Zach

We'll finally get to see if the "you're just jealous and hate graded games" defense will hold up in court

This is a textbook example of the pot calling the kettle black. Seems like you just MIGHT be projecting a little bit there lol

I can see it now.... "Your honor, I'd like to point out that you're all just jealous of my client and you clearly hate graded games. I rest my case"

I actually know the guy who hoarded Dinosaur Peak, he owns a store near me. Another guy on NA did it with Cliffhanger for NES too

Just get an acrylic case to put it in. Literally the only difference between a sealed game in an acrylic case and a graded game is some guy didn't look at it and give it an arbitrary "grade" based on whatever he felt at that moment.

Is there anyone buying graded games in general that aren't doing it in hopes of reselling it for more money later? Who actually "collects" these? They just move from one "speculator" to another

That's exactly it. I feel like I've said this 100 times already but the people who STILL continue to defend WATA all have a financial stake in it one way or another. They either buy and sell graded games themselves, or they plan on selling all, or a major portion of, their collection at some point in the future. The value of games going up in general financially benefits them either way.

To be fair, I can't figure out where you even found that page at. Even if you Google his name + WATA, that doesn't come up

I didn't read that guy's article but I looked at some of his older substacks and without getting political here, he seems like an idiot

I don't see how whatever you're showing me has anything to do with some random guy in a Facebook group saying Karl and everyone who likes his video are "jealous"

That group is a comedy gold mine. We've reached levels of cope never thought possible:

That's how it's always been. A lot of these people came from the world of sports cards or comics and saw video games as the next thing to make money on. There's also some of them that just want to wave their e-peen around. You ever notice how all of the arguments from the sealed/graded collectors always boil down to "You're just jealous!" They refuse to acknowledge any criticism of their "investments". They WANT people to be jealous of them, that's part of the appeal. They love the aura of elitism. That's why you see all these comments coming out since Karl's video like "he's just jealous - he just hates graded games - he's just mad he didn't get in on graded games when it first started" or some variation of that. It's weird because I'm involved in a lot of collecting circles for different things and I really only see this with vintage games. You see these guys whose entire life and personality is defined by their video game collections, and a lot of them seem to not really have any interest in the games themselves, it's just an internet ego-boost thing, which is also why you see so many of these people sell everything off and completely leave the hobby all together.