Yes. The absolute worst are people who collect an entire system's library, when roughly half of it is garbage on almost any system.
I agree with needing a reason, but I don't typically recall how or where I acquired stuff. Most of my more interesting acquisitions came from some random guy on the internet.Another thing, for me a "collection" isn't just a pile of something. It's not just numbers, right? It's also emotional. Why did you buy it? Remember when or where? Remember playing it? There's a reason why I own everything I do and there's a lot that doesn't stay because it wasn't good enough.
Speaking solely for myself, the faster I acquire it, the less I tend to care about it.Does the rate at which you acquire your "collection" matter? If someone jumps into the hobby and buys everything deemed important by everyone else but very, very obviously has not put any time into any of it, should they be accepted by the community? It matters to me, but is that wrong?
You are that guy, but that doesn't make you wrong.Should that stuff matter? Am I just the guy on the dog fucking forum saying he's better than the other guy on the dog fucking forum because he actually loves his dog?
edit: Another thought came to me on this general topic. I highly recommend having a wish list before you start buying for a new phase of your collection. It keeps you from making spur of the moment purchases that may keep you from being able to buy something you wanted more. Of course, that wish list can be expanded if you learn about something new, but try to stick to it. For example, I had a list of the arcade PCBs I wanted before I even bought the cabinet, and I've stuck to it. Granted, it helps that they are $100+ each in almost all cases.
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