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icycalm
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| If you are buying Japanese games from a store in your country (online/offline) you are not "importing" anything, fyi. |
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icycalm
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| Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 6:07 pm |
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| LWJoestar wrote: |
| Pikachu wrote: |
| If you are buying Japanese games from a store in your country (online/offline) you are not "importing" anything, fyi. |
If you are buying Japanese games in Japan and bringing them back you are also not "importing" anything. |
I never said I was.
| LWJoestar wrote: |
I mean.
If you really want to get technical. |
Yeah, I like that. |
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icycalm
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| Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 10:00 pm |
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| Shapermc wrote: |
| Pikachu wrote: |
| If you are buying Japanese games from a store in your country (online/offline) you are not "importing" anything, fyi. |
| Webster.com wrote: |
| 2 : to bring from a foreign or external source: as a : to bring (as merchandise) into a place or country from another country |
Why don't you break it down for us where the extream importance in the semantics of the difference is. Because, reading the definition, it leads me to beleive that when you buy a game that came from another country you're buying an "import" as in "imported". Are you trying to point out the "ing" ending? Because I don't think anyone used it. What possessed you to make a one sentence comment like this then not explain why? |
What "possessed" me? The fucking devil, dude.
Are you even serious? You don't understand what I said? |
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icycalm
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| Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 11:54 pm |
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| Shapermc wrote: |
| Pikachu wrote: |
| Are you even serious? You don't understand what I said? |
Buying an imported game within your own country still constitutes as buying an import. Just because you aren't doing the importing yourself doesn't change this. You were just instigating things. |
Jesus H. Christ.
Read what I posted one more time, carefully. I will make it bold for you to help you out:
If you are buying Japanese games from a store in your country (online/offline) you are not "importing" anything.
This is 100% correct.
Now read what you said:
Buying an imported game within your own country still constitutes as buying an import.
This is also 100% correct.
There is no contradiction between what I said and what you said. k? Thanks. The reading comprehension lesson is over for today. |
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icycalm
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| Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 1:18 am |
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| Shapermc wrote: |
| You were just instigating things. |
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icycalm
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| Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 12:04 pm |
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| Kappuru wrote: |
| haha man, Pikachu, with your personality in real life i never would have connected you to such a strong internet persona. |
You know, man, the funny thing that people fail to understand is that I am exactly the same way in real life too. You met me in Tokyo and you probably thought that I am a decent, friendly person, but then again I treated you that way because you were also nice to me.
It's only when people on the internet decide to have a go at me that I reply in kind. And yes, I can be really vicious if I want to.
But that is not part of an "internet persona". I've been getting into fights since I was a little boy, and I am no stranger to beatings and jails. Bottom line is I don't take shit from anybody, whether in the street, on the phone, by mail or smoke signals, or on the internet.
So yeah, sorry for the derail. Please carry on as normal. |
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icycalm
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| Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 7:48 pm |
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Yeah, yeah, but what's your opinion on the drama?
edit: Just kidding. Myself I practically live on imports. The last time I bought a PAL game was when Headhunter was released for the DC (only in Europe), though I do buy US games on occasion. Technically though those are also imports for me since I live in Greece/France when I am not in Japan.
My first Japanese game was I think Super Thunder Blade, which I got together my Mega Drive shortly after the system's launch.
Right now, my import game collection spans storage rooms in three countries across two continents, though I will soon be settling down and trying to move everything to a single location. It really sucks when I want to play a game and the appropriate console/controller/light gun/steering wheel/etc. is thousands of miles away. |
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icycalm
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| Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 2:05 am |
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| Dudes, there was no reason to vandalize your systems nor your cartridges. The MD, SFC and N64 all had 3rd party adapters that you plugged into the cart socket, and then your games would sit on top of those. |
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icycalm
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| Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 3:23 pm |
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| droog wrote: |
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Never underestimate the lengths a ten year old with a limited allowance will go to. |
Precisely. Also, I didn't know HOW to mod the thing.. this was back before this whole cyberweb thing. |
The adapter I am talking about did not require modding. You just bought it for like 10 bucks, plugged it in the cart slot (it looked exactly like a cart) and then plugged the game on top of that. |
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