ultimate conformity and ironic considering my money and vagina point of view.
At the end of the day I don't criticize anyone's hobbies, groups, fetishes, etc... because if you pull back the layers everyone has some deviant tendencies.
Quote from: guest on 04/01/2016, 03:45 PMWould you also call kids that participate in team sports, debate club, cheerleading, etc. a bunch of weirdos? :roll:
No, those are jocks. They're just disgusting. They don't do anything anywhere near as meaniful as what scouts do and they are one trillion times as proud. Whereas scouting attempts to Prepare you for anything, sports trains you in nothing useful whatever. It's like a training program designed to fill the planet with the worst people possible, egos that dwarf any skill set.
Thank you Esteban for saying what I was thinking. My negative opinion of scouting was formed at an early age as well and while I broke it off early (my mother made sure I could do these kinds of things if I wanted to but never forced me) it's hard not to "fill in the gaps" as you get older.
And the military angle isn't something I mentioned but it bothers me greatly. Imagine doing all that scouting crap as a teenager instead of getting laid and staring off into space just so you can do Basic between 11th and 12th grade, go full time before you're 20, getting your legs blown off at 21, divorced by 24, addicted to heroin by 25, dead by your own hand at 28, and never having actually lived a life free of externally enforced structure duty and obedience. It's a hellish thought.
Pinewood derby cars are great though. I loved those for real. My company has an annual race now and next year there will be a modified class. I'm working on a twin chassis suspension cheat for next year but I'm not going to go much further than planning until the rules are announced.
I am new the community as well, welcome !
Quote from: CGQuarterly on 03/25/2016, 02:53 PMEdit: I REALLY wanted a Mongoose when I was a kid. Got a Murray from K-Mart instead. :(
Lol! I started with a Huffy. Eventually I had a Redline, GT, and a Gernaral. Man the General's were nice bikes, but kinda heavy. I loved my Redline for racing, and the GT was great for ramp.
Quote from: geise on 04/01/2016, 08:24 PMQuote from: CGQuarterly on 03/25/2016, 02:53 PMEdit: I REALLY wanted a Mongoose when I was a kid. Got a Murray from K-Mart instead. :(
Lol! I started with a Huffy. Eventually I had a Redline, GT, and a Gernaral. Man the General's were nice bikes, but kinda heavy. I loved my Redline for racing, and the GT was great for ramp.
being a serious skateboarder growing up, i never got into bikes. but man, the redlines were awesome. had a couple friends with them.
not knowing anything about bikes, for some reason those really resonated with me.
Quote from: gynt on 04/01/2016, 08:30 PMQuote from: geise on 04/01/2016, 08:24 PMQuote from: CGQuarterly on 03/25/2016, 02:53 PMEdit: I REALLY wanted a Mongoose when I was a kid. Got a Murray from K-Mart instead. :(
Lol! I started with a Huffy. Eventually I had a Redline, GT, and a Gernaral. Man the General's were nice bikes, but kinda heavy. I loved my Redline for racing, and the GT was great for ramp.
being a serious skateboarder growing up, i never got into bikes. but man, the redlines were awesome. had a couple friends with them.
not knowing anything about bikes, for some reason those really resonated with me.
I did both. My first board was an Alva. I eventually went through a lot of decks when it went all new school around 92 and 93.
Quote from: geise on 04/01/2016, 08:44 PMQuote from: gynt on 04/01/2016, 08:30 PMQuote from: geise on 04/01/2016, 08:24 PMQuote from: CGQuarterly on 03/25/2016, 02:53 PMEdit: I REALLY wanted a Mongoose when I was a kid. Got a Murray from K-Mart instead. :(
Lol! I started with a Huffy. Eventually I had a Redline, GT, and a Gernaral. Man the General's were nice bikes, but kinda heavy. I loved my Redline for racing, and the GT was great for ramp.
being a serious skateboarder growing up, i never got into bikes. but man, the redlines were awesome. had a couple friends with them.
not knowing anything about bikes, for some reason those really resonated with me.
I did both. My first board was an Alva. I eventually went through a lot of decks when it went all new school around 92 and 93.
yup, i think it was '92 when "Questionable" launched and turned the whole thing upside down.
Quote from: geise on 04/01/2016, 08:24 PMQuote from: CGQuarterly on 03/25/2016, 02:53 PMEdit: I REALLY wanted a Mongoose when I was a kid. Got a Murray from K-Mart instead. :(
Lol! I started with a Huffy. Eventually I had a Redline, GT, and a Gernaral. Man the General's were nice bikes, but kinda heavy. I loved my Redline for racing, and the GT was great for ramp.
My first bike was a Murray 3000, which was a wannabe BMX bike from K-Mart and which I can't find a picture of anywhere on the internet. Then a couple of years later I got a Murray Street Machine which was a bit bigger, I think was a 3-speed, and had more of a mountain bike geometry. Later I got a Huffy that weighed a fucking ton, and used to ride that 5 miles each way to work and back. Finally got a Specialized Rock Hopper, which was way better. Never did get to have a cool BMX bike.
Quote from: CGQuarterly on 04/02/2016, 12:27 AMNever did get to have a cool BMX bike.
Never say never! You can still get one! Ride that shit to work while doing tricks.
Quote from: CGQuarterly on 04/02/2016, 12:27 AMQuote from: geise on 04/01/2016, 08:24 PMQuote from: CGQuarterly on 03/25/2016, 02:53 PMEdit: I REALLY wanted a Mongoose when I was a kid. Got a Murray from K-Mart instead. :(
Lol! I started with a Huffy. Eventually I had a Redline, GT, and a Gernaral. Man the General's were nice bikes, but kinda heavy. I loved my Redline for racing, and the GT was great for ramp.
My first bike was a Murray 3000, which was a wannabe BMX bike from K-Mart and which I can't find a picture of anywhere on the internet. Then a couple of years later I got a Murray Street Machine which was a bit bigger, I think was a 3-speed, and had more of a mountain bike geometry. Later I got a Huffy that weighed a fucking ton, and used to ride that 5 miles each way to work and back. Finally got a Specialized Rock Hopper, which was way better. Never did get to have a cool BMX bike.
At least some of you guys got Kmart bikes.
I sh@t you not, I had a goddamn Monsoon and Stingray when they were so f@cking not kool.
I wanted a 10-speed generic bike, from Kmart.
I had a red maroon Monsoon. It was a bigger frame than the two blue Stingrays I used in prior years.
I would pretend that I was 100% OK with having goofy bikes ancient eras...but I would have loved a "modern" one.
I have to admit, I am glad I learned to appreciate things that were out-of-fashion. Even if it was out of necessity.
:)
I had a Huffy bootleg of a stingray that was all black (I think only the wheels were plated) that said "Space Invader" on the chain guard. Talk about uncool.
I went through a shitload of bikes back then until I eventually switched to skateboards. You get so much less hurt derfing on a skateboard. Also, bikes are several times the price of a skateboard.
Actually, that Murray 3000 was how I found out that K-Mart wasn't cool. I rode the bike to school the day after I got it and other kids noticed that I had a new bike, and someone asked where I got it. So I just told him, "K-Mart". Like so fucking what? "Your family shops at K-Mart?!? You're poor!" Etc. etc. I had no idea that K-Mart had a bad rap. What the fuck was wrong with K-Mart? They had a luncheonette and everything.
Do kids go through that shit today with WalMart and Target? Costco?
Quote from: CGQuarterly on 04/02/2016, 02:00 AMActually, that Murray 3000 was how I found out that K-Mart wasn't cool. I rode the bike to school the day after I got it and other kids noticed that I had a new bike, and someone asked where I got it. So I just told him, "K-Mart". Like so fucking what? "Your family shops at K-Mart?!? You're poor!" Etc. etc. I had no idea that K-Mart had a bad rap. What the fuck was wrong with K-Mart? They had a luncheonette and everything.
Do kids go through that shit today with WalMart and Target? Costco?
k-mart is pretty r@re and HTF now. at least in my neck of the woods. so maybe its "cool" to shop there now.
regardless of the perception of being poor, walmart sells junk for bikes. just think of the careless, with zero knowledge of the product chain of custody. nobody that actually cares about it is involved in the end-to-end distribution of the bike.
I had a similar experience and reaction in middle school. Back when Super Mario 3 NES was initially released (late '80s) it was sold out at all the major local stores. I ended up finding a copy at K-Mart. A lot of my friends/classmates wanted to buy the game too and asked me where I found it. I told them at K-Mart and they had more copies if they wanted the game now. I basically received the same kind of negative response: "You and your family must be really cheap and poor to shop at K-Mart."
Back then I couldn't understand how buying a $55 NES game at K-Mart gave an impression that my family was poor.
Quote from: csgx1 on 04/02/2016, 03:25 PMI had a similar experience and reaction in middle school. Back when Super Mario 3 NES was initially released (late '80s) it was sold out at all the major local stores. I ended up finding a copy at K-Mart. A lot of my friends/classmates wanted to buy the game too and asked me where I found it. I told them at K-Mart and they had more copies if they wanted the game now. I basically received the same kind of negative response: "You and your family must be really cheap and poor to shop at K-Mart."
Back then I couldn't understand how buying a $55 NES game at K-Mart gave an impression that my family was poor.
People are A**holes, yo. I have fond memories of getting a bunch of HeMan figures at Kmart on clearance when I was very little. One of them being Grizzlor. Yay.
Ha! I bought my Mario 3 at Roses. Roses makes K-Mart look like a Christie's auction. I didn't care at all what anyone thought about where I shopped as long as I could play that new hotness!
I'm still amazed that both k-mart and Sears are 10 minutes from my house.
You guys were poor.
My dad got my games from the Fingerhut catalog, like anyone with class.
Quote from: TheClash603 on 04/02/2016, 10:39 PMYou guys were poor.
My dad got my games from the Fingerhut catalog, like anyone with class.
I know, right?
My dad gave me three copies of SMB1 when I asked for SMB3.
Quote from: esteban on 04/03/2016, 05:34 AMQuote from: TheClash603 on 04/02/2016, 10:39 PMYou guys were poor.
My dad got my games from the Fingerhut catalog, like anyone with class.
I know, right?
My dad gave me three copies of SMB1 when I asked for SMB3.
what a perfect response. :lol:
Clash, great fingerhut reference. my family was a frequent order placer with fingerfut. they shipped everything in huge boxes that could survive the apocalypse. some weird cardboard that never broke down. we used those boxes for YEARS to store our christmas decorations.
Quote from: gynt on 04/03/2016, 07:15 AMQuote from: esteban on 04/03/2016, 05:34 AMQuote from: TheClash603 on 04/02/2016, 10:39 PMYou guys were poor.
My dad got my games from the Fingerhut catalog, like anyone with class.
I know, right?
My dad gave me three copies of SMB1 when I asked for SMB3.
what a perfect response. :lol:
Clash, great fingerhut reference. my family was a frequent order placer with fingerfut. they shipped everything in huge boxes that could survive the apocalypse. some weird cardboard that never broke down. we used those boxes for YEARS to store our christmas decorations.
My family never had much money growing up so Fingerhut was the supplier if most of my Christmas gifts. I assume that by the following Christmas my parents paid off the past Christmas' gifts which they were charged 50% over retail... I guess it beats credit card debt?
I don't recall the indestructible boxes, but as a child from the era with styrofoam McNugget packages, I don't doubt it!
Quote from: martinine on 04/02/2016, 07:26 PMHa! I bought my Mario 3 at Roses. Roses makes K-Mart look like a Christie's auction. I didn't care at all what anyone thought about where I shopped as long as I could play that new hotness!
I went to a Roses while visiting relatives in North Carolina sometime around 2006. They had new in box Sega Saturns and a few sports games. That memory always stood out to me. They had been using shelf space for 10 years and would possibly never sell. I kinda of wish that I'd bought one of the Saturns but oh well, already had one.
Quote from: Killjoyy027 on 04/01/2016, 08:24 PMI am new the community as well, welcome !
Welcome JillKoy!!
Quote from: CGQuarterly on 03/25/2016, 02:53 PMEdit: I REALLY wanted a Mongoose when I was a kid. Got a Murray from K-Mart instead. :(
Ah yeah, those, hah! They were 2nd place for me, always wanted those blue diamond backs as they were called. Also had to settle for K-Mart brands in the end... ;)
Quote from: guest on 04/01/2016, 02:03 PMSpeaking of fringes of society stuff:
QuoteI'm quite the Macross fan and all. I have the DRYL Perfect Edition CAV laserdisc. I was mail ordering Macross model kits from photocopied catalogs that said, "Check your local TV listings soon for "Robotech", the English version of Macross!!!" hand written in the margins. I had Kawamori draw me an SD VT-1D, which sits framed on my dresser. Etc etc...
QuoteI remember a long time ago there was this skinny dude with a beard that would always be able to get you out of print Japanese model kits, Macross and stuff. This was before email. Like, 1987 or something. Between mailing him a letter ("Can you get a Max Type movie version VF1J 1/110th scale?), getting a reply letter ("Yeah, sure, when I go to Japan next spring."), sending him a payment (checks sometimes took months to clear in the 80s), and then him sending the kit it would sometimes take nine months or more. It sounds crazy now (Hobby Link Japan can have this kit on my door in 5 days flat now) but I can't emphasize enough that this guy was a fucking hero back in the day because it was him or nothing. Its fully possible that that Urashiman kit sat on his living room table for a month before he mailed it to me without me knowing, but I will never forgot the fun I had as a kid finally getting my package from guys like him and other shops and stuff. This shit taught me patience.
While the guys Zeta's criticizing were outdoors hiking through the wilderness, he was indoors at home meticulously working on the latest addition to his Japanese model kit collection.
If Zeta didn't know anyone still doing scouting type stuff, it's probably because he already filled his social circle's role of resident "weirdo". I don't doubt that he may very well have gotten to hang around people with far fewer hang ups than him, but I can't imagine joining in with his buddies, after a long day of shooting beer bottles in the woods, head banging to Maiden while getting high. Going by his posting history here, I can only envision him waving his figure at them for having Eddie tattoos and making such poor life choices, while counting down the days until the proliferation of the internet. So he could finally take breaks from modeling to criticize the life choices of people he's never even met.
I don't think that Zeta was molested during his clandestine meetings with that skinny bearded gentleman. I'm sure he was a great guy and all that, but Zeta simply *must* have heard by now that it isn't cool to be old enough to drive yourself to the meet up with your out-of-print Japanese model kit importer.
But I actually think that Zeta's hobbies are cool, or at least I find them interesting, even if they're not for me. I have other nerdy/geeky/weirdo stuff that I spend my limited free time on. But just like many older scout enthusiasts, my free time is limited because I have a relatively normal and fulfilled life outside of my non-mainstream hobbies.
Everyone active on this forum is a "weirdo". If you're socially well-adjusted, you know exactly how it sounds to a regular adult, if you explain exactly what the PC Engine is and the kinds of discussions which take place here. You don't have to shove it in people's faces, but you shouldn't feel insecure about your passions in life.
Wow, that came from BT ? Hahaha! *FEEL THE BERN!!*
Nobody else got their games at Service Merchandise huh? Maybe that's a regional thing. I was always impressed that the games were sold next to jewelry.
Quote from: esteban on 04/03/2016, 05:34 AMQuote from: TheClash603 on 04/02/2016, 10:39 PMYou guys were poor.
My dad got my games from the Fingerhut catalog, like anyone with class.
I know, right?
My dad gave me three copies of SMB1 when I asked for SMB3.
Lold HARD at this
I think most of that anti-Kmart stuff had to do with it being the 80/90s. $150 Polo shirts are nowhere near as popular as they are now, in fact compared to my preppy ass most kids look...homeless, pretty much, nowadays, so I doubt there is as much fashion shaming.
For anything but clothes, tools, bikes, and electronics though I don't really get the Kmart stigma. I got most of my Transformers and King Vitamin and whatnot from them and they come from the same factory as the ones they sold at Hudsons so it's a pretty stupid line of thought, IMO.
Quote from: SignOfZeta on 04/04/2016, 04:56 PMI think most of that anti-Kmart stuff had to do with it being the 80/90s. $150 Polo shirts are nowhere near as popular as they are now, in fact compared to my preppy ass most kids look...homeless, pretty much, nowadays, so I doubt there is as much fashion shaming.
For anything but clothes, tools, bikes, and electronics though I don't really get the Kmart stigma. I got most of my Transformers and King Vitamin and whatnot from them and they come from the same factory as the ones they sold at Hudsons so it's a pretty stupid line of thought, IMO.
You obviously have little/no interactions with high schoolers-mid late 20's....the "fashion" crowd is worse than ever.
I grew up in a bumble fuck town in Georgia named Rome. We had a Wal-Mart and a K-Mart. Every kid knew that you NEVER, EVER shopped at K-mart, even if you actually did, and that any toy you got for xmas or b-day was from Wal-Mart or Wilbro or, if it was a video game, KB Toys. I wore a pair of blue jeans to school in 1988, so about 8th grade, and because they were so blue (fucking blue, sooooo fucking blue), some kids asked me about them. They were Levi's and expensive so there was no questioning my parents taste...BUT I committed the forever sin of saying they got them at "JC Penney, right across the street from K-Mart". Those mother fuckers heard "K-Mart" and for the next 5 years, my hands never touched quality boobs.
I had a Redline bicycle in 1979, most bad ass bike in Fort Worth Texas. I left it out front of my home one day and it was stolen because 5 year olds are fucking irresponsible. My grandmother gave the police an apt description of a "colored guy" that made off with the bike, reinforcing the stereotype in my mind of a purple colored man stealing my things. When it was not recovered, and after I had sufficiently cried my eyes out for days, my parents bought me a Mongoose. I found out years later that it was a competition bike with a 3 piece pedal set and the frame was chromoly. I sold it to a dude in Australia in 2012, all beaten up and in shitty shape, for $900 bucks. True story.
I got fat after that and started playing video games. Fat dropped off, got some pussy, ruined for life and 20 odd years later, I'm on a website devoted to video games. Jesus H.
Quote from: shabba on 04/04/2016, 10:34 PMI grew up in a bumble fuck town called Rome in Georgia. We had a Wal-Mart and a K-Mart. Every kid knew that you NEVER, EVER shopped at K-mart, even if you actually did, and that any toy you got for xmas or b-day was from Wal-Mart or Wilbro or, if it was a video game, KB Toys. I wore a pair of blue jeans to school in 1988, so about 8th grade, and because they were so blue (fucking blue, sooooo fucking blue), some kids asked me about them. They were Levi's and expensive so there was no questioning my parents taste...BUT I committed the forever sin of saying they got them at "JC Penney, right across the street from K-Mart". Those mother f*****s heard "K-Mart" and for the next 5 years, my hands never touched quality boobs.
I had a Redline bicycle in 1979, most bad ass bike in Fort Worth Texas. I left it out front of my home one day and it was stolen because 5 year olds are fucking irresponsible. My grandmother gave the police an apt description of a "colored guy" that made off with the bike, reinforcing the stereotype in my mind of a purple colored man stealing my things. When it was not recovered, and after I had sufficiently cried my eyes out for days, my parents bought me a Mongoose. I found out years later that it was a competition bike with a 3 piece pedal set and the frame was chromoly. I sold it to a dude in Australia in 2012, all beaten up and in shitty shape, for $900 bucks. True story.
I got fat after that and started playing video games. Fat dropped off, got some pussy, ruined for life and 20 odd years later, I'm on a website devoted to video games. Jesus H.
I might like you, just a little, though. : )
Quote from: GoldenWheels on 04/04/2016, 03:45 PMNobody else got their games at Service Merchandise huh? Maybe that's a regional thing. I was always impressed that the games were sold next to jewelry.
One of my first exposures to the Turbob was at Service Merchandise. I never bought anything there (they were gone by the time I got a Duo), but I played a lot of Bonk on their demo unit.
Quote from: GoldenWheels on 04/04/2016, 03:45 PMNobody else got their games at Service Merchandise huh? Maybe that's a regional thing. I was always impressed that the games were sold next to jewelry.
I remember this place. We had to drive to Atlanta to one but my father bought several lenses for his Minolta camera in the late 80's at that place for good prices. I think he might have bought my original Nintendo there (but he really got it at K-Mart. That's a secret) as well as games for xmas. Neat place that got edged out by Wal-Mart/K-Mart who is now being edged out by Amazon. Funny how that goes.
Good call on Service Merchandise. I had forgotten that name completely.
did anybody have Caldor? i used to find games cheap there. it was one of those stores that got the stock that didnt sell at other stores so everything was discounted. it may have been a northeast chain.
Quote from: gynt on 04/05/2016, 11:01 AMdid anybody have Caldor? i used to find games cheap there. it was one of those stores that got the stock that didnt sell at other stores so everything was discounted. it may have been a northeast chain.
That sounds a lot like a store we had down here in south florida called BEST
Quote from: khyron65 on 04/05/2016, 11:53 AMQuote from: gynt on 04/05/2016, 11:01 AMdid anybody have Caldor? i used to find games cheap there. it was one of those stores that got the stock that didnt sell at other stores so everything was discounted. it may have been a northeast chain.
That sounds a lot like a store we had down here in south florida called BEST
We had those in North Georgia as well. Another one that I had forgotten about. Wow.
Quote from: khyron65 on 04/05/2016, 11:53 AMQuote from: gynt on 04/05/2016, 11:01 AMdid anybody have Caldor? i used to find games cheap there. it was one of those stores that got the stock that didnt sell at other stores so everything was discounted. it may have been a northeast chain.
That sounds a lot like a store we had down here in south florida called BEST
Interestingly, according to Wikipedia, Best was headquartered right here in Richmond and died off 2 years before Service Merchandise in 1997 (which actually lasted until 2001 before croaking at the very end of the year). I never knew.
Quote from: shabba on 04/05/2016, 12:48 PMQuote from: khyron65 on 04/05/2016, 11:53 AMQuote from: gynt on 04/05/2016, 11:01 AMdid anybody have Caldor? i used to find games cheap there. it was one of those stores that got the stock that didnt sell at other stores so everything was discounted. it may have been a northeast chain.
That sounds a lot like a store we had down here in south florida called BEST
Interestingly, according to Wikipedia, Best was headquartered right here in Richmond and died off 2 years before Service Merchandise in 1997 (which actually lasted until 2001 before croaking at the very end of the year). I never knew.
That is crazy. Down here a whole slew of stores just disappeared in the late 80s early 90s. BEST and Zayres where the first to go then Service Merchandise and Ames. They seemed very popular and my cheap parents went there pretty regularly so I had a lot of childhood memories of the places. Anytime someone mentions them I always have fond memories.
Never got any game stuff at Service Merchandise. I only remember the merchandise rolling off a conveyor belt and I thought it was the coolest thing ever when I was a kid.
Also, never heard or seen Caldor stores on the west coast.
My family used to go to Macy's Clearance. I think Macy's still has clearance centers for discount and damage furniture only. In the '80s they used to discount everything from clothing to electronics. I got a Sega Master System with 3d glasses from there for cheap.
Loved the print Service Merchandise catalog too. That was Toy Porn for kids (even JCP used to have a sweet glossy catalog too with games as I recall, though maybe I am thinking of Sears)
Had Caldors in CT for sure; but to me they were like K-Mart was to some of you fellas. You didn't say when you got stuff there. Or when you bought clothes at Marshalls!
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