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| A I e x | Posted 6/23/2007 3:01:07 AM | message detail |
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After considering it for a long time, I decided a few short weeks ago
that the outrageously enormous game collection I prided myself on
having for so many years, at some point (I don't know when) lost its
appeal entirely and became much more a hassle than anything else. So I sold it. Not all of it, just everything I never play, and everything I never intended to play again (which as it turned out, was a lot). For no other reason than because I already have the list typed out, this topic is now a... "Rate the Video Game Collection I Used to Have" topic. Obligatory picture: http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/725/everythingmt4.jpg The following is a list of everything that I sold: Playstation 2: - Final Fantasy XII (Collector's Edition) - Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne (Special Edition) - Devil May Cry 2 - Shadow Hearts - Legaia 2: Duel Saga - Growlanser: Generations - Mega Man X Collection - Frequency - MTV Music Generator 2 - Ratchet & Clank - Tekken Tag Tournament - Spider-Man 2 - Downhill Domination - R-Type Final - Resident Evil: Code Veronica X - Prince of Persia - Zone of the Enders - Magic Pengel: The Quest for Colour - Dragon Quest VIII - Fighter Maker 2 - Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando - SOCOM II: U.S. Navy Seals - SSX: On Tour - Guilty Gear X2 - Neo Contra - Splinter Cell - Phantom Brave (Special Edition) - RPG Maker II - Kingdom Hearts - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 - Metal Gear Solid 2 - Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance - Nightshade - Metal Gear Solid 3 - Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence - Radiata Stories - Disgaea 2 - Castle Shikigami 2 - Ys: The Ark of Napishtim - Stella Deus - Xenosaga: Episode 1 - Xenosaga: Episode 2 - Front Mission 4 - Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter - Shadow Hearts: Covenant - Armored Core 2 - Ephemeral Fantasia - Timesplitters 2 - Fantavision - Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Kinetica - NHL 2001 - Oni - Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne - Onimusha - State of Emergency - Activision Anthology - Arc the lad: Twilight of the Spirits - Gran Turismo 3 Sega Dreamcast: - Game System - Shenmue - Sonic Adventure - Evil Dead: Hail to the King - Jet Grind Radio - Soul Calibur - Dynamite Cop Sega Saturn: - Game System - Albert Odyssey: The Legend of Eldean - Blazing Heroes - Sonic 3D Blast - Saturn Bomberman - Daytona USA Nintendo Wii: - Game System - Wii Sports - The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - Metal Slug Anthology Nintendo 64: - Game System - Super Smash Bros - Super Mario 64 - Perfect Dark - Goldeneye - Mariokart 64 - Starfox 64 - The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask - Pokemon Stadium Nintendo DS: - Meteos - Super Mario 64 DS - New Super Mario Bros Game Boy Advance: - Gunstar Super Heroes - The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap - Metroid Zero Mission Xbox: - Game System - Ninja Gaiden Black - Amped - Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic - Panzer Dragoon Orta - Metal Slug 3 Turbo Grafx 16: - Game System - Keith Courage in Alpha Zones - Victory Run - Bonk's Adventure - Dragon Spirit - J.J. & Jeff - R-Type - Drop Off - Bloody Wolf - Military Madness - Ninja Spirit |
| A I e x | Posted 6/23/2007 3:01:22 AM | message detail |
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Playstation: - Breath of Fire IV - Einhander - Tales of Destiny II - Legend of Legaia - Breath of Fire III - Her'c Adventures - Tales of Destiny - Front Mission 3 - Alundra - The Legend of Dragoon - Metal Gear Solid: VR Missions - Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete - Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete - Arc the Lad Collection Gamecube: - Tales of Symphonia - Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader - Viewtiful Joe - Animal Crossing - Metroid Prime PC - The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion DVDs - Samurai Jack: Seasons 1, 2, 3 - The Simpsons: Seasons 1, 3, 4, 6 - Frasier: Seasons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 - South Park: Seasons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ,6 - Star Trek TNG: Seasons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ,6 7 -------------------------------------------------- Stuff I kept: - Playstation 2 and Nintendo DS systems Playstation 2: - Rez - Final Fantasy X - Silent Hill 2 - Silent Hill 3 - Silent Hill 4 - SSX - SSX Tricky - SSX 3 - Contra: Shattered Soldier - Alien Hominid - Gradius III & IV - Gradius V - Robot Alchemic Drive - Devil May Cry - SOCOM U.S. Navy Seals - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 - Katamari Damacy - Disgaea: Hour of Darkness - Grand Theft Auto 3 - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Burnout 3 - Mega Man Anniversary Collection Playstation: - Final Fantasy Origins - Final Fantasy Chronicles - Final Fantasy Anthology - Final Fantasy VII - Final Fantasy VIII - Final Fantasy IX - Final Fantasy Tactics - Metal Gear Solid - Tactics Ogre - Star Ocean: The Second Story - Suikoden II - Valkyrie Profile Gamecube - F-Zero GX Nintendo DS: - Brain Age - Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow - Mario Kart DS Game Boy Advance: - Final Fantasy Tactics Advance - Gradius Galaxies - Breath of Fire PC - World of Warcraft - World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade DVDs - Futurama: Seasons 1, 2, 3, 4 - Family Guy: Volumes 1, 2 - The Sopranos: Seasons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 - Six Feet Under: The Complete Series Box --- Never stop the car on a drive in the dark... http://www.last.fm/user/A_I_e_x/ |
| PeTeRL90 | Posted 6/23/2007 3:23:45 AM | message detail |
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I could've taken some of those off your hands, especially SMT: Nocturne. I've been looking for it for years. --- Total Files/Complete FAQs: 47/33 http://club.ign.com/b/list/custom?&lid=100018&owner=PeTeRL90&mode=vown |
| brian sulpher | Posted 6/23/2007 3:31:06 AM | message detail |
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If I ever were to dump my stuff, I know I would dump my whole Genesis
set (never played it, only have it cause I got it for free), some crap
NES games, some crap SNES games, and maybe Red Steel. The rest I wuld
keep simply cause I can not see my interest in this stuff waning after
23 years of gaming (man the Coleco still lights up my life once every
couple of weeks... Gorf kicks ass!). --- 72 FAQs for games never covered at www.GameFAQs.com. DIVISION 6: WORD |
| Devin Morgan | Posted 6/23/2007 4:17:43 AM | message detail |
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You sold ALL of that? O_O I have a fairly large gaming collection as well (not so much new stuff like yours was mainly composed of, but I have a LOT of GCN, SNES, N64, and GBA games). The thing that's keeping me from selling any of it is my pack rat nature. I have that tendency to think that someday I'll want to play these games again, and in some cases that's true (Last year I brought the N64 to my dorm and it gets used on a fairly regular basis, even after several years of being literally kept in storage. My roommate also brought his Sega Genesis in, and I bought the Sega CD, both of which got used rather often.). So yeah... --- Devin Morgan | CRP #3579 FAQ Completion Projects (NES, GB/GBC): http://faqs.retronintendo.com |
| Devin Morgan | Posted 6/23/2007 4:26:12 AM | message detail |
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And since I forgot to ask, how much did you actually make from selling all that? >_> --- Devin Morgan | CRP #3579 FAQ Completion Projects (NES, GB/GBC): http://faqs.retronintendo.com |
| PeTeRL90 | Posted 6/23/2007 4:52:00 AM | message detail |
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I know what you mean, Dev. I don't sell the games I don't play right now either because I might get an urge to play it again. Case and point, Final Fantasy Mystic Quest. --- Total Files/Complete FAQs: 47/33 http://club.ign.com/b/list/custom?&lid=100018&owner=PeTeRL90&mode=vown |
| A I e x | Posted 6/23/2007 4:55:14 AM | message detail |
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Yeah, that's the thing, I was always the same way. All four years of
university I literally moved everything with me. I always had every
console set up, every game on the shelf, I was the guy everyone knew as
"the guy with everything" those room could be used for all your gaming
needs. It was just a thought I had one day about a month ago at work, where I asked myself whether I really had a good reason to hang onto all of it, and I couldn't think of one. I let myself dwell on it for almost two weeks before I made the decision. Basically I'm at a really difficult crossroads where I simply don't have the energy to put into this new generation of incresingly enormous and complex games, putting a serious kink in the future on my dominant hobby for the past 20 years. Further, this is coupled with almost total disinterest in pursuing any career in either of my majoring fields (Computer Science or Psychology). These two seemingly unrelated issues have somehow coalesced into the need for a serious change, which at this moment is manifesting its first steps as an almsot Buddhist-like liquidating of all the excess crap that I own. A buddy of mine and I are going to be taking a trip to New Zealand after we complete our fifth year and graduate (May '08), and I haven't yet hammered out all the details, but after the next step (of selling my PC and going back to a laptop) I won't have any reason to return here. At least not for a fairly long time. Of course, now that you've navigated through my life story, or at least the 2007 version, I can answer the question. About four grand. --- Never stop the car on a drive in the dark... http://www.last.fm/user/A_I_e_x/ |
| Devin Morgan | Posted 6/23/2007 7:39:46 AM | message detail |
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If you're serious about selling the PC, I may be interested. Let's talk sometime. --- Devin Morgan | CRP #3579 FAQ Completion Projects (NES, GB/GBC): http://faqs.retronintendo.com |
| Snow Dragon | Posted 6/23/2007 8:28:20 AM | message detail |
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Jesus Christ, how much did you get for all that?? --- Now what the deal is is you gonna have to get over there and figure out what that's all about |
| Super Slash | Posted 6/23/2007 9:08:59 AM | message detail |
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You really sold all of the good games. You sold Xenosaga, Twilight
Princess, The Minish Cap, SF64, Goldeneye, Perfect Dark, MK64...I
didn't look at EVERY game on the list, but you sold all of the good
games. And holy crap, you must have six times more games than me if you
still have games left after that. O.o --- Current Amount of FAQs: 18 (5033 Total KB) Current KB FAQ Rank: Prolific |
| Karpah | Posted 6/23/2007 10:06:14 AM | message detail |
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I reckon that was a pretty idiotic thing to do, but if you think it was
the right thing, props. Lord knows, I wish I had four grand right now. --- Tell me that past times wont die, tell me that old lies are alive... o.O Push button to turn on. Play with button to drive wild... |
| Carpainter | Posted 6/23/2007 12:19:23 PM | message detail |
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... You sold your TG16? :( --- PsyTom2000: OK I was the guy who annoyed everyone unintentionally! AstroBlue: That's not really narrowing it down. |
| Shotgunnova | Posted 6/23/2007 2:39:04 PM | message detail |
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| Crazyreyn | Posted 6/23/2007 4:23:09 PM | message detail |
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Wowsers, that's a lot of stuff. I'm kinda like Devin in the sense that
I always feel like I will go back to a game and play it, even years
down the line... I realised this after I sold my N64 twice, now on my
third and slowly getting a nice set of games for it at last. Also <3 my Amiga with hundreds of games. --- 51/75 Full Circle | Y.T.W.S.R. | FCB History - http://www.crazyreyn.com/fcbhistory/ |
| A I e x | Posted 6/23/2007 9:31:43 PM | message detail |
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Final Fantasy Tactics was listed under stuff I kept. It's a pretty decent PC, I haven't yet decided whether I want to sell it as a whole, or in pieces. I don't play many PC games (aside from WoW still occasionally) so I won't be looking for a laptop anywhere near as powerful as the machine I have now is. Specs on this machine are: AMD Athalon 64 Processor 3000+ 1.99 GHz, 1.00 GB of RAM 120 GB Hard Drive ATI Radeon X1800 XL PCI Express 256 MB Card (DVI, VGA & S-Video outs) I used to play Oblivion running at 1680 x 1050 on almost maxed out settings, so like I said, it's a good machine. If you, or anyone else, is serious and wants to make an offer, feel free to drop me an email. --- Come on, everybody's waiting... http://www.last.fm/user/A_I_e_x/ |
| PeTeRL90 | Posted 6/23/2007 10:36:46 PM | message detail |
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I still wouldn't mind taking some of that stuff off your hands. --- Total Files/Complete FAQs: 47/33 http://club.ign.com/b/list/custom?&lid=100018&owner=PeTeRL90&mode=vown |
| A I e x | Posted 6/23/2007 10:49:36 PM | message detail |
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Most of it, aside from the DVDs, is already gone. Nocturne went for
almsot sixty bucks, which blew me away, but I guess since I preordered
it and got the soundtrack version it must be pretty rare. --- Come on, everybody's waiting... http://www.last.fm/user/A_I_e_x/ |
| PeTeRL90 | Posted 6/23/2007 11:02:45 PM | message detail |
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It is rare. Check to see how much a new copy costs at Amazon. --- Total Files/Complete FAQs: 47/33 http://club.ign.com/b/list/custom?&lid=100018&owner=PeTeRL90&mode=vown |
| Groovilicious | Posted 6/24/2007 1:39:16 AM | message detail |
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Surprising to see someone sell so much at once, but if you got 4K, good deal. --- Mario Party 8 is the eighth Mario Party game... -Review |
| TestaALT | Posted 6/24/2007 2:23:50 AM | message detail |
| I'm sure you have more DVDs than a few TV boxsets, right? What are you going to do with those? |
| A I e x | Posted 6/24/2007 9:02:48 AM | message detail |
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Not really, I've always preferred Tv series' to DVD movies of which
I've never actually collected many. I basically own The Shawshank
Redemption, Batman Begins and Star Trek; First Contact on DVD and
that's about it. I'll hang onto those, but it's not like they're worth
anything anwyay. --- Come on, everybody's waiting... http://www.last.fm/user/A_I_e_x/ |
| SubSane | Posted 6/24/2007 9:16:42 AM | message detail |
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A buddy of mine and I are going to be taking a trip to New Zealand
after we complete our fifth year and graduate (May '08), and I haven't
yet hammered out all the details, but after the next step (of selling
my PC and going back to a laptop) I won't have any reason to return
here. At least not for a fairly long time. An excellent idea. New Zealand is on my list of must-visits and I've heard fantastic things both from former NZ residents and folks who just visited. I would advise you to start making a giant list of places to see and get a NZ map to start planning. There's always time for the side trips and stuff you won't find on Google, but it's good to have an itinerary as a guideline. And man, the sale of so much great stuff is painful. I simply left most of my non-essential game stuff (read: older consoles and games) with my bros since I figure they can at least still get some play out of 'em. I hope you don't start thinking about all those awesome games 2 years from now and get seller's remorse. :) --- Simpsons Video Games, ya dig? www.noiseland.net ::Elite Rogue:: {//=|RDoN|=\\} |
| supernova54321 | Posted 6/24/2007 12:49:24 PM | message detail |
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I see you kept WoW and WoW:BC. Bad move :P I don't play any more myself, but, out of interest, what race/class do you play? Server? Gear? etc --- The person who has no opinion will seldom be wrong. - German proverb |
| A I e x | Posted 6/24/2007 4:29:36 PM | message detail |
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re: SubSane That's awesome, I definitely hear that. As for the games, most of the ones I hung onto are the ones that have the most nostalgia value for me, but nevertheless, I hope your're right. I'm one of those people who suddenly gets an urge to play an old game. I pick it up and jump into it, then ten minutes later I'm bored and it goes back to the shelf for another year. I have too many games like that, and I'm not convinced it's reason enough to keep them. The ones I did keep I feel are the ones I'm most likely going to want to go through from start to finish again someday. That, or they just have some sentimental value (like Tactics Ogre). re: supernova54321 http://armory.worldofwarcraft.com/#character-sheet.xml?r=Mug%27thol&n=Faustophilus --- Come on, everybody's waiting... http://www.last.fm/user/A_I_e_x/ |
| Snow Dragon | Posted 6/24/2007 4:52:17 PM | message detail |
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I'm one of those people who suddenly gets an urge to play an old
game. I pick it up and jump into it, then ten minutes later I'm bored
and it goes back to the shelf for another year. Oh my God, I SO do this. --- Now what the deal is is you gonna have to get over there and figure out what that's all about |
| DairyPirate | Posted 6/24/2007 7:52:29 PM | message detail |
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From Snow Dragon I'm one of those people who suddenly gets an urge to play an old game. I pick it up and jump into it, then ten minutes later I'm bored and it goes back to the shelf for another year. Oh my God, I SO do this. Hahaha, this. --- [ER] WDL- Grand Master of Cremations |
| TripleJumpMB | Posted 6/24/2007 9:30:57 PM | message detail |
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My games are like my children. After I get them, I just can't get rid of them :( --- http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/recognition/38449.html |
| bodo_parkour | Posted 6/24/2007 9:49:03 PM | message detail |
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You don't need to keep children. Anyhow, I don't see how selling loads of games does any good, if it's all just for a holiday. A holiday lasts for a week or two, but games are with you forever. Where did you sell it? I'm guessing that if you sold it all to a retailer, they got a pretty big shock when you walked in with a container full of games. |
| A I e x | Posted 6/25/2007 12:09:58 AM | message detail |
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| A I e x | Posted 6/25/2007 12:13:00 AM | message detail |
| I sold them to be rid of them, not because I
needed the money. My entire life I have been the poster child
combination of just about every response in this topic, my games were
like my children, they were like the bread and butter of everything I
owned, so this is me doing what I want to do, for my own reasons. I'm not trying to schedule a "holiday." I've been looking all around here, looking at all my potential options and discussing ideas with friends and collegues. I have a hard time with the idea of graduating (which I will this coming May) and moving right into the job market. It's almost as if I'll land somewhere, but all I see in 20 years is a picture of myself, exactly as I am now, except 20 years older. It's like I've learned everything I can staying here, and I'll never grow any further if I stick around, regardless of what career I pursue. So in other words, I am trying to liquify as much as possible with the intention of leaving here, and I'm not talking "weeks," I'm talking years. Also, everything went on eBay. I doubt there are any collectors out there as hardcore as I was that would sell to anyone who didn't fully appreciate the value of the great condition and rarity of so much of what I got rid of. --- Come on, everybody's waiting... http://www.last.fm/user/A_I_e_x/ |
| SubSane | Posted 6/25/2007 6:58:47 AM | message detail |
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It's like I've learned everything I can staying here, and I'll never
grow any further if I stick around, regardless of what career I pursue. Entering the work force right after graduating can be good and bad. Sure you can try new things, meet new people, and experience new things by moving somewhere far from what you know, but unless you've been saving money like mad all through college it's going to be tough to get by. The fact is new experiences cost money. I decided to start my career right after college and worked for a few more years until I had more experience and savings than I knew what to do with. When I left the last job and moved I had really good stuff on the resumé and more than enough saved to live somewhere new for 2 months without working. In that time I traveled all around and had lots of time to look for work, a place to live, and interviews. Now that I'm working again I've of course mellowed out with the spending, but that's only in preparation for the next big trip. :) --- Simpsons Video Games, ya dig? www.noiseland.net ::Elite Rogue:: {//=|RDoN|=\\} |
| PeTeRL90 | Posted 6/25/2007 7:10:10 AM | message detail |
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Everyone gets sick of games sometimes, Alex, so it's no big deal.
However, the age varies for when one gets sick of their games. I'm 22 and I still enjoy mine, and Papa is in his 40's and still plays PC games. --- Total Files/Complete FAQs: 47/33 http://club.ign.com/b/list/custom?&lid=100018&owner=PeTeRL90&mode=vown |
| Devin Morgan | Posted 6/25/2007 7:30:16 AM | message detail |
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Entering the work force right after graduating can be good and bad.
Sure you can try new things, meet new people, and experience new things
by moving somewhere far from what you know, but unless you've been
saving money like mad all through college it's going to be tough to get
by. The fact is new experiences cost money. Student loans make it all the more fun, which is basically what's covering my final 2.5 years of college. >_< I do work on the weekends though, and save a good chunk of my money in the bank, so it's not like I'm pissing it away on crap. I may splurge here or there, but never too crazy. I just have to wait to see what's coming up once college is done, I'll have to get a job with my degree and find a real place to live (I live in a dorm and take classes year-round), to figure out where to go from there. Shouldn't be as hard as I'm led to believe though... --- Devin Morgan | CRP #3579 FAQ Completion Projects (NES, GB/GBC): http://faqs.retronintendo.com |
| SubSane | Posted 6/25/2007 7:51:10 AM | message detail |
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Nah, it ain't tough. I understand the older folks think it's a hard
world out there and everyone's out to crap on you... and well, they
are. But finding a place isn't so tough. :) Some more sage advice: craigslist.com can be your best friend when it comes to finding furniture and a place to live. Or, preferably, a place that already has furniture. Studio apartments ftw!!! --- Simpsons Video Games, ya dig? www.noiseland.net ::Elite Rogue:: {//=|RDoN|=\\} |
| Devin Morgan | Posted 6/25/2007 8:26:01 AM | message detail |
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Honestly dude, as long as the place has the general utilities, a clean
bathroom, and broadband hookups, I'd be perfectly happy. Even if it was
just one or two rooms, it wouldn't be a big deal. I guess I am low
maintenance in that aspect (whatever makes saving money easier :P). --- Devin Morgan | CRP #3579 FAQ Completion Projects (NES, GB/GBC): http://faqs.retronintendo.com |
| Crazyreyn | Posted 6/25/2007 9:47:40 AM | message detail |
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A l e x - I sound in a somewhat similar situation as you right now.
Just finished another year of uni, graduate in May and wondering where
the hell I go from there. My plan is to finish with a few hundred
pounds under my belt (from keeping some of that student loan back and
working for the soulless capitalist regime that is Asda-Walmart), learn
to drive and go travelling. Sounds pretty vague but I although May in some respects is far away, it'll be here in a second, and I'll have to grow up and take hold about what I'm doing next. University is this amazing experience and although it's all about independence, at the same time at least I know what I'm doing here - get up, go to lectures, take exams - going from that to suddenly having to mature in a summer is going to be tough; I just hope I'm ready in time. At least it seems like you are taking action now, getting money ready for at least the next few years. --- 51/75 Full Circle | Y.T.W.S.R. | FCB History - http://www.crazyreyn.com/fcbhistory/ |
| Karpah | Posted 6/25/2007 2:14:13 PM | message detail |
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I didn't have the money to take time off after uni. Though I did do
something a bit wild anyway - packed up all my stuff and moved clear
across the country. I had a thousand bucks saved up from working
more-than-part-time all the way through uni, so once I got my
graduation piece of paper, I made plans to leave town. I finally quit my part time job late last month, flew out three days later, spent a month finding my feet on this side of the country, and then went out looking for a new job, which I found fairly easily. Much more easily than I would have, in Melbourne, anyhow. --- Tell me that past times wont die, tell me that old lies are alive... o.O Push button to turn on. Play with button to drive wild... |
| SubSane | Posted 6/25/2007 5:15:42 PM | message detail |
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Sweet! Whereabouts are you now? People too often think getting it away from it all means taking time off to live a leisurely lifestyle, when in fact simply moving (and working in) someplace new can be rejuvenating and feel just as great. --- Simpsons Video Games, ya dig? www.noiseland.net ::Elite Rogue:: {//=|RDoN|=\\} |
