Not so friendly klover!

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So I went to visit my girlfriend and we were going to go for a small jog around the neighborhood when not too far down the street I see a deluxe Star Wars trilogy sitting in an open crate. I was like wow a fellow game collector. Also knowing how hard these things are to move around I thought I would stop and ask if he needed some help. My girlfriend definitely knows how hard these things are to move since she occasionally will help move some of the smaller ones.

I approached him, keep in mind we hadn't started jogging so we weren't sweaty, and he just seemed stand offish. I told him I collected games as well and asked him if he was on KLOV. He nodded yes, really didn't seem like he wanted to talk or even wanted any help moving the game. So after talking for all of 60 seconds we went on our way and went on our jog.

When I pass this house on my way to my gf's house I give a mental stare each time. I would like to think I caught him on a bad day but just don't really know of anyone that would be turning down free help. I really thought I was going to make an arcade friend that day but it totally backfired.

Anyone else experience anything like this?
 
Sounds more like socially awkward then unfriendly.

Don't discount the possibility that he's been around the hobby long enough to encounter his share of weirdo strangers or untrustworthy people and just keeps to himself because of it. You never know what people have gone through.
 
He probably thought you wanted all his games lol... I had a neighbor a few blocks away stop and talk because he saw I had some games in my garage and said he had a Donkey Kong that was currently broke, game him a quick tour and offered to help him fix his game. We exchanged numbers and he never returned my calls, think he would want to take some free help fixing his game...weird.
 
I once drove 1400 miles (each way) to pick up a game and when I got there, the seller (who is on KLOV, you know who you are...:) ) basically just turned it on, said a few words, then rolled it onto the driveway from his garage and then shut the door. My bother and I looked at each other like....uh? I still have the image of his calves walking briskly away as the door was slowly rolling down. We were there maybe two minutes. Lol.

Contrary to Grinkfest where everybody is gregarious and amicable, not everybody on KLOV has an outgoing personality.
 
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I may get an hour or 2 during the day every few weeks to work on something outside. I've thought if someone approached me, I'd politely hurry them up, but might want to tell them to piss off. You never know what someone has going on, or if you're interrupting what precious little time they have to do something.
 
I may get an hour or 2 during the day every few weeks to work on something outside. I've thought if someone approached me, I'd politely hurry them up, but might want to tell them to piss off. You never know what someone has going on, or if you're interrupting what precious little time they have to do something.

"Hey guys... sorry I can't really talk right now as I am in the middle of something. Come by again sometime and we can chat!"

- Friendly Guy way of handling said situation

;)
 
I have a bit of social anxiety myself, I have to admit if someone approached me like that I don't think I'd want to have any help either , it would be one of those moments where in my mind is kind of be cringing and wishing the person would go away .
Does that make me rude? Some might think so, I just prefer to keep to myself and not be interacted with.
 
my 2 interactions with people picking up arcade stuff has been positive and one guy showed me his collection he had witch was nice of him to do while I was their picking up my neogeo. I guess the guy with the sw game could of been sick or sad for some reason and/or didn't feel like talking, could of been shy ( I know I'm shyest person when I go out to car meats ) so I wouldn't let it bother you too much...
 
I have a bit of social anxiety myself, I have to admit if someone approached me like that I don't think I'd want to have any help either , it would be one of those moments where in my mind is kind of be cringing and wishing the person would go away .
Does that make me rude? Some might think so, I just prefer to keep to myself and not be interacted with.

If was just a local stranger I could see that but another KLOVER is entirely different.
That should merit an I am busy come by when I have some spare time to chat at least.
Or something to that effect.
 
I don't want everyone in the hood knowing I have these in my house.

Maybe he thought you were casing his house?

Or maybe your girlfriend looks so hot in her jogging outfit that he couldn't even put two syllables together...:confused::eek::D:cool:
 
I don't want everyone in the hood knowing I have these in my house.

Maybe he thought you were casing his house?

Or maybe your girlfriend looks so hot in her jogging outfit that he couldn't even put two syllables together...:confused::eek::D:cool:

BINGO!!! Correct on all three counts. :confused::eek::D:cool:
 
Anybody can join a forum. Like a serial killer, a horder, a socially repressed neophyte. And I'm just talking about FrizzleFried. :p
 
I don't think it's odd behavior, because it's quite common that people are: a) jerks, b) awkward, c) paranoid and d) all of the above. But yeah, I agree with several other comments that say don't let it get to you. Some people are nice and some suck. Some need some more significant actions (like "come on over and I'll show you mine") before they'll trust you. Maybe he's been hurt before...

I had a klov guy come over yesterday and drop off a game and we hung out for 3 hours talking about games and pinball rumors and future arcade plans... It was super nice :) Yes, we did the secret handshake. Duh.

So don't worry about that guy and there are plenty of other fish in the klov.
 
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