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General / Re: What is your worst pickup?

« on: October 20, 2012, 03:55:43 am »

Through reading this topic I noticed that I have the biggest losses of you! I am a Libra (well, happy birthday to me tomorrow!) so I get excited easily and often do things without deeper thinking or on a whim. Here are the bigger ones I can think of currently.

Recently I've paid 50 $ for Maximo because I was dying to play it and I thought it's the only piece in Czech based on the fact the site was advertising it as an uber rare game and through my finds I have not seen it anywhere else. Then I was so surprised when I found another shop selling it for like 13 $ .

Luckily for PS2 I've found the right sources finally so hopefully a loss like this won't happen again.

For PC it's at the moment every game which I did not manage to play but the worst is probably Battleforge. I pre-ordered this one for 50 euros in hope to play it's beta but in fact I have never played the game and soon after release it became completely free to play.

Another but even bigger waste of money for me was buying the Vita.

Well I have to be more careful with my future purchases!

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General / Re: Collection Achievements thread

« on: October 19, 2012, 03:44:10 am »

Sorry for the double post but I noticed that I've just acquired 200 games in my PS2 collection!

It's a small milestone but it still makes me happy.

Now I have to find the time to actually play them too. 

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News / Re: UPDATE: exonerator has been promoted!

« on: October 19, 2012, 03:23:14 am »

Well deserved, congratulations!

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General / Re: October 2012 - Recently Added To Collection/Recently Purchased

« on: October 18, 2012, 12:14:13 pm »

I am going through some life problems now (that's also why I was not there lately) but purchasing this herd has made me really happy inside  :

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General / Re: Huge choices

« on: October 18, 2012, 11:58:02 am »

Big thanks for more of your input!

Don't get me wrong, I do like PSP and I gave it hundreds hours of love but I think it's better to sell it because I've played all of my current games already and would not be buying more for a few years at least. And if I tried to after these years, I still think the games would not be able to find anymore. So it's better to get some money out from it than leave it intouched in the shelf.

If I sold Vita I would lose big amount of money because at a guess I've spent 500 $ on it and here in Czech I'd sell it for 300 $ maximum if I was lucky so I'll still rather wait for the outcome. The few games I currently own should also entertain me enough when being on the move.

It hurts me to sell PSP but at the moment I am really not in a situation to afford buying enough games for two consoles at the same time and to dedicate to them due to being hunted by time mostly.

And I am also happy for seeing someone who is sharing my opinions regarding current games marketing because it usually does not happen. 

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Off Topic / Re: Quest for 2000

« on: October 18, 2012, 11:36:52 am »

Impressive work, I never counted my submits but I think that now I should be around 200. Soon I'll be editing box arts and discs in my collection because at the moment it seems really void.

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Off Topic / Re: Quick question about sigs

« on: October 18, 2012, 11:33:15 am »

I've got a question about sigs also - and that's how many pixels max should they have?

I am thinking about adding something more into it but everyone has a different view about what is considered too big. 

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News / Re: End of Month Stats for September, 2012

« on: October 10, 2012, 03:00:48 am »

Concentrating more to Market may bring here quite a few more members, sadly some of them with an intention to scam. To prevent them rule a system like iTrader would work:


Under total posts of each user there would be an iTrader number and by clicking on it you can see all of user's feedback.


This would allow each user to make his reputation and by using a common sense (don't send your items first to new and 0 repped people etc) such systems would prevent you from getting scammed.

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Off Topic / Re: happy canadian thanksgiving

« on: October 10, 2012, 02:25:26 am »

Happy late thanksgiving! I hope you Canadians had a good time.

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Site Feedback / Re: Hello/Suggestion

« on: October 10, 2012, 02:23:05 am »

Welcome ko1ru!

It's a nice idea. I was also thinking about something like a small form, some "About me" information, Your favorite gaming system, How did you start collecting, Which year etc, some short and easy to respond (no time investing essays) questions.

Surely Matt will come up with something.

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General / Re: Huge choices

« on: October 10, 2012, 02:17:54 am »

Thanks a lot for more responses!

I was thinking a bit more and I decided that I'll stick with just PS2 now and will see what happens in a few years. The reason really is that the games are not that hard to find and the price is fine, also the fact that I would not manage to play on two systems at the same time (having less and less time lately) and building two collections at the same time would require more money if I wanted each to enlarge enough.

So I'll be getting rid of the PSP also and I'll keep the small PS1 (nostalgia and I would love to collect these ones someday, I have to get more money to be able to order from the US! ) and the Vita one (I'll see what happens with it in a few years) but if I won't have more money and Vita will be "dead" I am really not sure what will be my pick for collecting because at the moment there only are enough Xbox 360 and PS3 games here in Czech. (I think that PSP games won't be here for long and after selling it I doubt I would want to start from the clay again)

Well it's hard to predict now, but I gave you my thoughts. In the next days you will see a lot of new European submits, because I made a big purchase of games. For sure I'll reach 200 PS2 games now. Thanks again!

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General / Re: Huge choices

« on: October 07, 2012, 11:34:42 am »

I am happy you liked the long post disgaeniac! 

Of course I first wanted to collect the PSX games, but I noticed that here in Czech the games really are impossible to find. I'd have to get the NTSC console and buy every game from the foreign countries. Even if no newer systems would support the PS1 game, I'd be fine at least for the PAL ones since I still have my first PS1 console working like a charm, but the problem is buying from foreign countries. Czech Republic as a whole does hate buying from foreign countries. I would have to pay the Czech post about 35 dollars for every purchase! And wait for like 2 weeks for them to finish it's customs - that would be really annoying and I am not that rich so I had to leave this possibility.

That's why I chose PS2, and I am really happy with it. I see we already do have some games in common disgaeniac, and many RPGs are really great. I do now envy a bit that you own a few of these for which I am looking for since a few months now. It's really the best console which I chose for playing and collecting in terms of price and potentiality to find it's titles. At least here in Czech.

So yes I will keep collecting it but for me just two collections (PC one on Steam and PS2 ones) are not enough!  Even if they are huge. I'd like my physical games collection expand. But I don't know how. I don't like the new systems much to be honest, and these are the only ones here in Czech for which the games are easy to get. So that's why I am thinking about PSP. It's not that old and does not require you to use PSN Network. But really the problem is that some games for PS2 and PSP are identical. And as I already wrote collecting two platforms at the same time costs more money and takes away the time from you to play one console fully. From the beginning when I started collecting PS2 games I thought that I would collect them for like 3 years and then switch to something else. But in three years the PSP games will probably be impossible to find. That's the dilemma!

This was a bit shorter version for you htimreimer.

And about the 60GB FAT PS3 which is probably the only version what supports the older PS1 and PS2 games - I've sold it a few days ago. And I had it since 2008. I did not use it that much (less than 1000 hours) but never experienced any YLODs whatsoever. But it's true there were a few smaller problems like game freezing, incompatibility with the 750GB notebook hard disc and not detecting a few of my headsets. The main reason of this is probably that the console is not produced any more. Because from Sony opinion's it was unstable. And it was not made for that many functions which the PS3 console has now. (after all the updates) So this probably is the reason of it's bigger sensitivity. I hope I helped you a bit disgaeniac! 

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General / Huge choices

« on: October 07, 2012, 03:50:32 am »

Well as I already wrote in my "an appeal to all members" topic, I have a bit of a dilemma now so get ready for a huge rant as usual!

This year I became a bit tired from PC gaming. Mainly because I've spent most of my time playing just a few online ones and I did not have much taste to play the other ones. My collection on Steam was growing rapidly and I became a bit annoyed there was no other way than showing it just from your Steam Community profile. I mean, you do not own an actual item, you only own a license to it. What if something happens with Valve? What if some experienced hacker gets hold of my things? These questions started to worry me a bit and builded up my wish to own more physical games. Also lately I had many problems with Steam Support. After like 3rd purchase in a row they blocked my account from buying more games. I was asking them why but I did not get any clear answer, the latest one is that I am getting blocked by some anti-fraud system. I asked "what to do to not get blocked?" No answer. So this really is annoying if you have to write to Steam Support like every week and then wait 1 more week for them to activate my account again. This way I missed many great sales and after a few years of collecting things of Steam, I now think that starting it was not the wisest idea. It has some merits like very cheap prices and having all things at the same place, but the negatives do outbalance them in my opinion.

At that time Vita was being released and I thought it's the great opportunity to buy it. So I did it and now I am hugely disappointed. Sony does not seem to care about the console much, just a few games were released and here in Czech the markets are completely dead, so finding a game for some nice price is almost impossible. And I don't have enough money to build my collection of all entirely new games. Well, now the system is laying in the cabinet, seeming like a waste of money, but selling it would not be worth it because I'd still lose a lot of money, so I am waiting what happens next within a few years.

Then I decided to get back to my PS2 collection and rebuild it. That was the best idea actually and it's really paying off. Most of games are cheap and still quite easy to find and if I find the rarer titles I am always pretty happy. Together with my collection I bought an old CRT television on which the view is amazing. Also I am thinking about some speakers, so every advice about which speakers would be great for CRT television is really welcome!

So currently my PS2 collection is growing and I am pretty much enjoying playing on it, but I realized that I have many really small collections, such as PSX one, PS3 one, PSP one, GBA one. I am now thinking which one is the best to keep.

I eliminated the PS3 one and at the moment I am selling all of my titles. The main reason is that I do not like using Playstation Network. Sony just simply wants you to use it, into games they are adding codes and DLCs which can only be activated through PSN Network. Online can only be played when being logged to PSN Network (however I don't care much about online because mostly when I played it I played in a lobby where I lagged like crazy so I resigned and I am only playing offline on consoles) and people do see your profiles when you play with them. Maybe I want to keep my trophies and the latest played games private? Sony did not seem to think of such option. And the main thing - I don't want to have another online account where I have my things and credit card attached, for me it takes things pretty much complicated, Steam is enough. Plus the latest hack of PlayStation Network during which many people lost money was not very funny.

And you can now see how complicated this already made things for me: I wanted to sell my PSN accounts too together with my collection. I changed passwords but I also changed emails and their passwords so buyer would feel safe when he buys them. And guess what? I wrote everything on the paper, this was the first thing which I did not write to flash disc because I always had this paper in my sight. Well when cleaning up my flat I somehow lost it and at the moment I am not able to find it. I looked everywhere. And now I would love to know how to recover these accounts when all was changed...

Also I eliminated the PC one for some time by selling my gaming computer to get some spare money.

So I am really not sure whether collecting only PS2 games would be the best. This way I'd have only two collections - a PC one and a PS2 one. I would also love to collect PS1 games but these are IMPOSSIBLE to find here in Czech. GBA games also. So buying these from foreign countries would cost big lot of money. And I don't feel like buying the new console. And even if I bought such console their titles would not be easy to find in Czech anyways (beside Xbox 360). After a few years I would not know what to collect, likely there would only be PS3 (which I decided not to use anymore), Xbox 360 (I am not familiar with it at all) and then systems like Vita, WII U about which I have to wait how things turn out. If I did not separate the PS3, in a few years it's games would still be easy to find, but I chose not to use it.

Now the main point - At the moment here in Czech are still some PSP games able to find. I am afraid that in a few years they would be impossible to find so the thing I came up with is starting to collect them together with the PS2 ones. But the main things what are worrying me - 1.) both systems have a few same named or identical titles, 2.) Will I have money for collecting things for two systems at the same time? , 3.) Will I manage to play on both systems enough? And that's it.

I did not know writing this would be that big wall of text, but I hope at least one person reads it through and recommends me what to do next. My Zodiac sign is Libra so I am very flighty and unsteady. I would love to make the right choice which I would not regret. Thanks a lot beforehand!

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Site Feedback / Re: An appeal to all members

« on: October 05, 2012, 01:07:39 pm »

Thanks much for the more welcome guys!

I was a bit absent in this thread because I already said what I wanted regarding the subject and these days I am pretty busy. I promise I'll soon be helping much more but at the moment I am trying to solve a dilemma about which I'll likely post soon.

Also I am pretty happy about the way you guys handled my complaint. Most of people would tell me to get the hell out, but you lot are really nice and listening people. Actually my complaint made some of you care even more, that's the great success!

I am now really happy I found this community.

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General / Re: Intro thread

« on: October 05, 2012, 01:00:02 pm »

That's some new knowledge for me.

Likely we have just one exclusive device because until 1993 we were part of Czechoslovakia.

Though we do have some games like Samorost and Mafia series or Machinarium, but these are a bit later.