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I've heard friends complain about losing save file data for this and that game but never truly understood their pain.

Until 10 minutes ago.

I just lost about 15 hours worth of gameplay data on M&L Superstar Saga. It really was a stupid way to lose the data too. I was sitting on my porcelain lay-z-boy and decided to get up. I found a save point, initiated the save, and set my GBA on top of my clothes hamper while the save was in progress. I turned to reach for some paper when WHAM! My GBA hit the floor and reset the game. Needless to say, no amount of praying would resurrect my save file. It's gone. Learn from my mistake. Never place a GBA on top of a hamper that has a convex cover. Just hold the damned thing until it's finished saving.

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You have an issue if you can't even stop playing videogames long enough to go to the bathroom.
Either that, or you need more fiber in your diet if you sit on the toilet that long.

Originally Posted by JSweeney You have an issue if you can't even stop playing videogames long enough to go to the bathroom. Either that, or you need more fiber in your diet if you sit on the toilet that long.

Actually, I think my issue is that I'm addicted to gaming. I was only sitting there for 5 minutes!

how about losing your memory card with 300 or so hours of Smash Bros. completed, Resident Evil played through several times and many out fits unlocked

I was so pissed, I was short only 20 trophies from having all of them

i read your thread and immediately thought of what happened to me two days ago: I also lost my data in Superstar Saga! WHile no porcelain was involved, i figure there must be some kind of curse going around. Damn you, Wailuigi!

Man, I don't think I would ever bring my SP in the bathroom...though, I do have an old original GameBoy in there with Tetris. Good times.

I have 2 non-bathroom related lost save files.

In Secret of Mana for snes, my sister who was 10 at the time decided to start a game by saving over my file(even with 1 empty slot) which had all but 2 weapons upgraded to the max with orbs, which was a pain in the ass to do because it was so random to find the last orbs. She then never played again after being killed by the 2nd boss. I remind her to this day

The other was when I was at college, I was playing Parappa the Rapper when my roomate tripped over the cord and reset the game and screwed all my saved data which I had all "cool" for each level.

After reading these stories I'm glad I keep a back-up save of important games on memory cards or on games such as Superstar Saga incase something happens to the file I'm using.

I accidentally deleted my Final Fantasy 5 (PSX) game file by hitting buttons and not watching. I was at the last save point too. Never did finish the game.

i had a PSO ver 1 dc save that corrupted after 492 hours.

And in a smaller accident, had an almost finished save of legacy of kain : soul rever go bad as well. Never did finish it

GTA3, almost completed. Like a complete dumba$$ I shut off the PS2 while it was still saving. I have no idea what I was thinking, but I've been kicking myself ever since.

About 300 hours of Morrowind.

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Ok, listen to this one. Well, I had this friend that started going to another school two years ago. He called me last summer all the sudden and asked if I wanted to do something. So, I arranged for him to come over to my house. That day I caught him with two things of mine in his pockets about thirty minutes before he left. He tried to act like it was a joke, but it was obvious it wasn't cuz he tried to swat my hands away and then he said that the two items were his. Then about two weeks later, he came over again, I had forgotten what he had done last time, so that is why I let him come over again. Well, he got jealous of my new GBA SP and Pokemon Ruby I had gotten a couple of days before. Right after I showed him my Ruby, it disappeared. About half way through his visit I noticed and we looked for it for awhile. Then I knew he had stolen it, I asked him over and over and was about to beat his ass. Then he put on an act that made me believe he was innocent, he actually started crying and said he did so because he was so frustrated I didn't believe him. And at the end of the day when he was leaving, I checked all his pockets but one, his back pocket. It had crossed my mind that I should check it, but then I decided not to. A week later I luckily got it back from him when his Mom found out. He had started a new game and my game was lost. I had one more badge to go, and he deleted my game. I called him to tell him what an asshole he was, and out of curiousity, I asked him where he hid it when he left. He said he hid it in his back pocket, the one place I contemplated about checking, but decided not to. Obviously, he hasn't been back over since then.

in october 97 i lost a ps1 memory card, not that big of a deal...except my data for ff7 which had just come out was on it! ...had to re play the entire first disk =op i mean i still re play that game but i was pissed, i wanted to beat it!

The only mishap that pops into my mind is when I played Wild Arms at my friend's house for the first AND second time. The summer of '99, I think, my brother and I were pretty much constantly over at my friend's house because my brother and my friend had become incredibly addicted to Ultima Online. I didn't particularly care for it, so I decided to play an RPG my friend had that I had never heard of, Wild Arms. I was completely engrossed by that game and actually played about 20 hours in 3 days. Wouldn't you know it? My friend comes into the room and trips over the cord, causing the game to freeze and all of the memory on the memory card to become corrupt. I got really pissed, but I just decided to go get my memory card and start over. I get to the practically the exact same spot, save, turn it off. When I come back a hour later to play, my memory card has become corrupt, and figure it is something with my friend's Playstation. Long story short, I did end up starting again, and it turned out to be my favorite RPG ever. But 6 days wasted that summer really sucked.

Originally Posted by XboxMaster Ok, listen to this one. Well, I had this friend that started going to another school two years ago. He called me last summer all the sudden and asked if I wanted to do something. So, I arranged for him to come over to my house. That day I caught him with two things of mine in his pockets about thirty minutes before he left. He tried to act like it was a joke, but it was obvious it wasn't cuz he tried to swat my hands away and then he said that the two items were his. Then about two weeks later, he came over again, I had forgotten what he had done last time, so that is why I let him come over again. Well, he got jealous of my new GBA SP and Pokemon Ruby I had gotten a couple of days before. Right after I showed him my Ruby, it disappeared. About half way through his visit I noticed and we looked for it for awhile. Then I knew he had stolen it, I asked him over and over and was about to beat his ass. Then he put on an act that made me believe he was innocent, he actually started crying and said he did so because he was so frustrated I didn't believe him. And at the end of the day when he was leaving, I checked all his pockets but one, his back pocket. It had crossed my mind that I should check it, but then I decided not to. A week later I luckily got it back from him when his Mom found out. He had started a new game and my game was lost. I had one more badge to go, and he deleted my game. I called him to tell him what an asshole he was, and out of curiousity, I asked him where he hid it when he left. He said he hid it in his back pocket, the one place I contemplated about checking, but decided not to. Obviously, he hasn't been back over since then.

Why did you not beat his ass the first time. Duh. I dont hang around distrustful people, and i dont paticularly care for them either (once a theif always one sorta thing.)

Stoners on the other hand, are another story entirely.

fight sephiroth in FF7, last boss, last save before him, I kid you not my file was gone, I was soo pissed off

:(

my friend stole my psone memory card with final fantasy 7, 8, 9, and tactics to name a few. had about 90 hours on tactics alone.

Originally Posted by ragincajun fight sephiroth in FF7, last boss, last save before him, I kid you not my file was gone, I was soo pissed off :(

Now that is depressing! That's like 70+ hours of gameplay! (At least it was for me...)