fcgamer | 4,723 Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 I was just thinking about this yesterday, it's one of the reasons why sometimes I'm active here on the forums, posting, yet am slow to respond to messages and take pictures for people, etc. I'm especially guilty with this on discord. I guess it's a situation where you become too well-known in the community for being interested in a niche area of collecting, such as homebrew, pirates, misprints, etc. I for one love to chat with others who share the same interests, and I certainly don't mind taking pictures and helping people out with this and that; however, sometimes there's just not enough time for it all. Anyone else ever feel that they are "too well-known" in the overall community (I'm not just talking about VGS, I personally have got my hand in many fires). How do you manage or keep up with things, without either going insane, or not knowing where to begin, thus doing nothing for months? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid | 424 Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Good question if you have an answer let me know. I find that finding people with the same interests is very hard, at least to the same zeal that I have for misprints. Most people only have a passing interest in them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,932 Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 I had that issue in the back half of the 1990s online when I was in college and a bit after into the early 00s. It was in the emulation, emulator, and rom release circles so it's under an old user name I mostly buried to keep things more safe. People would seek you out looking for stuff in the place I was or help, problem is you never knew considering what was being done in part was at best gray area if it was someone looking to ruin your day. When things just got a bit too big it was best to lay low, only talk to those who didn't pop up out of nowhere, kind of gauge if this was a potential problem and go from there. Eventually I got tired of it, scrapped the identity, made up another handle and moved on. When I did care though, and it was in a more untrackable(for then) public talking space like irc or the nameless early web forum stuff I'd answer whatever was thrown at me to help out at the least, only if I trusted you or someone vouched I'd throw files their way not wanting to get potentially screwed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,776 Administrator · Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Nah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptOut | 8,883 Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 17 minutes ago, Gloves said: Nah. Wait, who are you again?... Oh! Are you the guy who posts giant context-less lists of Mario characters and Nintendo games? Big fan! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeaglePuss | 80 Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 I post one every four months, but I still regularly get emails/PMs on various message boards regarding prototypes and roms. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhleo | 2,184 Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 I’m known as the crazy NES List guy...I don’t get special attention besides random people sending me pictures of cool stuff like NWC carts, or odd variants once in a while. I don’t think there’s such a thing as “too much” attention in the hobby. We’ve got guys like Frank Cifaldi, Norm Caruso, Chris Koehler, Pat Contri, and John Hancock who are known by their full names and they all seem like guys who are still easily accessible to have a chat once in a while with. You then have TONS of mega collectors who’d probably end up reading this very post.... When we get celebrities publicly sharing their collections, I think THEN we’ll be at a point that it’s “too far gone” 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,723 Posted July 30, 2020 Author Share Posted July 30, 2020 15 minutes ago, BeaglePuss said: I post one every four months, but I still regularly get emails/PMs on various message boards regarding prototypes and roms. Yeah, I'll get these kinds of messages too (not about protos, but other things). People asking if I have XYZ or know about ABC, or even if I can help them track down CDE. It's gotten so stupid, I'm even getting messages from collectors in Taiwan and China, in Chinese, about things. I got one yesterday from a random, actually. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
attakid101 | 267 Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 I’m known as that one guy with the thing who does stuff but also sometimes doesn’t do stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mugi | 84 Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 I'm no one, and I love it. Do your thing, start doing your next thing, write a nonsensical forum post once a year and the world didnt move in any direction whatsoever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefaultGen | 5,401 Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 I am not known as a guy to be messaged about anything but I have sent fcgamer a PM with no response and I have sent ThePhleo a random NWC picture so I can related to at least some of this thread. 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumez | 2,945 Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Yes, it's hard to be this famous 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange | 1,700 Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 I don’t mean to brag, but as far as my reputation, check the username. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,723 Posted July 30, 2020 Author Share Posted July 30, 2020 2 hours ago, DefaultGen said: I am not known as a guy to be messaged about anything but I have sent fcgamer a PM with no response and I have sent ThePhleo a random NWC picture so I can related to at least some of this thread. No worries, I'm almost finished responding to messages, I generally go from oldest to newest, so I'm almost at yours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammerfestus | 3,835 Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Woah there Britney. Careful getting out of that car. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxlords | 36 Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 I've never become notorious, thankfully, so it hasn't been an issue. But I've had random people tell me "I know you" after they hear my handle, and I've had a few people tell me they've heard of me before. It's a weird feeling. It probably helps that I step in and out of the collecting scene and try not to interface too heavily. It's best to keep a focus on real life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a3quit4s | 4,096 Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 I can barely walk outside anymore because people know I’ve got Nintendo tapes in my basement. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPX | 1,369 Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 The trick is to be popular without too many people hassling you. There’s an art to it, although I think it’s much easier said than done. Otherwise, be a lurker and refrain from online mingling! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,317 Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 People often think I am a holy person - a lot of times when I go places (usually bars) people will say "Jesus Christ - are you here again?" 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDIRunner | 2,734 Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 I don't know how to put this, but I"m kind of a big deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,520 Editorials Team · Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 Sometimes I'll go to the park, and all the ladies are like "there's that Super Nintendo guy!". And I'll look over and catch them whispering to each other and fanning themselves, lest the heat overtake them. Sometimes a panty or two comes my way. I'll probably have to change my name again just to become low-key. Probably gonna be Todd Parker next. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammerfestus | 3,835 Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 8 minutes ago, Reed Rothchild said: Sometimes a panty or two comes my way. Is a panty a thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captmorgandrinker | 1,649 Administrator · Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 2 hours ago, Reed Rothchild said: Sometimes I'll go to the park, and all the ladies are like "there's that Super Nintendo guy!". And I'll look over and catch them whispering to each other and fanning themselves, lest the heat overtake them. Sometimes a panty or two comes my way. I'll probably have to change my name again just to become low-key. Probably gonna be Todd Parker next. Change it to "the vapors". Demand that it be pronounced in an out of breath Southern accent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murray | 2,448 Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 11 minutes ago, captmorgandrinker said: Change it to "the vapors". Demand that it be pronounced in an out of breath Southern accent. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a3quit4s | 4,096 Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 7 hours ago, Murray said: Today I learned Biz Markie has another song besides Just a Friend 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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