Quote Originally Posted by StaticSky View Post
I've lurked for quite some time, and registered just for the sake of commenting here because this kind of collecting and Adol have been on my mind.

Adol, what have you accomplished in life besides amassing large quantities of video games? Seriously. If your house burned down, and all your games went with it, what would you have to show for it? Are you physically fit?Do you excel in any kinds of physical activities?
Actually, StaticSky, i am.
I'm an international level athlete, specialized in Long Jump.
I jumped 7m62, if you really want to know, and was in European Championships of that track&field discipline.
I can even forward you URL of the article of an international match i made back in 1999 in New york,in the New York Times (it seems quite a known newspaper in your country,am i right?).
Then,yes,i think i meet your "standards".
Have you performed such thing yourself, before talking about somebody you don't have a clue about?

Quote Originally Posted by StaticSky View Post
If a person dedicated their life to simply completing sets of video games, and sacrificed the development of other areas of their life, pretty much anyone could make it happen. In my opinion, the $2000 a month you live off of is pretty paltry for being 28 and indicates you're either still going to college or stuck in a low level job.
Actually it is more like 2000 Euros than us$ (which makes $3100),because us$ is very low.
You're right,i'm still a college student, and i'm trying to be a lawyer, and earn way more than that.
I'm "stuck" at 28 as a student (even if i graduated high school at 16), because of the track&field carrier. I never won $0.01 in my sport,because there is pratically none to win unless you're in world top 10,but i didn't train harde for money,i did it for my own pleasure.
Although that was nice to win national titles.
When you have training sessions 2 times a day, even on Sundays, you haven't time to study & graduate easily,like a normal student would do. And make money to live.


Quote Originally Posted by StaticSky View Post
All those days spent scouring the internet and stores, all those hours organizing a bunch of crap on shelves, and muddling over an imperfection on the box of a game, thinking, "Oh no! Now I have to find a replacement for this one!" When you look back on your life, are your happiest memories going to be the acquisition of a bunch of games over the course of ten years of it, or will there be lots of memories of friends, loved ones, accomplishments that genuinely challenged you on intellectual and physical levels and things more fulfilling than just hoarding a bunch of crap?

I have great memories of PLAYING my games,yes.
Collecting them as well,but playing them mostly. This is a video game board here,right?
I have tons of great memories with my friends,families,lovers, sport competitions...but is it the place to talk about this?
The bunch of crap here, just seems to be your post.

Quote Originally Posted by StaticSky View Post
I may be completely wrong about the kind of person you are. You might be a complete renaissance man successful in every area of his life. Even if you are, I'll find it really interesting to find out?
You're right,you're completely wrong.