So if everdrive and cdrs are so good, why doesn't OP use them instead of bragging about wasting so much money on stupid shit.
The more important question is if that is the method others like to use, why would they take issue with someone going for authentic stuff then? If the legitimate releases are stupid to you, why would there be any bother with someone else buying it, do you get upset when someone buys food you don't care for?
wiseau asked a legitimate question and it went straight over your head, just as others seem to begin reading "old timer" posts with a pre-set mentality of their own.
The problem with too many newer pro-collectard members is that they're narrow minded and assume that everyone else here is. So they don't understand the common sense of most posts they just skim over to take away an opinion to either side with or argue against. There are endless threads and years of posts about the subtleties of games>possessionism, collecting vs collectards and just as many posts from people complaining about prices and how hard it is to find what they want, while constantly overpaying several times what anything "goes for" because they are incapable of operating the search function on any website.
Necro already touched upon some of this earlier, but people like nopepper are still so oblivious that he/she can't figure out that the people they're condemning as bullies are the ones "living the dream" and have most/all of the games they think are worth owning and are also the ones able to make large purchases if they feel like it. Meanwhile goldenpp has already expressed his/her desire to "asap stem the bleeding it's causing my bank account". So they definitely aren't living the dream you're describing and if you paid attention instead of looking for people to blame, you'd realize that as usual people are trying to help a collectard instead of attack them. Pro-collectards are so oblivious that they use the same b.s. defense as biggots complaining that they're being persecuted against, by potentially having their right to persecute others be restricted.
If golddenpp was actually here to "gather info" and didn't just drop in to create and monitor this one thread and leave with all the goods, they might have put two and two together and realized that this thread was directly above the repro HuCard thread. Instead of talking about how they'd gladly settle on a repro Magical Chase, but aren't aware of any existing. I guess they have no choice but to shell out for an original CIB...
Oh I see, so people are actually trying to help me and encourage me to not collect in order to save me money (as they are clearly aware of my finances), and are being total dicks about it, to help. That's definitely the entire point i've gotten from everyone here, especially the people remarking on their inability to find games because of collectards.
It all makes sense now.
Edit: Also, I have obtained a repro card for Magical chase as well as the repro sleeve, due to looking into the pricing be something like 5k+. There is an appeal to people like myself to own the authentic, original product, but we all have our limits financially, I'm a home owner and have enough disposable income to handle my own affairs without needing people to try and give me saving tips by calling me an idiot or whatever, not really a logical point in my mind. Sure i'd rather it all be free, and like most I have to balance what I can and can't afford, but I haven't hit my threshold yet.
Once again, if you took no personal issue with people collecting original and authentic stuff because you don't care, then it shouldn't resort to people breathing fire whenever someone mentions wanting a box, sorry, there is no logic there. The only logical conclusion is that people also want this stuff, are pissed it's become so expensive, and are lashing out on those who continue to buy it and thus inflate the prices further by having less circulating on the market, as if they 'deserve' this stuff more than other people. I sure as hell don't give a damn when someone spends a thousand bucks on tickets to a play or baseball game, and I don't think anyone else does either.
