Can a game of yours become a "Grail" after you get it?

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Can a game of yours become a "Grail" after you get it?

I think it can, some of my games I got without any real passion for them, like my Galaxian, Quicksilver, etc. and now that I have them, they are a "Grail."

Not that I would place it in the same league as my Star Trek: The Next Generation Pinball, but these are very strong lesser grails.

Anyone else feel this way?
 
People should stop using the word "grail".....

Cheapens the word once you use it for everything and anything.....
 
I think it can, some of my games I got without any real passion for them, like my Galaxian, Quicksilver, etc. and now that I have them, they are a "Grail."

Not that I would place it in the same league as my Star Trek: The Next Generation Pinball, but these are very strong lesser grails.

Anyone else feel this way?

No. The very definition of 'Grail' derives from the Crusaders search for the 'Holy Grail', aka the cup of Christ, the cup that he used at the Last Supper and in which his blood was caught from the spear wound in his side at the crucifixion. The Crusades of the Middle Ages were wars that were fought to reclaim the holy land and any religious artifacts that symbolized Christianity. The 'Holy Grail' was high on their list of these artifacts. It was never located, which made the search all the more intense. Its elusiveness is what gave rise to the expression 'searching for my grail', or searching for that which is highly sought after but nearly impossible to locate. If you own it, it can no longer be a grail in the way we now use the term.
 
No. The very definition of 'Grail' derives from the Crusaders search for the 'Holy Grail', aka the cup of Christ, the cup that he used at the Last Supper and in which his blood was caught from the spear wound in his side at the crucifixion. The Crusades of the Middle Ages were wars that were fought to reclaim the holy land and any religious artifacts that symbolized Christianity. The 'Holy Grail' was high on their list of these artifacts. It was never located, which made the search all the more intense. Its elusiveness is what gave rise to the expression 'searching for my grail', or searching for that which is highly sought after but nearly impossible to locate. If you own it, it can no longer be a grail in the way we now use the term.

Thank you for the explanation, Dr. Jones.
 
I think the term "grail" should be reserved for that game that you remember playing as a kid, have been trying to get for years, and for whatever reason you still do not have. It just seems to keep eluding your grasp. You hear about one for sale on eBay, but the asking price is just out of your range. Someone tells you they saw one for cheap on CL but you call to find out they just sold it. You find one at an auction but someone else's pockets are deeper than yours. You start buying parts one by one only to get down to a few parts that you can't find for sale by themselves. But you are still waiting, hoping, that soon you will finally have this game for your own.
 
People should stop using the word "grail".....

Cheapens the word once you use it for everything and anything.....

So we can only have 1 grail??? That is no fun!

No. The very definition of 'Grail' derives from the Crusaders search for the 'Holy Grail', aka the cup of Christ, the cup that he used at the Last Supper and in which his blood was caught from the spear wound in his side at the crucifixion. The Crusades of the Middle Ages were wars that were fought to reclaim the holy land and any religious artifacts that symbolized Christianity. The 'Holy Grail' was high on their list of these artifacts. It was never located, which made the search all the more intense. Its elusiveness is what gave rise to the expression 'searching for my grail', or searching for that which is highly sought after but nearly impossible to locate. If you own it, it can no longer be a grail in the way we now use the term.

What is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?

Thank you for the explanation, Dr. Jones.

LOL, now I am imagining you are Short Round.

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I think the term "grail" should be reserved for that game that you remember playing as a kid, have been trying to get for years, and for whatever reason you still do not have. It just seems to keep eluding your grasp. You hear about one for sale on eBay, but the asking price is just out of your range. Someone tells you they saw one for cheap on CL but you call to find out they just sold it. You find one at an auction but someone else's pockets are deeper than yours. You start buying parts one by one only to get down to a few parts that you can't find for sale by themselves. But you are still waiting, hoping, that soon you will finally have this game for your own.

I can see that, but if you had some game and it was lost could it then become a grail?
 
People should stop using the word "grail".....

Cheapens the word once you use it for everything and anything.....

I agree. When I got into the hobby back in the rgvac days 'grail' was reserved for dedicated major havoc and other rare stuff. Now everything is a grail. Kinda silly but whatever.
 
If you own it, it can no longer be a grail in the way we now use the term.

What if you own a super rare game like a bradley trainer where there is probably only one in existence? I guess if you are the owner it would no longer be a grail to you since you have obtained it but wouldn't it still be a grail to others and therefore still be able to be classified as a grail?

I am with you though on the misuse of the word in this hobby. There are many games I love but very few true grails.
 
So we can only have 1 grail??? That is no fun!

I have one game, the only game I ever wanted, I don't even call it "grail"

I agree. When I got into the hobby back in the rgvac days 'grail' was reserved for dedicated major havoc and other rare stuff. Now everything is a grail. Kinda silly but whatever.

I agree, uber rare stuff should be "grail" my DK as much as its my favorite game ever I don't put it in "grail" territory.
 
I believe a grail is something you WANT to obtain. If you already have it, then it isn't a grail. It's just a badass game that you're super-stoked to have picked up a while ago, not realizing the full fun factor of it that you do now.
 
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