Hammerfestus

12 minutes ago, Reed Rothchild said:

That's an interesting point you raise.  Mayhem and Immortal are definitely Juggalo wannabes when you think about it 

1222.

 Metallica v queen was tough because that is definitely not a top Metallica song for me and a better Queen song probably would’ve beaten it.  

You‘ll be pleasantly surprised to see I didn’t shit on Ghost for once. I mean sure that’s a sucky song they’re going against but I really did find the Juggalos start a Steely Dan tribute band vibe quite amusing. 

It’s like a graveyard  

Yeah the pairing them with loose games plan is probably best or you could take my tact with the questionable crap I acquire and stick it in the to be figured out later bin never to be heard from again.

9 hours ago, Tabonga said:

Got a really pathetic attempt via an email this morning.  Purportedly from the USPS about an un-deliverable  package with the wrong address,  And please click the link to verify my address. 

Complete with a non standard USPS tracking number and strange email address.  They did use USPS logos but this thing was even more bogus than the Nigerian oil minister's widow ones.   

It did have an eye catching subject line "You have an unopened surprise."

 

I never click any links in my emails from the various entities I utilize.  I always go to whatever known portal I use to normally interact with them to check for whatever thing is being suggested through the email in question.

I forgot to count how many but it’s not a bunch.  Somewhere in the teens maybe 20.  How many of these can really be worth watching to someone not into movies?

Just now, Murray said:

Oh snap. ABBA is going back on tour? @Estil’s gonna love this!

This tour they’re doing in corpse paint though.

Oh man.  Abbath is doing some US dates.  Dude break.

On 2/20/2024 at 6:30 PM, Tenjikuronin said:

I’ve been saying for years that pink is BS.  It’s just light red.

20 minutes ago, Tulpa said:

Mitch McConnell to step down from Senate leadership | AP News

 

1 hour ago, a3quit4s said:

9.8 A++ Sticker seal first print variant error has an exclamation point after DVD

OMFG $2,000,000+

Fuck yeah!  Nerd Party at Hammer’s house!

LFG

27 minutes ago, a3quit4s said:

On the topic of other grading companies whatever happened to that dude that came around and was opening up his own graded game company and you had to like send your games to his house?

Still looking for a non-comic sans font to use I assume

Any tips for caring for people with dementia?
Yeah, as soon as you notice the person begin to loose their faculties get them away from anything emitting 5G or 4G radiation.  Get them away from any and all smart meters and everything else in contemporary society that is poisoning us all. 
 

lol wut?

3 minutes ago, TDIRunner said:

I'll start thinking about names for the new website that will be needed after you sell this one and the new owner tanks it.  

I’m remembering a lot of NA chatter about calling this place purple Gannon something or other. Pretty glad it’s not that.

14 minutes ago, Gloves said:

I'm still waiting for someone to offer to buy this place. So far you've all posted basically nothing worth selling, get to work!

I find it hard to believe  that nobody at least wants the 1000+ pages of expert werewolf play.  For ya know, profit. 

I preferred the sequel.

2 hours ago, RH said:

See, I can't agree to that.  If this isn't something you care about, then I could see why you would think it's all hype.  But there are some of us who have paid fine attention to the details of things we're passionate about our whole lives and for those of us who really appreciate historical context, having an item that was part of a first release, of an important item is something that you value.

I didn't get my NES in my home until 1989.  But now that I collect and own things, if I had a chance to pick up a nice conditioned copy of SMB1 from that very first US run, I'd love to have it and I'd gladly display it on my shelf.  It'd be part of that original history of that very first batch of maybe 5-10k copies that were released in the US.  This was the end of the over-produced Atari-age and from that point on, for many of us, that was a significant shift in gaming.

This is why I think early copies do matter.  It's like getting a First edition vs. Second edition or even Third edition of a book.  Tell a serious Tolkien collector that having a first edition of The Fellowship "shouldn't be a thing" and they'd laugh it off because it's well understood that the earlier you get to the type of publication, the more important, and close, the items is to the origination of it's significance.

You may not be into that type of thing, but whether it's early works of painters, books, comics, baseball cards or video games, these factors do matter and can greatly affect value.  I can't afford a $100k item and I'm definitely not setting on something that I think is.  That said, there are common market dynamics and saying a "first print" should have any special value just isn't true.

Yeah, that’s fair enough but we’ve also watched a lot of bullshit get price pumped based on “print run”.  Sure, theres an argument for wanting to own as close to the very first copy of SMB off the presses (like that time they found NES-001 on storage wars ) as you can get but it’s not like we are talking about something like GH copies that are not part of the original production.  It’s also not the same as some comic book produced in the 30s where 16 copies were produced using horse hair and papyrus.

Lol.  The print run thing should be trashed along with the other pieces of the WATA scam.

1 minute ago, RH said:

I understand and, to an extent, agree. 

However, the notion of "the fool" getting his due comeuppance isn't mutually exclusive to poor and illegal business behavior getting addressed and prosecuted by the full extent of the law.

Oh no, I agree that I’d like to see the hammer hit the WATA guys.  And I’m not saying that the fools necessarily should get  “comeuppance” just that they were very obviously gambling in the same way Wall Street Bets guys are gambling and everyone should know that the most likely outcome of those endeavors is losing your money.  They took a shot and lost and well that’s just too bad.  

2 minutes ago, OptOut said:

The entire media blitz that launched the graded game market into a frenzy was fueled by reporting on a sale of a WATA graded copy of Super Mario Bros. for 100 thousand USD.

However, that sale was engineered by people involved in the founding of WATA and other interested parties who would all greatly benefit from the resulting pump, and the sale itself wasn't even legitimate, as the "seller" also retained an interest in the game.

The pump was followed by a dump, and now a bunch of idiots lost a ton of money, and so they are suing WATA for, among other things, market manipulation.

These WATA dudes are total slimy scammers but I really struggle to find much sympathy for all the jag-offs who bought this crap knowing that they were gambling on a get rich quick scheme.  A fool and his money…

This is the most hilarious and entertaining way to end that whole nonsense era.  That Pat video was worth the watch.  I like that guy and I appreciate hearing his takes.   I’d like to point out that the #1 name that comes to mind for relentlessly shitting on WATA from the word go is @OptOut.  Atta boy.