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[DryvBy]

Welp, I'm never buying a used game again.

 

[CriterionDog]

Drunk thread? Drunk thread.

 

[Tobor]

I will try it with this disc, if it works (which I'm doubting since it has small amounts of paint on it, don't ask), than I have proved you all wrong.

I will record this, in a couple.


Occasionally.

The defense rests.

 

[Kurtofan]

Poo particles fill up the cracks.

 

[mavs]

Actually, I have heard success stories of people fixing their wet cell phones by doing exactly as this man described.

It's more legit than flushing a CD in the toilet.

I've heard of using rice as a dessicant but where does the toilet enter into it?

 

[Kaizer]

What the fuck?

 

[chertipros]

LMAO! Where is this from?

 

[antitrop]

I've heard of using rice as a dessicant but where does the toilet enter into it?

Nevermind, I missed the toilet part.

Putting a wet cell phone in a bag of rice works, but I have no idea where the toilet part comes into it, either.

 

[BeekleMatter]

I've heard of this OP. Kind of wondering how a lot of you haven't, but yea it's... it's a weird one...

 

[elektrixx]

Oh, it fixes the game. I thought they could unblock toilets.

 

[LeleSocho]

Never heard of this.

But fuck, if the banana trick works on discs this might, too.

The banana trick has scientific reason to work this flush stuff instead is no different than cleaning it with water in the faucet...

 

[Crash Station]

Holy shit, it works! Tried it with my scratched copy of Romancing Saga where it freezes at a certain point, and it doesn't freeze there anymore!

 

[Risette]

This is disgusting.

 

[IceDoesntHelp]

So Mario Party 5 didn't work, as I anticipated :/

 

[Mr.Green]

God the stupid shit people wanna believe.

 

[CriterionDog]

So Mario Party 5 didn't work, as I anticipated :/

way to go

 

[IceDoesntHelp]

Holy shit, it works! Tried it with my scratched copy of Romancing Saga where it freezes at a certain point, and it doesn't freeze there anymore!

I don't know if you're mocking me or not ;_;

way to go

Well there is paint on it, paint not just gonna go away with water son.

 

[Boss Man]

Disc scratches are some pre-bluray shit. Hit me up on my pager when you figure out why wrapping a towel around something fixes overheating issues.

 

[DJMicLuv]

What the fuck?


I really want to try this, but I don't have any discs which don't read...

Flush one down the toilet. It won't read then.

 

[Huevos de Oro]

So Mario Party 5 didn't work, as I anticipated :/

Welp. That was a shitty outcome.

 

[Arozay]

Tried it, all it did was chop the turd up a little more.

 

[Andrefpvs]

I don't know if you're mocking me or not ;_;

Well there is paint on it, paint not just gonna go away with water son.

Scratch the paint off, then flush the scratches off. A winner is you!

 

[Zia]

Well there is paint on it, paint not just gonna go away with water son.

Spread a mashed banana on a square of cheesecloth and rub it into the painted surface of the disc before flushing it. It'll pull it right up.

 

[Taruranto]

Does it even fit

 

[TheMink]

Whats happening in this thread?!?

 

[Hellion]

Disc scratches are some pre-bluray shit. Hit me up on my pager when you figure out why wrapping a towel around something fixes overheating issues.

lol

 

[SelfCon]

This DOES work. I know a lot of people that do this. I hear it works even better with ds and vita carts. Try it!

 

[KongRudi]

Oh my god, people actually do it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1wy9CvN-kw

It would be fun to have a video like that on the phone, and go to Gamestop to trade in some games, and when they pick up the games and start inspected them, you could pull out your phone and say 'no, need for that, I've allready cleaned them' and play the video.

 

[8sanders]

What the hell is going on in here?

 

[Baconsaurus Rex]

This DOES work. I know a lot of people that do this. I hear it works even better with ds and vita carts. Try it!

I heard flushing your copy of Earthbound unlocks it and increases the value.

 

[Version 3.0]

You people need to get some exposure to the way modern technology works...

Can't believe you haven't heard of this.

I'm surprised a forum with Gamers as savvy as NeoGAF's wouldn't know about Flushing.

To be clear, are you guys claiming this works, or just that it's a common BS story that we should've heard before?

And for me to be clear: there's no way in hell it does anything better than cleaning it by hand...unless maybe the person cleaning it is less clean than a toilet.

 

[NotDreamcast]

No joke. My cousin and I tried this years ago to get Crash Bandicoot for the PS1 to work...somehow it did.

 

[antitrop]

To be clear, are you guys claiming this works, or just that it's a common BS story that we should've heard before?

It's actually both. It was a commonly circulated "myth" at the time of the rise of CDs (late 90s), with some actual merit.

It has a strong possibility of getting an unreadable disc to read, but chances are if you fixed it by flushing it in a toilet you could have fixed it some other way, too. It doesn't work miracles.

 

[Clydefrog]

Can I clean my clothes in the toilet? My roommate's currently using the washing machine.

 

[milsorgen]

Toothpaste. That shit works.

Method in the OP sounds like a way to trick someone into flushing their game down the toilet.

That's what they said about pounding a quart of olive oil to get buzzed. But it works. It's also backed by science since we now know our stomach acids metabolize the oil enzymes and convert them to psuedoalcohol in our gut before being transferred to the blood stream like alcohol. Crazy stuff.

 

[Aquamarine]

Can I clean my clothes in the toilet? My roommate's currently using the washing machine.

Might as well wash your hair while you're at it. Why wait to use the shower when you have a perfectly good toilet?

 

[Chet Rippo]

Or you could just take better care of your discs.

 

[Alej]

Doing this for decades.

 

[goldenpp72]

Putting it inside a drier for an hour works better.

 

[IceDoesntHelp]

Or you could just take better care of your discs.

What if they aren't my discs? What if they happen to be my girlfriends?

 

[Interceptor]

Newsflash: Water exists outside of toilets too! You can wash your discs there.

*shakeshead*

 

[dragonbane]

Wow people are actually serious about this. No used games for me then.

 

[Corto]

Why not just piss and shit on the console and cut the middle man?

 

[Intru]

What if they aren't my discs? What if they happen to be my girlfriends?

Maybe... shoving them up her butt will be more effective, go straight to the source of the poop particles. You should record it too.

 

[Anth0ny]

 

[BassForever]

I don't understand what's going on

 

[TrounceX]

I can confirm this works.

I shit you not I used to charge kids $ in grade school to fix their discs and all I did was flush them down the toilet. I set up shop under the jungle gym. Final Fantasy 8 was probably my most popular repair.

 

[Captain Smoker]

 

[Chet Rippo]

What if they aren't my discs? What if they happen to be my girlfriends?

Tell her to take better care of them then.

 

[iammeiam]

What if they aren't my discs? What if they happen to be my girlfriends?

Your girlfriend is cool with you putting her discs in the toilet?