On 11/18/2023 3:25 AM, Werner P. wrote:
> Am 18.11.23 um 10:26 schrieb JAB:
>>
>> It's quite strange when you have the people who are really quite proud
>> of how many kits the have. There was a person on a forum I used that
>> seemed to spend more time making posts about the next bunch of kits
>> they had bought (it wasn't unusually for them to buy ten or twenty
>> kits in one week) than they did actually building models.
>
> Same those physical console game collectors, they have thousands of
> boxes in their selves with the original machines which they never play.
>
> I am not getting it, they just collect them to show pictures off, in the
> meanwhile I am perfectly happy with my mister which can emulate those
> systems almost perfectly or perfectly and do not have my stacks full.
>
> But I am not getting most collectors anyway, except for their
> inheritance which might have a value once they die.
> But that also depends on if you were lucky collecting the right things!
>
Just keep reminding yourself, "Humans are not rational." ;)

Or in some of these kinds of instances, wonder how many generations back
the squirrel some ancestor mated with was. :D

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On 11/16/23 23:41, Werner P. wrote:
> Am 17.11.23 um 02:11 schrieb Dimensional Traveler:
>
>> Don't use Ubi.
>
> Ubi did more to kill itself by enforcing their stupid client on everyone
> than anyone from outside ever could have done.
> That and trying stupiditly to be another EA by nickel and diming their
> customers!
>

Nobody seems to realize that customer experience actually matters,
besides Valve..
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On 11/18/2023 8:17 PM, candycanearter07 wrote:
> On 11/16/23 23:41, Werner P. wrote:
>> Am 17.11.23 um 02:11 schrieb Dimensional Traveler:
>>
>>> Don't use Ubi.
>>
>> Ubi did more to kill itself by enforcing their stupid client on everyone
>> than anyone from outside ever could have done.
>> That and trying stupiditly to be another EA by nickel and diming their
>> customers!
>>
>
> Nobody seems to realize that customer experience actually matters,
> besides Valve..

Well, it doesn't. If you have a monopoly....

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Am 19.11.23 um 06:58 schrieb Dimensional Traveler:
>
> Well, it doesn't.  If you have a monopoly....
ubi has a monopoly?

On Sat, 18 Nov 2023 08:20:17 -0800, Dimensional Traveler
<dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

>Or in some of these kinds of instances, wonder how many generations back
>the squirrel some ancestor mated with was. :D

Oh, I see what you're insinuating! But I'll have you know that I came
across my hoarding predilections naturally, and that my
great-grandmother was definitely not a squirrel! I don't care how many
acorns they found in her attic! ;-) ;-)

Although my video game habits are really based more on experience than
just a simple hoarding instinct. Too often I'd want a game but - by
the time I'd scrounged the cash to buy it - it was no longer available
(this, of course, was mostly back in the day when games were sold in
brick-n-mortar stores where shelf-space was at a premium, and things
like EBay weren't an easy alternative to finding long-tail items).

Coupled to that was that I'd often overlook games which - at the time
- didn't look appealing to me, but I'd later discover would have been
a perfect match for me.

End result: I grab all the games I can because I never know when I'll
want to play them. And I make an honest effort to play as many of them
as I can (and try to give each at least an install and look-over, even
if I don't actually engage with them for more than a few moments).

The fact that digital marketplaces make acquisition (and storage) of
the games so easy, and that disk space has become so plentiful, AND
that they're literally giving away games for free these days... well,
it's no wonder The Number has grown so large. ;-)

But it's definitely NOT because I'm part-squirrel. The bushy tail is
just a fashion statement.

Chek-chek-chek-chirrup.

Am 18.11.23 um 17:20 schrieb Dimensional Traveler:
>>
> Just keep reminding yourself, "Humans are not rational."  😉
There is a joke here...

What happened 1918?

That was the year the first policemen came upright walking out of the
woods...

On 11/19/2023 6:02 AM, Werner P. wrote:
> Am 19.11.23 um 06:58 schrieb Dimensional Traveler:
>>
>> Well, it doesn't.  If you have a monopoly....
> ubi has a monopoly?
>
I'm sure they want one and in the business world if you want something
act like you already have it. :P

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On 11/19/2023 6:38 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> On Sat, 18 Nov 2023 08:20:17 -0800, Dimensional Traveler
> <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>
>
>> Or in some of these kinds of instances, wonder how many generations back
>> the squirrel some ancestor mated with was. :D
>
> Oh, I see what you're insinuating! But I'll have you know that I came
> across my hoarding predilections naturally, and that my
> great-grandmother was definitely not a squirrel! I don't care how many
> acorns they found in her attic! ;-) ;-)
>
> Although my video game habits are really based more on experience than
> just a simple hoarding instinct. Too often I'd want a game but - by
> the time I'd scrounged the cash to buy it - it was no longer available
> (this, of course, was mostly back in the day when games were sold in
> brick-n-mortar stores where shelf-space was at a premium, and things
> like EBay weren't an easy alternative to finding long-tail items).
>
> Coupled to that was that I'd often overlook games which - at the time
> - didn't look appealing to me, but I'd later discover would have been
> a perfect match for me.
>
> End result: I grab all the games I can because I never know when I'll
> want to play them. And I make an honest effort to play as many of them
> as I can (and try to give each at least an install and look-over, even
> if I don't actually engage with them for more than a few moments).
>
> The fact that digital marketplaces make acquisition (and storage) of
> the games so easy, and that disk space has become so plentiful, AND
> that they're literally giving away games for free these days... well,
> it's no wonder The Number has grown so large. ;-)
>
> But it's definitely NOT because I'm part-squirrel. The bushy tail is
> just a fashion statement.
>
> Chek-chek-chek-chirrup.
>
>
Just for context, my maternal grandmother used to take vacations in
China. A significant number of them. Every trip she would come back
with enough furniture and knick-knacks to furnish a house. After she
died it took my mother about 20 years to clean up, appraise and auction
off all of it.... The several thousand books I have and almost as many
TV/Movie DVD/BR discs is in no way related to that. ;)

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Am 19.11.23 um 18:47 schrieb Dimensional Traveler:
> On 11/19/2023 6:02 AM, Werner P. wrote:
>> Am 19.11.23 um 06:58 schrieb Dimensional Traveler:
>>>
>>> Well, it doesn't.  If you have a monopoly....
>> ubi has a monopoly?
>>
> I'm sure they want one and in the business world if you want something
> act like you already have it.  :P
>
Arrogance usually is the last step before the downfall!

On 11/19/2023 10:21 AM, Werner P. wrote:
> Am 19.11.23 um 18:47 schrieb Dimensional Traveler:
>> On 11/19/2023 6:02 AM, Werner P. wrote:
>>> Am 19.11.23 um 06:58 schrieb Dimensional Traveler:
>>>>
>>>> Well, it doesn't.  If you have a monopoly....
>>> ubi has a monopoly?
>>>
>> I'm sure they want one and in the business world if you want something
>> act like you already have it.  :P
>>
> Arrogance usually is the last step before the downfall!
>
But if I have a monopoly then I'm too big to fail and the government has
to bail me out! :D

Besides, I'll see it coming and can retire with a nice golden parachute
before it does. :P

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