Current Events > House fire destroys 30 systems and 2000+ game collection.

(+) Yeah! (+)

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shit shit shit shit shit
Poor guy
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Some of the Nintendo stuff might still work

Either way,
F
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Dicks out
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Ouch.
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Digital games > Physical games
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That's pretty shitty.

More reason to have everything online really
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F
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maaaan
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WChTqYlDjtI" data-time="

Let us take this moment to honor what was lost.
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Well that's depressing
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that is super sad.
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A collection of that size and stature should have been insured or covered under the home owners insurance.

If not that's just stupidity on his part.
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Turbam posted...

Some of the Nintendo stuff might still work

I honestly wouldn't doubt it

I remember there was a video back in the day of a guy dropping an Xbox, PS2, and a Gamecube from a high distance to see if any of them would still work.

The Xbox and PS2 didn't work at all, but the GC started up the game without skipping a beat.

Dude then started doing other thing like hitting it with a hammer and what not and it STILL worked.

It wasn't until he took even more extreme measures before the GC stopped working.
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Ving_Rhames posted...

shit shit shit shit shit
Poor guy

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Twin3Turbo posted...

Turbam posted...

Some of the Nintendo stuff might still work

I honestly wouldn't doubt it

I remember there was a video back in the day of a guy dropping an Xbox, PS2, and a Gamecube from a high distance to see if any of them would still work.

The Xbox and PS2 didn't work at all, but the GC started up the game without skipping a beat.

Dude then started doing other thing like hitting it with a hammer and what not and it STILL worked.

It wasn't until he took even more extreme measures before the GC stopped working.

That was Morgan Webb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioWnoOjP9IA" data-time="
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Damn, that's heartbreaking. Poor dude.
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I feel bad for the guy, yeah. Bad that he wasted so much time and money on this bullshit. LOL, fatass manchild!

But it's good he survived.
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Did he have insurance?
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Caution998 posted...

Did he have insurance?

He should have. Would get a fat check from the insurance company and could build a bigger and better game room \ collection.
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Caution998 posted...

Did he have insurance?

also what caused the fire?
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iPhone_7 posted...

Digital games > Physical games

HypnoCoosh posted...

A collection of that size and stature should have been insured or covered under the home owners insurance.

If not that's just stupidity on his part.

These
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I really hope he insured the collection, if it were properly insured he would be able to replace it with little difficulty assuming there weren't any excessively rare games there.
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how does insurance work for something like collecting video games?

I mean I'm generally familiar with renters or home owners insurance but those seem like specialty items or soimething idk
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Balrog0 posted...

how does insurance work for something like collecting video games?

I mean I'm generally familiar with renters or home owners insurance but those seem like specialty items or soimething idk

For expensive items or collections above and beyond what most people would have, you tell your insurance company about them and what their value is and they'll add it as a rider to your policy.
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Balrog0 posted...

how does insurance work for something like collecting video games?

I mean I'm generally familiar with renters or home owners insurance but those seem like specialty items or soimething idk

collectables, jewelry, and similar things require an additional policy and you have to provide proof that....

1) you actually own them

and 2) that they're insured for the value that they're appraised at (might require someone to actually inspect it if you're trying to insure something like a Picasso painting).
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feel bad for that guy :(
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Easy to replace. I have countless small boxes around my house that have 30+ systems and 8000+ games on them.
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With a collection that big I wonder how much was trash shovel ware >_>

Balrog0 posted...

how does insurance work for something like collecting video games?

I mean I'm generally familiar with renters or home owners insurance but those seem like specialty items or soimething idk

I wonder this as well, I have like 700+ physical games across like ten consoles so my parents have recommended I insure it
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Omfg
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Feel bad for the guy but I don'r like dedicated video game collections. They increase the price for everyone else. In the late 90s - early 2000s before social media was big old games were a dime a dozen. Since then even common and bad games have increased in price in the hundreds and even thousands of %
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Tropicalwood posted...

Twin3Turbo posted...

Turbam posted...

Some of the Nintendo stuff might still work

I honestly wouldn't doubt it

I remember there was a video back in the day of a guy dropping an Xbox, PS2, and a Gamecube from a high distance to see if any of them would still work.

The Xbox and PS2 didn't work at all, but the GC started up the game without skipping a beat.

Dude then started doing other thing like hitting it with a hammer and what not and it STILL worked.

It wasn't until he took even more extreme measures before the GC stopped working.

That was Morgan Webb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioWnoOjP9IA" data-time="

Although I've seen that video before, it's actually not the one I was referring to. The one I mentioned was a random guy and I remember that he started up Mario Sunshine during his test and was super surprised. I'll see if I can find the one I was referring to, although that video has got to be like 15+ years old at this point.
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Damn_Underscore posted...

Feel bad for the guy but I don'r like dedicated video game collections. They increase the price for everyone else. In the late 90s - early 2000s before social media was big old games were a dime a dozen. Since then even common and bad games have increased in price in the hundreds and even thousands of %

Cart prices have skyrocketed in the last 3 or so years, mainly because the people who grew up with them now have the disposable income to collect them.
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bump
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Id get upset.

Then go buy a ps4.
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Games and collections have to be specified to a certain amount and you need proof of ownership.

Stops people losing their copy of Superman 64 and claiming their NES World Championships 1992 cartridge was stolen instead.

And even if that was insured, that'd be a lot of fucking work to replace 2000 games.
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he's alive and the first thing he thinks of is "my games are all gone!"
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lifeamovie posted...

he's alive and the first thing he thinks of is "my games are all gone!"

It probably cost a lot to buy all those games/systems.
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I was gonna laugh at the guy but then I saw your guys' responses and remembered my humanity.
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that's sad

He can probably play 95% of those on PC
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He's taking better than I would've

lol i'd cry
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I got my old stuff in storage, including a 13 inch crt. with video in on the front.
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Holy shit I would be so pissed. I dont have 30 systems(Atari 2600, NES, SNES, Sega Genesis, N64, PS1-4, Dreamcast, GameCube, Wii, Xbox-Xbone, plus handhelds) I easily have 2000 games and I did have a house fire a little over a year and a half ago. I lost a bunch of stuff, couches/chairs, clothes, my office PC. The important stuff like my two girls, 3 dogs and family photos all survived. Took awhile but my house is brand new and way better than before. Not 3 weeks before the fire I said to my wife I wish I had the money to redo the whole house. I had just put in a bathroom upstairs.

Let me say this, my PS4 spent over 24 hours under soaking wet insulation/drywall/whathaveyou and not only did it start right up, it still works like a charm. Cant say the same about my Xbone or Wii.

All my other systems are in the garage which went unharmed. I also have a massive Star Wars collection of 3.75 figures that went relatively unharmed. Some got a little wet but I dont keep them in the package, I let my kids/little bro play with them all the time. Just dont break anything lol.
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If he had an original Gameboy, he should look for it.

Tyranthraxus posted...

that they're insured for the value that they're appraised at (might require someone to actually inspect it if you're trying to insure something like a Picasso painting).

"According to an appraisal by Gamestop, The total value of all of your games is $3.50"
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