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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: The Duping Situation

« on: October 27, 2014, 03:28:21 pm »

The only way it can be curbed is to make new entries be queued in with edits.

If there were to be DB moderators, perhaps mods could be assigned to different platforms. Ones they are most familiar with.

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: NEW Duplicate Listing Thread

« on: October 27, 2014, 03:24:38 pm »

Is this an official release? I can't find anywhere that says that the Arc the Lad Collection was ever released separately from the box w/ all the extras (which is already in the db):

http://vgcollect.com/item/37214

Full set entry, for reference:

http://vgcollect.com/item/6163

IMO they should be merged with the original entry. IF the game was released with the image in the newer entry (I can't find that it was) then even the listing is incorrect. That image shows the 4 disc case. The 2 other discs in the set had their own cases. Now there are variations of this set, but it isn't covered in either listing. More information here:
http://www.game-rave.com/psx/playstation_perfect_guide/releasedgames/arc_the_lad/index.html

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General / Re: Horror Games!

« on: October 27, 2014, 03:16:40 pm »

I can think of two... but they do not hold up today.

Clive Barker's Undying
Phantasmagoria

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Classic Video Games / Re: What game do you have that's in the worst condition?

« on: October 23, 2014, 11:42:03 am »

My cart for 6pak on the Genesis looks like a dog chewed on it.

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: How release countries could end up being a problem

« on: October 18, 2014, 07:19:17 pm »

So far, in my experience dealing with Canadian games (older than PS3), they are merely US games with different inserts. Most of the time there is bilingual packaging, but sometimes there are photo differences. I do not have any sealed Canadian PS3 games, so I have not seen this dual-wrapping... However I have seen such things happen with toys.

Anyways, this topic is kinda out of date, now that the style guide indicates we should use country codes in the item title. But it is good to know your perspective on how products appear. I believe that most collectors do not even care about the regional differences of most things outside of Japan vs US, and leave Canadian or European products as being a niche thing. Still, such collectors do exist (besides me collecting hockey games) so it is certainly something that should be discussed.

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General / Re: Anyone have any unusual sub-collections?

« on: October 18, 2014, 07:06:00 pm »

Hockey games!
Baseball games!

Collecting sports video games are what I would consider... unusual. The other things I collect are not unusual... however, I consider my video games to be a "sub-collection" in that, it is third in my priority for things I collect.

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General / Re: PSN, Gamer Tag, Steam, and Friend Code Exchange

« on: October 18, 2014, 07:02:05 pm »

Battle.net Americas Realm - Diablo III ROS soft standard & Seasons (PC)
Tripredacus#1592
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Tripredacus-1592/ 

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: NEW Duplicate Listing Thread

« on: October 15, 2014, 06:40:29 pm »

How about a duplicate consoles?
Good: http://vgcollect.com/item/32314
BAD: http://vgcollect.com/item/60023

Good: http://vgcollect.com/item/20391
BAD: http://vgcollect.com/item/12834
^--- However it could be salvaged by having one be HD and one not, but the one I mark as "good" has a photo of the HD model too.

Merge these two, seem to be an actual dupe 
http://vgcollect.com/item/67988
http://vgcollect.com/item/67989

The curious case of these... Main listing has the most collectors: http://vgcollect.com/item/18421
Which could be merged with this: http://vgcollect.com/item/61689
Or maybe this: http://vgcollect.com/item/61688
However the 1 and 2 controller bundles should obviously not be merged with each other.

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Mis-identified listed, Edit question

« on: October 15, 2014, 06:31:03 pm »

Ok so I thought about it... How about just edit out the Canadian stuff and add the US items. Then make a new entry for the Canadian release?

Also a question for admins as I do not know the capabilities of one. Can an admin clone an existing record to being a new one? The reason being is the information is already correct, including the packaging photos. I didn't know if it could be clone to the Canadian release to ease the time (essentially) creating a duplicate before editing the original one.

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Hardware and Tech / Re: Best thing to upgrade on a computer?

« on: October 15, 2014, 11:41:54 am »

Don't waste your money on anything labelled as an Ultrabook. Definately go for a gaming notebook. I tested some that MSI makes, they seem fine. They are big and heavy and not really portable tho.

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Mis-identified listed, Edit question

« on: October 12, 2014, 08:27:00 pm »

That's why I decided to do nothing and post a thread about it instead. 

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Video Game Database Discussion / Mis-identified listed, Edit question

« on: October 12, 2014, 06:28:01 pm »

Found a problem listing while going through my collection:
http://vgcollect.com/item/10490

72 people have this game in their collection but there is a problem. It is the only one listed in Genesis[NA] category and the problem is that it is the Canadian version. Everything is correct in this entry for the Canadian release. This includes the barcode, item images, cart ID number, etc. Verify here:
http://segaage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=42&threadid=78774

I didn't want to just submit an edit to make it the Canadian version because I'm fairly certain that not everyone has that version. The initial creator was likely correct, however the edits by jeffsgames and pacpix make it into the Canadian release. I will also refrain from creating the proper US release.

What can we do about this situation?

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Watermarked Images Thread

« on: October 12, 2014, 06:10:48 pm »

Images have broken links for this one:
http://vgcollect.com/item/10443

Pointing it out because while I know I can submit an edit to replace the images, it doesn't explain why there would be broken images. So this is more to point out a database or filesystem error on the server.

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General / Re: eBay hacked, change your account passwords ASAP!

« on: October 09, 2014, 10:42:03 am »

Is eBay being hacked yet again, or just glitching, possibly? I can't make a purchase because apparently my PayPal has come unlinked from my account. Very odd.

I never linked my Paypal to Ebay. It sounded like the worst idea ever.

Why might that be?

Well, if you linked your Paypal to Ebay, does that mean you don't have to log into Paypal to pay for something?

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General / Re: eBay hacked, change your account passwords ASAP!

« on: October 08, 2014, 10:38:21 am »

Is eBay being hacked yet again, or just glitching, possibly? I can't make a purchase because apparently my PayPal has come unlinked from my account. Very odd.

I never linked my Paypal to Ebay. It sounded like the worst idea ever.