Opinions On Nintendo Age?

[bb_hood]

Well if it's the original NWC winner Thor, from a fan standpoint I can understand that if you grew up and were a kid in 1990 and got hyped over Thor and his amazing victory. It's fan service, though the black on black is a bit boring.

The one thing I never got other than he's a member there, but why why why keep sucking up to Robin? The dude was the second runner up, 3rd place, not much to fanboy over there. Also unless something has changed, he's made it clear other than NWC like stuff there's little to nothing left he plays or cares about in games, he just has a wall of unused games as an unused library kind of like a huge stack of old books in some old manor. I don't see the appeal. Thor sure, a genuinely nice guy and very engaging to fans and curious people alike and not full of himself either, and clearly, the winner of the NWC too.

All said though, really, so few copies and that much seems a bit sleazy. Do a real run and let the fans of the event and Thor get a fun bootleg of history. Oh wait sorry, pitchforks! I mean 'reproduction' despite it not reproducing the look or integrity of the original. :D

So, then I guess he is some type of celebrity or something and his signiture makes these repros worth hundreds of $$$s??
He should sign shit for free if hes such a nice guy

[Tanooki]

They feel he is. I don't. I think it's silly and profiteering to ask that much for the cart using his name, that 3rd place wannabe, and a limited # release to do it. If this was for some charity other than the NA server donation fund+the creators pockets on bootlegged goods of a real NWC I could see it, but as is, no.

[sfchakan]

If only there was a way to report this FUCKING OUTRAGEOUS act of piracy for profit.




Right?

[celerystalker]

Does this mean we should buy all of them and sell them back to NA members at an exorbitant markup?

[RP2A03]

Together we shall corner the NWC repro market!

[sfchakan]

The NWC reproductions auction gets worse.

The user posting it is planning on making a load more copies! Guess those people who threw out the big bids early on might end up feeling like chumps? No, this is Nintendo Age. The more you overpay for shitty looking bootleg products, the cooler you are!


The 10 CIB's being auctioned will be the only ones numbered, boxes signed, and have the hand written thank you letter from Thor.

We were planning on signing all carts. That's basically why he's flying in to Portland tomorrow.


That's about right. Bringing plenty of carts to the show. CIBS that I do have are staying home, eventually, 100 CIBS will exist and 150 cart only. 250 total (25th annie)


It's been brought to my attention that some people might not have known that there are, in fact, other CIBs to be released later and may have bid thinking there were only 10. These 10 are the only numbered versions and contain the letter from Thor and the boxes are signed by both of us.

If you feel that your bid was based on incomplete information and you want it retracted, please pm me ASAP (don't wait) and I'll adjust the top 10 list.

I wonder why people would have that impression?!? Douche.

[bb_hood]

Guess those people who threw out the big bids early on might end up feeling like chumps?

Feel like chumps? They are chumps. They get what they deserve, if they want to waste money on ugly ass repros of games nobody wants to play anyway let them. There is nothing collectible about repros.

[portnoyd]

NWC 25th Anniversary Reproduction Auction

Get in the action for LE numbered editions 1-10!

Bidding starts at $150.00.

I dont mind resellers, but keep in mind that the note will be personalized to the winner. The old NWC NA PRGE repro was resold shortly after it sold out (it sold out in 3 days) for about triple it's price. It might seem expensive now, but it could pay off for you greatly in the future.

http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=34&threadid=153882

This is all you need to know about how much the NA populace is two kinds of people: a field of suckers, ripe for the plucking and those who pad their wallets with the money of those suckers. This Robin nitwit knows it and keeps milking whenever he can. So many prominent members of NA have to see the community at large as an ATM.

I can't wait for the crash to come. I think that's when I will finally start posting on NA again, laughing at all the people panicking as their investments fade away to dust. It'll be glorious.

[Tanooki]

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[Gentlegamer]

What are some good [NES] games to start out with?

http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?StartRow=1&catid=5&threadid=153985

I have a good amount of time and money on my hands (I'm only 14, and I'm homeschooled, so that really gives me time) So I will beat all the games on the list( except for the bad ones like Hook and Karate Champ) But I'm just trying to get a good start at a large collection.

Pack it up, the hobby is over.

[jonebone]

To be fair, it's ridiculous to chastise an entire community because of the decisions of one person. I'm not a fan of Robin but he's very inactive on NA these days. He's not even close to symbolizing what the forum represents.

My initials thoughts were "Wow, wish I print off games with my signature everytime I wanted money" but I'm mature enough to internalize it and not derail his thread. He can do what he wants and if people want to buy it then kudos to them. He also is known for notoriously pricing his overpriced VGA stuff to the point of absurdity. It's one thing when you post something with a gag price because you don't want it to sell (just for publicity), it is another thing to continually relist your games several times over multiple years at the same exact price, probably 10x-20x "fair" value.

For all of these arguments against NA, be glad you aren't a part of Facebook groups. It's one thing to care about the value of your collectibles (even though many of you wish they'd go to zero, which won't happen), but it is another thing to collect solely for prestige among internet "friends" you don't even know. There are definitely collectors out there who care more about showing off their new acquisition on social media than owning it or playing it. For some people their entire collecting path is defined by "what will get me the most likes on Instagram".

You can blame NA, but forums are actually more popular around the mid to late 20s and up crew. This new generation of teen collectors are much more entwined on FB / IG / etc. Forums aren't "cool" with that age group at all. You can be a part of this forum, hate another forum, and the younger generation doesn't know or care about any of them.

[Manhattan Sports Club]

I am an active user of NA, Sega-16, and sometimes, DigitPress. I have seen just as much buffoonery on NA as I have on Sega-16 and here, despite being a faithful member of all three. But really, I am no chauvinist and would gladly excise them from my life like a tumor if I felt they had double crossed me in some way that they could not reasonably defend. There is no perfection in any community I've been to, but I've been to ones that were a whole lot more close-minded and arrogant. FlyingOmelette was one of them. Terribly weeaboo community that believes nobody ever played/bought Halo and that Final Fantasy and Chrono Trigger are still the top dogs in the industry. Then you have Shmups on System16 who expects me to worship them for being able to spend hundreds and beat impossible cookie-cutter games. They once regarded me as an idiot because Shikigami no Shiro on Xbox is not an 'accurate port' like the Dreamcast version. There was also a Sega Saturn forum in the UK that was run by a blithering crybaby. I've stopped pledging myself too much to any community since they begin to become too accustomed to you thinking a certain way and most community opinions are extremely niche and clique-ish. In other words, they're written by people who don't have any social life to know they're wrong. I actually was buying into this collectivist bullshit at some time in my life, especially when I was younger and thinking the niche views expressed on GameFAQs was the gospel truth in terms of what is really legit in the gaming world. But to think that NA is committing more cardinal sins than DP or S16 is bullshit. I have never seen any more BS from them than I have on any community dedicated to a particular subject.

[Tanooki]

Hi Jonebone, and well said about Robin. I don't think everyone here is entirely busting NA's chops over Robin's mindless greedy behavior, it's just a symptom at best. He's just not a good person at all, a greedy shameless self promoter of his own failures like they're accomplishments and kudos for him being able to find weak minded slugs to worship him for some depraved reason and be happy to throw good sums of money at him for it. If he has a thread over at NA I hope no one is actively trolling it, not that it's not deserved, but it shows no class as it sounds like you're saying someone did that. Robin is kind of like that unstable attention seeker Pat, only shows up to make money and self promote, otherwise drops off for weeks/months at a time or more. They dont' care unless it gets them attention, fame, and money...the forums are nothing more than a tool to get money like an ATM. They're internet based kardashians going for the attention whoring and the cash and if something can't get them one or both, they're not interested.

You're right though, get into the pre-20s group and it's about social media because sadly those of that age were brought up to not give two shits about having a privacy switch, a private life, and separating online from off -- it WILL bite them in the ass once they hit the job world in many cases since lots of HR d-bags love to troll online places to get rid of people, or to find a reason not to interview for a job. I've got a locked and blocked facebook for very few people, and that's where I stopped it and personal stuff never gets posted, that can be saved for private messages or real conversation.

I actually was curious off and on what some collecting/gaming facebook sites would be like, but I had no idea how to find them for trades or other junk. I ended up some years ago instead on reddit and found a few places with some ok but not heavy traffic I'll peek at every day or few and that's about it, but at least a search could turn those up. Facebook is a hot mess trying to find anything DP/NA/RB forum like for discussion on a social media level as everyone feels they need to start their own group.

Manhattan about that last sentence, I hope you're right, but have those other sites actively stalked members off site and then threatened to ban them (or done it) because of what they do elsewhere? That's what always crossed the line to me. Demanding people behave and do stuff in real life off the internet, or at least off site, how they want it, or you're banned and stories will get handed around like some childish 1950s commie blacklisting list. If they do, good thing I never bothered as Sega16 was an interest I never signed on to do years in the past when I had the systems.

[portnoyd]

To be fair, it's ridiculous to chastise an entire community because of the decisions of one person. I'm not a fan of Robin but he's very inactive on NA these days. He's not even close to symbolizing what the forum represents.

He's far from the only one to shit out runs of repros/homebrews with idiotic gimmicks/limited editions just to make bank.

[Gentlegamer]

Today, for the first time, I realized how "HOT" Nintendo is

http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?StartRow=1&catid=5&threadid=154219

Some nice action by NA mods in that one.

[Tanooki]

Ahh come on, let it go, now it's just looking hostile and bitter. Start another thread maybe?

[jonebone]

He's far from the only one to shit out runs of repros/homebrews with idiotic gimmicks/limited editions just to make bank.

So you have a problem with the homebrew scene, not NA. They "shit out" runs of repros / homebrews at every damn video game convention these days, PRGE and whatever happens on the East Coast. (I don't go to them.)


Today, for the first time, I realized how "HOT" Nintendo is

http://nintendoage.com/forum/message...hreadid=154219

Some nice action by NA mods in that one.

Oooh, my thread. I thought this thread here was actually berating NA, now I see it is just you being a troll and casually posting any NA thread you dislike. It is flattering that you want to keep up to date on a website you so passionately hate.

[Gentlegamer]

Jonebone, I was actually pointing out the mod in that thread, not you.

Although I still find it hard to believe you had no idea how things were given your time on Nintendo Age.

[Tanooki]

I don't think you really need to defend yourself there jonebone, you're fine.

[zredgemz]

I do not dislike Nintendo age but i do have issues with a few people on the site but to be fair i have never joined a forum where i did not meet someone i do not like, the site does have a few issues in my opinion when it comes to how mods deal with some people.

[skcin7]

the site does have a few issues in my opinion when it comes to how mods deal with some people.

Please elaborate.

[JSoup]

Please elaborate.

Have you read the rest of the thread?

[Zi]

It's about what makes you happy, not about what some anon user says some random game is worth, or mouthing off because someone else said something about a price and a date. I think NA tamping down the negative posts help keep things light- after all, it's about collecting and hopefully playing video games, not finding the cure for cancer. Right?

The thread is opinions on NA, so, I know I'm in the minority, but I don't have a problem, nor have I ever had one with NA (or with DP for that matter).

[Bronty-2]

So you have a problem with the homebrew scene, not NA. They "shit out" runs of repros / homebrews at every damn video game convention these days, PRGE and whatever happens on the East Coast. (I don't go to them.)



Oooh, my thread. I thought this thread here was actually berating NA, now I see it is just you being a troll and casually posting any NA thread you dislike. It is flattering that you want to keep up to date on a website you so passionately hate.


@zredgemz

I rarely login here but seeing as I was the only mod on the thread.... I wonder who you are referring to ;)

You don't agree with me and hey, that's fine. But I'm sorry, the whole "I'm a true collector because I can't afford the price of the game" thing is tired. I feel like it drags down the NA forums sometimes when people whine about prices and I know I'm not the only one who feels that way. Perhaps I could have handled him more gently, but I'm not sure I would have done it differently given the chance. Sometimes pushback is needed.

[zredgemz]

@zredgemz

I rarely login here but seeing as I was the only mod on the thread.... I wonder who you are referring to ;)

You don't agree with me and hey, that's fine. But I'm sorry, the whole "I'm a true collector because I can't afford the price of the game" thing is tired. I feel like it drags down the NA forums sometimes when people whine about prices and I know I'm not the only one who feels that way. Perhaps I could have handled him more gently, but I'm not sure I would have done it differently given the chance. Sometimes pushback is needed. At which point did i say this was you or it was this event? I also do not remember ever saying anywhere on NA or elsewhere that Phrase, It seems like i struck a nerve with my opinion on other current threads on NA for you to believe that it is you. This is why i did not put names down or links to the threads iam referring to, this thread is for giving opinions i have just done so. Like i said in my OP i like NA but like other things in life sometimes you meet people you do not like but you tolerate them which is what i do.

[Tanooki]

Ehhh.... let it go. Bronty I don't think you really have much to justify. We got along fine when I was there and you were one of the cooler cats there. If someone pushed you enough to be more short, they likely had it coming.

[zredgemz]

I am sorry if i came off strong bronty, to the event i am referring to i do not know which mod would have been on that night for the thread iam referring to, i only know what was said and who was not punished. I have no hard feelings for you, i clash ideas with a bunch of people on NA and elsewhere but i am not losing sleep over it nor do i expect to sway hearts and minds to what i believe.

[Bronty-2]

No worries at all. Sounds like I misinterpreted! Have a good one

[JSoup]

zredgemz and jawbone have both earned a x4 multiplier on their next point score for jointly summoning bronty twice.

[Bronty-2]

just say my name three times and I appear like Candyman

[sfchakan]

Did you bring candy... or bees?

[gbpxl]

I got banned from that place a few years back. Don't even remember what it was about now. I didn't even get so much as warning. I just logged in one day and it said "You are banned from this forum." and a message saying something about spamming. yeah, right...

didn't even know who to contact or how to get a hold of them to ask what exactly I said that was problematic or contest it. yeah fuck that place.

[Gameguy]

I just logged in one day and it said "You are banned from this forum." and a message saying something about spamming. yeah, right...
Were you bumping up a bunch of older threads like you are now?

[gbpxl]

no and i fail to see why that is problematic

[bb_hood]

Were you bumping up a bunch of older threads like you are now?

this made me laugh

[Aussie2B]

Some forums do frown upon a single user making a whole bunch of new topics and/or bumping a bunch of old topics in a short span and do regard that as spamming.

[Gameguy]

no and i fail to see why that is problematic
I was mostly joking, but in general it does depend on what's being posted. If it's some new relevant information to add then it's usually fine, but directly answering questions to users that no longer post on a forum, or providing a general opinion on something where everybody still active on a forum already gave their own in the thread years earlier, those are less welcomed. It really comes down to whether a new post in an old thread will start a new continued discussion or not. At least with multiple old threads being bumped up at the same time. Occasionally I bump up old threads too.

[gbpxl]

I was mostly joking, but in general it does depend on what's being posted. If it's some new relevant information to add then it's usually fine, but directly answering questions to users that no longer post on a forum, or providing a general opinion on something where everybody still active on a forum already gave their own in the thread years earlier, those are less welcomed. It really comes down to whether a new post in an old thread will start a new continued discussion or not. At least with multiple old threads being bumped up at the same time. Occasionally I bump up old threads too.

I just read through the actual Terms of Service. This was the part I saw in there that was relevant to this:


Check before posting 'Best Games for System'
Before posting a 'Top Ten Whatever' list, please check the Classic Discussions forum, as it probably has been touched upon in the past. Build upon that old thread, as the new one *will* get locked down and referred back to the original topic.

"Build upon that old thread" meaning what exactly? If I simply answer the topic question with something relating to my own experience, is that not considered "building upon it?"

It also says this:


Peruse the Timeless Classics forum
Note that there is a forum ('Classic Discussions') designed specifically for keeping timeless conversations alive forever. It's a good idea to browse through these; you'll find that even the oldest ones still apply today and they're fairly general topics. It's a good place to 'get your feet wet'!
"Keeping it alive forever." I thought that's what I was doing...

[Gameguy]

"Keeping it alive forever." I thought that's what I was doing...
Just FYI the Timeless Classics is a separate section on the forums full of old topics. It's basically kept separate so people can post to old topics and everyone else can basically ignore them. It's been ages since anybody really posted in that section, it's at the bottom of the main forum page.

I'm ok with old topics, I think this forum generally is too as old topics aren't automatically locked like other forums do. It's still funny to see random old threads bumped up out of nowhere.

Look at this thread, who originally posted in it? Most people aren't even posting here anymore, and there was some arguing in it, and it was mostly created just to complain about another forum. Lots of previous fighting and drama happened over this type of stuff. Why bump this up for a casual conversation? It wasn't to talk about something that happened to you just now, it was something that happened to you years ago. It's like stirring shit up again out of nowhere. I mostly thought it was funny rather than annoying.

[gbpxl]

- a mod with a Mario sodomizing a Koopa for an avatar jokingly warning a new member to behave or else he'll be banned

- two mods with the name "Mario's Left (Right) Nut"

- looking through old threads and literally 25% of the members are banned. some of the people who were banned had thousands of posts, years of active membership, positive trade interaction, trophies, etc. kinda sad when I start to think about it.

- banning a member for making a pro-Trump thread. same member who gave another member a sealed NTSC Stadium Events for free.

and basically any criticism of VGA will not go over too well.

To this day I don't know who the mods are here at Digit Press besides Nz17 and that's probably a good thing. in a retro game forum composed mostly of people whose parents had enough money to buy them video games in the 80s and 90s and are now people between mid 20s and upper 40s, I don't see why a huge moderator presence would be necessary. it seems that the moderators at NA are mostly there to make sure there is no criticism of encasing video games in glass, rendering them useless, and to make sure their viewpoints go unchallenged. the elitism that is found there gives collectors a bad name

[Aussie2B]

If you don't like a how a private forum is run, don't post on it. That's about the gist of it. They can allow or disallow whatever they please.


in a retro game forum composed mostly of people whose parents had enough money to buy them video games in the 80s and 90s and are now people between mid 20s and upper 40s, I don't see why a huge moderator presence would be necessary.

I don't know what you're trying to insinuate here, but coming from a well off family doesn't mean you're inherently better behaved than someone from a poor family, nor does receiving games in the 80s and 90s mean your family was well off. Many people only received games once in a great while, and older games could be had for cheap on markdown just as they can today. Additionally, many collectors in their 30s and 40s now were old enough to be buying their own games in the 80s and 90s.

[Nz17]

The list of mods, super mods, and admins is here. (https://forum.digitpress.com/forum/showgroups.php)

The general rule at the Digital Press Retrogaming Roundtable is to keep everything in one thread, so as long as something is appropriate to a discussion, it is cool to revitalize any thread.

Timeless Classics is likely going to end up merged into Classic Gaming at some point.

And to bring things back on-topic, I haven't used Nintendo Age enough to have much of an opinion about it.

[Rickstilwell1]

I basically use it mainly when what I want isn't available on ebay. Sometimes someone there has a copy. It probably is best to only look for Nintendo items there though. I find some discussions to be ok. It really depends on who posts in it. It's not as bad as some Facebook groups.

[Tanooki]

NA isn't bad, but they historically have been touchy about stuff being posted that would ruffle the feathers of enough regulars even if it wasn't an actual listed rule. You just kind of have to watch how things roll and be careful, but that's the same as anywhere. While it's very collector heavy there, they do have a good base of gamers and a lot of decent knowledge to tap into. I know it probably seems odd me being cool and all as I'd qualify for the comment of solid trade/sales rep, helpful, lots of posts over years but it is what it is. I'm not like I was those years ago, but then I got fumed at the collector mentality and the damage it caused. Now I don't care, got out of much of it, invested in kits and let people pick the bones as it's a waste being depressed about it. I've been moving into HDMI on my old stuff, and so far 3 of 4 pre-HDMI systems are just that now. :)

[Greg2600]

In case anyone wasn't aware, Nintendo Age is basically dead. They sold it to GoCollect.com who basically killed the forum and the collecting tools.

[gbpxl]

In case anyone wasn't aware, Nintendo Age is basically dead. They sold it to GoCollect.com who basically killed the forum and the collecting tools.you mean the collecting Nazis no longer have a place to call home? Oh No!

[Aussie2B]

I've heard that videogamesage.com was set up as a replacement for the Nintendo Age forum. I can't vouch for that myself since I never joined Nintendo Age, don't know who the regulars were, haven't joined this other forum, and have no idea if the same community and atmosphere is on it. But if that info is of any use to anyone, there ya go.

[Rickstilwell1]

I've heard that videogamesage.com was set up as a replacement for the Nintendo Age forum. I can't vouch for that myself since I never joined Nintendo Age, don't know who the regulars were, haven't joined this other forum, and have no idea if the same community and atmosphere is on it. But if that info is of any use to anyone, there ya go.

Cool I just joined them too just in case. Too bad about NintendoAge. I bet SegaAge and PlaystationCollecting fell with it as they were sister sites. The more forums the merrier. Maybe someday I can find something someone is selling there but not here or AtariAge.

I had sort of a friend on NintendoAge from Ireland who was very helpful to me. If I wanted something from ebay UK that was not listed in the USA and the seller would not ship here, this guy would let me send him the money, buy it off ebay, have it shipped to him, then I would pay him again to ship it to me. I got 2 PAL exclusives a lot cheaper this way. I wonder if he joined any other forum to replace NintendoAge.


EDIT: GoCollect.com is the new NintendoAge. Your NintendoAge user name and password will still work on the new website. It is ugly, but people still manged to post threads. I found a post saying people started jumping over to VideoGameSage back in late October. I think NA members went there because they gave up on waiting for GoCollect to fix the site like they said they would. They still haven't done it.