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If you are a member of the Candid Collectors Union and would like to get on the board post here and I'll add you, minimum collection size for the leaderboard is 500.

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Collections have to be validated through posting pictures of your collection (in the introduction thread) and if needed answering questions from fellow members of this board about things that may seem odd. Collection totals consist of games that you currently own (not games you used to own but now don't). Emulated games obviously do not count toward your collection total either. If you are on the leader board and your total differs from mine, I take the total that appears on the Collection tab of the Games section in your profile.

Updated 05/04/2008

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I think that Jeff, Wafle, 8-bit and I are at the high end, but amorphe and gamefreak1972 aren't far behind.  Going by the current state of our respective collection pages here, the "leaderboard" with those users would go:

1. 8-bitMaster at 2501
2. gmsnpr at 2136
3. Jeff at 2064
4. waflerevolution at 1783
5. gamefreak1972 at 1297
6. amorphe at 1128

I went from memory on who had the largest collections and may have missed somebody that should be on the list.  If so, please speak up.
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man... I remember the 2 times I had more then you...
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I do, too.  It's been a seesaw back and forth for quite a while.  I think that the lead (between us) has changed hands at least 4 times.
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4? I only paid attention to 2... eh, IGN says I have 1787...
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Time to update your sig Garrett. So, 2,500 seems to be the upper limit.... so far.  Interesting.
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The number I put in my sig uses the total from the database that I keep (rounded down to the nearest 25), which includes games that haven't been added to the database, some on un-added systems. There has been a gap between totals on and off-site of up to ~80 games, but I recently spent some time to make corrections and get some games added. I still want to get the LaserActive games added and the remaining CoCo stuff, but since there are two sets of LaserActive games that require different hardware to play, I don't know how that will be treated. I've sent an email to gsfiles@gamespot.com about it. There are a few title mistakes in the SMS games, too, but I'm going to leave that alone for now. I've alerted them to title mistakes before and they cast doubt on what I told them. There are some titles that I define as games that will likely never be added, like the special Wind Waker, or the Gamecube Preview that was sold in stores for $10. I think that a compilation with its own SKU, retail packaging and that you have to pay for, should be listed as a release on the 'Cube, but it's site policy not to include demos.

The gap has narrowed considerably. There are 6 LaserActive games (5 Mega LD-ROM and 1 LD-ROM2), 3 CoCo cartridges, 2 3DO demo discs, the GC stuff I just mentioned, a few Sears Televideo alternates to 2600 games, and several import version duplicates of NA titles in my collection that don't count towards the total listed here.

As for 2500 being the top end in the CCU, a guy joined the Union and claimed that he had ca. 13000 games, but after we asked him some awed questions about how he'd collected so many, he backpeddled, admitted that he had lied about some of the story he told us and left the Union within a few days. It's certainly possible to have 13000 games, but he had a few hundred listed in his collection page. He didn't convince me of his story before he left, and he left in such a hurry that it seems unlikely that he actually has a collection that large. Video Game Collector Magazine profiles a collector every issue, and the biggest guy profiled to date had ca. 9500, I think Joe Santulli from DP has around the same number, so the global top end could be really high.
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I could see the global top being near all of them.... I remember that guy, I invited him because his collection was 320something games (back then I could browse through everyone with a "serious collector" emblem, I invited most of them...) he turned out to be a sad, lonely little kid...
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[QUOTE="waflerevolution"] I could see the global top being near all of them.... I remember that guy, I invited him because his collection was 320something games (back then I could browse through everyone with a "serious collector" emblem, I invited most of them...) he turned out to be a sad, lonely little kid...



Yes, that feature was nice.   You could even search who had a particular game in their collection.  That was handy, and I don't know why those features were absent after the site redesign, except to avoid work on the part of the admins.
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[QUOTE="gmsnpr"] Yes, that feature was nice. You could even search who had a particular game in their collection. That was handy, and I don't know why those features were absent after the site redesign, except to avoid work on the part of the admins.

nail on the head.
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I bumped into this guy, Yazu13, he has a listed collection of 2,125 games.  I invited him over here, so hopefully he can come over.

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I looked at his collection, I almost believed it but there wans't a single game in it rated under 8.0 that's a little discrediting... I'd like to hear his reasoning for that...
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[QUOTE="waflerevolution"] I looked at his collection, I almost believed it but there wans't a single game in it rated under 8.0 that's a little discrediting... I'd like to hear his reasoning for that...

Me too. And the first game listed was cancelled before it was released. Hmmm.
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[QUOTE="aspro73"][QUOTE="waflerevolution"] I looked at his collection, I almost believed it but there wans't a single game in it rated under 8.0 that's a little discrediting... I'd like to hear his reasoning for that...

Me too. And the first game listed was cancelled before it was released. Hmmm.

emulated games possibly?
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Initial post updated, please read.
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#16 waflerevolution
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graph is pretty. I have lots more now.
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graph is pretty. I have lots more now.
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yeah, I'll update it later this week -- I'm hoping we can fill it out to a top ten, but if that does not happen I'll just update the folks who are on there.
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Well, the graph looks interesting, though I've always been partial to horizontal bar graphs.  As for the remaining spots in the top 10, Aspro, I think you and DrFish are probably in there; ponsardin may be as well, I'm not sure about the remainder.  If yazu13 joins and we resolve the suspicious titles question, then he may be, too.  .
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Well, the graph looks interesting, though I've always been partial to horizontal bar graphs. As for the remaining spots in the top 10, Aspro, I think you and DrFish are probably in there; ponsardin may be as well, I'm not sure about the remainder. If yazu13 joins and we resolve the suspicious titles question, then he may be, too. .gmsnpr
Yeah horizontal looks way better.
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I like new look more too
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Looks like I've got some catching up to do...
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Looks like I've got some catching up to do...jollyroger78
You collection is good as it is. Quantity is not the measure of a good collection -- it's just that quality is harder to measure. But quantity is a great thing too. There is a peace of mind that comes with knowing that you have limited the opportunities of missing out on a great game -- but you work in a library so you know all about that. My collection was the size of yours less than two years ago, so if you do want to catch up it's easy enough.
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[QUOTE="jollyroger78"]Looks like I've got some catching up to do...aspro73
You collection is good as it is. Quantity is not the measure of a good collection -- it's just that quality is harder to measure. But quantity is a great thing too. There is a peace of mind that comes with knowing that you have limited the opportunities of missing out on a great game -- but you work in a library so you know all about that. My collection was the size of yours less than two years ago, so if you do want to catch up it's easy enough.



Maybe you're right...at least I don't have the splattered tomato emblem...:P
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[QUOTE="aspro73"][QUOTE="jollyroger78"]Looks like I've got some catching up to do...jollyroger78
You collection is good as it is. Quantity is not the measure of a good collection -- it's just that quality is harder to measure. But quantity is a great thing too. There is a peace of mind that comes with knowing that you have limited the opportunities of missing out on a great game -- but you work in a library so you know all about that. My collection was the size of yours less than two years ago, so if you do want to catch up it's easy enough.



Maybe you're right...at least I don't have the splattered tomato emblem...:P



Hey!  That's a badge of honor, I'll have you know.  The criteria by which you get that is silly.  Even if you have a high average review score for the games in your collection, if you have a few lows, then you get the tomato.  I think that it should be based on the overall average being low, the reverse of the good taste emblem.  However, if that were the scheme, no one would have the tomato, b/c no one would have an average review score below 3 or whatever the cutoff is, otherwise they would be insane, or would really want emblems.

Technically, it should be possible to have both the good taste and bad taste emblems, but I've never seen anyone with both.  If you meet both criteria, which takes precedent, I wonder?
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[QUOTE="jollyroger78"][QUOTE="aspro73"][QUOTE="jollyroger78"]Looks like I've got some catching up to do...gmsnpr
You collection is good as it is. Quantity is not the measure of a good collection -- it's just that quality is harder to measure. But quantity is a great thing too. There is a peace of mind that comes with knowing that you have limited the opportunities of missing out on a great game -- but you work in a library so you know all about that. My collection was the size of yours less than two years ago, so if you do want to catch up it's easy enough.



Maybe you're right...at least I don't have the splattered tomato emblem...:P



Hey! That's a badge of honor, I'll have you know. The criteria by which you get that is silly. Even if you have a high average review score for the games in your collection, if you have a few lows, then you get the tomato. I think that it should be based on the overall average being low, the reverse of the good taste emblem. However, if that were the scheme, no one would have the tomato, b/c no one would have an average review score below 3 or whatever the cutoff is, otherwise they would be insane, or would really want emblems.

Technically, it should be possible to have both the good taste and bad taste emblems, but I've never seen anyone with both. If you meet both criteria, which takes precedent, I wonder?

the bad. I'd meet both.
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[QUOTE="gmsnpr"][QUOTE="jollyroger78"][QUOTE="aspro73"][QUOTE="jollyroger78"]Looks like I've got some catching up to do...waflerevolution
You collection is good as it is. Quantity is not the measure of a good collection -- it's just that quality is harder to measure. But quantity is a great thing too. There is a peace of mind that comes with knowing that you have limited the opportunities of missing out on a great game -- but you work in a library so you know all about that. My collection was the size of yours less than two years ago, so if you do want to catch up it's easy enough.



Maybe you're right...at least I don't have the splattered tomato emblem...:P



Hey! That's a badge of honor, I'll have you know. The criteria by which you get that is silly. Even if you have a high average review score for the games in your collection, if you have a few lows, then you get the tomato. I think that it should be based on the overall average being low, the reverse of the good taste emblem. However, if that were the scheme, no one would have the tomato, b/c no one would have an average review score below 3 or whatever the cutoff is, otherwise they would be insane, or would really want emblems.

Technically, it should be possible to have both the good taste and bad taste emblems, but I've never seen anyone with both. If you meet both criteria, which takes precedent, I wonder?

the bad. I'd meet both.



I don't think so.  I've got a higher overall average review score (7.2 vs. 6.9), and I never had the Good Taste emblem, even before the Bad Taste one arrived.  Based on the people who have it, I think that the cutoff is about 8.0 overall.
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I had the good taste one for about five minutes...then I added a bunch more games and it got taken away.  There seems to be a grey area where you qualify for neither.
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[QUOTE="waflerevolution"][QUOTE="gmsnpr"]I think that the cutoff is about 8.0 overall.
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yes.
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I just took a really quick look at my stats. It says my average score is 8.3 and I no longer have the good taste award. I think the cutoff may actually be 8.5.
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Updated. 
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[QUOTE="gakon5"][QUOTE="gmsnpr"] As for 2500 being the top end in the CCU, a guy joined the Union and claimed that he had ca. 13000 games, but after we asked him some awed questions about how he'd collected so many, he backpeddled, admitted that he had lied about some of the story he told us and left the Union within a few days. It's certainly possible to have 13000 games, but he had a few hundred listed in his collection page. He didn't convince me of his story before he left, and he left in such a hurry that it seems unlikely that he actually has a collection that large. Video Game Collector Magazine profiles a collector every issue, and the biggest guy profiled to date had ca. 9500, I think Joe Santulli from DP has around the same number, so the global top end could be really high.

Sounds like some dude joins The Points Union and says he has over 100k ;) If it hasn't happened it's going to. Considering there are well over 30,000 games in the GS database (with plenty missing however, and many unreleased/cancelled games), you could have 10,000 games. But you'd have to be either: a) Out of your mind or b) Been doing this for a while

there is that 1 guy who has about that much... he's been featured in NP, GI and PSM and has a website that I can't remember the address of ATM...
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Believe me, I'm kicking myself for selling stuff when I was in college, and I'm really wishing that 5 1/4 disks didnt have such a crappy life span; I'd probably have a good 300-500 more in my collection.  Which is a really bummer for more than just collectable reasons, I've really been jonesing to play Zork and Jumpman these past few weeks....a friend sent me a 'fix' for this...but I hate the idea of using ROMs.  :(  Somebody needs to have a chat with LucasArts, InfoCom, Sierra, Origin, Broderbond, etc and get a collectors compilation made so I can play all these great ones again, guilt free :)

Oh, and speaking of blasts from the past - when I was visiting my parents, I brought up my ol' FIRST CONSOLE (not the first I'd ever played, but the first that was mine :) ) - the Atari C-380.  No carts or disks, it just had a few games programmed into it.  I wonder how ya list something like that in a collection...?

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[QUOTE="gamefreak1972"]1.Believe me, I'm kicking myself for selling stuff when I was in college, and I'm really wishing that 5 1/4 disks didnt have such a crappy life span; I'd probably have a good 300-500 more in my collection. 2. Which is a really bummer for more than just collectable reasons, I've really been jonesing to play Zork and Jumpman these past few weeks....a friend sent me a 'fix' for this...but I hate the idea of using ROMs. :( Somebody needs to have a chat with LucasArts, InfoCom, Sierra, Origin, Broderbond, etc and get a collectors compilation made so I can play all these great ones again, guilt free :)3.Oh, and speaking of blasts from the past - when I was visiting my parents, I brought up my ol' FIRST CONSOLE (not the first I'd ever played, but the first that was mine :) ) - the Atari C-380. No carts or disks, it just had a few games programmed into it. I wonder how ya list something like that in a collection...?

1. I still have every 5 1/4 game discs that wasn't re-written with database projects (not including my old IBM games that just disapeared one day, I miss those games) 2. the Zork series is available for download officially (non-rom, it's copyright ran out, it's freeware now.) in several places, just google it. 3. you'd list the system.
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[QUOTE="waflerevolution"][QUOTE="gamefreak1972"]1.Believe me, I'm kicking myself for selling stuff when I was in college, and I'm really wishing that 5 1/4 disks didnt have such a crappy life span; I'd probably have a good 300-500 more in my collection. 2. Which is a really bummer for more than just collectable reasons, I've really been jonesing to play Zork and Jumpman these past few weeks....a friend sent me a 'fix' for this...but I hate the idea of using ROMs. :( Somebody needs to have a chat with LucasArts, InfoCom, Sierra, Origin, Broderbond, etc and get a collectors compilation made so I can play all these great ones again, guilt free :)3.Oh, and speaking of blasts from the past - when I was visiting my parents, I brought up my ol' FIRST CONSOLE (not the first I'd ever played, but the first that was mine :) ) - the Atari C-380. No carts or disks, it just had a few games programmed into it. I wonder how ya list something like that in a collection...?

1. I still have every 5 1/4 game discs that wasn't re-written with database projects (not including my old IBM games that just disapeared one day, I miss those games) 2. the Zork series is available for download officially (non-rom, it's copyright ran out, it's freeware now.) in several places, just google it. 3. you'd list the system.

You can list the SYSTEM??? I didnt know that! How?? And I didnt know that about Zork...I'm going to have to look that up and see if I can play it under Windows XP :)
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[QUOTE="waflerevolution"][QUOTE="gmsnpr"][QUOTE="jollyroger78"][QUOTE="aspro73"][QUOTE="jollyroger78"]Looks like I've got some catching up to do...gmsnpr
You collection is good as it is. Quantity is not the measure of a good collection -- it's just that quality is harder to measure. But quantity is a great thing too. There is a peace of mind that comes with knowing that you have limited the opportunities of missing out on a great game -- but you work in a library so you know all about that. My collection was the size of yours less than two years ago, so if you do want to catch up it's easy enough.



Maybe you're right...at least I don't have the splattered tomato emblem...:P



Hey! That's a badge of honor, I'll have you know. The criteria by which you get that is silly. Even if you have a high average review score for the games in your collection, if you have a few lows, then you get the tomato. I think that it should be based on the overall average being low, the reverse of the good taste emblem. However, if that were the scheme, no one would have the tomato, b/c no one would have an average review score below 3 or whatever the cutoff is, otherwise they would be insane, or would really want emblems.

Technically, it should be possible to have both the good taste and bad taste emblems, but I've never seen anyone with both. If you meet both criteria, which takes precedent, I wonder?

the bad. I'd meet both.



I don't think so.  I've got a higher overall average review score (7.2 vs. 6.9), and I never had the Good Taste emblem, even before the Bad Taste one arrived.  Based on the people who have it, I think that the cutoff is about 8.0 overall.

Yeah I think its somewhere in between 8.0-8.5......it also seems that most people with a big collection have the bad taste emblem (such as my self).

I don't know if I qualify for the leaderboard but my current collection total is at 559 games....

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[QUOTE="waflerevolution"][QUOTE="gamefreak1972"]Atari C-380. No carts or disks, it just had a few games programmed into it. I wonder how ya list something like that in a collection...?gamefreak1972
you'd list the system.

You can list the SYSTEM??? I didnt know that! How??



If you can find it at Gamefaqs, then perhaps Drac can add it.  As far as I know, there are no dedicated consoles listed as part of the Gamespot database, so there may be no interest on the part of the admins to do so.  I'm still waiting on the LaserActive to be added, and it's a legit game system with interchangeable media.
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[QUOTE="gamefreak1972"][QUOTE="waflerevolution"][QUOTE="gamefreak1972"]1.Believe me, I'm kicking myself for selling stuff when I was in college, and I'm really wishing that 5 1/4 disks didnt have such a crappy life span; I'd probably have a good 300-500 more in my collection. 2. Which is a really bummer for more than just collectable reasons, I've really been jonesing to play Zork and Jumpman these past few weeks....a friend sent me a 'fix' for this...but I hate the idea of using ROMs. :( Somebody needs to have a chat with LucasArts, InfoCom, Sierra, Origin, Broderbond, etc and get a collectors compilation made so I can play all these great ones again, guilt free :)3.Oh, and speaking of blasts from the past - when I was visiting my parents, I brought up my ol' FIRST CONSOLE (not the first I'd ever played, but the first that was mine :) ) - the Atari C-380. No carts or disks, it just had a few games programmed into it. I wonder how ya list something like that in a collection...?

1. I still have every 5 1/4 game discs that wasn't re-written with database projects (not including my old IBM games that just disapeared one day, I miss those games) 2. the Zork series is available for download officially (non-rom, it's copyright ran out, it's freeware now.) in several places, just google it. 3. you'd list the system.

You can list the SYSTEM??? I didnt know that! How?? And I didnt know that about Zork...I'm going to have to look that up and see if I can play it under Windows XP :)

[QUOTE="gamefreak1972"][QUOTE="waflerevolution"][QUOTE="gamefreak1972"]Atari C-380. No carts or disks, it just had a few games programmed into it. I wonder how ya list something like that in a collection...?gmsnpr
you'd list the system.



If you can find it at Gamefaqs, then perhaps Drac can add it. As far as I know, there are no dedicated consoles listed as part of the Gamespot database, so there may be no interest on the part of the admins to do so. I'm still waiting on the LaserActive to be added, and it's a legit game system with interchangeable media.



it'll open in a prompt since DOS doesn't exist anymore :( I was just saying how you'd go about adding it, I'm not saying you can... sorz You can list the SYSTEM??? I didnt know that! How??

and I'm still waiting on Atari XE games. I might try to get them added under the 8-bit persona. drac is a good guy, he's doing a great service for us collectors.
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#39 waflerevolution
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that yazu guy replied to me. [quote="Yazu13"] I really only add games that I own that are rated 8.0 or higher to my collection so I don't get a bad taste emblem just because an okay amount of my games aren't 8.0 or higher (It really only takes a few bad scores). Also, I don't know how those unreleased games got in there. Maybe my cousin or one of my friends did that while I wasn't looking, and I don't let them tinker around with my profile either. P.S. Let's not turn this into a full blown discussion since the last time that happened in one of my blog posts, I had to deal with some annoying user's rant.

seems a bit fishy still... but at least it's possible...
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Updated.  We now have a top ten rather than a top 8.
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#41 WolfeMasters
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Just wait until I go through my collection again.  I still have my old atari games to add.  That should be about another 100 or so.
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#42 waflerevolution
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Just wait until I go through my collection again. I still have my old atari games to add. That should be about another 100 or so.WolfeMasters
odly enough, you'd still be in the same place...
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Just wait until I go through my collection again. I still have my old atari games to add. That should be about another 100 or so.WolfeMasters

Hey wolfman, post a pic of your collection when you can get a chance in the introduction thread.
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I would be up at the top if I bothered to list all games in my collection , but what a chore that would be, I only list current gen and new gen stuff in my list. 8) its ok cause I know what  I have. I'm just too damn lazy to add it all to my collection, hell where would start? probably the 400 plus pc games I have not listed. Then start at 2600 and work my way up OMG forget it.
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#45 Sonicgod
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How did i get up that far? And I didn't know there was a leader board.

 I am just to lazy to go though find the games and put them in. Most the time I only add them if the pop up on the side unless I really like the game and want to score it.

Final fantasy 12 reminded ,I still have to add all 12 final fantasy and there "spin offs." (I'm getting sick of those square stop, make a chrono tigger next year)

I have totaly ignored my dreamcast psx xbox xbox360 ps2 and gamecube stacks.

my first plan in the 90's to catalog the games with a window 95 spreadsheets failed more than anything has ever failed I got sick of it after 2 days.

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How did i get up that far? And I didn't know there was a leader board.

I am just to lazy to go though find the games and put them in. Most the time I only add them if the pop up on the side unless I really like the game and want to score it.

Final fantasy 12 reminded ,I still have to add all 12 final fantasy and there "spin offs." (I'm getting sick of those square stop, make a chrono tigger next year)

I have totaly ignored my dreamcast psx xbox xbox360 ps2 and gamecube stacks.

my first plan in the 90's to catalog the games with a window 95 spreadsheets failed more than anything has ever failed I got sick of it after 2 days.

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You may want to try the collectorz software listed in one fo the bulletins on this union. You can just scan the barcode and it enters the game for you. Kinda pricy if you do not have a barcode scanner already though - I think it's $79 or $99. Also, post a pick in the introduction thread or the Gaming Setups thread so we can all drool over your collection.
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#47 waflerevolution
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so we's gots us some two lazies on our hands *cracks knuckles* joo wants I should clobber em' boss? na guys, seriously, it took me about a week (not strait, that'd be stupid) to add mine, just do it alphabetically. it's much quicker because you can nail series' and ports. the other way is by system look up alphabetical. that's easy as well.
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#48 gmsnpr
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Yeah, I'm all for a full accounting, but it's really up to the individual.
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UP-dated.  It's been about 3 weeks since I made one of my ridiculous claims regarding game purchases, so here is my latest.  I am only getting 11 more games this year, 9 for my Wii and the other two BK games.  There you go.  I'm going to be out of the country for the first 2 weeks of '07, so I will not be buying games then either (it is a PAL country, not NTSC), so potentially I will limit myself to 11 new games until late January. 
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UP-dated.  It's been about 3 weeks since I made one of my ridiculous claims regarding game purchases, so here is my latest.  I am only getting 11 more games this year, 9 for my Wii and the other two BK games.  There you go.  I'm going to be out of the country for the first 2 weeks of '07, so I will not be buying games then either (it is a PAL country, not NTSC), so potentially I will limit myself to 11 new games until late January. 
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I was in europe for about a week earlier this month, and I thought that it would be great to have a break from thinking about buying games; however I kept walking into freeplay(?) stores and remembered that PSP and DS games are region free. Fortunatly the steep prices helped me come to my senses (50 eru for killzone liberation = roughly $60)