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RFC: Collection Tool The official Request for Comments thread on the collection tool... please participate!

Feb 17, 2007 at 11:23:28 AM

tynstar (33)

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Hey I figured as much. You crazy NES collectors and all your variants

LOL

I just figured I would let people know it is there.

I look foward to seeing yours.

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Feb 17, 2007 at 3:36:24 PM

Braveheart69 (222)

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I hope you counted me in the 5-10 since I will be using it for sure... I was holding my breath for it to come live but I started fealing faint... kinda like for NGD's game list... LOL! But hey that is here now, so all good things to those who wait, right?!

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I HAVE IT ALL NOW NES WISE! Unless you come across a Canadian DK JR MATH... if so I'm a Buyer!
USA GG set (Including all variants): COMPLETE! Set includes 244 / 257 Sealed/NEW!
Euro GG set (Including all variants): Missing 9 boxes, 9 books, 9 carts.
Japan GG set: COMPLETE! 196/196
Brazil GG set: Have 61/68. Need 5 boxes, 7 books, 3 carts.
GG Pirate Total: 68 different & Counting, Including Car Licence!
GG Prototypes: 4

Feb 17, 2007 at 3:53:11 PM

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Dain (226)

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LOL, no, no, no, let me be very clear here: I've already invested a lot of time in that bitch. It's comin' out! It's taking longer than I'd hoped, simply because I'm trying to be thorough and very particular in the way that it works. I want it to be something I want to use, and that's proving to be at a level of difficulty that I hadn't anticipated. That, and I have limited chunks of time to work on it

I hope you NES collectors trust me when I say this: it will be well worth the wait.

-Dain

Feb 17, 2007 at 6:53:22 PM

NationalGameDepot (279)

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and if it's not, I know where you live, I have seen where you sleep, death to Dain................ .....

I can't lie. I

Dain!!
~~NGD

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Feb 17, 2007 at 10:43:42 PM

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Dain (226)

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LOL, I feel so loved

(ahem, gag, cough)

-Dain

Feb 18, 2007 at 2:17:56 AM

tynstar (33)

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Originally posted by: NationalGameDepot

and if it's not, I know where you live, I have seen where you sleep, death to Dain................

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~~NGD

Damn tough crowd.

At least you have no pressure.

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Feb 18, 2007 at 5:24:12 AM

Braveheart69 (222)

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No, in all seriousness... I can't wait for this tool to log my collection and help me with what I am missing. I especially hope it helps with all the versions of a game, specifically all the regions. I have been buying up PAL and such CIB like mad lately but it's so hard to track all the region codes for the games. I hope to be able to use this tool to be able to quickly glance at it and know if I need the -AUS versioin or the -GPS version, etc. I think that will be a huge help!

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Feb 18, 2007 at 11:03:13 AM

BootGod (16)

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I'm really excited about this as well. A feature I'd really like is if you could compare against others and know exactly who has what you need and if they have any extras right down to the smallest variation.

Feb 18, 2007 at 11:17:57 AM

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Dain (226)

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Yep and yep -- both of those are going to be part of it. The latter may come slightly after the tool is released for public inspection, but it only makes sense since people won't have much populated at least for a few weeks.

-Dain

Feb 18, 2007 at 11:27:34 AM

Braveheart69 (222)

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Wanna bet... LOL! I plan on building my vacation time around the release of this tool... well, maybe not! But I can't wait to get started!! ;-)

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Feb 18, 2007 at 11:31:38 AM

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Dain (226)

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LOL, somehow I knew you'd say that

I think Jason would also burn the proverbial midnight oil the moment it's released. Heck, I plan to have mine *done* when the tool is released! But that's really because I need to make sure it works

-Dain

Feb 24, 2007 at 6:50:50 PM

Braveheart69 (222)

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I know I am beating a dead horse here but any news or progress?
Can you tell I'm excited for this!!

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Mar 10, 2007 at 9:43:58 PM

Braveheart69 (222)

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Hey Dain,

2 questions I have been wondering about on the tool:

1) Will we be able to fill in the condition of the item so we can track wether we need to upgrade an item?

2) Will we be able to fill in the code for the box, cart, and book? I would like to be able to track all of this to know if I have them all. Would be a good way to come up with variants as well when people fill them in. This would come in very handy. For example today I got in a CIB Super Mario Bros 3 UKV version. The cart is -UKV, the book is -UKV-3, and the box was -UKV-4 SHEESH!!

~E~

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Mar 10, 2007 at 10:32:18 PM

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Dain (226)

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Originally posted by: Dain
For the physical quality of items in your collection(s), you can specify a threshold in which to flag items to be placed in your "upgrade" list (items that you want to eventually find better quality copies of). For example, if your threshold is set to 7, anytime you add an item to your collection that you rate as being 7 or below (quality rating), it's automatically flagged as an upgrade item. This creates an intrinsic pseudo list of items that you want to eventually upgrade, without having to explicitly create one. So when you (or someone else) clicks on your upgrade list, all items that match that fail that threshold are shown. Note that you can manually add an item to your upgrade list as well (you might have a game that is rated an 8, but it's one you eventually want mint).

As for the variants, yep -- there will be a way to say, "Hey, this isn't in the database" which will then be added to a queue that an admin will approve to be added. Once added, it will then get placed in your collection.

-Dain

Mar 11, 2007 at 12:03:21 PM

Braveheart69 (222)

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Awesome and awesome!! I wrote a huge long response to this last night and then my damn fiber line went out until this morning and I lost it.

So let me just leave it at Awesome and awesome and I can't wait!!

Oh I do remember typing something along the lines of I am so excited for this that I offered to go fill in at your real job for you to give you more time to work on this job for the rest of us!!

~E~

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Mar 11, 2007 at 12:08:08 PM

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Dain (226)

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LOL, you're welcome to fill in for my real job if you'd like. As it stands, my real job is also computer programming

-Dain

Mar 11, 2007 at 12:18:01 PM

Braveheart69 (222)

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Yeah Jason and I were AIM'ng about what people did the other day. I figured if I did that job for you then you would have time for this funner "job". I know this takes a serious amount of time and probably speak for everyone here when I say thank you!!

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May 17, 2007 at 6:09:48 AM

jaredkk (57)

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Is this collection tool still in the works? I could really use something like this.

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May 17, 2007 at 6:30:16 AM

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Dain (226)

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Yep, still in the works. I've had to take a break from it for a few weeks due to a busy schedule, but it's definitely in the works.

May 17, 2007 at 11:12:58 PM

Braveheart69 (222)

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humn... I better not even say anything cause Dain will say "I knew YOU were gonna comment".... Either we are way too much alike or you have a spy camera in my brain!!!!!!

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May 18, 2007 at 6:49:16 AM

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Dain (226)

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I knew you were going to comment about my comments!!! LOL

Sorry, had to!

May 23, 2007 at 7:51:38 PM

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Even tho my collection is so puny compared to you guys, after reading what dain has in store with this collection tool, im pretty excited about it! As far as variants and whatnot, its all greek to me, so to have a tool that shows me what games have variants and what variants they are, pretty damn neat!

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May 24, 2007 at 1:12:32 AM

Braveheart69 (222)

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I think it would be "neat" too! ;-)

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