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| rayne315:
on a more positive note I had a co-worker that we would always talk about our hobbies to each other me gaming and him racing and he never understood why I like games so much and I never understood why he liked racing so much so one day he took me to a race and I have to admit I had a good time down at the track bullshitting with him, and I took him to see my collection and let him play a few games (he was mostly interested in farming simulators and my racing games that had the wheel and pedal controllers) and he really enjoyed it too, and got really good at the racing game we played. and we are talking about a guy that has never played a video game in his life too that ended up likening the games that followed his hobbies. |
| maximo310:
My friends are pretty cool with it for the most part, since they are mostly gamers as well. My brother does have some disagreements on my collecting, but he still supports it as he has found some of his favorite games thanks to stuff I picked up like Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate. However, my other family members including relatives don't approve of my hobby at all and say that its a waste of time; and have used these same arguments to stop other collections I had the past because of their behavior. It doesn't help that I was yelled at by 3 family members because I gave an extra DS Lite to a younger cousin who was interested in DS games at the time. They said that I was corrupting him with games and wasting my time and money; even though they always spend tons of money on mobile apps and Apple products for their families.It's been a few years since then, and this cousin now has a 360 thanks to his parents, but I've never recieved an apology from my relatives for that outburst. So, in the end my family's arguments against game collections are going to fall on deaf ears, especially when they have their own collections of shoes and cd's. |
| fazerco:
--- Quote from: maximo310 on December 08, 2015, 12:59:35 pm --- especially when they have their own collections of shoes and cd's. --- End quote --- That is usually it. People do judge, but they have their own collections of stuff, that they won't tell anybody. Btw, i have a sugarbag collection, but thats easier to store then videogames ;D |
| ignition365:
--- Quote from: maximo310 on December 08, 2015, 12:59:35 pm ---My friends are pretty cool with it for the most part, since they are mostly gamers as well. My brother does have some disagreements on my collecting, but he still supports it as he has found some of his favorite games thanks to stuff I picked up like Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate. However, my other family members including relatives don't approve of my hobby at all and say that its a waste of time; and have used these same arguments to stop other collections I had the past because of their behavior. It doesn't help that I was yelled at by 3 family members because I gave an extra DS Lite to a younger cousin who was interested in DS games at the time. They said that I was corrupting him with games and wasting my time and money; even though they always spend tons of money on mobile apps and Apple products for their families.It's been a few years since then, and this cousin now has a 360 thanks to his parents, but I've never recieved an apology from my relatives for that outburst. So, in the end my family's arguments against game collections are going to fall on deaf ears, especially when they have their own collections of shoes and cd's. --- End quote --- Yeah, my brother, whom I have never gotten along with, I'm giving his kids a 3DS a Wii and a whole bunch of Rock Band stuff for christmas because I picked it all up for $15. My brother sounded rather grateful, which I appreciate, but I explained to him that it didn't cost me much. My parents don't like that I'm doing that, they keep trying to push money on me for it, and I keep having to explain to them that it's stuff that has just been taking up room. Oh.... I may hack the wii for them, I didn't think about that, he'd probably dig that, he used to be real big into SNES. --- Quote from: fazerco on December 08, 2015, 01:25:47 pm --- --- Quote from: maximo310 on December 08, 2015, 12:59:35 pm --- especially when they have their own collections of shoes and cd's. --- End quote --- That is usually it. People do judge, but they have their own collections of stuff, that they won't tell anybody. Btw, i have a sugarbag collection, but thats easier to store then videogames ;D --- End quote --- 2 years in a row, with my wife's family, I have gotten the same person for SS, and he collects razors, like old 1910-1940 razors. So I have to do research and find something unique that I think he'll dig. I have no clue if he liked either one. |
| rayne315:
--- Quote from: fazerco on December 08, 2015, 01:25:47 pm --- Btw, i have a sugarbag collection, but thats easier to store then videogames ;D --- End quote --- Im curious what do you mean by collect sugar bags? do you mean sugar packets? how do you go about collecting them? I knew a guy that was big into preserving and collecting flowers and grasses. he even had a binder with card sleeves that he stored blades of grass from EVERY lawn and park in the city and from different times throughout the year and lengths. It was strange to say the least but to each their own. I actually love hearing about peoples strange collecting habits and how they happened to start in on the collection. |
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