Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

[Alzrius]

I used to collect buttons. Not shirt buttons, but the kind that had a metal pin that you pierced an article of clothing with. I stopped when I rapidly acquired more than I could reasonably store, and was pleasantly surprised when my family made a nice collage out of them for me.

 

[trappedslider]

All the above statements are true in some sense, false in some sense, meaningless in some sense, true and false in some sense, true and meaningless in some sense, false and meaningless in somesense, and true and false and meaningless in some sense.

 

[Meech17]

Just want to share a bit of exciting news that has nothing to do with gaming - but I finally got a good deal on the Beach Boy's Smile Sessions on vinyl. (I've been searching for about 5 years.)
Are any of you folks collectors about non-RPG stuff?

That's really cool. I'm not a vinyl guy, but I appreciate the medium.

I collect yoyos. I have well over 100 at this point. I've really slowed down on getting new ones however, simply because of space constraints, and the fact that there's no way to play with all of them. I maybe purchase one or two a year now.

 

[billd91]

I used to collect buttons. Not shirt buttons, but the kind that had a metal pin that you pierced an article of clothing with. I stopped when I rapidly acquired more than I could reasonably store, and was pleasantly surprised when my family made a nice collage out of them for me.

I don't seem them quite as often as I used to, but I remember when buttons were a big thing at Gen Con. There'd often be one or more button sellers in the dealer hall - and not the little ones used to promo other IP, but the ones with funny sayings on them like "When the 50 dwarves dwindled to 8, everyone began to suspect Hungry" or "Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana".

 

[Deset Gled]

I used to think this way as well, but I was putting away my shopping cart once and an employee on a smoke break told me, they only get sent outside to put away carts when the parking lot gets too bad -- the boss doesn't feel it's necessary to do it if people still have room to park. And when they get sent outside to clear the parking lot, they can hang out a bit and smoke some cigarettes and otherwise have a break.

I still occasionally put my cart away in the cart return if it's a busy parking lot, but sometimes I just leave it somewhere out of the way of the parking spots. It depends on how happy the employees inside the supermarket seem to me -- if they seem a little overworked and glum, I'm more likely to leave it out of the cart return.

So you're saying you justify not returning a shopping cart because you want to promote smoking?

Seriously, though, that is not universal. I worked a retail job (a long time ago) and returning carts was a standard job. We did it at regular intervals, or based on how many carts were available in store; I don't think the boss could even see the parking lot. If carts were spread out across the parking lot, it really sucked to have to collect them all. Especially in the rain/heat/snow. And the extra time spent doing that job meant one less associate to help customers, which made life worse for everyone. Just because one random guy wanted to smoke an extra cigarette is not a good reason to do this.

Are any of you folks collectors about non-RPG stuff?

I used to collect old video game stuff. It started by refusing to get rid of my Atari 2600 and branched out from there. My collection ranges from a number of Odyssey (200, 2000, 2) variants to a Jaguar.

Then I had kids and had nowhere to put the collection, so now it's in the basement. Then the collector game market exploded in popularity to the point where I could probably only afford a small fraction of what I once bought. One day I'll get back into it, though.

 

[Retreater]

I used to collect old video game stuff. It started by refusing to get rid of my Atari 2600 and branched out from there. My collection ranges from a number of Odyssey (200, 2000, 2) variants to a Jaguar.

Then I had kids and had nowhere to put the collection, so now it's in the basement. Then the collector game market exploded in popularity to the point where I could probably only afford a small fraction of what I once bought. One day I'll get back into it, though.

The market certainly got wild for video games.
My favorite system to collect for is the Dreamcast. (It's not even that old compared to other systems.)

 

[payn]

The market certainly got wild for video games.
My favorite system to collect for is the Dreamcast. (It's not even that old compared to other systems.)

I dont collect, but I dont get rid of my consoles either. People are always amazed when they see my dreamcast sitting out. Its amazing how many people dont even know it was thing.

 

[Retreater]

I dont collect, but I dont get rid of my consoles either. People are always amazed when they see my dreamcast sitting out. Its amazing how many people dont even know it was thing.

A very underappreciated console, IMO. I didn't get one until years after the fact (I went in the PS2 direction). There are some great arcade ports on Dreamcast. Record of Lodoss War is also a good RPG for the time.

 

[payn]

A very underappreciated console, IMO. I didn't get one until years after the fact (I went in the PS2 direction). There are some great arcade ports on Dreamcast. Record of Lodoss War is also a good RPG for the time.

I picked one up with a pile of accessories from a fella I worked with. I remember playing the crap out of the Shinning Force series. that was like Sega's FF tactics.

I do remember somebody seeing it and the exchange was like this.
"Oh...what is this!? Did you pick this up in Japan?"
I've never been to Japan.
"What? When did Dreamcast come out???"
like 1999.
"Well...if not Japan where did you get it?"
It was sold here in America... everywhere.

 

[Deset Gled]

A very underappreciated console, IMO. I didn't get one until years after the fact (I went in the PS2 direction). There are some great arcade ports on Dreamcast. Record of Lodoss War is also a good RPG for the time.

I love my Dreamcast. After it got cracked you could burn games directly onto CD for it (with no system mods).

Another great game was San Francisco Rush 2049. The open world stunt mode of that game is one of those unique experiences that I still haven't found a replacement for.
Lots of other good stuff, of course. Off the top if my head, Chu Chu Rocket, Marvel vs. Capcom, Rez.