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The Tim Atwood Story
PinBiohazard:
--- Quote from: wiggy on May 18, 2016, 01:34:30 PM ---It's bizarre to me that something like this is enough to get a number of people all worked up beyond the point of being able to produce a rational thought.
People on NA often claim to know EVERYTHING about production totals, quantities in existence, number of sealed instances of "X" product that still remain, and so on. All without ANY empirical data, and often without even annecdotal evidence. I've seen tons of assertions based on who knows what (nothing, as best I can tell). I can completely understand why someone would want to poke a giant hole in their tiny bubble.
Then, of course, nobody wants to be wrong about their assertions, even when this sort of evidence pops up, and so the pointless Internet debate war begins.
Lots of butthurt, lots of jealously.
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Superchop:
I haven't been following the story completely, just bits here and there but watching that podcast brings up a good point. Those people who "fear" Tim don't care for him at all they only fear the impact that his collection would have on the market. They fear that their precious carts would plummet in value because up until now they had this holy grail of a cart and used it as a way to look down on everyone else.
I mean it's no shock that most "collectors" only collect cause of the value in the game, and this whole thing may be what I hope is the start of the retro gaming crash. Prices and value of these games have gone up way too much to even be considered a hobby.
Ozzy_98:
--- Quote from: PinBiohazard on May 18, 2016, 08:20:41 AM ---I for one want to shout out Tim for doing good in the community, I want to know other peoples opinion on this story, for those who don't know here is the story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWN5p7zJ_VU
voice your views below
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And almost nothing Pat mentioned was correct. Heck, it was a temp ban even, and that was mostly because of the threads Tim made later, like the strange Donald Trump one which he edited before I saw it.
The bulk of it had nothing to do with him having a case of SEs, that was kind of a side fact.
redsox2012:
--- Quote from: Superchop on May 19, 2016, 06:05:55 AM ---I haven't been following the story completely, just bits here and there but watching that podcast brings up a good point. Those people who "fear" Tim don't care for him at all they only fear the impact that his collection would have on the market. They fear that their precious carts would plummet in value because up until now they had this holy grail of a cart and used it as a way to look down on everyone else.
I mean it's no shock that most "collectors" only collect cause of the value in the game, and this whole thing may be what I hope is the start of the retro gaming crash. Prices and value of these games have gone up way too much to even be considered a hobby.
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Collecting ANYTHING comes with the risk that a new supply may be found, which will reduce values across the board. Just a few months ago someone found 7 Ty Cobb baseball cards hidden in an old house. Up until then, there were only 15 known to exist. Now there's 22.
From what I've read, Tim Atwood is a collector who, until now, kept to himself about his collection. He never publicized the treasures he had. Who knows how many more people like him are out there. What if a private collector has boxes of sealed "MUSHA"'s or "Hagane"'s sitting in their home? You just never know.
There's NOTHING wrong with collecting for value. However, it comes with risks, and people have to realize they can't get upset because another collector may have quantities of certain items.
RealPlumpBox:
All I know is I can not wait for the "Retro bubble" to burst and it goes back to what it was 15 about or so years ago. Cheap and nobody cared! Then I can buy up all the shit like I used to.