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If you could tell your younger self one thing about gaming...

That graphics will be better than your wildest imaginings. That Tron will seem laughable as you soar through realtime worlds infinitely more complex. And that douchebags on a thing called "gaf" will spend every waking hour complaining about some insignificant aspect of them.
 
I would have said... get a new hobby. From a financial perspective, games are a horrible investment and they have only gotten more expensive and held less of their value with time. I think gaming is getting dull as well. Multiplayer games still engross me, but there has been a serious lack of innovation within gaming minus the Wii, and I don't find Wii terribly fascinating.
 
Oddly enough...nothing. Everything is as it should be.


But now that I think about it, I'd tell my younger self to visit the arcades more.
 
I'd make my young self give me head at gunpoint.

During the act, I would quote Nohman from zoe.

"I remember you... it's..... DINGO!!!"

"Anubis is superb."

etc.

I would probably do that once a week. Each time going back a few minutes earlier in time so I won't get sloppy seconds.
 
Zyzyxxz said:
I'd tell myself:

Don't buy the gamecube, get a PS2 now instead of waiting 3 years.
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Yeah. Or at least, get both. God damn, I missed out on so much.

Also, don't let that kid borrow your Goldeneye and 3 N64 controllers. Fucker never returned them and they were NOT regular controllers. (DK64 Green, Nintendo Power Banana and Pikachu Blue/Orange)
Edit: Just went on eBay. I'll buy a Pikachu N64 just for the controller and a DK64 Green one. But I doubt I'll ever see the Banana controller again.
 
undrtakr900 said:
Hey I loved my Game Gear back then, wouldn't trade it for anything.
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Yeah, I loved it too. No regrets really - the amount of time I spent staying up using the TV tuner was worth it. But...the Game Boy had better games. No question.
 
Dont look at the back of the Final Fantasy 7 box, just do not do it.

And remember to thank that stupid kid for selling his 14 psone games for $45 which included Ghost in the Shell, Klonoa, and Final Fantasy Tactics.
 
There is a game for the Super Nintendo that will come out called Super Metroid. Save up your money and buy this game as soon as your mum buys you the system. Ignore the $50 bargain games; they're not worth it. YOU WANT SUPER METROID.

Why? It is the single greatest game of all time and will continue to as such well into your adulthood... perhaps forever.
 
bigswords said:
Ask my parents to invest all my education savings on Nintendo shares. :lol
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Oh man. You have no idea. The first time I saw those cheesy videos of those actors playing with the Wii, I tried so hard to get them to invest in Nintendo. I tried so hard. If I had known how well it would've turned out now, I would've used a gun.
 
I would definitely have told myself to ignore all Halo 2 and Halo 3 marketing. To ignore all Cortana letters and stop myself from watching the Halo 3 E3 teaser trailer. To make sure I forget anything and everything to do with A.I rampancy and continuously kick my naive self when he would get giddy as Cortana would take up the screen speaking dark ominous shit through out Halo 3 and was thinking it would actually result in anything.
 
Don't sell a chunk of your comics to import the all powerful and almighty psp before it's released in Europe, when the only games you will ever really enjoy playing will be Lumines and Wipeout Pure.
 
Phaethon0017 said:
Oh man. You have no idea. The first time I saw those cheesy videos of those actors playing with the Wii, I tried so hard to get them to invest in Nintendo. I tried so hard. If I had known how well it would've turned out now, I would've used a gun.
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pssh Nintendo's stock is nothing compared to the gains Google or Apple has made.

Shit if I could go back in time, when I was only 17 and buying stocks for my mom, I would now dump all her stocks to buy solely Google shares and wait a year and half for it to hit $700.
 
HUELEN10 said:
the fuck is a mr. swap point
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Mr. Swap was this up and coming replacement for Ebay where instead of using money, you traded items for swap points. At first, you could get some good deals with most items being pretty cheap, swap points wise so I jumped in. Right after I traded Earthbound though, they allowed real money to be allowed in the system where Mr. Swap points became pretty much worthless and I think Mr. Swap failed shortly after doing that.
 
AlternativeUlster said:
Mr. Swap was this up and coming replacement for Ebay where instead of using money, you traded items for swap points. At first, you could get some good deals with most items being pretty cheap, swap points wise so I jumped in. Right after I traded Earthbound though, they allowed real money to be allowed in the system where Mr. Swap points became pretty much worthless and I think Mr. Swap failed shortly after doing that.
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Ouch man, I feel for you, I really really do. I have done some stupid stuff too, like pass out on a Virtual Boy and every NA game for 80 USD. STUPID!
 
Don't get a Gamecube, but instead purchase certain games, like Eternal Darkness and REmake, to play when you get your Wii later. Also, don't hype yourself up for Super Smash Bros. 3, it will suck. Don't scratch up your Final Fantasy VII, IX and X discs just because you suck at them, you know you really enjoy them and it will only complicate things for you in the future.

Obligatorily tell parents to invest in stock. That'd be #1 on my list of things to say.
 
alistairw said:
I can't remember the name of it, but there was that shitty movie years ago with that guy who could talk to his younger self, and warn him about things. Maybe there was a baseball in it, and it knocked the ham radio receiver he had? Something like that. I never saw it - only the preview, and that was enough to put me off ever seeing it. But anyway: suppose you could do that to yourself - knock the ham radio that is GAF, with your baseball of truth - to warn yourself away from the shitty games that you've wasted time on. 26 hours on Xenosaga? Really?

Or to tell yourself that, actually, maybe you should have bought that copy of F-Zero instead of Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt.

Or: dude, seriously, you want a Game Gear rather than a Game Boy? Are you mental?!

Have at it, GAF. Tell your younger selves the truths, however uncomfortably they might be.
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"Son, no matter what you are playing.... stay away from Neogaf"
 
I would tell myself to play Metal Gear Solid, since I had an MSX.
I would tell myself to get a SNES instead of a Sega Megadrive and play Zelda: ALTTP.
I would tell myself to stop wasting money on upgrading my PC and just buy a PS1.
I would tell myself to stay far away from World of Warcraft.
I would tell myself to buy stocks in Apple, eBay and Amazon.
 
Dont sell your:

* PS1 and 30 games
* Saturn and 10 games
* Megadrives with 30 odd games
* PS1 again with awesome Medievil 2 box
* Dreamcast because shops stop stocking it

Also:
Dont open and use the poster, stickers and tshirt in the MGS1 Collectors box (PAL).
Try cleaning the disk drive of the Amiga instead of selling it for cheap.
 
Don't sell your Gamecube copy of Beyond Good And Evil.

Buy a 2nd set of Maracas for Samba De Amigo.

Hold Sega's entire board of directors hostage and threaten to kill all of their families with remote operated C4 if they don't make Shenmue 3.
 
Current Self to Future Self:

The balance between financial advice versus gaming advice in this thread is very telling...
 
Don't buy Microsoft consoles at launch.
Don't sell Gunstar Heroes, you'll only buy it again 10 years later.
Don't play Guitar Hero, It will suck you in and take away your life.
 
To skip last generation completely. There was a few gems, but for the most part I was severely dissappointed, especially compared to previous generations.
 
Safe Bet said:
Current Self to Future Self:

The balance between financial advice versus gaming advice in this thread is very telling...
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because when you are young all you want to do is game, whereas when you are old all you want to do is game in a nice house with all the bills paid and a well fed, well educated family.

Experience>naivety
 
You know that game your about to buy, GT 64?

It's not a 64 version of Gran Turismo.


Got it for my 10th birthday. So dissapointing. I think out of every game I've ever owned, it got the least amount of play time. I literally played it once, and never touched it again.
 
Dear CTLance of the past:

Play more videogames. I hate feeling the need to "catch up" all the time. It's OK to drive your parents insane with begging, they have enough money (I must know, I've already inherited half of it). Also, try to spend some more quality time with both of them. Oh, and one last thing: you will play some truly awesome games. Look forward to it.
Never forget one thing though: DO NOT LOSE YOUR CART OF LINKS AWAKENING YOU FUCKING IDIOT!

XOXO,
CTLance of your future.

P.S.: Your dads' porn is in the locked chest in the hidden compartement under the bed. Use a bent paper clip. No need to thank me.
 
I would tell my yunger self to tell my parents to buy a PS1 instead of a N64.

Not that I hate the N64, its just that I missed out on some awesome games.

Also buy 2 copies of Panzer Dragoon Saga. One to enjoy, the other to sell.
 
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