tigerstyle
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So i got 'that' comment about the hobby last night.
My girlfriend was over with her daughter (not mine), and her 8 years old daughter LOVES to play on my arcade games. It's hilarious to watch her play Super Chase HQ because she is barely tall enough to reach the top of the steering wheel. Last night they were over and the kid was playing (and really enjoying) Virtua Tennis; and I told her next time she would be over, the Virtua Tennis cab and game would be completly different and there would be another game in it , Marvel Vs Capcom 2. The kid was like OMG REALLY THIS IS AWESOME YOU ARE A GENIUS HOW CAN YOU CHANGE THE GAME LIKE THAT' and asked her mom 'can I come back monday? please please please please', to which her mom answered 'we'll see'. Not even a minute later, I got THAT comment..
'Why are you spending so much money on this old videogames stufff? It's kind of a moneysink and its all old stuff you can buy ultra cheap on console compilations'
... I told her It wasnt really all that crazy expensive, and it was far cheaper than some of the stuff that my friends were into, and it was certainly fun when people came around.. She quickly changed subject after that, but still.. Damn. I'll well off, i make a good salary, and im grateful for that, but the hobby has not taken over my life, social or financial. Her comment didnt really kill the mood, we still had lots of fun and I even had a blast teaching the kid how to play Mortal Kombat (she was so proud of having learned Sonya's leg grab attack). My girlfriend and her spent like 30 minutes after that, fighting each other.
How do you guys deal with those kind of comments? I know that some of you guys have huge basement filled with far more games that I have.
My girlfriend was over with her daughter (not mine), and her 8 years old daughter LOVES to play on my arcade games. It's hilarious to watch her play Super Chase HQ because she is barely tall enough to reach the top of the steering wheel. Last night they were over and the kid was playing (and really enjoying) Virtua Tennis; and I told her next time she would be over, the Virtua Tennis cab and game would be completly different and there would be another game in it , Marvel Vs Capcom 2. The kid was like OMG REALLY THIS IS AWESOME YOU ARE A GENIUS HOW CAN YOU CHANGE THE GAME LIKE THAT' and asked her mom 'can I come back monday? please please please please', to which her mom answered 'we'll see'. Not even a minute later, I got THAT comment..
'Why are you spending so much money on this old videogames stufff? It's kind of a moneysink and its all old stuff you can buy ultra cheap on console compilations'
... I told her It wasnt really all that crazy expensive, and it was far cheaper than some of the stuff that my friends were into, and it was certainly fun when people came around.. She quickly changed subject after that, but still.. Damn. I'll well off, i make a good salary, and im grateful for that, but the hobby has not taken over my life, social or financial. Her comment didnt really kill the mood, we still had lots of fun and I even had a blast teaching the kid how to play Mortal Kombat (she was so proud of having learned Sonya's leg grab attack). My girlfriend and her spent like 30 minutes after that, fighting each other.
How do you guys deal with those kind of comments? I know that some of you guys have huge basement filled with far more games that I have.
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