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COA OCD

  • 10-04-2010 4:38pm
    #1
    RobertFoster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,220 ✭✭✭


    I bought the Collectors Edition of Mass Effect 2 recently. The case has 3 discs in it, and this posed a problem for me... what do I do with the COA (Certificate of Authenticity)?

    You see, I've had the Xbox 360 for 3 and a half years. Every time I've got a new game, I've peeled off the COA and stuck it neatly inside the box, under the manual. Why? Well, I'm not quite sure. Perhaps it's a slight case of OCD, or the fact that I'm ultimately trying to preserve the game, and keeping the COA makes up part of this preservation/collection. I don't really know.

    It did get me thinking however. What do others do with the COA? Am I alone in my madness? Does anyone else keep these little strips of sticky plastic, or are they binned with the rest of the packaging? Do I need help? :pac:


    FWIW - I found a space for my ME2 COA to fit. If you really must know, it's on the right side, under where disc 1 and 2 overlap...

    What do you do with your COAs? 12 votes

    I do exactly the same! You're not crazy!
    0%
    I bin them. They're ultimately pointless, ya big weirdo.
    0%
    I buy games from X - they've already had their wicked way and broken it's COA by the time I get it.
    91%
    misemuppetkillerJulezBurning EclipseMr. KEvoluteYakulttheUbiqdunworth1RedlionNemanja91 11 votes
    I only buy second hand games, I've never seen an intact COA in my life.
    0%
    Atari Jaguar games don't have COAs...
    8%
    spooky donkey 1 vote


Comments

  • #2
    LD 50
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,559 ✭✭✭LD 50


    How do you manage to get it off without it going to pieces? That's what happens when I take them off.


  • #3
    Burning Eclipse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,943 ✭✭✭Burning Eclipse


    I buy games from X - they've already had their wicked way and broken it's COA by the time I get it.
    I've a friend who can be a little OCD with his games (will only buy a games still in shrink-wrap), but this takes the biscuit!! I'd imagine this thread will make him feel a little more sane when he sees it actually...

    Congrats to you sir!


  • #4
    RobertFoster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,220 ✭✭✭RobertFoster


    LD 50 wrote: »
    How do you manage to get it off without it going to pieces? That's what happens when I take them off.
    Unstick one side fully first, then the other is more manageable.


  • #5
    Evolute
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,397 ✭✭✭Evolute


    I buy games from X - they've already had their wicked way and broken it's COA by the time I get it.
    I usually dont even bother taking the tag off just break it so I can open the game


  • #6
    joe123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,523 ✭✭✭joe123


    This thread is a bit crazy :)


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  • #7
    calex71
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,126 ✭✭✭✭calex71


    My thumb finger nail splits it right down the middle then tear off and throw in the bin, quite satisfying actually, makes a lovely cracking sound. You cringing yet op?

    Guess I have a similar ocd, I hate leaving it on the box.


  • #8
    RobertFoster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,220 ✭✭✭RobertFoster


    Burning Eclipse wrote: »
    will only buy a games still in shrink-wrap
    That's understandable, you wouldn't want a second hand game passed off as new... ;)
    calex71 wrote: »
    You cringing yet op?
    Nah, it doesn't bother me. I think I'm doing it more out of habit than anything else; sort of a new game ritual, like reading the manual on the way home from getting a game when you were a kid.


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