Opinions On Nintendo Age?

[Daria]

Took me awhile to get a Faria Map, and I didn't even want a real one because of the expense involved. I tried twice spread by quite a few months apart to get a decent legible scan of the front and back to play the game as the inside areas are brutal.

I played through that earlier this year with graph paper; it was tedious but not impossible. No different than having to map out any old school dungeon crawler.

On NA: Some people are assholes, real assholes. They ban way too many people and aren't transparent about why. Nearly every thread you read that's say more than a week old will have a banned user in it. They're also pretty nosey about shit that happens offline. I saw a guy get banned for a story he told on facebook about a local deal a friend hooked him up with in a thrift store. They're also hypocritical about bootlegs. Everything's weighed by the effect a person's actions will have on their bottom dollar. So making reproductions for profit? Love em! The more limited the edition the better! Reproduction labels on existing games? Break out the pitch forks! Your personal copy might one day leak out into the big wide world of garage sales where an NA member might over pay for it. BAD.

But I think a vocal minority overshadows a good community underneath. Not everyone is like that, and some good discussions occur (mostly because they're so damn active). I just wish they'd talk more about gameplay. Everything's so focused around profit and display shelving.