The Unthinkable....Your collection goes up in smoke!!

[Raedon]

I'd just be glad if no one was killed.

I don't have any amazingly rare NWC-like carts in my collection. With $20,000 I could replace almost all of it in a couple of years. I probably wouldn't buy all the crap games again though. Buying Barbie carts at Good Will just because they are there and 25 cents is just something you do. I wouldn't pay $2 for the crap I have in my NES collection.

[heybtbm]

Buying Barbie carts at Good Will just because they are there and 25 cents is just something you do.

If you say so.

[SpaceHarrier]

I'd definitely be feeling low, but not so much about the loss of all my collection, but the loss of games I've had since I was a child... even though I could get an identical replacement of most (if not all) of them, it is still not the one I had as a child.

Perhaps that denotes I have a little too much of a connection with certain things though??

I would start my collection over, but would probably only replace maybe my top 5 games across all the consoles I used to have. I call this the "desert island" collection.

[-hellvin-]

I really don't think I would do anything. It would be such a gigantic loss that I'd be dumbfounded. Life would move on and I would consider the fire a natural sign to end my collecting hobby.

[garagesaleking!!]

This has actually happened to people for real on dp, the most recent I remember was the member whos neighbors kid flooded his house. I feel like this topic is a little unnecesarry when the real thing actually happens.

[Raedon]

If you say so.

I do say so.

[carlcarlson]

Stuff is stuff, it wouldn't be a big deal for me. I love playing video games, and even collecting them to an extent, but I can think of about a thousand things that would hurt worse to lose.

[Emuaust]

My parents house burned down last september, when I found out the house was on fire I panicked a lot, at least half of my collection was still boxed in storage in the house, lucky for me I suppose the ONLY room left alone by the fire was my old bedroom with all my stuff in it.

The thing is though its only stuff and stuff can be replaced, I am just happy nobody was home and my dog got out of the house unscathed, it did wake me up to the fact there are far more important things then gaming stuff.

[Carey85]

I'd be far more upset about photos, mementos, and other items that actually amount to something. If nothing else, all of the plastic in my game collection would only fuel the fire. I've got enough insurance to where it would be very unlikely that I would come out at a loss, but as I said before, photos and mementos are far more important.

[N 2 Nintendo]

True, their are many more important things. However in respect to my collection of games, I would probably start over. Maybe even with a stronger sense of collecting, as their definitely are those extremely hard to replace items. And the want to replace them would be strong, but it could backfire making it simple to lett go at that point. But life would go on regardless even if I never got a chance to replace them again.

[Fuyukaze]

First off, the collection would be meaningless compared to the real loss. Being homeless. Saying it sucks doesnt even start.

On the other hand, I have seen atleast one former forum member smoke their collection away but that's a diffrent story all together.

[Guru of Time and Space]

Good riddance.

-GoTaS

[RASK1904]

When I was like 20 I had over 200 Atari games. I had collected. Well they were in a friends car and her car got stolen. I couldn't talk to her for a long time after that. I was definitly not buying any atari games becuase every time I thought "I used to have that, or, thats crap I had better, or I'm not paying that much" So it was really hard to get back into it. Then one day I found Frankenstein's Monster, and I never had that one. So I wanted to play it. Later I found a 2600 for 9$. And now I have over 100 different games again. I am still missing a few that I do really want to get again, but I can wait. The best was when I'd get a bunch of games and play them and remember that I used to have the game and liked it. Pain sucks but it does fade with time.

ps. I've told this story sooooooo many times here.