The Most Irritating Collectors

[Great Hierophant]

To me, the greatest collector is the one who only collects those games which he likes to play. I do not appreciate some other collectors, for example:

The Collector who only Collects Rares. These people often fail to figure out why many games are rare, because they suck.

The Collector who only Collects, never plays. Unless you have a love of artwork, why bother? Go collect something else.

The Investor, buying low and selling high. These are the parasites of the world.

The Collector who must have 3 of everything. Nothing is eternal.

The Unorganized Collector. No wonder why he spent money on something he already owns. Unorganized shelves are unsightly.

The Hoarder of the Unavailable. This fellow will keep his prototypes to himself , keeping them from being dumped and enjoyed by others.

[Cmosfm]

What's the point of this topic anyways?

Anyways, what about the collector who buys 1 of every game, and plays the ones he wants? That's what I am, I love gaming, I love the hobby, the games, and I want to own as much as possible.

[GrayFox]

This thread is just a "Please flame me" thread. That is all.

I'm not saying if I agree with him or not, it's just he's asking for some punishment verbally from some people.

[MegaDrive20XX]

3 of everything!? I'll have you know my best friend has FOUR copies of Lunar Silver Star Story Complete for PSX (Each with different Artwork on the CD's) and DAMN PROUD OF IT! LOL

3's company....but 4 is a crazy man's game...

[Backgammon]

I hate the collectors who pay four/five/six... times the right price for games in ebay inflating the prices of all games for all collectors because everyone is using ebay as a price guide now :angry: .

[Nesmaster]

well i for one love to play my nes and love to collect nes, and my ultimate goal is to have every US released title. so while i buy the games i like/will play, it will also require buying alot of games that i will not play. sort of incorporates what i like doing with a twist ;)

and in regards to having 3 of every game, i have no problem in that. good for trade bait to get games you dont have and want/need. another reason to have more of one game, is to have a playing copy, and a copy for the collection. example, i have 2 copies of kickle cubicle, a loose one that i will play, and a mint complete one that i will not play, so the mint one stays mint. :)

[Flack]

The only collectors I don't care for are the ones that worry about how other people collect. Everyone's in this for their own reasons, and that's good enough for me. I've never met a videogame collector who didn't like collecting for SOME reason.

I could shoot down everyone of those pseduo-slams in the original post, but I've got too many unavailables to hoard, sucky rares to track down ... oh yeah, and games to play.

[Cmosfm]

The only collectors I don't care for are the ones that worry about how other people collect. Everyone's in this for their own reasons, and that's good enough for me. I've never met a videogame collector who didn't like collecting for SOME reason.

I could shoot down everyone of those pseduo-slams in the original post, but I've got too many unavailables to hoard, sucky rares to track down ... oh yeah, and games to play.

And on that note......the topic ended.

Flack's always got a way with words.

:D

[Nez]

The Collector who must have 3 of everything. Nothing is eternal.

Well since I hat lets see here: 14 pac man carts; 16 combat carts; 12 missile commands; and 9 asteroids carts, you must want me dead. I really see no point too haveing so many granted but who the hell am I gunna give em too? LOL

[abdul]

I hate the collectors who pay four/five/six... times the right price for games in ebay inflating the prices of all games for all collectors because everyone is using ebay as a price guide now :angry: .

Ditto, I have been saving up for two weeks to get a complete Snes Chrono Trigger.

[Chunky]

VB(complete), Vectrex, NES, SNES, XE,Coleco,7800...i want everything carts only and i will play them all, again and again and again......

ps, ps2, DC, n64, sms, gc, tg-16....i want only the playable games.


now that being said...i will buy everything i want to play nce, or make a buck off of.... or if i find a deal i "rescue" it from the underbelly of some 10yo who knows nothing.. i will seal and sel it here for nonprofit like i do most things.


regardless i am happy to swipe a game from under you knows because your blind or dumb......suck it tribek

[tholly]

yea, the only thing i hate is the "what should i collect collectors" ........... buy what you want, or what you will enjoy, not what others will tell you you will like......buy a game or 2 for a system and if you dont like it, try something else....find what you like and stick with it

[Sylentwulf]

The only collectors I don't care for are the ones that worry about how other people collect. Everyone's in this for their own reasons, and that's good enough for me. I've never met a videogame collector who didn't like collecting for SOME reason.

I could shoot down everyone of those pseduo-slams in the original post, but I've got too many unavailables to hoard, sucky rares to track down ... oh yeah, and games to play.

:duh:

hate using that smiley, not calling flack stupid, just agreeing with the post. Maybe I should just say "+1"

[pookninja]

why bother being irritated with other collectors?just concentrate on your collection,and dont worry what other people collect.i mean really,do you think i give a shit if some person wants to have 50 of every system?hell,as long as i get my gaming stuff,im cool with other collectors.if some one buys games cheap,just to turn around to sell for more,thats there business.just dont buy from them.i have more then one nes,sms,genesis,super nes,and ps1.the only reason,because i got the double and triples at a deal.i collect regular release,and greatest hit,players choice,etc,of the same game.so what?its a free world and as long as i have the cash,i will do what i want.

[orrimarrko]

I hate cats...and my job.

[Porkchop]

I might own three of a game because they were a good deal. When a see a box of NES games for $3.00 and I already have all of the titles in the box I might still buy it, because I can't pass up a good deal. Someone once paid $40 each for those games and I can not get them for .50 each.

When time permits I takes a system with a bunch of commons and sell them on ebay. Not to make money but to get someone else started in collecting or give them some of the joy of playing old games again. I sure don't do it for the money. Setting up a sale and shipping takes a lot of time. My time is worth a hell of a lot more than the profit I make.

The Joy of collecting is sharing it with others.

[link1110]

The Investor, buying low and selling high. These are the parasites of the world.

I've done this. The best thing ABOUT Valkyrie Profile is that you can buy it for $35 at Gamestop and sell it for $70 on EBay LOL

[MegaDrive20XX]

The Investor, buying low and selling high. These are the parasites of the world.

I've done this. The best thing ABOUT Valkyrie Profile is that you can buy it for $35 at Gamestop and sell it for $70 on EBay LOL


I agree with link1110 here. LOL It's called Marketing dude! The Stock Market does it daily, so do we!

[Iron Draggon]

OK, so these are our only choices as collectors, should we ever decide to sell:

1. Make a profit by buying low and selling high
2. Take a loss by buying high and selling low.
3. Break even

Or in other words, as the Great Hierophant so eloquently describes them:

1. Be a parasite
2. Be an idiot
3. Waste time

No wonder most people choose #1, there's always #2 to feed on, and #3 is just as tasty, but #2 is always starving to death, and #3 might as well starve!

LOL

[dsullo]

Buying and selling is what makes our economy exist. Nobody is twisting anyone's arm to buy on ebay. People who pay more on ebay are paying for the convenience of not running to 5 different stores to look for a specific game title. If you don't like it then too bad, but it is a way of life. I buy and sell all the time and I usually turn a profit which enables me to buy more. I never understand why people frown on it. If I take the time to find something , list it and deal with the nonsense of selling it , I deserve any profit I earn.

[orrimarrko]

Frankly, he sounds like a very, very bitter kid.

[charitycasegreg]

What is wrong with buying low and selling high? If its a game you dont want and you just bought to sell then its a good thing! A good way to make money too. I think you are the one who is the collector that is irritating, the one who complains and is mad because of the way other people go about collecting, it makes you mad that you miss good deals at stores and garage sales because other people beat you even though they will probably just sell it on ebay. You will get your turn, just hunt some more.

[TheRedEye]

okay thanks

[charitycasegreg]

okay thanks

Is it a +1 now?

[LazingBlazers]

Ya know, I don't know Bill very well... but I don't think he'd appreciate you bringing him down by saying The Collector this, The Collector that, etc.

Oh... wait a minute. You must mean that you dislike the collectors who do those things? In that case:

I hate negative assholes.

[-hellvin-]

I farted after reading this thead

It made me feel better

[LazingBlazers]

I farted after reading this thead

It made me feel better

I hate The Collectors that fart. My shit smells like roses.

[whoisKeel]

i can't believe this has gotten 25+ replies.

the one thing that drew me into this site was that there are all sorts of varying levels of collectors here.

me? i have less than 200 games. that's diddly squat compared to most regulars. and yes, i've bought at least 10 items to sell for a profit. wanna know why? to buy games i actually want. i've bought a few games i have no intention to play...why? cause i felt like it. i have games i've never played...and may never play...why? cause i may play them someday, or maybe trade them, or hell, just to add a few games to my collection.

and your 'type' of collector who never plays games...i've never heard of such a thing, must truly be a rarity. even sealed collector's actual opened games probably trump my collection. that's like saying comic collector's don't read any comics. there may be a few, but they won't stick with it anyways...and even if they did, who cares if they're just in love with collecting?

[Hovoc]

im sure this has been replied already but my favorite collector to hate would be the ones that collect every copy of a certain game to hoard them and jack up prices, like that one dude who paid a shit load of money for his 100+ copy of the game

[GrayFox]

Agh, just a big hate thread.

A collector is a collector in my opinion. I mean, there might be ones I 'dislike' more than the other, but I have respect for what they do, unless it's illegal in a really harsh sense. *Kicking a little boy's face in for his Pokemon toy, that's just sassy.*

People collect games for their own reasons. Let them be.

Lock the hate thread!

[wberdan]

To me, the greatest collector is the one who only collects those games which he likes to play. I do not appreciate some other collectors, for example:

The Collector who only Collects Rares. These people often fail to figure out why many games are rare, because they suck.

The Collector who only Collects, never plays. Unless you have a love of artwork, why bother? Go collect something else.

The Investor, buying low and selling high. These are the parasites of the world.

The Collector who must have 3 of everything. Nothing is eternal.

The Unorganized Collector. No wonder why he spent money on something he already owns. Unorganized shelves are unsightly.

The Hoarder of the Unavailable. This fellow will keep his prototypes to himself , keeping them from being dumped and enjoyed by others.

i am a collector that you dont have listed on there.
i am a collector that started at the age of four, and played video games a majority of my life from 1982 to 1994.
i burned out, but still played on occasion in the meantime.
in 2000, i started gaining interest in my old colecovision games..
and i started collecting, with a fury.
i rarely play anymore, but i still do once in a while.
i collect because it's in my blood.
i want every game available just in case i want to play it.
and yes- i do love to look at the artwork.
i can have a satisfying week without playing one game, and just appreciating some of the box art from those early games.
i also sometimes think of my collection as an investment, even though i have no intention to sell.

how can you classify people that have video game collections with just a handful of descriptions?

its insulting.

dont worry about posting rants about collectors on message boards.
appreciate games.

i know i will be.


willie

[Famidrive-16]

The Unorganized Collector. No wonder why he spent money on something he already owns. Unorganized shelves are unsightly.


screw you, i try, honestly. :(

[Push Upstairs]

I collect what i want and never worry about others.

[Aussie2B]

I've done this. The best thing ABOUT Valkyrie Profile is that you can buy it for $35 at Gamestop and sell it for $70 on EBay LOL

The best thing about Valkyrie Profile is that it's a damn fine game.

Now if we're talking your second or third copy of it, THEN I'd understand selling it. ;)

Honestly, I can sympathize with Great Hierophant. We all have felt frustration when there is something we want and have difficulty getting because of collectors who we believe have less-than-noble reasons for snatching up the finds before we can get to them.

Maybe I'm just an asshole, but I do believe my reasons and methods of collecting are better than others. I have a passion for games, I play them all the time, I respect the developer's work, I take care of my stuff, and I put my money to good use by buying games I actually think I will enjoy in some way (and leave quantity and complete collections as an afterthought). Do I buy stuff with the intention of selling sometimes? Absolutely. I'm a poor college bum, so I need all the cash I can get. Video games are about the only thing I know well enough that I can judge value and determine what would be a wise investment. My profits have never been especially large (maybe $30 at the most on one thing), but it's a tiny little bit of money to help me have the funds when I DO come across something I want and will keep in my collection.

And as for being organized... I'll repeat what Famidrive-16 said and say "I try". Like I said, I'm a broke college student, I can't afford to buy fancy nice shelves, nor do I even have the room for 'em what with living with my boyfriend's family and all. Building them myself is out of the question too since I'm no handyman. I'm a chick; I can sew damn fine, but I can't do woodwork. I'm a very organized person, though, so I do what I can with cardboard boxes and such. I can't say I've ever bought a game accidentally when I already owned it.

[Wavelflack]

[quote="pookninja"]why bother being irritated with other collectors?[quote]

Why not? There are plenty of folks who are collecting because it's "hot" at the moment, not because they are particular fans of the medium or form. Those people are certainly entitled to the pursuit of profit and glory, but I'm well within the bounds of reason to dislike that mindset.
I suppose it's conceited or arrogant to believe that collectors who actually enjoy games are more "pure", but that's how I feel. I guess I see game collecting as a convergence of a number of vectors: Entertainment, nostalgia, artistry, historical significance, financial (both real and speculative), and "bragging rights". I think it's reasonable to assume that most of the collectors here encompass most of those interests.
Operating under the same premise, I feel that it's reasonable to feel disdain or disgust for someone who collects purely for profit. The reason why I would bother being irritated by other collectors is that SOME of them are denuding the shelves for financial gain only, and could not care less about the other aspects of game collecting that are listed above. If they could somehow get more $$$ for a cart by destroying the label and shorting out the pins, they would do it. I presume most of us have encountered at least one such "collector".

Attempted analogy follows:

A guy could buy a ton of food, then dump it in the sewer in plain view of a group of starving kids....and it's not wrong. It's not illegal. It's not immoral. But you can't fault the kid for being resentful at the waste of purpose and potential.

[Ed Oscuro]

The Unorganized Collector. No wonder why he spent money on something he already owns. Unorganized shelves are unsightly.
Ah, this is revealing. The Great Hierophant has placed him/herself in place of the Unorganized Collector's Mother! LOL

Irritating collectors? Hmm, I'd have to say that the only thing which can make a person irritating are personality traits - one can exhibit any of the collecting habits this topic derides, but still be a great person.

And I also think that it's pretty damned funny to hear Wavelflack talking about being annoyed by people - though I agree that folks driving up prices as they're buying what everybody else is buying can be annoying (outside of collecting, we refer to such behavior as "The Market Economy.")

[DreamTR]

The person that started this thread has to be the most idiotic person on the forums.

People can collect any way they want.

Do you think everything is free? People can get 3 of a game, it's called "TRADE BAIT"

And by the way, about hoarding games...is it everyone's RIGHT to play an unreleased game for free after poor Joe Schoe paid $1000 for the cart? If a group of people want to pay him $1000 for the cart to play it so bad, they can do it. If they want to play it for free like everyone else, sorry...nothing in life is free. If I pay for a one of a kind item, I am NOT sharing it unless I am well compensated.

About disorganization, what does that mean? Nice shelves with stuff on them in alphabetical order? What kind of colelctor are you? The scathing selfish one who obviously is so bothered by everyone else's collecting ways that he has to make a post about it.

YOu know what? You just made yourself a stereotype....

The "snob" collector. The collector who thinks his way is the right way to collect, and there are no other ways.

[The Collector]

Ya know, I don't know Bill very well... but I don't think he'd appreciate you bringing him down by saying The Collector this, The Collector that, etc.

Oh... wait a minute. You must mean that you dislike the collectors who do those things? In that case:

I hate negative assholes.

Ya know, as soon as that patent comes through for me, I'm gonna get $.50 every time my screen name gets mentioned here :-P

~bill(parasite :D )

[Wavelflack]

I don't think he was arguing the legality of those collecting "methods", nor the bill of rights as it pertains to game collecting.

I think he was talking about the traits in certain game collectors he finds irritating.
What an outcast! EVERYONE knows that game collectors are one big happy family! We never argue amongst ourselves! Resentment never shows it's ugly head in the game collecting world!

We never refer to other collectors as "idiotic", because we are tolerant and open minded and gregarious and benevolent to all!


Tee hee!

[Fuyukaze]

While I know I am still new here, I do agree with atleast one point that the original poster made.

I cant stand people who buy only to resale them for killer profits. My reasoning though is a bit different. Its not due to a lack of understanding. I myself have been in the position where it was buy low/sell high or go without. I know people who do that now because they need the money. I still feel its wrong because what they are selling, isnt some stock on wallstreet to me. Its a treasure to be enjoyed. Its something to be played and marveled at. Not something to be cast around like it was useless or junk.
Though this is my opinion, I also admit its not my money so I have no right to say much if anything at all. Honestly, does it realy matter what motives one colects for? If its their own money they are spending, shouldnt they have the right to decide what they buy, how they play it, or even if they do?

Even knowing its none of my buisness, it still drives me crazy. I will probly always be offended to some degree by this one particular type of game colector.

[Avenger]

haha this is awesome...i saw this topic, didnt even read the post, and by the title alone i knew by the time i got back from work, every single DP'er was gunna be ticked off and gettin pissed at this dude...

this guys just prob pissed off cuz sum body screwed him over or sumthin...but hey the one kind of collector we can prob ALL agree to hate are people who are ONLY in it for the profit...ppl who buy tons of games at a discount price and then sell them off...they havent even touched the games nor do they actually give a shit...so technically they arent even considered "collectors", but hell we all encounter them and they def piss us off....

Collect on brothers...and more importantly GAME ON! :D

[charitycasegreg]

While I know I am still new here, I do agree with atleast one point that the original poster made.

I cant stand people who buy only to resale them for killer profits. My reasoning though is a bit different. Its not due to a lack of understanding. I myself have been in the position where it was buy low/sell high or go without. I know people who do that now because they need the money. I still feel its wrong because what they are selling, isnt some stock on wallstreet to me. Its a treasure to be enjoyed. Its something to be played and marveled at. Not something to be cast around like it was useless or junk.
Though this is my opinion, I also admit its not my money so I have no right to say much if anything at all. Honestly, does it realy matter what motives one colects for? If its their own money they are spending, shouldnt they have the right to decide what they buy, how they play it, or even if they do?

Even knowing its none of my buisness, it still drives me crazy. I will probly always be offended to some degree by this one particular type of game colector.

People do this for money though. It may be someone who doesnt want the game but knwo they can make profit. THey sell it to someone who wants to play it though, or someone else who will enjoy owning it, making 2 people happy (the person who bought it to resell, and the new buyer), and 1 person mad, you. I get mad too when I find out someone beat me to the rummage sale with games, but it doesnt piss me off to the point where I have to make a topic about it, I just complain about it in the "weekday finds" thread. :D

[Cobra Commander]

The Collector....

I'm really enjoying your avatar.
By the way. I collect everything I can get my hands on. I buy games for systems I don't even have. I won't buy every game I see in EB or Wal-Mart or Best Buy, but if I see a box of games in Goodwill or any junkstore, I will buy it. No matter what. I don't care what it is.
I love getting new(or old) video games. I simply enjoy video games for being video games. The more the merrier!

[DStriemer]

I love chicken!
I love liver!
MEOW MIX! MEOW MIX!
Please Deliver..........

Oh sorry, what was this tripe we were talking about....... :roll:

[PapaStu]

I have to agree with Chunky here. Im not out to make a profit on my games over others, if I can help someone I am more than glad to do so. Hell I sent Dangerboy a game that easily commands 40+ on ebay FOR FREE, why... because he needed it for his collection. Oh and I am one of those who collects mutiple copies of a game just for a reason. They are called variants. Just look at my 8 copies of Alundra (or any of the Variant stuff that some of us PlayStation collectors hunt in my first sig link below). Im also one of those people who just must have to many games for you to like me and I just dont play enough of them. I've only got so many hours in a day and unfortunatley ive got other things happening in my life. Oh any my game room, yah thats a little packed too. Even more reason to hate me because ive not been as up on the ball as I used to be with my organizational lists.

Hopefully you can look beyond this and see that i'm not a bad video game collector and that I might even bring something to the community, but then again were all so engrossed in our own collecting that I'm not sure that I'll see your answer.

[scorch56]

I hate cats...and my job.

+1

[chaoticjelly]

I sold games I wasnt interested in, hardware and swaps on ebay, and it paid for my whole collection so far (nearly every euro sms game) and more

I also made a packet of cash which is helping me though my education!

And hey, if I didnt buy these old games they would get thrown in the trash, sold to some little kid thats going to snot all over it, or bought by a real dealer with stupid prices!

[Predatorxs]

To me, the greatest collector is the one who only collects those games which he likes to play. I do not appreciate some other collectors, for example:

The Hoarder of the Unavailable. This fellow will keep his prototypes to himself , keeping them from being dumped and enjoyed by others.

The Greatest collector! hummm! so can this (Great collector) play all his fav games at the same time!... thought not! :roll:

If you go and pay X amount of $$$ for a Proto, why not just go and throw it all away and have it dumped (Surely a proto that hasn't been dumped, would be a jewel of any collectors collection), to ME it doesn't matter if a Proto gets dumped or not, it's up to the owner of the proto, and i'm not of a needy nature, that i HAVE to have a rom of that game!!

It's like having a sweet chick she's all yours, but guys in the street and even your best buddies want to bone her! So thats cool right? will that chick still be the same to you afterwards? ( A strange enallage, but you see what i mean ~ )

At the end of the day (a proto) is only plastic and bits of metal that people put a price on! :o Now i'll go play my Nes unreleased game "Burning bridges!"

*EDIT* The Most Irritating Collector HAS posted the The Most Irritating thread, hey your on a roll now, go wash ya Ass! x_x

:vamp:..XS

[vision89]

I hate everyone
The collector who buys low and sells high:These people are driving up ebay prices
The collector who buys high ans sells low:These people are driving up yard sale/flea market prices
The collector who buys and sells for the same:These people are doing nothing for our economy
The collector who is unorganized:I can't ever find the game I want when I'm at their house
The collector who is organized:All they are doing is bragging about their collection
The collector who has two game rooms, one organized and one not:I've just confused myself-I think I'll stop now
LOL

[Predatorxs]

I hate everyone
The collector who buys low and sells high:These people are driving up ebay prices
The collector who buys high ans sells low:These people are driving up yard sale/flea market prices
The collector who buys and sells for the same:These people are doing nothing for our economy
The collector who is unorganized:I can't ever find the game I want when I'm at their house
The collector who is organized:All they are doing is bragging about their collection
The collector who has two game rooms, one organized and one not:I've just confused myself-I think I'll stop now
LOL

Dude i think your avatar says it all! ;) AND that avatar looks very familiar? hmmmm :o

:vamp:..XS

[Queen Of The Felines]

The only "collectors" I hate are the ones that aren't even interested in the games but are interested in reselling on ebay. Take the Circuit City sale for example, sure, I bought a ton of crap, but I at least bought them for myself and only one copy of each. I could've easily scooped up four copies of Guilty Gear X2 but I didn't because I wanted to leave something behind for someone else. It's just good karma. Compare that to the two yahoos I saw that had literally three baskets full of stuff bragging about how they were going to be rich off of ebay. (And of course they had every copy of some games that I wanted, but oh well. It's their right I guess. :roll: )

Kristine

[thegreatescape]

A guy could buy a ton of food, then dump it in the sewer in plain view of a group of starving kids....and it's not wrong. It's not illegal. It's not immoral.

Your conscience must not have to do much work :hmm:

All i have to say about "bad" collectors is: what goes around comes around.

[charitycasegreg]

The only "collectors" I hate are the ones that aren't even interested in the games but are interested in reselling on ebay. Take the Circuit City sale for example, sure, I bought a ton of crap, but I at least bought them for myself and only one copy of each. I could've easily scooped up four copies of Guilty Gear X2 but I didn't because I wanted to leave something behind for someone else. It's just good karma. Compare that to the two yahoos I saw that had literally three baskets full of stuff bragging about how they were going to be rich off of ebay. (And of course they had every copy of some games that I wanted, but oh well. It's their right I guess. :roll: )

Kristine

If Ihad money to do so, I would have done the same as that person did. Making moniey to buy new games is a great thing. Plus maybe after you bought the games you wanted a group of peope came in and bought all the ones that would sell high on ebay? Selling the stuff you dont want is a great way to earn money for more games you want.

[Predatorxs]

The only "collectors" I hate are the ones that aren't even interested in the games but are interested in reselling on ebay. Take the Circuit City sale for example, sure, I bought a ton of crap, but I at least bought them for myself and only one copy of each. I could've easily scooped up four copies of Guilty Gear X2 but I didn't because I wanted to leave something behind for someone else. It's just good karma. Compare that to the two yahoos I saw that had literally three baskets full of stuff bragging about how they were going to be rich off of ebay. (And of course they had every copy of some games that I wanted, but oh well. It's their right I guess. :roll: )

Kristine

QOF, you sound to good, but i guess your gunna find yahoo's like that everywhere.. also the little ditty over your avatar, i wouldn't say that was so :embarrassed:

I haven't been "there" yet :P (Just kiddin) :angel:

:vamp:..XS

[christianscott27]

Woah, woah! time out ya all! the guy had a point and if you dont like it move on, no need to make it personal. there are lots of conversations here on this same issue just with different subject lines like "what kind of collector are you" or the perenial favorite "are you a collector or player". its a shame the guy used the word "hate" in his post because its de-railing a decent subject. i know the great heirophant personally, he's not a close friend but he's been over to our trademeets several times and i like him. he knows a lot about games and he's a good intelligent guy to talk with.

its my own view that coming down on somebody else's collecting habits is unproductive since theres a place for everybody in this foodchain of ours. i speak up for my style of collecting and its pretty much the only way i'd want to do it but its no more or less legit than all the other flavors. anyways i just dont think this topic warrents all the slams in it so far.


whats my style of collecting? even though i'd never spend at his level this quote sums it up pretty well


i am a collector that you dont have listed on there.
i am a collector that started at the age of four, and played video games a majority of my life from 1982 to 1994.
i burned out, but still played on occasion in the meantime.
in 2000, i started gaining interest in my old colecovision games..
and i started collecting, with a fury.
i rarely play anymore, but i still do once in a while.
i collect because it's in my blood.
i want every game available just in case i want to play it.
and yes- i do love to look at the artwork.
i can have a satisfying week without playing one game, and just appreciating some of the box art from those early games.
i also sometimes think of my collection as an investment, even though i have no intention to sell.

[PDorr3]

id most likely fall under the category of the collector who just collects and never plays. I buy games, play them once or twice and usualy never play them again. Im a bargain hunter, if i go into EB and see a game for like $5.99 on ps2 or something i must have the game! (no sports games)

[TomMage]

3 of everything!? I'll have you know my best friend has FOUR copies of Lunar Silver Star Story Complete for PSX (Each with different Artwork on the CD's) and DAMN PROUD OF IT! LOL

3's company....but 4 is a crazy man's game...

How about the 7 CD arts for Lunar SSS for Sega CD. And actually 8 variations as the common art CD comes with both foil and non foil manual. I have 5 of 8. Good fun, and SCD version is GREAT.

Tom

[Pedro Lambrini]

Boy, did Heirophant get a reaction! :P

[brykasch]

I look at things this way, to each their own.

If I see 4 copies of disgea for 10 each I am and I am trading em or selling em.Its how alot of us build their collections. I won the super bowl contest this year got some good stuff. Kept what I really wanted, and used some of it to get some items in trade I really wanted. I don't care how many copies of a game I have if I find some at an incredible price (secret of mana for 3.99) I will buy em to make money to get games I want. Its called what you do when you don't make diddly squat at your job and still wnat to get games:) Hell some of the collectors do it every day as its called their business, they have shops and need to do this to make money:)

I don't have everything on display, some are still in boxes, mainly because I don't have enough room.

The only thing I am good at is keeping track of games I own, games I want, trade lists, orphan lists, mags and guides list etc. I may not know where it is, but dammnit I know if I have it:)

[TomMage]

"If Ihad money to do so, I would have done the same as that person did. Making moniey to buy new games is a great thing. Plus maybe after you bought the games you wanted a group of peope came in and bought all the ones that would sell high on ebay? Selling the stuff you dont want is a great way to earn money for more games you want."

Exactly. It's called WORK. Hunting down bargains, driving to get them (not knowing what will be left) or paying postage, paying in advance not knowing if they will sell or if you can trade them, you are taking a chance. It's not like someone is delivering to your door, it is work. Trading for stuff you want or selling to make money to buy other items you want, no problems with that here.....

Tom

[Nez]

I hate ALL collectors. Damn competition. LOL

[v1rich]

I have several of these bad habits.

[Backgammon]

I hate ALL collectors. Damn competition. LOL

That's the attitude! :D

[vincewy]

If you want to meet the most annoying collectors, check this newsletter board (http://lists.dhp.com/neogeo), especially the posts in the late 90s, you actually subscribe to this board and receive emails everyday from other people's posts. Sometimes I feel embarrased to be NG collector.

[ianoid]

Boy, did Heirophant get a reaction!

Amazing how polarized this simple thread caused people to become. My response was far less visceral.


I hate ALL collectors. Damn competition.

This is as close to my feeling as it gets.


So where's the 'Real Collectors...' thread? Real Collectors don't take pee breaks while hunting.

I actually dislike among collectors the same things that I dislike among all people- avarice, self-importance, inconsiderate behavior, dishonesty.

[digitalpress]

Now THIS is a great thread.

If you got aggravated reading it, that's GOOD. See, that's what forums are all about! We're not all going to agree with each other. We clearly all like different kinds of games, have different theories on what is good and bad practice, and vary wildly on our approach to gaming vs. collecting.

And yet, does a thread like this not open your eyes sometimes to the way "the other ones" think and see things?

Hey, I'm not easily irritated, and I disagree with him in most cases (probably because I fall into those categories), but I do understand the feeling.

The irritating list is complicated so I'm not really sure where I'd fall, but I do have the following potentially irritating collector-traits:
- I am VERY organized. I really need to know where any game is at any given time, either for playing or researching.
- I buy or trade more than I play. My playing days are cut short with way too many side projects, though I'm tilting the scale somewhat to compensate for that (see the "(late) Summer Break" thread).
- I sometimes buy games that I have no intention of every playing. I don't think people in this category are being malicious in any way, it's more of an obsessive-compulsive thing. Pieces missing from a collection are like vast holes opened in time-space continuum... they need to be plugged up, fast!
- I sometimes buy games with the intention to sell later. I am not a game seller by any means, but anything I can do to turn my collecting "know how" into money means more money to buy games. I like games a lot.
- I am part of a team that sometimes holds prototypes, sometimes sells them, sometimes shares them. For various reasons, from helping defray the costs of running an annual national Expo to simply wanting things to be done right.

Ultimately I am a gamer, but as someone else here has already said, I never know when I'm going to get an itch to play a particular game, and if I DON'T have it... now THAT irritates me :)

[charitycasegreg]

collecting, selling, gaming, trading, everything invloved with games... its about having fun.