[General Discussion] You gave away THAT?

Originally Posted by Infernal Monkey

I SOLD TERRANIGMA FOR TEN BUCKS.

Man... That hurts like you wouldn't believe. YOU REALLY WOULDN'T BELIEVE.

I've sold off a few games that I now regret selling, like Super Castlevania IV but I replaced that one very quickly. One recent one was when I let my friend Eddie borrow my first GameCube (the special edition one that came with Tales of Symphonia) and his roommate "borrowed it" one weekend and then his nephews took it to their house and the games that my friend took (both Viewtiful Joes, NFSU, Mario Kart Double Dash & Resident Evil Zero) got lost with it. I didn't really care about THOSE particular copies of the Viewtiful Joe games since my now-ex bought them for me so parting with them didn't mean dick to me and since I have NFSU on PS2, it was easy to part with too. However, MKDD and RE0 I had to go out and buy again and RE0 was a fucking Player's Choice game so I got ripped off there. I bought another 'cube and that was the end of that story. Moral of the story: NEVER LEND YOUR SHIT OUT TO ANYONE. If you mother wants your Super NES on her deathbed to give away to someone else, you say, "Mom, you gave me birth and you know I love you, but you can kiss my ass if you think you're taking my games."

As for the STUPIDEST thing I've ever done. That would be selling off my Neo-Geo. When I was a freshman in high school I bought a Neo-Geo at some hole-in-the-wall game shack with Art of Fighting, Samurai Shodown, Metal Slug (that's right... The FUCKING ORIGINAL) and King of Fighters '94 for $150. At the time the system alone was worth about $500 and with each game costing about $100 a piece used you can bet I fucking STOLE that system. However... 3 years down the line I was about to graduate from high school and needed money to buy all kinds of shit I "needed"; like booze for prom and graduation parties and my first car. So I advertised it in the paper and sold the damn system to some guy in Fresno for $650 with all the games that I had with it. In retrospect, it's easily the most astoundingly retarded thing I've EVER DONE IN MY LIFE; and that counts all my exes combined.

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Originally Posted by Malahk Angel

I guess I'm a rare breed then, since I hoard every game I buy... with minor exceptions, of course .

I do that now too. If I play a game I almost always buy it and if I liked it enough to buy it, I don't plan on parting with it. End of story. I remember Skills recently commented that he didn't have me pegged for a "triple-digit collection guy" when I showed him my game collection on Gamespot (hey fuck you guys, that's the ONLY worthwhile feature on Gamespot and I exploit it to the fullest) because he figured that I sold all my games when I'm bored of them, which hasn't been the case since I committed the atrocity I mentioned above.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Josiah

It wasn't until some months after that he told me that the Gamecube originally belonged to a roommate of his.

Oh. So YOU have my Gamecube.

There's nowhere I can't reach.