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VGcollect nostalgia

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soera:
Its been a while for sure ... and this thread made me realize something. This will be the 10th year of the VGCollect Secret Santa!

sworddude:
I joined in 2014, came here because of the database, that I've probably seen because of some meta jesus vid, but I stayed for the fun chats. Database wise, stuff like gamefaqs or retrocollect where not that great imo, meanwhile this tracker is amazing in comparison it also looks nice. it's quite a mess on other data bases.

Also participated more in them talks overtime, because allot of active members in playstation age moved on so the site became quite inactive sadly and with the buyout of nintendoage also playstation age is no more in this day and age so all the conversations are lost. fun times over there aswell really. although I've seen some members of playstation age come over here aswell so that's always great.

I don't think less people are collecting in this day and age, moreso that forums are a thing from the past, reddit discord or twitter are them sources where quite some folks communicate these days because conversations are instant there instead of forums in which they can take hours or days. It's just a different kind of animal.

I will say less retro topics compared to the past and less talk about variations and such, it's more modern gaming these days, nothing wrong with that, those chats can be great aswell but I won't lie that I do miss such talks. Time change it's a different era. plus I'm also quite guilty in participating less in them conversations, there are just less topics on the forums atm that interest me currently.

You do have allot more of these past retro talks on discord/reddit but it's definitely a different experience compared to a forum.

I'll definitely stick around while it lasts as it's definitely a fun place to hang out at. Let's hope the site goes on for at least the next 10 years I'd say.

tripredacus:
People always say that forums are a thing of the past, and have been saying it for over 10 years. I don't think that is the case. Instead people just move on to something else in their life. I don't think all of the people who stop using forums are doing the same thing but on a different type of online community.

turf:
I don’t log on here as much as I used to.

Man, I love this site. I’ve met some legit friends through this. I’ve hung out with a handful of y’all in real life. Had phone conversations with a few of you. Done online hangouts with a bunch of y’all.
We started a podcast. That turned into 2 podcasts. That turned into no podcasts.  I still think we had real potential, we just lacked the polish. That and life gets in the way.
We had fun though. It was a great time.

Y’all are good folks. I promise to check on you more.

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