All the new people

[jtucci31]

I'm pretty new to the site. I came here just looking for useful information and do's and don'ts really. It's been really helpful so far and gotten me away from the other collector scenes that are not so fun to converse and deal with. Plus my PCE has easily become my new favorite system by FAR and i play it practically every day. The best is waking up early before my day starts just to get a little playtime in. I love it.

[synbiosfan]

I didn't join for the marketplace. I have done deals with members here but through other sites. I did preorder Mysterious Song and I like supporting homebrew scenes so I came to the source of many great efforts! I did ask about how rare an item was which may have set off a warning sign to a few people but I was just curious.

I've been on the net long enough to recognize a number of names here which I like.

[Desh]

I'm definitely one of the newbs.  I have lightly collected for about 15 years but got heavy into retro gaming about 2 years ago.  Thank the almighty I kept all of my gaming stuff from childhood.

I have been on many internet forums over the years (mostly automotive related) and figured I'd check out a few gaming forums.  I started with Nintendoage as I am definitely into the NES (finally surpassed the 500 game mark) and although there are a few cool people over there, there were so many f*cktards I couldn't stand it.

I originally joined this forum to try and find some info to repair a TG16 unit I had.  I got some pretty fast help on solving the problem and even got a gracious PM from Bernie who sent me direct links to the service manual.  That experience was awesome!  Then I got to checking out all of the raffles you do in the trader section and the overall experience of this forum and I knew that this was home (this is where you shed an emotional tear).  In the short time I've been here I've already gotten great deals and items from great people and a great wealth of knowledge on the greatest console that ever came to be (cue triumphant music).

[roflmao]

Yes!  Welcome.

[Ninja16608]

I'm definitely one of the newbs.  I have lightly collected for about 15 years but got heavy into retro gaming about 2 years ago.  Thank the almighty I kept all of my gaming stuff from childhood.

I have been on many internet forums over the years (mostly automotive related) and figured I'd check out a few gaming forums.  I started with Nintendoage as I am definitely into the NES (finally surpassed the 500 game mark) and although there are a few cool people over there, there were so many f*cktards I couldn't stand it.

I originally joined this forum to try and find some info to repair a TG16 unit I had.  I got some pretty fast help on solving the problem and even got a gracious PM from Bernie who sent me direct links to the service manual.  That experience was awesome!  Then I got to checking out all of the raffles you do in the trader section and the overall experience of this forum and I knew that this was home (this is where you shed an emotional tear).  In the short time I've been here I've already gotten great deals and items from great people and a great wealth of knowledge on the greatest console that ever came to be (cue triumphant music).

Now that's what I'm talking about :-) I have been play the TG for a very long time and never even thought to look to the net for info until I had a neo-geo aes up on feebay and someone told me I might do better with selling it over at neo-geo.com. I was there for just under a month and they have a rule about not selling unless you have X amount of post or a month there. I posted mine a few days early to see if there would be interest in the whole set (7 games included) long story short, someone from here in the midst of the flames PM'd me and told me about here.

[Tatsujin]

I'm pretty new to the site. I came here just looking for useful information and do's and don'ts really. It's been really helpful so far and gotten me away from the other collector scenes that are not so fun to converse and deal with. Plus my PCE has easily become my new favorite system by FAR and i play it practically every day. The best is waking up early before my day starts just to get a little playtime in. I love it.

^^ this guy gets it.

GET instead of HET

[ProfessorProfessorson]

If you new people keep your nose clean and don't try to pull shit like OGHUGO with anyone around here, you will do just fine (in OGHUGO's case, lies, tries to shake down another seller, leeches others mod info to use for his own sales, never actually contributes, just always ask for shit/info etc).

One of the key issues with new people have been that they have been takers, but never contribute back. They either enter countless raffles trying to get free shit, join up trying to buy alot of stuff right away at community discounts, or they are big profit flippers of some type who pose as innocent noobs to the TG/PCE while they try to figure out a new angle. All of that shit gets old fast.

[ClodBuster]

I initially came here for the excellent Duo repair guides, not so much for anything else to be honest. But then I discovered lots of read worthy threads for PCE/TG16 games, too. So thanks for that.

[MrBroadway]

We all know there are resellers here, some have even openly admitted to it and are making purchases here and selling them god knows where. The bottom line is these resellers are taking from the community and probably selling back to some of us at a much much higher rate. I just get pissed when I see a Jack N golf game go for around 50 bux here and I see the same one on feebay pushing $300 for the slow at math that's 5 times the money. If it's someone from here buying and they want to sell back to the community they are going to want to get out of it at the very least what they put into it and that f*cks it all up for everyone else. I know some of us need to have that complete collection to strut E-Penis and say look what I have, but to pay outrageous prices to do so is plumb crazy and I think most will agree. Bottom line is don't feed the greed!

This is the worst of it. I never jump into buying and selling right away on a new forum. I have to ingratiate myself first. Resellers suck. I mean, buying lots and selling back some of it at fair or below ebay prices is grand, but buying on here to resell elsewhere really ticks me off. I mean, how can you enjoy the PCE if you're too busy scouring for deals? 

I've been on the net long enough to recognize a number of names here which I like.

I'm not sure you're on a VG forum I'm not.  :-"

[Ninja16608]

Yeah I have bought large lots just to get a few games I needed and yes I have sold the rest off, that's not exactly reselling for profit, that's just paying for the games you want and getting a little back for the games you don't need. I have not sold anything on here yet either.

@ Professor, He locked his thread just when it was getting good https://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=16798.msg346167#new I really hope no one is catering to this reseller.

[Necromancer]

The big jump in new members started in October of last year, but there's no corresponding uptick in activity.  There's probably no specific reason for the increase, seeing as the monthly influx has remained steady ever since.

By the way, only collectards give a f*ck what Jack Nicklaus Turbo Golf CD sells for.

[Ninja16608]

By the way I could care less :-) I have a complete cd collection. It was just an example of whats been going on.

[wildfruit]

Nullity's avatar told me to join

[MrFlutterPie]

We get lots of new people but how many actually stay and become regular posters and are accepted by the community as a whole? 

[ProfessorProfessorson]

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