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There is some discussion of the clock and technical limitations with it being live, here:

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Hello, There are a few other threads in this section regarding the database, but essentially, we are aware of the desire - we need some time to continue setting up VGS and are working to implement new features as we can. The Database is (was) a big project that would need some technical work to get setup, so we are still working out if and how that would be implemented well. We will definitely reach out to the community as soon as we know more about if this can be implemented and how so. We appreciate everyone's patience with us as we add elements to VGS over time.

Thanks for sharing and for the info Gloves! There are so many games for PS2 (my favorite console of all time) that while I've played a ton of PS2 games, there are plenty that I just never got around to checking out. This is one such game. I've heard of it and was loosely familiar with it, but never owned it and just never made any effort to seek it out or try it. I read your review and watched some brief gameplay videos, and it looks like a fun action game and I'm open to checking it out at some point. I find information and reviews on less common or less well-known games, much more interesting at this point. Thanks!

Hello! I am trying to collect: 1. PS2 Demos and Promo Discs (Japan) 2. Atlus games (as developer, publisher, whatever). Also interested in extras - soundtracks, figures, etc etc etc. 3. PS2 Demos and Promo Discs (US) 4. Imports SECTION 1 - PS2 Demos / Promos (Japan): PAPX-90207 Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec: Autobacs Gentei Replay Theater PAPX-90209 Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec: Netz Toyota: Replay Theater Disc PAPX-90214 Phase Paradox (Trial Edition, Free Rental Version) PAPX-90504 Gran Turismo Concept: Airtrek Turbo Special Edition PAPX-90508 Gran Turismo 4: Lupo Cup Training Version PAPX-90520 Ratchet & Clank 3: Totsugeki! Galactic Rangers PAPX-90523 Gran Turismo 4: Online Test Version PAPX-96325 Otostaz (Trial) PCPX-96309 Gran Turismo 3 Netz Toyota Dealership Demo PCPX-96312 Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec: Autobacs Tentou Shiyuu Disc PCPX-96509 MiruMiru 2000-10 PCPX-96513 A Gran Turismo Concept: 2001 Tokyottack Gran Turismo: Tentou Houei-you DVD-Video PCPX-96515 Wild Arms: Adanced 3rd PCPX-96518 PoPoLoCrois: Tsuki no Okite no Bouken (Demo, Video disc) PCPX-96520 Mirumiru 2002-nen 5 tsuki-gou Tentou Promotion-you Disc PCPX-96529 Sony Computer Entertainment Japan Autumn Recommended Software Shop Front Video PCPX-96624 Gran Turismo Concept: 2001 Tokyo PCPX-96634 Gran Turismo: Subaru Driving Simulator Version PCPX-96640 Eyetoy Play PCPX-96645 Uo: 7-tsu no Mizu to Densetsu no Nushi PCPX-96654 Wild Arms 4 PCPX-96660 Tourist Trophy (Trial) PCPX-96706 Wild Arms XF OTC DVD-Video PCPX-98041 Saru! Get You! Million Monkeys SCPM-85304 Gran Turismo 4: First Preview SLPM-60137 Tenshi no Present: Marl Oukoku Monogatari (Trial) SLPM-60143 Tekkouki Mikazuki SLPM-60155 Flying Circus: RC Copter Adventure Championship SLPM-60161 Taikyoku Mahjong: Net de Ron! SLPM-60180 Disney Golf Classic (Trial) SLPM-60185 UFC2 -ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP 2- TAP OUT SLPM-60207 Rockman X7 SLPM-60223 Exciting Pro Wres 5 SLPM-60224 Exciting Pro Wres 5 SLPM-60244 XIII SLPM-60266 Ponkotsu Roman Daikatsugeki: Bumpy Trot SLPM-60272 Urban Reign (Trial) SLPM-60284 Dengeki PS2: PlayStation 2 Save Data Collection 2008 SLPM-61006 Hajime no Ippo: Victorious Boxers (Demo, Premium Disc) SLPM-61045 Galaxy Angel (Trial) SLPM-61117 Musashiden II: Blade Master (Trial) SLPM-61127 Racing Game: Chuuii!!!! (Trial) SLPM-62050 Densha de Go! Shinkansen: San'you Shinkansen Hen SLPM-62246 Silent Scope 3 (Asia?) SLPM-62359 Tennis no Oujisama: Smash Hit! Original Anime Game SLPM-68012 Shin Sangoku Musou 3 & Moushouden Saikyou Data SLPM-68018 Virtua Fighter: 10th Anniversay Fukkoku-ban SLPM-68502 Zeonic Front: Kidou Senshi Gundam 0079 SLPM-68503 Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty SLPM-68504 Tokimeki Memorial 3 - Special Sound Track NTSC-J SLPM-68505 Gensou Suikoden III SLPM-68506 Mobile Suit Gundam: Gihren's Ambition SLPM-68508 Kidou Senshi Gundam Senki: Lost War Chronicles SLPM-68509 Initial D Special Stage SLPM-68510 SD Gundam G Generation Neo SLPM-68513 Dragon Ball Z 2V SLPM-68514 Front Mission Online SLPM-68516 Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater SLPM-68520 Armored Core: Last Raven SLPM-68524 Metal Gear Online SLPM-69003 EGBrowser BB (Modem bundle) SLPM-69005 Internet Omakase Romu PCPX-96325 Otostaz SLPM-60188 Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes SLPM-61011 Silent Hill 2: Tentou Houei-you Movie-ban SLPM-61085 KOF: Maximum Impact SLPM-68511 Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounter Universe SECTION 2 - Atlus Games [prefer complete]: Digital Devil Story Megami Tensei (NEC PC8801) (Import) Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Mokushiroku (NEC PC98) (Import) SECTION 3 - PS2 Demos (US) [prefer complete or with sleeve]: Tier 1 Wants - Public Beta Discs: Project Snowblind Public Beta volume 1.0 [SLUS-29131] Ratchet: Deadlocked Public Beta ver 1 [SCUS-97487] SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Public Beta 1.0 [SCUS-97859] Syphon Filter - The Omega Strain Public Beta 1.0 [SCUS-97397] Twisted Metal - Black Online Public Beta 1.0 [SCUS-97860] Twisted Metal - Black Online Public Beta 2.0 [SCUS-97860] Tier 2 Wants: FIFA Soccer 2004 [SLUS-29086] Freaky Flyers (Rating Pending Version) [SLUS-29051] Gran Turismo 3: 350Z Edition [SCUS-97219] Guitar Hero [SLUS-29177] NCAA Final Four 2002 [SCUS-97175] NCAA Final Four 2003 [SCUS-97237] NFL GameDay 2001 [SCUS-97118] Warhammer 40,000: Fire Warrior [SLUS-29049] Tier 3 Wants: 989 Sports [SCUS-94677] 989 Sports [SCUS-97373] Airblade [SLUS-29017] Devil May Cry [SLUS-29009] EyeToy [SCUS-97600] FIFA 06 [SLUS-29160] FIFA Soccer 07 [SLUS-29194] FIFA Soccer 2005 [SLUS-29127] FIFA World Cup Germany 2006 [SLUS-29189] Gran Turismo 4: Mazda MX-5 Edition [SCUS-97483] Guitar Hero II [SLUS-29198] Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction [SLUS-29148] Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy (Cingular Wireless Demo) [SCUS-97170] Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy [SCUS-97171] Kiosk Demos (any except 2.23, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, and Kiosk 2-11 Winter 2003) MLB 07: The Show [SCUS-97568] NBA 06 [SCUS-97392] NBA ShootOut 2004 [SCUS-97382] NBA Street Vol. 2 [SLUS-29053] NHL 06 [SLUS-29154] Ratchet & Clank 2: Going Commando + Jak II [SCUS-97374] Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando [SCUS-97381] Sly 2: Band of Thieves [SCUS-97457] Tekken 5 [SLUS-21160] SECTION 4 - IMPORTS! (mostly Japan) PS1: Hellnight (EUR) (SLES-01562) Megami Ibunroku Persona (Playstation the Best) (SLPS-91029) Megami Ibunroku Persona (PSOne Books) (SLPM-87192) PS2: Choro Q HG 3 (Atlus Best Collection) (SLPM-62771) Devil Summoner: Kuzunoha Raidou tai Chouriki Heidan (Atlus Best Collection) (SLPM-66634) Digital Devil Saga Avatar Tuner 1 & 2 Maken Shao: Demon Sword (SLES-51058) Persona 3: Fes (SLPM-66690) Persona 3: Fes (Append Edition) (SLPM-83770) Persona 3: Fes (Playstation 2 The Best) (SLPM-74277)

Haven’t preordered but will most likely get it. I’m a sucker for the mini systems and I enjoy them!

I agree. Thanks so much doner! I am really encouraged by all the support this has received already, and with another round coming, I am 100% confident we'll be able to help Gloves reach his funding goal and hopefully exceed it. It really is a great cause, and I think all the technical issues (sorry for the piling problems Gloves, eek!) are going to be overshadowed in the end by results. Thanks to everyone for participating and supporting all this!

This is a super fun game, and I LOVE the packaging by the way!! I encourage people to check this one out and support - great stuff here!

Matty!!! Great to have you here man Thanks for joining and it's great to see ya.

I am very happy to see the huge quote-trains gone. Particularly on mobile, it was almost ludicrous at times. And the pinging of every person involved was completely unnecessary. In a forum conversation, I think it was overkill to have a little reminder of the entire conversation every time someone has a point or response. I understand how in some cases, that made it easier for someone popping in to get the full context of a particular train for a response, but I think overall, this new system is much cleaner!

Yep - count me in!

This is a bit of an aside, but I've never really viewed my collection as "collectibles." I know that sounds a bit strange...but, it has just been my collection of games and something I enjoy doing and something I think most of us here enjoy doing. We all have our different motivations, interests, etc., and that is totally fine. For me personally, I really don't care how anyone else in the world views video games on the 'collectibles spectrum' and therefore, I don't have any interest in seeing video games 'legitimized' or earning their 'rightful place' or whatever. If others do, that's fine - I've just never looked at it that way. At the end of the day, I'm going to keep doing what I've been doing, and try to make the best of it. I don't hate WATA or the rich comic folks - it's just not something I personally care about being a part of. Obviously some do, and there's nothing I nor anyone here can do to change that necessarily. My passion continues to be about video games - learning and documenting, making friends, participating in the hobby - and WATA isn't going to take that from me. Things are changing a bit - some like the change, others dislike it. I'm confident I'll still be able to find something to enjoy in all this, and I hope if things settle down, others can also.

Beautiful family! That is a great picture!

I have to also highly recommend Ghost Trick. It's such a unique game, with some very interesting puzzle mechanics. I love playing games that are different from your standard fare, and Ghost Trick definitely has that. You are a time traveling dead person using your ghostly energy to solve your own murder. It's pretty fantastic!

If you read through the conversation - he was talking about different types of conflicts of interest - and explaining that the legal conflict (like he referenced) was NOT the kind he was referring to regarding WATA. Read the conversation before and his post, and you'll see what he's getting at.

Bronty - what are your thoughts on this? https://www.watagames.com/learn/blog/post/the-carolina-collection/

@Bronty If you read through his post - he was saying this is NOT like that. He was using that as an example of the legal conflict of interest that is NOT the case with WATA.

We need some more love here! I threw together some quick drawing with some ideas I had - just to hopefully get some creativity flowing here. If someone wants to take these and actually make something good out of it for some digital art, go for it! hah. To clarify - these aren't my official submissions - if someone wants to take these, use them, create something with similar thoughts, whatever - go for it. Yeah - I know they aren't like super amazing drawings or anything - but I was just trying to get some thoughts out!

That's awesome. I think in the end, it will work out great having it split to another day, and I look forward to the next one! You were a trooper and really tried, dealing with issues all day. I think all the trouble will be worth it and I'm really encouraged that you can meet your fundraising goal this year and hopefully exceed it. It's a great cause and thank you so much for participating in it!

@Bronty Jone talked a lot about the "appearance" of things, and clearly that is important and has had an impact on people's minds and view here. I appreciate what you are trying to do, but you also need to understand how things have looked. I didn't realize the advisory board wasn't actually doing anything - I assumed they were, well, advising on WATA operations or even grading issues. As WATA graded games started rolling out, we started to see very high grades on items [comparatively much higher than VGA because of the scale difference], some of which came from the advisory board members. And then we saw the pedigree "Carolina Collection" which in my personal opinion, shouldn't even be a part of the grading process - I think that was a big mistake. And another question is - if the advisory board isn't actually doing anything at all, then does it seem disingenuous to you to have the group of experts listed there? They are being used to lend credibility to the WATA process, by pulling in a group of longtime experts and having their faces and profiles listed prominently as an advisory board. It creates the impression the WATA knows what they are doing and has a team of very experienced advisory members there to help facilitate the process and/or lend credibility and equity to the grading process, other processes, etc. So by you saying they aren't doing anything at all, it feels a bit disingenuous to have them listed there. I have nothing personal against Ken or Deniz, and by all accounts they are great guys. And I absolutely understand your points about aligned interests versus conflict of interest, etc. But there are some issues or perceived issues here, that have created doubt in some people's minds, and I think given some of what I just described above, I don't think it's unreasonable doubt in all cases. I think it's important to understand WHY some people are feeling the way they do, or where the concerns might come from.

1.) Yes, BINs use the same rules. If an auction has a BIN element and someone says they want to Buy it Now, then obviously they have the winning bid - typically there hasn't really been any confusion that I've seen on this front - but if you have other questions about it, let us know. 2.) Raffles would be, for example, members having to pay money for a chance to win something. If someone is doing a game or a contest, and giving something away for free, including choosing a winner at random, that is fine - it is just a game giveaway. When we refer to raffles, we are talking about the 'gambling' type, where someone pays a fee for a chance to get something. This would include a standard raffle, facebook game-wheel type scenario, etc. If you have any other questions on what constitutes a raffle, just let us know. Hope this helps to clarify - but let me know if you have any other questions!

The game is great! I was trying not to get my hopes up too much, as I loved Luigi's Mansion so much and didn't want to be disappointed, but so far, I love everything about this game. It has a superb amount of charm, there are tons of secret areas, and the different enemies require you to use different attacks and methods, which helps with the difficulty level. I love the environment they built in the hotel/mansion, and there is so much detail in all the different areas and rooms, that it's fun and interesting to explore around and see what you can find. I'm a few hours in, but so far it has exceeded my expectations and I'm having a blast with it. It's just a super fun and charming game.

I've reached out to get this fixed for you.

Ahh, I see what you mean. I don't see a way to delete as is - but I'll look into this. Thanks!

In case it's of any interest to you - I found this picture/blog online that appears to be a very similar book if not the exact same one: https://siinasei.exblog.jp/iv/detail/?s=23722670&i=201502%2F22%2F11%2Ff0209411_181742100.jpg