So What Is It?

CiDeRmAn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxWN8AhNER0

A new thread, especially for those lord and lady moneybags/lucky SOB's who manage to bag something remarkable and then decide the best way to celebrate the find/purchase is to keep the rest of us in suspense.

This behaviour was pioneered by Pyongyang, the A&R member not the capital of North Korea, but is no longer exclusive to him, having Steve SI and Jack Burton also succumbed to this habit.

So, a thread just for you, use it wisely and at least the rest of us will know where you are and avoid enjoy it accordingly!

Myrddin

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

A new thread, especially for those lord and lady moneybags/lucky SOB's who manage to bag something remarkable and then decide the best way to celebrate the find/purchase is to keep the rest of us in suspense.

This behaviour was pioneered by Pyongyang, the A&R member not the capital of North Korea, but is no longer exclusive to him, having Steve SI and Jack Burton also succumbed to this habit.

So, a thread just for you, use it wisely and at least the rest of us will know where you are and avoid enjoy it accordingly!

Great idea, contain this bollox in one thread & the other one can get on with business as usual


/unsubs thread

Retr0gamer

I've Rule of Rose, Secret of Mana (US) and Tactics Ogre 64 on the way from the states but the girl sending them is so bloody slow!

Am I doing it right?

Myrddin

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I've Rule of Rose, Secret of Mana (US) and Tactics Ogre 64 on the way from the states but the girl sending them is so bloody slow!

Am I doing it right?

NO! That post belongs in the thread that normal people post in. This is for:

"Bought something super cool there a few minutes ago, all will be revealed in due course" type ballsology

CiDeRmAn

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I've Rule of Rose, Secret of Mana (US) and Tactics Ogre 64 on the way from the states but the girl sending them is so bloody slow!

Am I doing it right?

So, sorry Retr0,
The fail there was you told us what it was you were bringing in.

What you are missing, principally, is the hyperbole that is typical of such posts, the sheer, mind twisting awesomeness of whatever it is you are bringing in.
Ultra-niche-ness is also a plus, buying a copy of Darius say that no one else has ever heard of for a system no one owns and include as many abbreviations for supposed extra added value to the purchase, use abbreviations to add to the mystery, meaning everyone can understand one or two of them but the rest are impenetrable to the regular retro gamer.

Also, the time between the ordering, the shipping and the eventual arrival of the item makes it even more important, raising expectation excitement levels to unforseen heights.

An eventual customs bill that exceeds the cost of the item in the first place is not unknown and, once again, only serves to highlight the incredible and amazeballs nature of whatever it is you've bought.

Retr0gamer

So what you are saying is that I should have said I was getting something amazing and then after hyping it up reveal that it's not just disappointing but not even a game and some LP by an early 90's dance act nobody has heard of or some videogame memorabilia that you could win out of a crane game in japan? I get you now!

the groutch

something like the rare game I have to pick up from the mail centre that's come all the way from Poland?

CiDeRmAn

Retr0gamer wrote: »

So what you are saying is that I should have said I was getting something amazing and then after hyping it up reveal that it's not just disappointing but not even a game and some LP by an early 90's dance act nobody has heard of or some videogame memorabilia that you could win out of a crane game in japan? I get you now!

That's my boy!

But, don't be so hard on yourself, Rule of Rose is pretty bloody great, it's rare and it's niche enough, so well done you!

Myrddin

the groutch wrote: »

something like the rare game I have to pick up from the mail centre that's come all the way from Poland?

Exactly. Hopefully if Cideys idea pays off, having all you lads corralled in here guessing at what each other bought wears thin & you all get back to normality posting in the normal thread

Steve X2

I didn't think I was quite so guilty of this horrific trend.
Perhaps in the past maybe, but I'm a changed man and have been fighting the good cause to get this sort of behaviour banned or at least making the guilty individuals look like plonkers

Sparks43

I've never seen one but im guessing its a white hole

Steve X2

In fact, remove my name from that 1st post Cidey. I've been fighting the good fight to stop this behaviour and demand recognition for my good work

CiDeRmAn

A white hole?

Retr0gamer

Only joking.

Myrddin

And there we have it. "So what is it?" Cat quotes have become inextricably linked with mystery GET! posts.

Mystery GET! at your peril.

Sparks43

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Only joking.

Somebody punch him out :mad:

the groutch

I think we've just encountered the middle part of the conversation

CiDeRmAn

Of course, if someone's GET! turns out to be a copy of Rise of the Robots, we'll have encountered a Brown Hole....

Jack burton

Ah come on, I'm definitely not in the top 3...


...it still didn't arrive btw

Steve X2

Jack burton wrote: »

Ah come on, I'm definitely not in the top 3...


...it still didn't arrive btw

Yeah, me neither.
How do you report a mod for bullying and victimisation again?

Jack burton

contact a mo......oh wait.

its the perfect crime really

CiDeRmAn

Jack burton wrote: »

contact a mo......oh wait.

its the perfect crime really

Mwa ha ha ha!!!

o1s1n

Retr0gamer wrote: »

So what you are saying is that I should have said I was getting something amazing and then after hyping it up reveal that it's not just disappointing but not even a game and some LP by an early 90's dance act nobody has heard of or some videogame memorabilia that you could win out of a crane game in japan? I get you now!

Do you think that maybe he hasn't been posting here in a while because he has now purchased a GET! so amazing and mysterious, that he's taken not telling us to a whole new level?

Hank Scorpio

I've got a Pal copy of Street fighter 2 turbo, what do I win?

Steve X2

o1s1n wrote: »

Do you think that maybe he hasn't been posting here in a while because he has now purchased a GET! so amazing and mysterious, that he's taken not telling us to a whole new level?

Thats bold

o1s1n

Steve SI wrote: »

Thats bold

I know! I felt bad typing that.

WE MISS YOU PYONG! COME BACK!

Steve X2

o1s1n wrote: »

I know! I felt bad typing that.

WE MISS YOU PYONG! COME BACK!

Yeah, it's not the same when he's no here to defend himself or make it worse.

CiDeRmAn

Apparently you win pity and scorn here for buying a pal copy of SF2 on the Snes.
I, on the other hand, feel sadness as I never got into the game, so more scorn and pity here, just for different reasons.

Retr0gamer

R-type Final is better than Darius. Let's see if he comes back now.

Steve X2

Retr0gamer wrote: »

R-type Final is better than Darius. Let's see if he comes back now.

Or, ....
I have a spare Darius Alpha I'm looking to trade for any MegaDrive or SNES carts.
Anyone interested?

CiDeRmAn

Lads, he's not like some spiritual agent you can conjure up, like in a jap rpg, with a darius flavoured incantation.... though that would be cool....

Maybe his credit card finally exploded and took him with it?

OwaynOTT

nuxxx wrote: »

I've got a Pal copy of Street fighter 2 turbo, what do I win?

Hey, did you get that Wild Guns? Ya bol*ix!

OwaynOTT

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Lads, he's not like some spiritual agent you can conjure up, like in a jap rpg, with a darius flavoured incantation.... though that would be cool....

Maybe his credit card finally exploded and took him with it?

Pyongyang, Pyongyang, Pyongyang!

Steve X2

gnaygnoyP, gnaygnoyP, gnaygnoyP

Jack burton

Mabye he never existed at all....

....

o1s1n

Hank Scorpio

OwaynOTT wrote: »

Hey, did you get that Wild Guns? Ya bol*ix!

Lol. Nah not yet, seems he got an off thread offer, isn't you by any chance is it? :pac:

We can hacksaw the cart in two, how does that sound

johnny_ultimate

Oh Christ, they have their own thread now. Stop encouraging them! There's only so much bandwidth the Internet has for this sort of thing :pac:

OwaynOTT

nuxxx wrote: »

Lol. Nah not yet, seems he got an off thread offer, isn't you by any chance is it? :pac:

We can hacksaw the cart in two, how does that sound

Nope, I was only going up to €35. Should just of offered the €40 yesterday and would of been done and dusted.

Btw, you can have the back of the cart, I'll take the innards and the front.

Myrddin

o1s1n wrote: »

Do you think that maybe he hasn't been posting here in a while because he has now purchased a GET! so amazing and mysterious, that he's taken not telling us to a whole new level?

That's exactly what he's doing! The sneaky devil!

Jack burton wrote: »

Mabye he never existed at all....

....

Ooh...weird

Hank Scorpio

OwaynOTT wrote: »

Btw, you can have the back of the cart, I'll take the innards and the front.

Where do I sign?

It feels like one of those deals that will never happen anyway, so 99% sure it won't

CiDeRmAn

Steve SI wrote: »

gnaygnoyP, gnaygnoyP, gnaygnoyP

Amateur!

Steve X2

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Amateur!

If you want something spooky, try the sally gap at 3am. That's where I'm heading in an hour or so.

o1s1n

Steve SI wrote: »

If you want something spooky, try the sally gap at 3am. That's where I'm heading in an hour or so.

Which of the following is it?

• Burying a body.
• A drug deal.
• An arms deal.
• Sexy time.
• Ghost hunting.
• Sexy time with ghosts.

Myrddin

o1s1n wrote: »

Which of the following is it?

• Burying a body.
• A drug deal.
• An arms deal.
• Sexy time.
• Ghost hunting.
• Sexy time with ghosts.

It's where Pyongy lives now, Steve was merely dropping out some shmups as the pyongster has no internet signal to let us know himself

o1s1n

Pyong! We were only joking when we called you Mountain lodge Man!

Retr0gamer

I think it's a case of the guy that saved up all his life to try the most expensive lobster dish and cried afterwards because it tasted like normal lobster. I think Pyongyang remortgaged the house to buy Darius Alpha and after playing it is still crying when he realised it was crap.

Steve X2

o1s1n wrote: »

Which of the following is it?

• Burying a body.
• A drug deal.
• An arms deal.
• Sexy time.
• Ghost hunting.
• Sexy time with ghosts.

Nothing quite so interesting this time.
I was just film some shots for my short movie. But if a ghost wants sexy time I'm always open to it:)