NintendoAge http://nintendoage.com/forum/ -Sqooner OCD Collectors taking originality of video game preservation to the Extreme http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=171519 2017-03-09T14:07:24 -05.00 kwaza 83 OCD Collectors taking originality of video game preservation to the Extreme http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=171519 2017-03-09T13:31:25 -05.00 kwaza 83 OCD Collectors taking video game preservation to the Extreme http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=171519 2017-03-09T10:28:54 -05.00 kwaza 83 Originally posted by: kwaza
 
Originally posted by: cirellio

What is a good word to use if someone is a little too obsessive about the organization and condition of games?
I get it -- You apparently can't be 'slightly OCD' or be 'on the OCD spectrum'. You're either balls-deep into obsessively washing your hands and reseating that hat on the hat rack for hours, or you ain't OCD, right? So what's a good term to use? Overly Anal?  
Disclaimer: Not trying to make fun of people with real OCD -- I've almost never said 'OCD' that I know of, but I certainly hear it misused a lot. I'm just curious what term people should be saying instead  
Naaah, I really do consider some collectors to have OCD, a good 5-10% of collectors. Ive dealt with very picky collectors before and those are easier to deal with although still annoying. The OCD collectors im referring too are the ones who have set goal and never change their minds about their collecting habits. People who buy only complete mint copies, no damage at all, with every single manual, inserts and plastic inside. If one thing is missing, they wont buy it. Or the ones who protect all their games in plastic baggies and on top of that, seal each one in clear plastic cases for extra protection, because god forbid 1 little tiny scratch to the label will destroy its value.

Cant forget the collectors who avoid all players choice, Nintendo Selects or similar rereleases like the plague. To them, it must be first edition or its worthless. And worst of all, I consider sealed game collectors to have the most OCD of all. You know, the ones who lower a games value significantly, almost to half the value all based on 1 tiny little rip or tear or scratch on the plastic. Now im not saying all sealed game collectors are like that, im just saying i notice more people like that in that area of game collecting.

 
Reminds me of this younger kid one of my friends used to play Yugioh with, who had Aspergers and maybe some other issues. He usedto throw away any Yugioh card that had the slightest bit of wear on it, so my friend would take them and sell them on eBay. The mother was an anti-vaccine/anti-GMO nut but that's another story..
  ]]> OCD Collectors taking originality of video game preservation to the Extreme http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=171519 2017-03-08T20:13:51 -05.00 kwaza 83 Originally posted by: Roger R. Barry

I won an auction for a Punisher cart for the Genesis at half the price it normally goes because the label had a small tear. So I'm pretty happy that most collectors are OCD about condition, that way I can get good deals !  
Some collectors would have a heart attack seeing the condition of some games in my collection ! I guess thats a good thing about the situation. I had a copy of Skyblazer that had really bad burn marks on the front and back and on the label, but it still worked great. I think the burned marks gave the cartridge character. I would have kept it but I needed some cash so I sold it.

EDIT: I still have pictures of the game, I bet this cart would drive some collectors here nuts, haha.



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Some collectors would have a heart attack seeing the condition of some games in my collection ! ]]> OCD Collectors taking originality of video game preservation to the Extreme http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=171519 2017-03-08T17:59:19 -05.00 kwaza 83
But yeah, Im not saying some collectors are suffering a full mental disorder, but some really picky people do have a few minor OCD tendencies when collecting. To the people who admit theyre OCD collectors, I dont believe you have a mental disorder, its just that I believe you are extremely picky, that is all. Heck, id like to visit your game rooms just see how well and minty all your games are, haha. I myself have a real mental disorder, and that is Generalized Anxiety Disorder. But that is a disorder that most milenials nowadays suffer from without even knowing it. But that a whole other topic in its own. ]]> OCD Collectors taking originality of video game preservation to the Extreme http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=171519 2017-03-08T17:20:18 -05.00 kwaza 83 Originally posted by: fcgamer
 
Originally posted by: The Age of Genesis

OCD refers to a very specific, and rare, mental disorder. A lot of people I think toss the term around too loosely. There's a lot of different things you could say about someone just because they're nitpicky about the condition of their games. Lumping everyone into "OCD" is like calling all videogames "Nintendo tapes." It's unspecific.
Totally agree.  My brother has actual, clinical OCD, and some of the stuff he does, it is extreme.  One of his things is balloons.  I have spent countless hours of my life with him on trips to try to track down a specific packaging of balloon, or specific color + style, etc, due to his OCD.  Like the other guy with OCD had explained in a post earlier (sorry I forget his name and don't want to recheck and lose this post), but so many of those points hit home.

  I'm sure the guys on the Balloon Age collecting forum think collecting specific balloon package variants is totally normal.

  ]]> OCD Collectors taking originality of video game preservation to the Extreme http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=171519 2017-03-08T12:36:00 -05.00 kwaza 83 OCD Collectors taking video game preservation to the Extreme http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=171519 2017-03-08T10:42:27 -05.00 kwaza 83 Originally posted by: kwaza

Just out of curiousity, any of you have any gripes with people using magic erasers to remove permanent marker from the outside of cartridges. This usually sometimes leaves a smooth surface that is a bit noticeable. I just had a conversation a few days ago with a local collector who says that it really bothers him when people rub off some of the texture from the outside of carts by using magic erasers to clean the spot where the permanent marker was. This personally doesnt bother me but I was just wondering if you guys would prefer to leave marker on a cart or clean it with the possibility of the surface is slightly smoothed out. Yes, because you are damaging the carts.  That is an outdated method that is easily remedied.  

Go buy a bottle of dot 3 brake fluid, probably $3 or less.  Put it on the marker and it wipes away easily, without having to scrub and scrub like a magic eraser.  

You have no room to complain about picky buyers when you are defacing carts for no reason.   ]]> OCD Collectors taking originality of video game preservation to the Extreme http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=171519 2017-03-08T10:34:03 -05.00 kwaza 83 Originally posted by: The Age of Genesis

OCD refers to a very specific, and rare, mental disorder. A lot of people I think toss the term around too loosely. There's a lot of different things you could say about someone just because they're nitpicky about the condition of their games. Lumping everyone into "OCD" is like calling all videogames "Nintendo tapes." It's unspecific. Totally agree.  My brother has actual, clinical OCD, and some of the stuff he does, it is extreme.  One of his things is balloons.  I have spent countless hours of my life with him on trips to try to track down a specific packaging of balloon, or specific color + style, etc, due to his OCD.  Like the other guy with OCD had explained in a post earlier (sorry I forget his name and don't want to recheck and lose this post), but so many of those points hit home.

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