The opening of a sealed game

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UnscathedFlyingObject wrote:I was expecting you to burn a sealed copy of Radiant Silvergun.
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I hate sealed ps2 games; the seal is very hard to get off. Dragoforce obviously studied the case before to know exactly where the lip was. It just went too smooth!)
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I think all sealed games should be opened, then resealed, and then reopened.
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D wrote:Dragoforce obviously studied the case before to know exactly where the lip was. It just went too smooth!)
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captpain wrote:I think all sealed games should be opened, then resealed, and then reopened.
There are machines that can actually seal games. I saw one on YJ once, but it was too expensive! Just imagine you buy a game, open it, then play it, then seal it again, then sell it for double after 2 years because of the sealage. I didn't have enough games to warrant the purchase for this machine, perhaps when I buy more games. But I must stop buying sealed games, so I can save up then seal all my games.
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D wrote:
captpain wrote:I think all sealed games should be opened, then resealed, and then reopened.
There are machines that can actually seal games. I saw one on YJ once, but it was too expensive! Just imagine you buy a game, open it, then play it, then seal it again, then sell it for double after 2 years because of the sealage. I didn't have enough games to warrant the purchase for this machine, perhaps when I buy more games. But I must stop buying sealed games, so I can save up then seal all my games.
its also lying and decietful as the only pourpose this would have is to buy second hand games and reseal them.
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Post by elfhentaifan »

seal it youself then and look if people fall for it.
Just ignore any further threads and complaints then
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We were talking about sealed games on IRC a few days ago and the whole reseal issue came up, just imagine if people really did take out the disc and manual and just stuck in a blank CD-R and resealed it.
It must drive some sealed game collectors crazy not knowing if the actual disc is in there or not. :lol:
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My machine will seal everybody who commented in this thread and I will sell sealed forum members on Ebay.
[reply from random shmup forum member: "I will seal your mom"]
nice try!
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Lordstar wrote:
D wrote:
captpain wrote:I think all sealed games should be opened, then resealed, and then reopened.
There are machines that can actually seal games. I saw one on YJ once, but it was too expensive! Just imagine you buy a game, open it, then play it, then seal it again, then sell it for double after 2 years because of the sealage. I didn't have enough games to warrant the purchase for this machine, perhaps when I buy more games. But I must stop buying sealed games, so I can save up then seal all my games.
its also lying and decietful as the only pourpose this would have is to buy second hand games and reseal them.
Yeah, but it's funny, due to the fact that it exploits people stupid enough to buy a game and NOT play it.

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So it's perfectly acceptable to rip people off just because they want to purchase a game that's sealed? I see.
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D wrote:My machine will seal everybody who commented in this thread and I will sell sealed forum members on Ebay.
[reply from random shmup forum member: "I will seal your mom"]
nice try!
That would make you stinking rich you know; considering that every human individual is one of a kind, you would have some pretty rare goods right there... :lol:
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D wrote:My machine will seal everybody who commented in this thread and I will sell sealed forum members on Ebay.
[reply from random shmup forum member: "I will seal your mom"]
nice try!
lol got to collect us all :lol:
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Heh, I managed to get Ibara for £35 ($4) sealed about a year ago. I could prob flog the guide for about the same price now :roll:
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MX7 wrote:£35 ($4)
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LaserGun wrote:We were talking about sealed games on IRC a few days ago and the whole reseal issue came up, just imagine if people really did take out the disc and manual and just stuck in a blank CD-R and resealed it.
It must drive some sealed game collectors crazy not knowing if the actual disc is in there or not. :lol:
I for one would get crazy, especially if the seal seems dodgy or I feel something moving inside the case. I had a sealed copy of Ikaruga for DC (my only ever sealed game) up until recently and I opened it just to see what was the rattling sound it was making. Turns out the little tabs in the middle holding the CD were all destroyed.
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Elixir wrote:There's no way in hell I'm opening my sealed Ikaruga which I bought in '05. It has some sentimental value. So do my sealed copies of Zombie vs. Ambulance, Valkyrie Profile 2, Guilty Gear XX #Reload (Korean) and the NICO DVD.
Indeed, nothing destroys the sentimental value of a game quicker than opening it and playing it.
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I think collectors have enough brains and cash to have a copy to play and a copy to throw in the temperature controlled vault.
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