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Post by Dan E. Kool on Sept 29, 2017 19:52:10 GMT
I don't think we've had this discussion in the Pub yet. I know I've seen it in other forums. Pretty simple question: do you consider yourself to be a video game collector or "just" an enthusiast? The question is as much about defining what makes one a "real" collector as it's about the way you personally approach this hobby.
To steal a phrase from the Maestro, "Discuss!"
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Post by winnersdontusedrugs on Sept 29, 2017 22:00:25 GMT
I'm an enthusiast who occasionally collects.
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Post by dschult3 on Sept 30, 2017 0:56:04 GMT
I'm an enthusiast who dabbles in minor collecting. I love gaming, but I can't afford collecting. I also don't have the room. I wish I could collect, though.
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Balder
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Post by Balder on Sept 30, 2017 1:56:50 GMT
Both. I do serious collecting and I've become much better at playing what I buy. 6 months ago I bought Mad Max (the game), and I've got some serious game time out of it these two past days. Super fun game.
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Post by stratogustav on Sept 30, 2017 2:55:38 GMT
For me getting games is like making lists, I like to finish them, but only for the games that matter to me, the ones I know I will play. A true collector is not happy with just that, so I guess I'm not a collector, but I definitely love games. A good analogy are PSN Trophies, I have fun getting trophies, but I never try to collect them, a true collector is someone that goes for the platinums and not just some random bronze trophie, someone like PhantasmaStriker with 45 plats. I do share many of the qualities of collectors though. For example Imperial Khador was nice enough to send me a case cover for Link's Crosbow Training, and a blue Wii U box case for Mario Kart 8 because I dislike those red greatest hits boxes. I look at my "collection" and it is nowhere near as good as to what someone like Armored Core Raven has, not even as good as that one of lukefonfabre388. I bet even teddykongcountry has more stuff. There is always someone that will always be ahead of the game.
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Post by Armored Core Raven on Sept 30, 2017 11:16:49 GMT
Pretty sure we had this thread once before only phrased slightly differently, asking if we bought games to play them or if we just collected them for collecting purposes. No idea if it was on this forum or the original CGR forum, but whatever, it may've been another forum entirely as well.
Regardless, I mainly buy games to play them, I don't consider myself a collector even though I have what most would refer to as a "collection". I first and foremost consider myself a hardcore gamer, I play games to experience the game itself, not as part of the social aspect of multiplayer, not as part of the competitive nature of leaderboards or achievement points, not as part of a phenomenon in momentary popularity, just me and the games I play for the sake of experiencing them, that's how I like it.
I can get a special version of a game from time to time if it comes with something interesting, and merchandise for games if it's something I am particularly fond of, but I don't buy things like that for the purpose of collecting either. I'd never buy a thing because it's a specific brand or to "complete a set" only, for example I have some Amiibos of select characters I like, like Samus and Daisy, but I'd never buy ones of characters I don't want or care for just for the sake of having some kind of complete Amiibo collection to show off, another example would be stuff like Star Wars and other big merchandise brands that now have their logos and characters printed on everything you can imagine, like how you can buy a Yoda coffee mug and other such tat seemingly only for the sake of buying tat, granted I can see myself getting something like that if it was for something I really really like, but still, it'd have to be something very special, like I'd kill for a Rouge The Bat coffee mug, I'd love to drink from her- I mean it every morning.
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Balder
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Post by Balder on Sept 30, 2017 12:45:35 GMT
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Post by Cervantes on Sept 30, 2017 13:34:35 GMT
I do remember we discussed something like this. But anyway:
I intend to play and beat every game I buy, though there is some degree of collectability in my mind: for example, I always like to have "games that pushed the limits" of any console. Also, if I like one game in a series, I usually tend to look for the entire series, even if the other games are not good.
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Dan E. Kool
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Post by Dan E. Kool on Sept 30, 2017 15:56:47 GMT
Well I started this thread because I have a friend who mostly buys video games to collect them and not to play them. What the hell is the point in having a large collection of video games, when most of it is just shovelware? Quality trumps Quantity, in my opinion.
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Balder
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Post by Balder on Sept 30, 2017 16:36:25 GMT
Well I started this thread because I have a friend who mostly buys video games to collect them and not to play them. What the hell is the point in having a large collection of video games, when most of it is just shovelware? Quality trumps Quantity, in my opinion. Are you for real now, or did you go back to the original thread and rip me off? Because what you're saying now is exactly what I said in the original thread.
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Post by Dan E. Kool on Sept 30, 2017 19:28:25 GMT
Well I started this thread because I have a friend who mostly buys video games to collect them and not to play them. What the hell is the point in having a large collection of video games, when most of it is just shovelware? Quality trumps Quantity, in my opinion. Are you for real now, or did you go back to the original thread and rip me off? Because what you're saying now is exactly what I said in the original thread. What? No. What I'm trying to say is, people should focus on getting good games and pay a little extra instead of just buying cheap shovelware titles like my friend. That's what I do.
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Post by Balder on Oct 1, 2017 0:22:58 GMT
Are you for real now, or did you go back to the original thread and rip me off? Because what you're saying now is exactly what I said in the original thread. What? No. What I'm trying to say is, people should focus on getting good games and pay a little extra instead of just buying cheap shovelware titles like my friend. That's what I do. Well if you look at the original thread, that was what inspired me to make that thread too. My friend goes out of his way to buy shitty shovelware games like outdated sport titles, superhero games etc. What's the point in filling your shelves in crap you never want to play. I decided aome time ago that I would never buy a game for the shelf status, only stuff I want to play.
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Post by teddykongcountry on Oct 14, 2017 23:03:50 GMT
I have a collection but I'd rather have a girlfriend. My collection don't love me no more
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Balder
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Post by Balder on Oct 15, 2017 1:47:16 GMT
I have a collection but I'd rather have a girlfriend. My collection don't love me no more "Girlfriends come and go, but Donkey Kong is forever" - my favorite quote from the man himself.
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Post by Dan E. Kool on Oct 15, 2017 8:27:49 GMT
I have a collection but I'd rather have a girlfriend. My collection don't love me no more Maybe try rekindling your relationship with your collection. Get that spark glowing again. Take her out like you used to. What often happens is, people and their collections get too used to each other. The excitement of the early courting days seems to fade into routine. But don't mistake that for a lack of love.
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