Most likely a near-pointless rant type of post, I want everyone to understand the REAL value of the games they own.
Just last Sunday, I went to the anime convention at the local community college. It was amazing. 2D fighters and Guitar Hero played like crazy by all attendees. When it was over, I packed up and left. Of course, my 2D fighters were in a big stack, so I tossed them in my pocket. I triple checked to make sure I had all of my goods.
I return home, and on Wednesday night I head over to my mom's with my large game bag. I noticed I was missing my large CD case with my games in it. I figured, "Oh, left it at Dad's when I took my Dreamcast out."
I return to my Dad's to not find my case. I am at my Mom's again. No CD case ANYWHERE. I think all I have are my 2D and 3D fighters left in my stack, which I have for sure sitting on a shelf at home.
Yeah, I think I lost a huge number of PS2, PS1, Saturn, Dramcast, and DVD stuff worth well over a few hundred dollars. All my Nippon Ichi stuff, Record of Lodoss War, Dragon Force... All possibly gone.
However, me losing games is not the point.
Guys, treasure your games. Hell, at least be responsible. If I'm lucky, one of the anime staff will have grabbed it and I'll be able to get it back at an anime club meeting. If not, then they're gone.
Enjoy them while you can. They might one day be gone, whether it be by your own fault as in my case, a fire, robbery, etc. I'm sure most of you know this already, but if no one's had something like this happen, please learn from my mistake.
Peace out. I've still got my Cube and all of my fighters. Sorry if my thread was just a mindless rant.