Collectards...

[synbiosfan]

For every community that hates them, there's communities that embrace Collectards.

Most have seen the sites that give you little icons for completed sets. Not just full sets, you get icons for...well...anything. All the Final Fantasy games, icon. All the Mario games, icon. I wonder if they have a Madden icon??? You get the point. Like a fricking icon equates to some type of credibility. It equates to I'm an idiot, look how many icons I have to prove it.

[Sparky]

You know what, I am more a collecter then a player theses days.. My kids don't appreciate the old school games so I don't play much until I have buddies over or I say " fuck it" I am going to my man cave.

But it is totally fine being a collector if you have fucking common sense.. Collectors with big visa's or big wallets make collectors look bad.. I play my games and would play more if I was not just a weekend dad, just don't throw collectors all in the same category as some want to be players more.

it's like a distant relationship at times, I appreciate it, don't forget about it and will love it always.
Sorry guys I wish I did play more.

[jtucci31]

You know what, I am more a collecter then a player theses days.. My kids don't appreciate the old school games so I don't play much until I have buddies over or I say " fuck it" I am going to my man cave.

But it is totally fine being a collector if you have fucking common sense.. Collectors with big visa's or big wallets make collectors look bad.. I play my games and would play more if I was not just a weekend dad, just don't throw collectors all in the same category as some want to be players more.

it's like a distant relationship at times, I appreciate it, don't forget about it and will love it always.
Sorry guys I wish I did play more.

I think that makes sense. With video games it's weird because unlike toys there is a play aspect as well as the shelf aspect. Well you could play with toys but I'm talking about shelf collectors in general (I.e. Sports collectibles, spoons). And it does suck when people hoard games just to sit on a shelf and not let other people who want to play them, play them.

[Bardoly]

You know what, I am more a collecter then a player theses days.. My kids don't appreciate the old school games so I don't play much until I have buddies over or (whatever).

I don't know if my kids would appreciate the old school games less, but I've never really given them the chance.  They pretty much only ever play SNES or Turbo. 

[esteban]

You know what, I am more a collecter then a player theses days.. My kids don't appreciate the old school games so I don't play much until I have buddies over or I say " fuck it" I am going to my man cave.

But it is totally fine being a collector if you have fucking common sense.. Collectors with big visa's or big wallets make collectors look bad.. I play my games and would play more if I was not just a weekend dad, just don't throw collectors all in the same category as some want to be players more.

it's like a distant relationship at times, I appreciate it, don't forget about it and will love it always.
Sorry guys I wish I did play more.

It takes me weeks (literally) to spend a decent amount of time with a game these days. I'm busy with kids, but I'm also busy working on other turbo stuff (not playing the damn games, though), so I feel the same as you.

I wish I had more free time, but I don't.

We have discussed it before, but a lot of us, who are busy, have found other ways to stay connected to our hobby: 10 years ago I was 30% interested in music and artwork and advertising/marketing of games. These days, since I can listen to music whilst commuting/cleaning/taking care of kids/errands, I am much more interested in music/tunes.

When I do play, I play games my 4th grader likes..luckily she likes some 80's-90's arcade/console games. Galaga? Yes. Bonk? Yes. Bad Dudes (arcade)? Yes.

[Ninja16608]

You know what, I am more a collecter then a player theses days.. My kids don't appreciate the old school games so I don't play much until I have buddies over or I say " fuck it" I am going to my man cave.

But it is totally fine being a collector if you have fucking common sense.. Collectors with big visa's or big wallets make collectors look bad.. I play my games and would play more if I was not just a weekend dad, just don't throw collectors all in the same category as some want to be players more.

it's like a distant relationship at times, I appreciate it, don't forget about it and will love it always.
Sorry guys I wish I did play more.

It takes me weeks (literally) to spend a decent amount of time with a game these days. I'm busy with kids, but I'm also busy working on other turbo stuff (not playing the damn games, though), so I feel the same as you.

I wish I had more free time, but I don't.

We have discussed it before, but a lot of us, who are busy, have found other ways to stay connected to our hobby: 10 years ago I was 30% interested in music and artwork and advertising/marketing of games. These days, since I can listen to music whilst commuting/cleaning/taking care of kids/errands, I am much more interested in music/tunes.

When I do play, I play games my 4th grader likes..luckily she likes some 80's-90's arcade/console games. Galaga? Yes. Bonk? Yes. Bad Dudes (arcade)? Yes.

Very well said, Sparky and Esteban. Lots of us in that boat.

While this is true for most. I did get my oldest son (13) into the "retro" gaming. He loves it when we do a retro weekend and pull out the Turbo. He like to lear about the roots of video gaming and often times will ask "hey dad have you ever played <insert random game here>" for x,y,z system. He will then compare it to something of today and pick the games apart stating that "your games were much harder and had better stories" your games meaning my generation of games. So in that aspect I got lucky. Like another member here I only have my oldest son on the weekends so the time I spend with him is priceless to me and feels awesome when he takes an interest in something I have interest in. Bet your hard earned cash when the 11 month old whom is with me all the time, comes of age he will get a lesson in "retro" games too. I too don't have the time I used to for playing but, I can say I play at least once a day.

[madboom0522]

Well if you spend less time doing the Vandamn, you would have more for gaming....

[Otaking]

3.) These guys present themselves as knowledgeable members of the hobby to the viewing public, but then proceed to prove that they generally have no idea what they're talking about - incorrect facts, stating the obvious, etc.

There are, of course, exceptions to the rule but they're hard to find.

These guys epitomize the word collectard
How about a nice WISE bomb for ya

I love The Game Chasers, probably my favourite Youtube show.

[ToyMachine78]

You know what, I am more a collecter then a player theses days.. My kids don't appreciate the old school games so I don't play much until I have buddies over or I say " fuck it" I am going to my man cave.

But it is totally fine being a collector if you have fucking common sense.. Collectors with big visa's or big wallets make collectors look bad.. I play my games and would play more if I was not just a weekend dad, just don't throw collectors all in the same category as some want to be players more.

it's like a distant relationship at times, I appreciate it, don't forget about it and will love it always.
Sorry guys I wish I did play more.

It takes me weeks (literally) to spend a decent amount of time with a game these days. I'm busy with kids, but I'm also busy working on other turbo stuff (not playing the damn games, though), so I feel the same as you.

I wish I had more free time, but I don't.

We have discussed it before, but a lot of us, who are busy, have found other ways to stay connected to our hobby: 10 years ago I was 30% interested in music and artwork and advertising/marketing of games. These days, since I can listen to music whilst commuting/cleaning/taking care of kids/errands, I am much more interested in music/tunes.

When I do play, I play games my 4th grader likes..luckily she likes some 80's-90's arcade/console games. Galaga? Yes. Bonk? Yes. Bad Dudes (arcade)? Yes.

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[CGQuarterly]

3.) These guys present themselves as knowledgeable members of the hobby to the viewing public, but then proceed to prove that they generally have no idea what they're talking about - incorrect facts, stating the obvious, etc.

There are, of course, exceptions to the rule but they're hard to find.

These guys epitomize the word collectard
How about a nice WISE bomb for ya

LOL.  They are trying to exactly replicate the direction style of American Pickers or Storage Wars.  Lame.

[TheClash603]

I think that any hobby that involves some sort of need for a set of physical items immediately results in some collector mentality.  Sports cards, beanie babies, my girlfriend's purse addiction, etc.  I kind of look at it like the Autism Spectrum, it varies from healthy to unfortunately weird.  I think that at the end of the day if you have a credit card with $000s on it and you haven't utilized your hobby's item in several weeks, you are a "Collectard."

However, after I read the latest 4 pages of this thread, I really want to know just how big is tggodrey's gas tank?  $120 to fill up is absurd.  Jet fuel?

The money one pays doesn't mean much in my book only because whats expensive today may be cheap tomorrow depending on the economic average income.  Just 15 years ago 30.00 filled up your gas tank, today it gets you a 1/4 tank of gas.  Sure none of us wants to see the inflation of prices but what someone is willing to pay doesn't make them a collectard.  This is excluding the concept of using prices to inflate value ect.

[tggodfrey]

Clash, I was thinking of the Superbee when I typed that.  Yes its 120 to fill up.

[esteban]

Clash, I was thinking of the Superbee when I typed that.  Yes its 120 to fill up.

I have no idea what a Superbee is, so I can only assume it is a prop plane.

[tggodfrey]

its a car you ass!  1969 to be exact

[xcrement5x]

Clash, I was thinking of the Superbee when I typed that.  Yes its 120 to fill up.

Dang, you got some nice toys.

I go full collectard on some stuff but I can at least embrace it because I love to play the games when I get the time.  Case in point, I just finished a complete Sega Pico set.  It's totally worthless to probably 99.9999% of all gamers, but I love the weirdness of it. 

Plus, when my daughter gets a bit older she can play the games for fun!  Or, if she hates the games it will be punishment!  MUAAHAHAHA!

[DildoKKKobold]

A true TG16 or any retrogamer is one who grew up with the system and plays what they buy. 

So, wait, the only way we can be a turbografx fan is if we get in our time machine and buy one in the 90s?

[CrackTiger]

Phone browsing.

[CrackTiger]

A true TG16 or any retrogamer is one who grew up with the system and plays what they buy. 

So, wait, the only way we can be a turbografx fan is if we get in our time machine and buy one in the 90s?

All tru TG-16 retrogamers settle for no less than a 50% profit margin on their Turbo investments and never wait as long as a entire week before flipping the games they receive. Together they will soon weed out all the non-133ts who can't afford to pay thousands of dollars for a handful of games. The n00bs can fool around with their roms and emulators, so they have nothing to complain about while while tru fans preserve the hardcopies and packaging for the safes, store lockers and failed-estate-sale garbage bins of future generations of tru fans.

[Opethian]

^

[ToyMachine78]

A true TG16 or any retrogamer is one who grew up with the system and plays what they buy. 

So, wait, the only way we can be a turbografx fan is if we get in our time machine and buy one in the 90s?

All tru TG-16 retrogamers settle for no less than a 50% profit margin on their Turbo investments and never wait as long as a entire week before flipping the games they receive. Together they will soon weed out all the non-133ts who can't afford to pay thousands of dollars for a handful of games. The n00bs can fool around with their roms and emulators, so they have nothing to complain about while while tru fans preserve the hardcopies and packaging for the safes, store lockers and failed estate sale garbage bins of future generations of tru fans.

. Screw a 529 plan! I'm collecting all teh Obey r@rez so my kids can go to college!

[Ninja16608]

A true TG16 or any retrogamer is one who grew up with the system and plays what they buy. 

So, wait, the only way we can be a turbografx fan is if we get in our time machine and buy one in the 90s?

All tru TG-16 retrogamers settle for no less than a 50% profit margin on their Turbo investments and never wait as long as a entire week before flipping the games they receive. Together they will soon weed out all the non-133ts who can't afford to pay thousands of dollars for a handful of games. The n00bs can fool around with their roms and emulators, so they have nothing to complain about while while tru fans preserve the hardcopies and packaging for the safes, store lockers and failed estate sale garbage bins of future generations of tru fans.

. Screw a 529 plan! I'm collecting all teh Obey r@rez so my kids can go to college!

LOL you would first have to spend their college fund to get the ones that would put them through college.

[ToyMachine78]

A true TG16 or any retrogamer is one who grew up with the system and plays what they buy. 

So, wait, the only way we can be a turbografx fan is if we get in our time machine and buy one in the 90s?

All tru TG-16 retrogamers settle for no less than a 50% profit margin on their Turbo investments and never wait as long as a entire week before flipping the games they receive. Together they will soon weed out all the non-133ts who can't afford to pay thousands of dollars for a handful of games. The n00bs can fool around with their roms and emulators, so they have nothing to complain about while while tru fans preserve the hardcopies and packaging for the safes, store lockers and failed estate sale garbage bins of future generations of tru fans.

. Screw a 529 plan! I'm collecting all teh Obey r@rez so my kids can go to college!

LOL you would first have to spend their college fund to get the ones that would put them through college.

No way man! That's why I remortgaged my house! Lol

[esteban]

its a car you ass!  1969 to be exact

I gotta look that up now. 

[DildoKKKobold]

A true TG16 or any retrogamer is one who grew up with the system and plays what they buy. 

So, wait, the only way we can be a turbografx fan is if we get in our time machine and buy one in the 90s?

All tru TG-16 retrogamers settle for no less than a 50% profit margin on their Turbo investments and never wait as long as a entire week before flipping the games they receive. Together they will soon weed out all the non-133ts who can't afford to pay thousands of dollars for a handful of games. The n00bs can fool around with their roms and emulators, so they have nothing to complain about while while tru fans preserve the hardcopies and packaging for the safes, store lockers and failed-estate-sale garbage bins of future generations of tru fans.

[Nazi NecroPhile]

No matter what, DK isn't much of a Turbografx fan.  He's just an ijit.

[ToyMachine78]

An ijit! Wow! I haven't heard that term used in like 20 years!! Lol

[DildoKKKobold]

No matter what, DK isn't much of a Turbografx fan.  He's just an ijit.

Yeah, not much. Meter only puts me at around 28.76%. Sorry, I just an ijit.

[TheClash603]

its a car you ass!  1969 to be exact

I gotta look that up now. 

For some reason I thought it was  Twin Bee reference.

[OldRover]

I'm an anime figurine collectard. I just collect them to collect, not because I give a damn about the anime they're from. If their clothes come off, bonus.

[HailingTheThings]

If their clothes come off, bonus.

Silly.

[Otaking]

[ToyMachine78]

.  Oh geez.... No hope for this kid. Gonna be a total game hoarder just like the old man. And you have mom encouraging him to only collect games that are more "valuable".... Yeah son.... Scoop up all teh r@rez while you can!!!  Here's Mommy's debit card.

Keep this kid farrrrr away from Obey!   Let's hope he stays a Nintenderp.

[Otaking]

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/video/id-pqc2M0NTphzw1Gya7XUE2AcW0JKma40D/Worlds-biggest-video-game-fan

 

[Ratix]

seeing that last one is so disappointing.

[OldRover]

Silly.

Perhaps, but at least it's honest.

[Ninja16608]

.  Oh geez.... No hope for this kid. Gonna be a total game hoarder just like the old man. And you have mom encouraging him to only collect games that are more "valuable".... Yeah son.... Scoop up all teh r@rez while you can!!!  Here's Mommy's debit card.

Keep this kid farrrrr away from Obey!   Let's hope he stays a Nintenderp.

Keep him away from everything, Did you see the trash can with the guns and controllers in it? That is not how you wrap up your cables. ID-10-T error.

[HailingTheThings]

Silly.

Perhaps, but at least it's honest.

Silly is good. :3