View Full Version : would you give up gaming for this?
Muscelli
06-26-2006, 03:19 PM
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christhegamer
06-26-2006, 03:24 PM
Man, I'd give up my life for a date with your avatar; YOWZA!!! :D
...but other than that, no.
Doom Gaze
06-26-2006, 03:36 PM
I don't think anyone here would say yes.
I mean, it's a car. I can buy one myself. Without games, life is so much bleaker.
Nicola
06-26-2006, 03:39 PM
I think that there are some members here that may sell their collection and buy a Bugatti.
tynstar
06-26-2006, 03:42 PM
No then I would tell him to go drive of a cliff or go f himself.
CosmicMonkey
06-26-2006, 03:47 PM
I'd prefer an Aston Martin V12 Vanquish, tbh. If you want a rediculously priced car that has comfort and class, then Astons are the way.
But no, I wouldn't give up my main hobby and something that entertains me for something like that. I have my BMW anyhow.....
Griking
06-26-2006, 03:58 PM
Not me. That's not the kind of car that you actually drive around town. (Imagine what insurance and gas would cost). And if you did drive like a normal car you'd probably be looking to replace it within 10 years anyways.
I'll stick to my dodge and all my games :D
Synergy
06-26-2006, 03:59 PM
I mean, it's a car. I can buy one myself. Without games, life is so much bleaker.
Yep, what he said.
Push Upstairs
06-26-2006, 04:11 PM
My insurance company would shit if i had something like that.
I'd pass on the car because other than not wanting to give up a hobby i enjoy, i don't really like driving all that much.
InsaneDavid
06-26-2006, 04:23 PM
Ah yes, the Lamborghini - cars for people with money that don't know anything about exotics but can't just hold off for awhile to afford the true high end.
jcalder8
06-26-2006, 04:51 PM
Hell yeah I would. Sell all my games sell the car buy everything back and a house to boot. How would he stop me from buying more games?
Phosphor Dot Fossils
06-26-2006, 04:54 PM
No. :P
mgriff
06-26-2006, 06:29 PM
I'd take the car, run him down, and then violate the terms of the deal :P
Fighter17
06-26-2006, 06:32 PM
I'm not trading my soul to the devil (I mean Jack).
I'll go with the rest of the people here and say, nope.
Downgrading from my 750i? No way!!!
XYXZYZ
06-26-2006, 06:53 PM
Replace what I love the most, something that has given me more happiness than most other things in life, with a corny status symbol that cannot do what it was created to do (represent me as a wealthy fop)? Nah.
However, if I were to be tempted into trading all of that for a car, there's only one offer I'd lose sleep over...
http://www.deloreanone.com/photos/c_delorean.jpg
ProgrammingAce
06-26-2006, 07:14 PM
What would you expect to happen if you went into a car forum and asked the people there if they'd trade their cars for a complete NES collection?
If i wanted a nice car, i wouldn't spend $$$$$ on videogames...
Videogamerdaryll
06-26-2006, 07:37 PM
Nope..
Cauterize
06-26-2006, 07:41 PM
how about a trade... my collection for Miss Lohan!?
GarrettCRW
06-26-2006, 08:05 PM
how about a trade... my collection for Miss Lohan!?
Hell yes, I would trade your collection for her. :D
cyberfluxor
06-26-2006, 08:06 PM
Not really. There's other cars (and trucks... and jetskies) I want to get and will be able to afford after college. Although it would be a nice ride, it's worth far more than my collection and in addition the upkeep is out of my price range.
Pantechnicon
06-26-2006, 08:35 PM
1) I don't know who Jack Thompson is and therefore have little inclination to trust him. Is he important?
2) If I could afford to lay low while vacationing in Beverly Hills chances are good I could afford my own Lamborghini.
3) For me, gaming (classic in particular) and collecting is not just about having a pile of stuff. It is a continual celebration of the best parts of my youth. It stimulates my creativity and competitiveness. It keeps me in contact with the sorts of people I prefer to associate with. It represents a certain lifestyle I choose to live. A Lamborghini, by contrast, is only a thing. Therefore it wouldn't be a fair trade and I’d be getting the short end of it.
4) Okay…. a Lamborghini is not merely “a thing”, but a rather impressive car. However, it would be very dishonest of me to be driving around in something I could never realistically afford on my own. In comparison, my game collection including modded consoles and my MAME cab, all represent things I acquired within my own financial means or through my own skills and labor. I can take an honest pride in what I have and what I’ve built. I could never feel the same thing for a car which by all rights I have no business driving or owning.
5) Despite being a third-generation gearhead I’ve never understood the mindset of people who tie up their whole sense of identity or self-worth in what they drive.
Tell the banker I said “No Deal”.
jonathonwillie
06-26-2006, 08:52 PM
i would trade my collection for the car
Balloon Fight
06-26-2006, 09:22 PM
I'd give up gaming + all sorts of other hobbies for this:
http://www.gerz.ru/media/images/Adriana.Lima_t.jpg
7th lutz
06-26-2006, 09:24 PM
No. I don't drive and I wouldn't get enough money for selling it.
If I did drive, I wouldn't accept it.
I wouldn't give up videogames up for anything.
Kitsune Sniper
06-26-2006, 09:28 PM
For that ugly ass car on the first post? No way. :P
Nirvana
06-26-2006, 09:30 PM
Haha, yeah right. I wouldn't want to give up a good hobby just for an excellent car. When I get my license next year I'm already getting my brother's Eclipse. Definetly far from being the same thing, but it's still an excellent car, and I get to keep on gaming. :)
Iron Draggon
06-26-2006, 09:43 PM
1) I don't know who Jack Thompson is and therefore have little inclination to trust him. Is he important?
2) If I could afford to lay low while vacationing in Beverly Hills chances are good I could afford my own Lamborghini.
3) For me, gaming (classic in particular) and collecting is not just about having a pile of stuff. It is a continual celebration of the best parts of my youth. It stimulates my creativity and competitiveness. It keeps me in contact with the sorts of people I prefer to associate with. It represents a certain lifestyle I choose to live. A Lamborghini, by contrast, is only a thing. Therefore it wouldn't be a fair trade and I’d be getting the short end of it.
4) Okay…. a Lamborghini is not merely “a thing”, but a rather impressive car. However, it would be very dishonest of me to be driving around in something I could never realistically afford on my own. In comparison, my game collection including modded consoles and my MAME cab, all represent things I acquired within my own financial means or through my own skills and labor. I can take an honest pride in what I have and what I’ve built. I could never feel the same thing for a car which by all rights I have no business driving or owning.
5) Despite being a third-generation gearhead I’ve never understood the mindset of people who tie up their whole sense of identity or self-worth in what they drive.
Tell the banker I said “No Deal”.
You're kidding, right? You don't know who Jack Thompson is? He's the Anti-Christ of video games! He's what Bob Markey is to roller coasters! But even worse than that!
Pantechnicon
06-26-2006, 10:06 PM
You're kidding, right? You don't know who Jack Thompson is? He's the Anti-Christ of video games! He's what Bob Markey is to roller coasters! But even worse than that!
No, really. Never heard of the guy. Just looked him up on Wiki, though. Doesn't seem like the kind of guy who'd offer Lamborghinis to give up gaming. He also seems like he's a couple tacos short of a combo @_@ .
Push Upstairs
06-26-2006, 10:13 PM
However, if I were to be tempted into trading all of that for a car, there's only one offer I'd lose sleep over...
http://www.deloreanone.com/photos/c_delorean.jpg
1.21 Jigawatts!
how about a trade... my collection for Miss Lohan!?
Back when she was still a red-head or nowadays? Because if it's nowadays...i'd take a box full of old Madden games over her. :puke:
DeputyMoniker
06-26-2006, 10:18 PM
No way. I may consider a trade of hobbies though. If Jack told me he would pay for my car collection...I would consider it. Maybe if he paid for tools, parts, cars, a garage...I'd consider it but I don't think I'd be happy focusing on one thing. I'm about positive I'd turn him down. I enjoy collecting my games and I wouldn't be able to put a price on it like that. The answer is no...Jack can't replace the joy I get from building my collection. My games are a part of who I am and turning my back on them would leave a part of me behind. I may change my mind some day but I wouldnt take it right now. Not even for free travel.
XYXZYZ
06-26-2006, 10:24 PM
1.21 Jigawatts!
"Wait... what the hell is a Jigawatt?"
Back when she was still a red-head or nowadays? Because if it's nowadays...i'd take a box full of old Madden games over her.
I concur; she was niiiice back before they turned her into a plastic tabloid-tool.
I vote we hijack this thread away from cars and post old pictures of Lindsay Lohan.
DeputyMoniker
06-26-2006, 10:25 PM
Replace what I love the most, something that has given me more happiness than most other things in life, with a corny status symbol that cannot do what it was created to do (represent me as a wealthy fop)? Nah.
However, if I were to be tempted into trading all of that for a car, there's only one offer I'd lose sleep over...
http://www.deloreanone.com/photos/c_delorean.jpg
How much have you spent on your collection? Deloreans aren't worth a whole lot. Up until about a year and a half ago I saw them new on http://www.delorean.com/ for about 25k. I guess they finally sold out though because I dont see them anymore.
GarrettCRW
06-26-2006, 10:26 PM
I concur; she was niiiice back before they turned her into a plastic tabloid-tool.
I vote we hijack this thread away from cars and post old pictures of Lindsay Lohan.
At least Lohan herself has admitted that she needs to get back to looking like she did before the tabloids latched on to her.
Push Upstairs
06-26-2006, 10:33 PM
I concur; she was niiiice back before they turned her into a plastic tabloid-tool.
I vote we hijack this thread away from cars and post old pictures of Lindsay Lohan.
Well, i'd agree but i doubt the rest of the board would like this to turn into a Lohan-worship thread.
I found this Delorean on Ebay some years ago. I'm a sucker for the stainless steel BTTF look but damn if this custom Delorean isnt sexy.
http://usera.imagecave.com/Push_Upstairs/Misc_Pics/i-3.jpg
If i only had the $$ and a time machine. :(
odyeiop
06-26-2006, 10:37 PM
If i only had the $$ and a time machine. :(
If you had a time machine what would be the point in buying the Deloran
GarrettCRW
06-26-2006, 10:41 PM
If i only had the $$ and a time machine. :(
If you had a time machine what would be the point in buying the Deloran
To install the time machine in the DeLorean, of course. :D
segarocks30
06-26-2006, 11:13 PM
If i only had the $$ and a time machine. :(
If you had a time machine what would be the point in buying the Deloran
To install the time machine in the DeLorean, of course. :D
Back To The Future!!!!!!!!
Nope, wouldn't even bat an eye, i'll keep gaming thank you.
Poofta!
06-26-2006, 11:19 PM
id do it.
No fing way. I enjoy cars and I enjoy videogames, but I could never drive a lambo. Too fancy to big and inpracticle. It would just sit there as a nice ornament in the garage.
Hell my SVT handles as well as a ferrari, give me 10K worth of mods and I'll be able to hang with the lambo on a road course.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/a16btsuicide/car001.jpg
§ Gideon §
06-27-2006, 03:59 AM
id do it.
First point for the do-it's.
I wouldn't do it, and I didn't even have to think hard about it. However, there are plenty of circumstances that could make me give up video games for life. The OP didn't try hard enough.
LifeGame
06-27-2006, 04:23 AM
I would take the car say yeah yeah im not into gaming anymore and then sell the car and build the ultimate collection with the money...
Thats it!!!!
DigitalSpace
06-27-2006, 06:11 AM
Nope.
As for DeLoreans, here's a monster of one (lame pun intended):
http://img482.imageshack.us/img482/8489/deloreanmonster4fd.jpg
googlefest1
06-27-2006, 07:48 AM
whats lay low ?
Push Upstairs
06-27-2006, 08:05 AM
Nope.
As for DeLoreans, here's a monster of one (lame pun intended):
http://img482.imageshack.us/img482/8489/deloreanmonster4fd.jpg
Well that would have made the movies a bit different.
Instead of hitting 88mph to go back you'd just have to jump a set of cars.
Flying would have been a bitch.
XYXZYZ
06-27-2006, 08:54 AM
How much have you spent on your collection? Deloreans aren't worth a whole lot. Up until about a year and a half ago I saw them new on http://www.delorean.com/ for about 25k. I guess they finally sold out though because I dont see them anymore.
I don't know how much I've put into my collection, (I probably don't want to know!) and I doubt I'd trade it even for a Derloran.
DeloreanOne still sells "like new" refurbished Deloreans for $71,500.00 I don't know if that reflects the actual value, you can get some decent ones (I guess?) for about $15-20,000.00 on the Bay of E.
Ed Oscuro
06-27-2006, 09:01 AM
Ah yes, the Lamborghini - cars for people with money that don't know anything about exotics but can't just hold off for awhile to afford the true high end.
Oh snap!
That Delorean Monster Truck is a...scandal...it's unfit for existance.
Anyway, the next time somebody asks me that question my response will be "Sorry, I don't do reality shows."
klausien
06-27-2006, 09:06 AM
No way in hell. Just about the only thing I would trade my collection for would be the rock star life. Most likely due to the fact that being a rock star would allow me to rebuild it without much of an issue. ;)
Wolfrider31
06-27-2006, 09:16 AM
I'd use the skills I've learned from GTA to club him to death, take his car, and keep my games.
Real life video game violence, FTW!
BydoEmpire
06-27-2006, 09:55 AM
Tell the banker I said “No Deal”.
Amen to all of your points. Plus, that thing would be expensive as hell to maintain and service. Plus, I'd be too nervous to drive it anywhere. Plus, games bring me fun and joy every day. Finally I wouldn't want to give up the thrill of finding a rare cart in the wild for cheap. Talk about exhiliration!
Jumpman Jr.
06-27-2006, 10:16 AM
I think the only way I'd give up my collection, would happen if (god forbid) one of my immediate family members (or best friends) was teminally ill and needed to pay off medical bills.
For a car? Definitely not. Even if the doors open upwards.
Buyatari
06-27-2006, 10:48 AM
I can be bought out but not for a car. Never had much care for cars.
Bronty-2
06-27-2006, 10:58 AM
Ah yes, the Lamborghini - cars for people with money that don't know anything about exotics but can't just hold off for awhile to afford the true high end.
Oh snap!
That Delorean Monster Truck is a...scandal...it's unfit for existance.
Anyway, the next time somebody asks me that question my response will be "Sorry, I don't do reality shows."
I think it actually looks kinda cool (as long as I'm not the one driving it LOL ) but that must be really prone to rolling over I would think as the DMCs were some extremely heavy cars due to the stainless steel... put an extremely heavy body up that high and I would think you're asking for the thing to tip over.
Retsudo
06-27-2006, 05:04 PM
Yep, Id do it. I dont have a large collection and Im not a collector.
I hardly play games anyway. Maybe 4 hours a month.
I would do it for a cheaper car.
Vroomfunkel
06-27-2006, 05:09 PM
For a house? Yes. Even for a grotty little house.
For a car? No. Not even for a swishy posh new one.
o2william
06-27-2006, 05:11 PM
Heh, there aren't many things I could want less than a fancy car. To me, cars are little more than potential coffins on wheels (I've been in a few near-fatal accidents).
So... no, wouldn't consider it for a second.
ROBOTNIK666
06-27-2006, 09:22 PM
No. I'm not willing to stop my hobby of video games for a luxury sportscar.
Besides, I'm too young to drive.
ProgrammingAce
06-27-2006, 09:57 PM
I can be bought out but not for a car. Never had much care for cars.
I shudder to even imagine....
rbudrick
06-28-2006, 10:45 AM
Nope, not willing to do it, although I would feign interest in order to go on a test drive.
But honestly, If I gave up my games, I could sell the car and buy them all back with a little cash to spare to buy a shitbox car.
But is it giving up gaming or collecting? Just the games, or all the other trinkets and paraphernalia that goes with them? Big gray area there...
Now if that plane came with the deal...
-Rob
xredmenacex
06-28-2006, 11:04 AM
The lambo is worth more actual dollars than my collection so giving that up would be easy. Giving up playing games FOREVER though! I'm not sure I could do that if I wanted to! Screw that deal.
Xexyz
06-28-2006, 11:19 AM
A Gallardo? No thanks. First off, it's German engineered, and the Germans basically made the thing practical and drivable compared to Lambo's of the past. Second, it's still an exotic, high powered supercar, and will need expensive, routine matinence. Third, the thing is fricking FWD (front wheel drive). Who want's a high powered supercar with a front wheel drive transmission? At least Ferrari is giving their supercars the correct drive train. And my final reason would be the design, it's ugly as sin.
INo, I'm not jealous either. I'd love an overly expensive supercar, but I'd prefer luxury over power. A nice Bently Arnage would do it for me.