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General / Re: Your 2025 Gaming and Collecting Goals

« on: January 18, 2025, 02:40:31 pm »

I just realized I never set goals for 2024- whoops.

My goal for 2025 was to finish another set and I have already done that with my acquisition of Keio Flying Squadron to finish my Sega CD set so I guess my goal for this year is to finish another set!

Genesis- 13 left
32X- 2 left
Sega Master System- 1 left
Lynx- 9 left
Atari Jaguar CD- 1 left
N64- 25 left

I'd also love to acquire at least another 20-25 cib each of nes and snes to whittle my list down. And get my wishlist here down to under 75.  I know the majority on here are all about slowing down, purging, etc.. but I'm full steam ahead- I want it all!

I will also have some paternity leave this year so hoping I have some more time to game (after all parental responsibilities are handled- they may be up every few hours but there is also a lot of down time- babies sleep a lot...)

There's no way I can beat 52 games- I beat 12 last year- let's shoot for 20- that's a good stretch goal.

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General / Re: VGCollect 2024 Secret Santa!

« on: December 27, 2024, 04:00:29 am »

Thanks to my Secret Santa for doing a fantastic job!  I'm really close to a complete North American retail library of Sega Genesis games and now I'm 3 games closer (18 to go).  I know I'm not easy to buy for so I really appreciate my Secret Santa going out of their way to get games off my wishlist. 

Also am glad to see my recipient is happy with their package too.  Seems like another successful year! Thanks again for dhaabi doing an amazing job organizing this great event!

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Site Feedback / Re: didnt get the 4k badge

« on: November 18, 2024, 02:38:13 pm »

It should be automatic.

Your profile also says you don't have any edits. DB backend confirms this. Have you never actually edited an item before?

I don't know how that could be true- I've edited several items and even added a few new listings over the years.  Hell- I submitted some edits a few weeks ago that I worked out with dhaabi for the Ishido/ou series.

I can't explain the name thing- I just created a username 7+ years ago- until you pointed out the capitalized name- I didn't even notice that mine was and most others are not.

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Site Feedback / Re: didnt get the 4k badge

« on: November 14, 2024, 11:18:08 pm »

This might be an embarrassing question but how do you get badges? I also have over 4k games and I don't have a badge.  My profile says I have no badges.

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Error Listings and rejected edits 2024

« on: October 31, 2024, 02:36:34 pm »

Can we compromise and edit it to be Ishidō?

When I rejected your submissions, I was under the impression that we prioritized transliteration over transcription, but this seems to be only relevant regarding JP items. So, NA and EU entry pages have been reverted back to Ishidō, whereas JP entry pages maintain Ishidou.

Several of the entries were previously titled Ishidō: The Way of the Stones which is incorrect, so there should be greater uniformity now.

Thanks for updating!  The uniformity is appreciated. 

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Error Listings and rejected edits 2024

« on: October 29, 2024, 08:03:40 pm »

I resubmitted the edits for both the genesis and lynx versions to Ishidō

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Error Listings and rejected edits 2024

« on: October 29, 2024, 08:01:17 pm »

Alright I need to know why my edit for Ishido: The Way of Stones was rejected for Genesis.

I understand there's a character mark above the o so it should pronounced as ou

But on the box it is not spelled Ishidou- anyone trying to search this game is going to spell it as Ishido as that is clearly what is shown on the box. 

I had to manually search Genesis to find the game as I had no idea I needed to search Ishidou and not Ishido.  That seems flawed. 

Also- all the other versions of this game in the database is Ishidō- the gameboy version is not spelled Ishidou- it's spelled Ishidō.  It should not be different.

Can we compromise and edit it to be Ishidō?

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General / Re: VGCollect 2024 Secret Santa!

« on: October 21, 2024, 01:29:05 pm »

I would be in favor of a later deadline such as- needs to be delivered to the recipient by Christmas-

It's also nice to be able to shop for my recipient on black friday- usually the best deals of the year both online and at my local game stores- so I can maximize their gift. 

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General / Re: VGCollect 2024 Secret Santa!

« on: October 09, 2024, 03:21:31 pm »

Signed up! Looking forward to another fun year!

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General / Re: Where do you buy your retro games from these days?

« on: August 19, 2024, 11:33:45 pm »

Local FB Collector Groups, Regional FB groups, ebay, Game Conventions, local game stores- so many great options in the PNW!

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General / Re: Is there any hope for this site?

« on: August 19, 2024, 11:32:18 pm »

I'm guilty of spending more time in facebook game groups and local communities.  I think the problem as some have pointed out is that the forums use old tech and it's hard to go back to them when there are other communication options that give more immediate feedback.  For example- uploading pictures of recent pickups.  In a local facebook group- it takes a minute or two.  But here, I have to upload each picture to imgur, then click the image link and make sure the formatting is correct so it actually displays.  It just takes too long so I stopped. 

I still like participating in the Secret Santa and I really enjoy the database features the site offers so I still hope to be a part of this community for a long time to come.  I just might not be as talkative as other members.   

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General / Re: Games with great stories.

« on: March 23, 2024, 07:40:33 pm »

Disco Elysium has one of the best game stories I've ever played.  It's too bad the company fell apart, I would have loved to see what future projects would look like.

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General / Re: VGCollect Secret Santa Feedback

« on: January 09, 2024, 04:35:46 pm »

The only expectation any recipient should have is that you are guaranteed to receive at least $60 worth of videogames or videogame related items before shipping that is not a duplicate of anything you own on your vgcollect profile, is in the region you prefer, and is on your wishlist if that is what you express to the organizer. 

If a Secret Santa wants to exceed the $60 threshold- they should be free to do so- but the expectation should not be that everyone has to do so- otherwise what's the point of even having a minimum. 

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General / Re: VGCollect 2023 Secret Santa!

« on: December 16, 2023, 12:07:54 pm »

Meant to post this earlier. 

Thanks Secret Santa (cartagia)

Some of these game selections might seem a bit suspect but it was upon my request!  I bought a bunch of box/manual only from a friend recently and have been trying to track down the loose carts.  My SS did a great job at helping me knock quite a few off my list.  Glad others enjoyed their gifts, hope you all have a great rest of 2023. 

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General / Re: VGCollect 2023 Secret Santa!

« on: November 29, 2023, 08:58:57 pm »

Guys,

I typically open my Secret Santa gift early because I participate in multiple Secret Santas across the internet and want to avoid getting duplicate items. This is what I received:



There was only 1 item that I asked for here (Asura's Wrath). I specifically asked for only items off my given wishlist:



I thought my specified wishlist was varied and included several moderately priced items.

Additionally, I was given a Game Gear game. I don't have a Game Gear and am not sure why my gifter thought I collect Game Gear games.

To top it all off, the insert for the SteamWorld Dig 2 game is a counterfeit. This game's insert is supposed to have a reversible cover. You can check Youtube videos to verify this. Also the feel of the insert is unlike an official Switch insert. This is how I knew for sure it was not authentic.



I always go above and beyond when I do Secret Santas, so it hurts me when someone does less than the bare minimum to fill their quota.

This indeed has been the most disappointing Secret Santa I have ever participated in. There was almost no thought put in the gifts procured. It reeks of laziness.

I would just like to know who my Secret Santa this year is, and what was the thought process behind the gifts he chose?

I'm sorry you are disappointed in your gifts.  I thought your VG collect wishlist and sell list were fair game- so I used both. 

Only purchase items from my wish list.

Additional comments:
Despite being listed on my Sell List, the items on there were selected specifically as options for Secret Santa.

I read this as the sell list as additional options for purchasing.

You were not easy to buy for- you wanted a lot of stuff in mint condition/100% complete/new- and a lot of stuff well over the gift limit.  I tried my best.  My local stores had basically none of what you wanted on your smaller sell list- or if they did-not in the condition you were wanting.

Asura's Wrath was from my personal collection. 

I saw Steamworld Dig 2 on your larger wishlist so I thought it was fair game.  I didn't realize the art was repro- the local game store that I bought it from usually will identify repro cover art but I didn't check closely.  It was priced at the rate of a complete copy so I was none the wiser.  It probably fooled them as well.  It didn't occur to me that repro cover art would even be an issue with Switch titles.  If I would have known, I would have bought another game.  I am sorry about that. 

The other stuff I just threw in as extras as I thought with those two games I was well over the gift limit.  You seemed to like sealed stuff so I thought a sealed game gear game would be a fun novelty for you.  If it offends you so much, throw it away. 


Anyways- that's my position on this.  Hope everyone else is happy with their gifts.