The ANGST thread: Complain here!

[WarpRattler]

1. I haven't had the ability to access the internet normally for days now. I couldn't use it at school because I had a bad grade halfway through the quarter, and when I had a chance to access it at home any day last week, I left for play practice (the performance of Canterbury Tales, by the way, was a success; I ended up doing lights for it, which was more than I was originally planning to do) or church. I had no internet access on Saturday because I stayed over at a friend's house on Friday (I'm posting this from his house because I'm staying over tonight and tomorrow due to standardized testing + student council providing homemade breakfast, which was AWESOME last year), and didn't get back home until really late because of the band contest (we placed second), us going into town so I could get my DS, and the actual performance (as I said, it was pretty good), and when I got home after the cast party, I found out that one of the screws holding the satellite for our internet to the roof had been pulled loose by the strong winds, and we had no internet access because of it. We had it back on Sunday for about an hour, when I was able to use it to find info for fusing planet Meteo.

2. I bought a DS Lite (new, Onyx). Well, I'm a little concerned about the Meteos card I bought (used, which explains a lot); if I could get a picture of it, it would be easy to show what's wrong with it. I'll try to get a picture of it next time I have access to a camera, and post it on here.

[Pt_Peach]

Perhaps he was tired from coming home and/or was just in a bad mood.

Ah, no excuses for him! He came again. He didn't stay. No hugs. No personal "I missed you". It feels like he's sort of alienating himself from us. I don't feel as if I know him.

But of course on the second visit, I didn't exactly give him a warm welcome. I didn't speak to him, and he didn't speak to me.

[Glorb]

I recently got the Spider-Man 2.1 DVD, and they really should've just called it Spider-Man 2: Spider-Man 3 Edition. It's identical, down to the menu design, to the original Spider-Man 2 DVD, but with some extra scenes that just make the movie longer and more boring and, thus, should've stayed cut, and a ton of special features are replaced (not supplemented with, REPLACED) by previews, trivia, featurettes or what have you for Spider-Man 3. Lame.

[WarpRattler]

Now I'm angsty about the fact that I can't photograph my Meteos card. Anyway, most of you know that cards for the DS have a code on the bottom; for example, SM64DS is NTR-ASME-USA. Well, my copy of Meteos has an odd code: DIS-NTR-AMTE-USA. Not only that, but there is a visible bar on the label that's been gone over with Sharpie; I can easily see that it says "NOT FOR RESALE".

This hasn't affected me playing the game itself (I just fused Meteo about an hour ago, which requires 8 endings viewed and a ridiculous amount of Meteos, so it's definitely the full version of the game), but it's just another reason to hate GameStop.

[Chupperson Weird]

DIS obviously standing for DISPLAY.
Where I work we get lots of display copies of games too. Personally I think non-retail copies of games are kind of neat.

[WarpRattler]

Yeah, it's great having a display copy, especially of a game I like, but still...

I'm ANGSTY about the fact that I can't find a copy of Tetris DS at ANY store around here.

[SolidShroom]

My copy of Metroid Prime Hunters is a display copy.

[Glorb]

I have two "special" versions of games in my collection (not counting normal special editions, of course): a store display version of the original Sonic the Hedgehog for Genesis, and a special Tournament Copy of NBA Jam for the Game Gear, both of which I inherited from my older brother.

[CoconutMikeNIke]

How much of a difference do Display versions have when compared to Retail versions?  I would think the display version would only allow a little trial of the game, since it's only going to be used as a sample in the store.  Or am I thinking of something else?

[Chupperson Weird]

Display copies are generally the full game, but they just say NOT FOR RESALE on them. Glorb, your Sonic the Hedgehog is probably just a copy that came bundled with a Genesis. Many many copies came with Genesises and say NOT FOR RESALE on them. However, it could be an actual store display too, I guess.

[MEGAߥTE]

Display games can be either full copies or preview versions... most GBA games (and back to the SNES) are full copies, while most DS games are demo versions.  Meteos is an exception in that it is a full copy.  I collect display copies myself, but it is disingenuous for GameStop to sell their display games, particularly when they black out the "not for resale."  NBA Jam Tournament Edition is not a special version, it was an enhanced version that was sold normally (like Street Fighter 2 vs. Street Fighter 2 Turbo).

[MaxVance]

Do game stores pay for their display games? If not, then that's just even more of a profit for GameStop.

[MEGAߥTE]

They don't.

[Glorb]

NBA Jam Tournament Edition is not a special version, it was an enhanced version that was sold normally (like Street Fighter 2 vs. Street Fighter 2 Turbo).

Yes, but mine said "Tournament Copy, Not For Resale". However, when you put it in, it just has the regular NBA Jam game with no differences, save for the title screen. I don't know, it's in rather poor condition; it might be a counterfeit, for all I know.

Also, what's with all this anti-GameStop stuff lately? It's not like they're some evil corporation run by evil scientists who stroke evil cats and wear evil monocles.

[WarpRattler]

Actually, Glorb, other than the fact that the monocles themselves aren't evil, and they aren't scientists, GameStop is that stuff.