[quote name='ZxT Vendetta']I really dont understand why myl0r and everyone else is telling Fire_Thief how to spend
HIS money. Why the
do you guys care so damn much? Honestly. If he likes buying games that much then it is his freedom to do so. Worry about your own financial situation rather than telling him what to do. Or is it that you guys are just jealous that he spends that much or is able to do so?
How are his spending habits any different than mine? If you think about it mine is actually a bit worse since I dont buy shovelware and buy more rare/newer games on a pretty frequent basis. In my defense I put money in my retirement every month as well as put money in my savings account.
You can preach all day to him about spending money and how to be more smart with it etc... It is his choice, if it bites him in the ass down the line that is HIS problem. Don't try to act all high and mighty about his purchasing habits and worry about your own for christ's sake.
@Fire_thief
Keep the purchases coming buddy if that is what you want to do. Just try and refrain from calling shovelware level games "beast"
And for the record I actually like your pick up videos. It is a nice break from mountains of text pick ups and even pictures.[/QUOTE]
[quote name='Vulgarism']If you talk to ZxT at all, or look at his collection, you can see he is exactly that--A collector. The man has three copies of each Xenosaga game! I think Fire_thief buys games just to make people go "ooh!" and "aah!" at his large backlog. I have yet to see ZxT EVER list how much any game he bought was shipped (Got this beast for $3.28 shipped! Son of a beast on Beyonce's rack killer price!) and he certainly has NEVER posted a video talking about his pick-ups.
Sure, ZxT spends more money on games in a month than I have all of this year and probably last year combined, but he has the funds, supports himself, and plays games because it's what he loves.
Yeah, I think I am gonna date that dude, now.
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That's the big difference between you and him: you support yourself and he doesn't. We're not trying to tell him how to spend his money, we're just trying to make him more aware of what's really important lately. You've said it best, when you were in college, you had to sell a large part of your collection to make ends meet. The biggest problem is the games you had to drop probably were more valuable and helped you get the cash you needed in rough times.
If he wants to put all his money into video games, it's his choice and none of us can tell him different, but I've seen people throw away money in hobbies and then have to sadly part with the things they cared about because they ran out of money. I'm guilty of that, actually. I've sold my drums just to make sure I could pay my bills and keep going for another month.