Ever get gaming burnout? What about people who sell their collection?

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ignition365:
I'm gonna answer that second question first, because I can collect my thoughts on that one. I've known people who have sold their collection, and they had mighty collections. Then a year or two later they start collecting again. Only one person have I seen not revert back to collecting, but I think collecting ruined a relationship for him, so maybe he knows better or something. On several occasions I have thought about selling my collection and doing something more "productive", but the only "productive" thing I can think to do is to go back into game design, which wouldn't be bad. I've got the skills, knowledge, and tools to make games, and I'm an approved Wii U developer by Nintendo. I've just never done anything with that knowledge short of proof of concepts and prototypes. I usually get something working and playable, have some folks test it, say it's great, and then I stop working on it.

I don't think I'll ever sell my collection, but I could see one day down the line, getting fed up and selling off more than half of my collection. I was pretty burnt out with collecting... back in... 2014? Maybe it was 2015. I did most of my "online" collecting through a fairly prominent Facebook group, it wasn't a very good group, admins were always power tripping and scamming folks. Eventually I got fed up and continuously called the admins on their shit until I started getting banned from other groups because the admins threatened to ban their groups members if they didn't ban me. I pretty much don't do any of that group BS any more. I pretty much stopped collecting for about 6 months because of it. The main leader of that group is relatively local to me. So I stopped going to places I knew I might run into him at, because I have temper problems and the guy is like 4' 8" and I'd be too tempted to throw his Bobby Lee looking midget ass. He later opened up a shop another city over, he massively scammed hundreds of folks over stuff like NWC carts and stuff. I wanna say this whole thing was mentioned on some prominent podcasts. People threatened to kill him and burn down his store, so he shut down his store for a while, renamed the business, and now he pretty much doesn't leave his store and he sends his cronies to flea markets and stuff to get more stuff to scam folks with. Guy was a real Crook, fam.

As for burnout... Sometimes. Usually burnout revolves around one thing or another for me. I was pretty burnt out after playing through the entire Assassin's Creed franchise recently, I think I took a day or two and stopped playing games altogether and then I did a kind of pallet cleanser and played some random games. Sometimes I just get tired of playing altogether and I'll spend a day or two just watching Netflix or something.

turf:

--- Quote from: dreama1 on July 08, 2016, 02:53:53 am ---Ever get gaming burnout/depression? What about people who sell their collection?

Would you do it ever or is the idea total insanity/madness to you?

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Burnout happens. Depression (for some) happens.
About a year and a half ago, I got to really low spot. I didn't enjoy anything. My collection and the games themselves included. I got some help and got my life back in order and now, I'm back to enjoying these crazy things.

I've had a few fleeting thoughts about selling out. It's usually about the time that someone sell a collection for $100k. I look around and think, "Damn, I should just sell out and buy a house/truck/toy/whatever. I could gain a bedroom and just emulate everything."
It's fleeting. I've put too much work into this and spent too much time. On top of that, I enjoy having it. I'm not stopping now.

dreama1:

--- Quote from: turf on July 08, 2016, 09:37:30 am ---
--- Quote from: dreama1 on July 08, 2016, 02:53:53 am ---Ever get gaming burnout/depression? What about people who sell their collection?

Would you do it ever or is the idea total insanity/madness to you?

--- End quote ---

Burnout happens. Depression (for some) happens.
About a year and a half ago, I got to really low spot. I didn't enjoy anything. My collection and the games themselves included. I got some help and got my life back in order and now, I'm back to enjoying these crazy things.

I've had a few fleeting thoughts about selling out. It's usually about the time that someone sell a collection for $100k. I look around and think, "Damn, I should just sell out and buy a house/truck/toy/whatever. I could gain a bedroom and just emulate everything."
It's fleeting. I've put too much work into this and spent too much time. On top of that, I enjoy having it. I'm not stopping now.

--- End quote ---

"It's fleeting. I've put too much work into this and spent too much time. "
You mean you're to far deep in it to back out now? And if you hadn't, it's possibly you wouldn't be doing this, or?

dreama1:

--- Quote from: ignition365 on July 08, 2016, 08:59:50 am ---I'm gonna answer that second question first, because I can collect my thoughts on that one. I've known people who have sold their collection, and they had mighty collections. Then a year or two later they start collecting again. Only one person have I seen not revert back to collecting, but I think collecting ruined a relationship for him, so maybe he knows better or something. On several occasions I have thought about selling my collection and doing something more "productive", but the only "productive" thing I can think to do is to go back into game design, which wouldn't be bad. I've got the skills, knowledge, and tools to make games, and I'm an approved Wii U developer by Nintendo. I've just never done anything with that knowledge short of proof of concepts and prototypes. I usually get something working and playable, have some folks test it, say it's great, and then I stop working on it.

I don't think I'll ever sell my collection, but I could see one day down the line, getting fed up and selling off more than half of my collection. I was pretty burnt out with collecting... back in... 2014? Maybe it was 2015. I did most of my "online" collecting through a fairly prominent Facebook group, it wasn't a very good group, admins were always power tripping and scamming folks. Eventually I got fed up and continuously called the admins on their shit until I started getting banned from other groups because the admins threatened to ban their groups members if they didn't ban me. I pretty much don't do any of that group BS any more. I pretty much stopped collecting for about 6 months because of it. The main leader of that group is relatively local to me. So I stopped going to places I knew I might run into him at, because I have temper problems and the guy is like 4' 8" and I'd be too tempted to throw his Bobby Lee looking midget ass. He later opened up a shop another city over, he massively scammed hundreds of folks over stuff like NWC carts and stuff. I wanna say this whole thing was mentioned on some prominent podcasts. People threatened to kill him and burn down his store, so he shut down his store for a while, renamed the business, and now he pretty much doesn't leave his store and he sends his cronies to flea markets and stuff to get more stuff to scam folks with. Guy was a real Crook, fam.

As for burnout... Sometimes. Usually burnout revolves around one thing or another for me. I was pretty burnt out after playing through the entire Assassin's Creed franchise recently, I think I took a day or two and stopped playing games altogether and then I did a kind of pallet cleanser and played some random games. Sometimes I just get tired of playing altogether and I'll spend a day or two just watching Netflix or something.

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Thank you for your honesty.

"ruined a relationship for him"
Hmm.. I mean I have some ideas, but how?

"I've known people who have sold their collection, and they had mighty collections. Then a year or two later they start collecting again."

I think it's quite a bizarre phenomenon. I can understand selling your collection when you're young and regretting it later, or just needing sell for the finances/family obligations in semi-adulthood. But to just sell off randomly like its purge then rebuy; then damn..., some even sell the collection again?

Idk I just find pretty weird/strange to me, and usually pretty hush hush when its mentioned as to why?, or not given much detail/depth. Some of them howeverwhen they sell off their collection, they just disappear basically or some have almost like a kind of "religious" (metaphorical terms) fanatical negative outlook on anything about, or related to video games, or those "who play" video games after they sell off. Sometimes as I said but usually just go cold turkey and disappear, still worth mentioning.

ignition365:

--- Quote from: dreama1 on July 08, 2016, 10:08:47 am ---Thank you for your honesty.

"ruined a relationship for him"
Hmm.. I mean I have some ideas, but how?

"I've known people who have sold their collection, and they had mighty collections. Then a year or two later they start collecting again."

I think it's quite a bizarre phenomenon. I can understand selling your collection when you're young and regretting it later, or just needing sell for the finances/family obligations in semi-adulthood. But to just sell off randomly like its purge then rebuy; then damn..., some even sell the collection again?

Idk I just find pretty weird/strange to me, and usually pretty hush hush when its mentioned as to why?, or not given much detail/depth. Some of them howeverwhen they sell off their collection, they just disappear basically or some have almost like a kind of "religious" (metaphorical terms) fanatical negative outlook on anything about, or related to video games, or those "who play" video games after they sell off. Sometimes as I said but usually just go cold turkey and disappear, still worth mentioning.

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The ruined relationship is pretty simple to understand. Either it is physically taking up too much space or time, or it is something that is like an addiction. It can get unhealthy.

A friend sold off his collection because he said he was finding himself spending $1k a week on games, and he didn't like it, so he sold his collection and moved on because he felt it was unhealthy. Now he is collecting again, but he is doing it differently, he feels it's manageable now and he is going at it without being obsessed or anything.

I also know folks who just really like the hunt, so they collect to a point, sell everything off, and start over.

I know I'm pretty unhealthy about it. I buy just about anything I find, regardless of whether or not I'm interested in playing it. I also pay really really low for my finds, so at least I can easily get my money back. I'm obsessed with hunting and finding goodies. But, if you follow my progress with the 52 week challenge, I also love playing games, but I definitely obtain games faster than I beat games.

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