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FINAL NOVEMBER UPDATE: "SEE YOU SPACE COWBOY."
This December I will be dealing with the fact that I have been receiving SSI (i.e. permanent disability) for 12 years. With 11 of those 12 years finding this to be an issue, both personally and as a hobbyist.
Let me explain.
Out of every franchise, theme, etc. I have attempted to collect... Star Wars was the only franchise I felt the most comfortable collecting. Simply because my parents worked hard to get me almost all of the original figures, and some other stuff tied to it, from late 1981 to the 1985.
My feeling is that if I talked about my collecting goals in mid-2011, I would have either built a MOC collection surrounding that... Or... Had been a member of NintendoAge prior to my arrival in 2019. And that a lot of the issues, and damage, I did face elsewhere would have not happened.
Which is not a guarantee since my variation of Asperger's/Autism had made me an easy target elsewhere.
So instead of just leaving (again) on terms that were tied to red flags, I need to leave just because my return to Tokyo (injuries and all) is that my "graded collection" goals work better elsewhere. At a forum where graded collectibles, regardless of age and rarity, make sense to the majority of said collectors.
Which is why I am bowing out, with plans to only offer an update if going for a graded MOC Star Wars collection (of any kind) does give me the results I have been aiming for since 2011.
With me also planning to use this time to finish Dark Souls, choose who gets my "Surprise Santa" gift, and hopefully start 2024 ending this accursed issue before I turn 50 (I'm 47, BTW).
So... With that said... Happy holidays.
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Last update since I have realized that I have a lot of FUN (read: lots of games and merch) updates I cannot get myself to post. So I'll address the Secret Santa scenario and why I feel broken:
- I said that lost my cat to old age.
FACT: I had my cat from the time she was 10 weeks old to the day she passed the 18 year mark. At the end I had a family member not making the anxiety easy on me, and I ended up talking about my cat's endgame during the time she ended up dying. After that some have told me that I should just get another cat. In the end I felt that some of you guys would be sympathetic, which made me want to surprise those who did with a "thank you" themed Christmas gift.- I also said that I was in a car accident shortly after I got it paid off.
FACT: This shook me up, but I finally ended up getting an EV. I do not do road trips, and my hope was to put any gas money into the rebuilding of my hobby... Which turned out to be sealed/graded video game stuff while I was trying to avoid it during my return to Tokyo.- I also listed a few bad things that I had experienced in Japan.
FACT: I also bought both a brand new Switch OLED and a brand new Japan exclusive, Nintendo produced Tears of the Kingdom pro controller for less than what a standard Switch costs in NA. I also ended up making the best out of every bad situation, down to the fact that I had decided it was time to rethink my past decisions. Just like I did when I was doing everything ranging from me rebuilding my collection to X'mas shopping.- I also said none of that was a reason for me to not do the Secret Santa bit. Because in the end, I also said that my year was a "country music song" and not an excuse to snub you guys.
FACT: That reference is tied to the old joke that every time I guy loses something, a country music song is born. Or do I need to have a dog, a truck, a wife, and have all three run away with each other?- What I said that had me not do the Secret Santa was the following: I would aim to get the chosen member the perfect gift, get lost to the point I went from being in California to the French-Canadian portion of Canada, me experiencing the French guard scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and ultimately find out that some punk kid made headlines by making money after they subbed it to Wata for a profit.
FACT: I try too hard to buy gifts for people I have never met, and had a few issues that made me not be successful in the end. Plus, my reason for not doing it was a... Wait for it... A satire.In the end I was told something that sums up as "Asking you to edit or delete your post is not an option for us." and "Here are things we assume you know nothing about." Despite the fact that I have TRIED to be a member here since MAY 18, 2020.
I'm done. No clue what that means, but I can say that I miss NintendoAge. -
For those who bother to read what I say...
I will never have neither the youth, money, or benefits of being like any of you. Because everything tied to both my past and present dictate that to be the truth. Which is fine since I have found that the benefit of having Asperger's (Autism in North America) helps make your collections an interesting topic to me.
Plus... I ended up joining NA because I made the mistake in 2011 where I started to focus on the idea of collecting Transformers instead of video games. My experience with the Transformers fandom was mostly toxic, but I will just say that the second forum I had attended was the very definition of that word.
And... I ended up joining VGS because NA helped solidify my love of VGA graded NES titles. But I also quit two times because the way others started to act was, by far, different than how things were in NA. With nobody caring that their actions and behavior can have negative impacts on those they do not know.
So why am I here? And why I am writing this? It goes back to my disability and the fact it keeps me from having a healthy social life. So despite the fact that I can compare members, evets, etc. to every existing forum I had attended... I need some type of social interaction that is not some type of AI (as proven to me in Japan).
Thus why I am saying this after many of you made claims about me that did harm me. With hopes that by saying this both you and those you mention this to will realize that as bad as things can be for me... A lot of the indirect topics and comments tied to you guys have greatly helped me in the end.
Which does not mean I expect 2024 to be better for me. Or you guys to magically become my friends. But rather me saying thank you for not being those who have helped make my life be this complicated/bad.
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Thanks, @Link. And honestly? I want to be both optimistic and believe the same thing as well. Just because I always want to give people the reason of a doubt. As well as give them the opportunity to clear things up. Something I offer because I was once told that the fastest way to deescalate a situation is to first understand the person who had started it.
But as of right now? You are one of my favorites here. So we can discuss this via PM. But until then, it just feels like a repeat of every reason why I felt like me leaving is for the best.
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Again, thanks @Link.
I will consider that at a later date. But as of right now, the responses I received (via PM) has me wonder why nobody could ask me to edit or delete my traditional "I'm out" response. With the second one I had just responded to sounding too much like an excuse to do that. All because of a tradition that dates back to NA.
I'll turn everything I was actually saying into an update at a later time. And expect a PM at a later date. Double if X'mas is coming close, and my love of being a "Surprise Santa" pops up.