[General Discussion] You gave away THAT?

Man, upon reflection i don't think i've ever given away/sold/traded a game in my life, except for once. Once i traded a Ninja Turtles game for the Gameboy Brick to my friend for a Terminator 2 game. Neither game was particularily good, but the Ninja turtles game was my very first video game. I guess it's more of a "I want it for a trophy sort of thing" but whatever.

I've had a few bad experiences loaning games to people too. I swapped my Chrono Cross to a friend for Final Fantasy IX. I hadn't finished Chrono Cross yet, and when i got it back, i found a huge stall near where i had left off. I then inspected the discs, only to find them totally scratched and beaten the hell up. I've since repurchased the game, so i'm cool in the temper now.

Same thing happened to my original Copy of FFVIII, different friend though. I never realized i'm the only person left in the world who takes immaculate care of his CDs.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Encephalon

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.

Shit, ever since i got my first job, i've just been buying games off the shevles without even really thinking. I have a huge stack of games in my room i haven't even put into my PS2 yet. Hell, i even bought an Xbox game and i DON'T EVEN OWN AN XBOX.............yet (i'm buying my friend's Xbox as he's moving out, and is trying to get rid of stuff he doesn't need anymore, but he's moved out now, and now the situation is complex. He's trying to escape his parents by not giving his new address to anyone. He said he'd call me once he'd settled in, but i can see him forgetting or something like that)

One i forgot to mention was my original copy of Starcraft which i loaned to my friend. His house was then broken into, and a bunch of shit was gone without a trace, including my Starcraft. This is also the friend that ruined my copy of Final Fantasy VIII.

I guess i should also mention that i'm one of those friends that disappears with games. A number of times i've borrowed games from friends, and after a while asked if they want them back or not. I always give it back if their answer is yes, but there are a number of times they just say nah, hold on to it for a little longer. Alot of my games were actually donated, or bought for cheap off of my friends.

There's nowhere I can't reach.