The Unthinkable....Your collection goes up in smoke!!

[thekeepr]

Well...I know we don't want to ever have this happen or even think about it happening,and all the hard work and money you put into building up your collection of games and systems,the room or designated area you outfited especially for your videogaming collection,but here's the scenerio....

Your at work,your neighbor calls your cellphone,he's frantic and says your house is on fire, heavy smoke & flames can be seen coming out from the roof,and windows.He says he can hear sirens in the distance,and you better get home...fast.You know that there is no one at home,no loss of life (animal or human).You frantically make your way home,to find the fire dept. battling the fire,your home looks like a warzone.Time passes,neighbors comfort you,but it looks pretty bad.

Besides your home,your other worldly possessions...how would you feel about losing your videogaming collection? Everything else considered...would you feel like starting the collection over again? Would it be worth it?? Do you feel you could bring it back to it's original glory,your collection that is.Was your collection covered by an insurance plan of any type...would that even matter,now that its ALL gone?


Just thought I'd throw out this scenerio of life and see how you would respond. Rob

[JSoup]

Eh, probably would be for the better. I'd have more free space and less motivation to fill it.

[skaar]

I'd kill you for lighting my house on fire to provide a topic for discussion.

Then likely rot in jail.

GAME OVER.

[Snapple]

I would be distraught. I wouldn't try to buy everything again, or even most of it, but I would buy new games as I get in the mood to play them. Life goes on.

[LaughingMAN.S9]

i'd probably hang myself from the ceiling fan at the holiday inn with my belt.

[buzz_n64]

I'd yell as load as possible, and go to my knees, lowering my head in extreme sadness. I'd be in depression for many months. I'd still play games, but my collecting days would be over. If there is someone involved, and I find out, that person better leave the country, that's all I'm saying.

[Shadow Kisuragi]

I'd be relieved that there was no loss of life. I'd be more upset about losing possessions that can't be replaced, such as pictures and gifts. The games mean nothing in comparison and the collection can be restored.

I've had my stuff damaged in a flood before, so I know how it is. I didn't lose a huge chunk of stuff, but it's all replacable in comparison to other items.

[otoko]

I'd try to get back what I loved the most, i.e. most played systems games old favorites... but I'd doubt I'd get back all I had. A lot of what I accumulated was on accident anyway.

[jcalder8]

I would just start collecting again. It would suck having to start from zero but it's not the end of the world or anything.

[VG_Maniac]

I have other things that I would be more upset about loosing than my video game collection. Things that can't be replaced such as photo albums, things I've held onto from my childhood that have great sentimental value to me, etc.

[Jorpho]

I would be relieved of the lingering obligation to finally play the darn things someday.

Except for the stuff on Steam.

[j_factor]

I'd pocket the insurance money and find a new hobby. I wouldn't stop gaming completely, but I wouldn't try to rebuild my collection.

[pepharytheworm]

I have insurance so money wise I am covered. It would hurt pretty bad but life goes on. I wouldn't stop collecting but I might be more careful in the future. I wouldn't get ever thing I bought again, it would probably be mostly a whole new collection except certain classics i would get again.

[Flippy8490]

It would royally suck and I would be angry/upset, but life does go on.

I definitely would not stop collecting, I enjoy it too much to just give it up, but I would probably be wicked paranoid, most likely resulting in buying all fireproof boxes to hold the games in XD

But definitely wouldn't stop.

[Leo_A]

I'd just stop I think and would just spend my gaming time with iRacing's subscription service since I love racing simulations.

[zemmix]

I used to worry about stuff like this. But then I sold everything last year. Now I don't have much left to worry about. I'd be sad if my computer died but I can always build another.

[tubeway]

Is it wrong that I came into this thread expecting to hear a horror story about a roasted video game collection, and now feel disappointed?

[Raedon]

I'd just be glad if no one was killed.

I don't have any amazingly rare NWC-like carts in my collection. With $20,000 I could replace almost all of it in a couple of years. I probably wouldn't buy all the crap games again though. Buying Barbie carts at Good Will just because they are there and 25 cents is just something you do. I wouldn't pay $2 for the crap I have in my NES collection.

[heybtbm]

Buying Barbie carts at Good Will just because they are there and 25 cents is just something you do.

If you say so.

[SpaceHarrier]

I'd definitely be feeling low, but not so much about the loss of all my collection, but the loss of games I've had since I was a child... even though I could get an identical replacement of most (if not all) of them, it is still not the one I had as a child.

Perhaps that denotes I have a little too much of a connection with certain things though??

I would start my collection over, but would probably only replace maybe my top 5 games across all the consoles I used to have. I call this the "desert island" collection.