Do you plan your purchases at all?

[seether]

You know like a monthly budget, or a wishlist of things to pick up on payday, or scheduling time in your mind for when you'll go to a retro game store, or putting money aside for a game you know is coming out later this year, or some other mechanism of anticipating buying things?

Or are you totally spontaneous?

[pizzasafari]

At the start of every month I write the names of games I'm interested in numerous times on hundreds of pieces of paper, then I get a large, hollowed out cardboard sphere, cut a moderately-sized hole in it and stuff all the paper into it. I tie the ball to the tail of a plane by a piece of string and fly across the Atlantic so that the paper is propelled out of the hole as the I fly over the ocean, then land on a designated island off the coast of America and wait by the shore until pieces of paper start washing up. The first three game names to reach the island up are the ones I decide to buy. If I get three of the same name come up then I call that a pizza jackpot and spend the game money on having a month's supply of pizza delivered instead. It sucks if they turn up three different games because then I can't afford any pizza.

[rayne315]

At the start of every month I write the names of games I'm interested in numerous times on hundreds of pieces of paper, then I get a large, hollowed out cardboard sphere, cut a moderately-sized hole in it and stuff all the paper into it. I tie the ball to the tail of a plane by a piece of string and fly across the Atlantic so that the paper is propelled out of the hole as the I fly over the ocean, then land on a designated island off the coast of America and wait by the shore until pieces of paper start washing up. The first three game names to reach the island up are the ones I decide to buy. If I get three of the same name come up then I call that a pizza jackpot and spend the game money on having a month's supply of pizza delivered instead. It sucks if they turn up three different games because then I can't afford any pizza.

Funny I have almost the same method. except that I let my cats and dogs play with the sphere. they will eventually bat out a bunch of the papers and for some reason eat them... so I wait until their bowl movements happen and hose them down. the first piece of paper out from each of my 4 animals are the games I buy.

[sworddude]

At the start of every month I write the names of games I'm interested in numerous times on hundreds of pieces of paper, then I get a large, hollowed out cardboard sphere, cut a moderately-sized hole in it and stuff all the paper into it. I tie the ball to the tail of a plane by a piece of string and fly across the Atlantic so that the paper is propelled out of the hole as the I fly over the ocean, then land on a designated island off the coast of America and wait by the shore until pieces of paper start washing up. The first three game names to reach the island up are the ones I decide to buy. If I get three of the same name come up then I call that a pizza jackpot and spend the game money on having a month's supply of pizza delivered instead. It sucks if they turn up three different games because then I can't afford any pizza.

What happens when zero pieces of paper show up? Also the waiting game, what are your personal limits as far as time goes if your ritual takes allot longer than usual?

[wartoy]

I have to say im starting to enjoy this that was laugh out loud funny great answers.

[pizzasafari]

What happens when zero pieces of paper show up? Also the waiting game, what are your personal limits as far as time goes if your ritual takes allot longer than usual?

I stay forever and ever. I'm actually still on my first attempt. I'm starting to wonder if I'll ever make it out alive. I've run out of pizza so now I'm having to eat the plane.

[98dgreen]

No the doubles I get generally result in 2x to 3x what I put into it

[kypherion]

Haha no, I buy everything on a whim. The only exceptions are events/cons that happen annually.

[kypherion]

At the start of every month I write the names of games I'm interested in numerous times on hundreds of pieces of paper, then I get a large, hollowed out cardboard sphere, cut a moderately-sized hole in it and stuff all the paper into it. I tie the ball to the tail of a plane by a piece of string and fly across the Atlantic so that the paper is propelled out of the hole as the I fly over the ocean, then land on a designated island off the coast of America and wait by the shore until pieces of paper start washing up. The first three game names to reach the island up are the ones I decide to buy. If I get three of the same name come up then I call that a pizza jackpot and spend the game money on having a month's supply of pizza delivered instead. It sucks if they turn up three different games because then I can't afford any pizza.

I think seether just got T-R-O-L-L-E-D!

[droaa]

At the start of every month I write the names of games I'm interested in numerous times on hundreds of pieces of paper, then I get a large, hollowed out cardboard sphere, cut a moderately-sized hole in it and stuff all the paper into it. I tie the ball to the tail of a plane by a piece of string and fly across the Atlantic so that the paper is propelled out of the hole as the I fly over the ocean, then land on a designated island off the coast of America and wait by the shore until pieces of paper start washing up. The first three game names to reach the island up are the ones I decide to buy. If I get three of the same name come up then I call that a pizza jackpot and spend the game money on having a month's supply of pizza delivered instead. It sucks if they turn up three different games because then I can't afford any pizza.

What happens if in the process of flying the plane explodes along with all the paper resulting in ashes upon ashes of paper that can affected the air quality in the surrounding area?

[pizzasafari]

What happens if in the process of flying the plane explodes along with all the paper resulting in ashes upon ashes of paper that can affected the air quality in the surrounding area?

I suppose we'll cross that bridge when we come to it. Surviving on this desert island with no pizza and no plane with only a cardboard ball for company is higher on my priorities right now.

Update: I have now eaten the cardboard ball.

[oldgamerz]

I'll be honest in my post, and tell you that I don't plan my purchases, but I do often watch Youtube to get an edge on what games to buy or that look fun

[Cartagia]

You know like a monthly budget, or a wishlist of things to pick up on payday, or scheduling time in your mind for when you'll go to a retro game store, or putting money aside for a game you know is coming out later this year, or some other mechanism of anticipating buying things?

Or are you totally spontaneous?

yes.

[kashell]

I like to cut out circular pieces of paper and write the names of things I want on them. I'll paste them on a Twister mat and play as long as I can before I fall. Where I land determines what I buy.

https://youtu.be/K7Wb-X6BEMY

At the start of every month I write the names of games I'm interested in numerous times on hundreds of pieces of paper, then I get a large, hollowed out cardboard sphere, cut a moderately-sized hole in it and stuff all the paper into it. I tie the ball to the tail of a plane by a piece of string and fly across the Atlantic so that the paper is propelled out of the hole as the I fly over the ocean, then land on a designated island off the coast of America and wait by the shore until pieces of paper start washing up. The first three game names to reach the island up are the ones I decide to buy. If I get three of the same name come up then I call that a pizza jackpot and spend the game money on having a month's supply of pizza delivered instead. It sucks if they turn up three different games because then I can't afford any pizza.

I almost started doing this.

[hoshichiri]

All I do, is make sure the bills & the important stuff is paid for. After that? Maybe there's a game I've been wanting & go find. Maybe I find one on a whim. Maybe I buy something else. Maybe I look over the ol' Amazon wishlist & pick something. Or maybe I throw it into the 'gaming fund' to congeal with other leftover money, so when the urge to get a new Saturn game comes along, I can afford it. The only 'planned' part is buy the important stuff first!

I mean, I do games for fun. Why turn it into work over-planning?

At the start of every month I write the names of games I'm interested in numerous times on hundreds of pieces of paper, then I get a large, hollowed out cardboard sphere, cut a moderately-sized hole in it and stuff all the paper into it. I tie the ball to the tail of a plane by a piece of string and fly across the Atlantic so that the paper is propelled out of the hole as the I fly over the ocean, then land on a designated island off the coast of America and wait by the shore until pieces of paper start washing up. The first three game names to reach the island up are the ones I decide to buy. If I get three of the same name come up then I call that a pizza jackpot and spend the game money on having a month's supply of pizza delivered instead. It sucks if they turn up three different games because then I can't afford any pizza.

Well I wish I could think of something like that on the fly- it's too early in the monring...