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Super Best Friends Thread 11: COMP! COMP! COMP! COMP! C-O-M-P
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Aaron-Lagann
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I'll suck yer dick for some fig, man! I need my fig fix! AKA my figz.
Banana Aeon
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I know I do. I can't believe how much I came you enjoy this hobby.
Back when I was a poor, I didn't understand why people did this, considering figures a waste of money, but now that I'm an "adult" with "responsibilities" I see why: Collecting shit is fun.
It's like all that Persona stuff in that lady's room from this morning.
skLaFarebear
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I'm an adult with money and I still don't get the appeal. Like do you just look at them or something? They certainly look cool, but if I wanted to stare at something cool I'd much rather get a poster.
chaobreaker
Member
New weapons are great but I still can't get over how they reiterated on Switch Axe moves with the Charge Axe. I only used it once but muscle memory is screwing up my combos.
dat phial burst move tho.
dat phial burst move tho.
Well hokay
Banana Aeon
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The same appeal that people get with collecting sports memorabilia, only cheaper. It's not for everyone though.
I didn't understand, until I bought Bayo, thinking that she was going to be the only one I buy. Boy, was I ever wrong.
Holy shit, did I really type that?
Maybe it's type to knock myself out.
U tired
Yeah... It's probably been a rough night.
Good choice. It's one of my favorites from 2014 for sure.
It's the amount of detail and craftsmanship, tied with their inherently rarity with limited production runs. You can situate them and viewing angles however you want, set up lighting, they're superb for testing out photography. They just look really nice.
Just like every hobby, there are sites and online databases dedicated to it. It's growing in popularity in the west.
skLaFarebear
Member
Well when you think of it as showing off your nerdy anime pride thing I guess that kind of makes sense. I usually wear a dolphins hoodie around campus when its cold out or a shirt during the spring/fall.
Banana Aeon
Member
Snapshot King
Member
I don't get the appeal of collecting items. It's why it was so easy for me to jump into totally digital game libraries.
EDIT: I should mention, non-useful items. I just imported a god damn new XL charging dock and monster hunter case, but those do things.
Almost at 250 steam games
I should probably try going all digital. I seriously have no more room to keep all these damn games and its becoming a problem
Banana Aeon
Member
I take great pride in my nerd. I wear my Rams hoodie, and my Tearaway hoodie out in public. I have a Ryu bathrobe. Figures are just another way to show it off.
Funny thing is, I have no anime figures. I have game figures, and comic book figures but that's it. Will change, when the Abyss Fleet Nendos start rolling, but neat little thing.
Again, it's not for everyone. It was easy for me to move to a digital future, because I had no interest displaying cases, but figures and other useless apparel do something for me.
Same with the Hotline Miami 2 vinyls. They're essentially useless to me, but I still want them, and want to display them.
One could make an argument that buying $500 worth of shirts solely to escalate the Shirt Cold War is a fair bit purposeless as well.
Snapshot King
Member
My shelves are absolutely packed with last gen games. I don't even have room to put new physical games.
I'm such a materialist. I like owning physical things and I've just always been that way. Not sure what prompted it. Though that definitely doesn't make me opposed to digital when it's done right.
Yeah, honestly, physicals just get in the way a lot of the time.
But I mean, for collectibles, I guess it's just kinda having it there. I only do it with artbooks and osts(which, you know. Don't really count), but it's just kinda cool.
skLaFarebear
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I would too if there's nerd shit actually worth wearing. Like they talked about in the podcast, when its subtle and looks cool I'd definitely wear it. But if its just a picture of the game or just the title of the game on a shirt then its just dumb. Haven't come across much stuff I'd actually really wear.
Yeah none of that sounds appealing at all. Guess its just a hobby thing I won't understand.
Edit: I also like owning physical stuff as well. I kind of want to get into game collecting, but its a hobby that requires lots of room to put things. Something I don't have at the moment. And I won't switch to digital anytime soon. Because I'd much rather run out of physical space to put things and have to box/rearrange than run out of digital room and have to delete/buy hard drives.
I have to remove some games because my hard drive is running out of space.
It's not for everyone, though I would say that it's surprisingly addictive. Most people generally don't see the appeal until they buy their first.
Snapshot King
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I'll admit I pay way too much for internet, the guys are all shocked that I pay so much. But I don't give a fuck. I want it to download NOOOW and I want it unlimited. I get my moneys worth out of it. But Australia and some parts of the States are just absurd.
Whoever told you that is a liar or mistaken, and with the NintendoID shit, it's a fucked up hassle in case shit happens but apparently Nintendo can actually recover your shit if it fucks up.
All you do is a system transfer and swap the SD card for the 3ds.It's bullshit compared to an account system like everybody else, but it's not that bad.
Whoever told you that is a liar or mistaken, and with the NintendoID shit, it's a fucked up hassle in case shit happens but apparently Nintendo can actually recover your shit if it fucks up.
All you do is a system transfer and swap the SD card for the 3ds.It's bullshit compared to an account system like everybody else, but it's not that bad.
skLaFarebear
Member
I really doubt Nintendo's gonna let that happen by the time it rolls out around here. That'd be insane.
Especially because Amazon will let me trade in my XL for 120 bucks and I'd much rather have money in my actual bank account than on gamestop's credit.
It's not impossible, it's just annoying and more trouble than it has any right to be in this day and age.
Nintendo is the only company where I'm still reluctant to go with digital purchases. I just don't have the same level of comfort.
I pay $80 for 500 kB/s, and I live near the city. Aussie internet is fucking atrocious.
Dude that shit's gross
skLaFarebear
Member
How do you even live?
Banana Aeon
Member
...That's more than what I pay, and I get way better speeds than that.
Holy crap, that is filthy.
Snapshot King
Member
Jesus christ almighty. I pay 140-ish, but I'm getting 7.5 mb/s and unlimited.
What is your speeds?
This is what I get for $35 a month here
=(
I just have these silly little gray plastic containers around console areas. Bookshelves are too limited, so I can just buy new ones as needed. It sounds and looks a little childish, but it's pretty good for organization.
They look so nice on the shelf, though.
Snapshot King
Member
Jeez Joe. My speed is slightly better than yours but it costs like 3-4 times as much.
skLaFarebear
Member
What is your speeds?
This is what I get for $35 a month here
That's pretty good. Guess I'll post mine. Can't say how much I'm paying because I still live at home. Also, its wireless
JooseBawcks
Member
And Vita cases are 2kawaii
Banana Aeon
Member
This is what my wireless connection gets
Wired
Reminder, I live in Montana.
Wired
$40
Reminder, I live in Montana.
Aaron-Lagann
Banned
Fuckers just gashed my speeds. Goddamn Comcast.
Snapshot King
Member
133 a month, 7.5 mb/s (real, that's megabytes, not fucking megabits) and 1.5ish upload. The thing that makes it not a total scam though is Videotron finally offered an unlimited plan, which is great considering my bandwith usage is nearly half a terabyte a month.
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