Whats your take on signed Lithographs.

[Asuka]

http://store.valvesoftware.com/tf2/tf2-lithograph.heavy.html

This is the 3rd lithograph i bought from Valve 2nd signed. I have the portal signed lithograph i think its #12. I also have a combine wall lithograph but at the time that was released i was poor without any way to buy anything online so i missed it. One i regret not buying is the Episode 2 lithograph, for some reason i decided not to.

Now $100 for a piece of signed paper is pretty crazy, but i always felt if your a fan of something especially if you have the chance of being part of a limited number of owners of said merchandise its worth it.

So here we go, do you think its "worth" it.
Is it "right" to sell something for $70 more if its signed by said artist.

btw those new TF2 shirts are ****ing amazing!

 

[Bob_Marley]

Well it does give you the opportunity to keep it sealed in its poster tube for 30 years and then sell it for billions of dollars when everyone else's has been sun faded

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

/cradles my hl2 poster signed by all the Valve guys

didn't pay a dime for this baby

 

[Deleted member 56031]

I would love to get something like that but I just don't have enough money to blow for what is essentially a signed poster ;(

 

[Shakermaker]

All the Valve stuff looks amazing
/hides credit card

 

[Unfocused]

Hm, never really had appetite for such merchandise. It looks kinda sweet, but I'd rather spend my money elsewhere.

 

[Darkside55]

Of course it's worth it, it's an impressive piece that's been sig--

print run of 500

Fucking bullshit I wouldn't pay two dollars for something that had a print run of FIVE HUNDRED. Ridiculous. If you spend money on that congratulations, you are a fool who owns a not-very-rare piece. Print run of 500...honestly...

Meanwhile I'll be enjoying my Dan Hibiki poster personally signed by Capcom artists to me that has a print run of ONE.

 

[Asuka]

Why are you counting the none signed ones? 100 signed copies is not bad at all, i would think.

 

[Darkside55]

Oh, my bad. I read it wrong. I was assuming there were 500 signed pieces.

Well, 100's...pretty good, I guess. That's still a lot to me.

I like things with an insanely limited run. Like two.

But sometimes even two is too much. :hmph:

 

[Warped]

I have a Chuck Norris Signed picture thats cased...its amazing!!

 

[VirusType2]

Oh wow, Asuka asking for opinions about the smart money. This forum has gone full circle.

Here is my advice, take it or leave it.

Before making any significant purchase you should ask yourself:

Will I still want this in 10 years?
Is it something a future wife would make me put in the garage (if you will even have one)
Is it something that is actually useful for life - food, clothing, furniture, insurance, etc.?
Can I use it to make more money?
If it's furniture or decorations, will I still want this in 10 years?
Does it provide entertainment value that is worth the cost?
Is this easily and likely to be damaged?
Can I get a much better deal if I shop around or wait?
If I move, will this be a pain in the ass to move with me, or easily damaged or will I even have a place for it?

Here is some ideas I'll throw out there -

Start getting excited about your own place to live. It's fun too. It's not a drag to have to move out. It's the best ****ing feeling in the world to have your OWN PLACE to be independent and do whatever you want.


Most of us like to collect things. I collect free things these days. A collection means nothing if you spend a fortune on it. That's like putting more quarters in a game to get the high score. It makes the high score meaningless.

Get things signed by waiting in lines like you've done before, not paying for it.

But in the end, happiness isn't always free.

 

[Darkside55]

Is it something a future wife would make me put in the garage

You shouldn't give a shit to what your [future] significant other thinks, moreover making you put your shit in a storage

A collection means nothing if you spend a fortune on it. That's like putting more quarters in a game to get the high score. It makes the high score meaningless.

Sounds like you don't have enough quarters. Listen well, a collection is only meaningful if you own things that other people can never have! And the only way to do that sometimes is spending money! RIDICULOUS AMOUNTS OF MONEY!

So you can rub it in peoples' faces and tell them, "Mine, not yours, can never have because I spent a hojillion dollars on it" and watch them cry.

A highscore will still always be the highscore no matter how you obtain it. The process or means...doesn't really matter!

 

[Barnz]

Waste of money.

 

[Darkside55]

Only if you're poor.

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

Poor people are a waste of money


KILL THE POOR

 

[VirusType2]

You shouldn't give a shit to what your [future] significant other thinks, moreover making you put your shit in a storage

What I'm saying is - when you have your own house, what are you going to do with a video game poster? Put it in your dinning room? the kitchen? the bathroom? Your bedroom? Well, if you like that sort of thing, then go ahead. It's merely a question to ask yourself to help decide if something is a good purchase. You don't have to listen to me.

Listen well, a collection is only meaningful if you own things that other people can never have!

Why? I have collections that mean something to me. I like to look at them. Some of them are decorations that improve the appearance of my room for myself and anyone in it.

And the only way to do that sometimes is spending money! RIDICULOUS AMOUNTS OF MONEY!

What do you collect that costs ridiculous amounts of money?

A highscore will still always be the highscore no matter how you obtain it. The process or means...doesn't really matter!

Oh, no way. Not you Darkside!

Examine these two gaming scenarios:

In a fair game, if everyone playing it has to obtain their score on 1 quarter (one credit), then the score accurately depicts skill.

However, if I'm really good at a game and I set a good score in a game with 1 quarter, and then a 5 year old child with $10 in quarters uses all 40 quarters to beat that score, now he has set the high score.

But is he really the best? If he's not the best, then why does he have the top score with his initials. I'm almost 40 times better than him. He sucks and his diaper is full of shit.

 

[Quixoticism]

Darkside, you could buy all of them and burn all but one, then it would be rare...

To me the 150% increase in price wouldn't be worth it over a "vanilla" copy with no sig.

 

[VirusType2]

Just sign it yourself LOL

personally autographed by ME

 

[Acepilotf14]

It would be better to just buy the poster itself, then at a public appearance ask them to sign it.

Anyone can buy a piece of paper with signatures copy/pasted on it.

 

[Darkside55]

Poor people are a waste of money


KILL THE POOR

I'm sayin', bro.

What I'm saying is - when you have your own house, what are you going to do with a video game poster? Put it in your dinning room? the kitchen? the bathroom? Your bedroom?

Well, why the hell not? And I've had my own house that I decorated however I liked. It was MY house. And all the apartments I've rented by myself are my apartments. I pay for 'em. If I want to put a video game poster in my bathroom I'll damn well do so.

If I want to take a shit with a picture of Duke behind me so I can have balls of steel while on the crapper, I'll do it.


but to be honest I don't hang any posters in my house; only paintings or other wall decor


but if I wanted to put game posters up

Why? I have collections that mean something to me.

Heh, yeah, even when I typed that I was thinking, "I'm so full of shit. I don't even believe that." You have to have to collect things you like. If you don't, there's no point in collecting even if said things are expensive.

But having expensive things that you enjoy collecting is great, because then you can go to places on the internets where other people collect the same things you do, and then you RUB IT IN THEIR FACES AND WATCH THEM CRY

What do you collect that costs ridiculous amounts of money?

Toys. Books. Memorabilia.

In a fair game, if everyone playing it has to obtain their score on 1 quarter (one credit), then the score accurately depicts skill.

However, if I'm really good at a game and I set a good score in a game with 1 quarter, and then a 5 year old child with $10 in quarters uses all 40 quarters to beat that score, he has set the high score.

But is he really the best? If he's not the best, then why does he have the top score with his initials. I'm almost 40 times better than him. He sucks and his diaper is full of shit.

Uh, but most games calculate score on one set of lives or one runthrough of the game. So if you make the top score in one playthrough, that's that.

But if someone comes up and plays one game, doesn't beat your score, and then keeps pumping in quarters everytime they die, and then restart, and eventually beat your highscore in one life but they used $10 to do it...that still beats your high score.

See, this analogy doesn't work because it depends on what game you're playing. I mean, you're full of shit anyway if you can play through Captain America and the Avengers on less than $5; one quarter my ass I swear to god when you get to that level where you're flying over the water having to blast robots even if you're Vision that shit's too fucking tough and there's no way to beat that shit in one quarter unless you've been living at that machine and spent all your hard-earned allowance on it as a child

and then you come back and you're like "Check this shit out I can beat this game in one quarter" and you pick Vision and just fuck Red Skull's shit I mean he doesn't even know what the fuck and you're like, "Yeah, fuck the Nazis!" and all your friends are like "God daaaaaamn he did it on one quarter"

but really it took you like $250 to get that good





what was I talking about again



Oh yeah, so even if that poopy-pants kid beats your score with $10, his name is still at the top, not yours. #2 is not a winner and #3 nobody remembers. In the end, that kid has the high score.



It's a moot point anyway because some idjit will reach up and flick the switch at the top of the cabinet resetting all the scores.

Darkside, you could buy all of them and burn all but one, then it would be rare...

Actually I've started doing that with a certain thing. Buying them all up so nobody else has them.

 

[VirusType2]

I'm sayin', bro.

Oh, say what you want - I consider myself poor, but I've got everything I ever wanted. Turbo sports car with rims, killer sound systems, computers, shit loads of media, an iguana - I got memory foam and shit, son.

Maybe not the best of everything, but I'm happy. Some people have the $4000 TV and it sucks because it's too ****ing big or something.

but to be honest I don't hang any posters in my house; only paintings or other wall decor


but if I wanted to put game posters up

But you misunderstood me then. I just made a suggestion to help him decide if it's worth it to him.

Ask yourself, in like 10 years, will this still be cool or will I regret spending $100?

But in the end you have to decide - does it make you happy as **** right now? So, **** 10 years from now, bscly.

Heh, yeah, even when I typed that I was thinking, "I'm so full of shit. I don't even believe that."

I know because you guys are freaks.

But having expensive things that you enjoy collecting is great, because then you can go to places on the internets where other people collect the same things you do, and then you RUB IT IN THEIR FACES AND WATCH THEM CRY

But is that few moments of glory worth bazillions of dollars?
Because in the end, does anyone really care? No, only you care about your stuff.

Bud dude, my point is that you can find shit on the ground of value. I caught lizards and all kinds of critters. As a kid I collected shells and rocks, I mean and you could collect butterflies and moths. That shit is awesome, don't tell me it isn't. I got this one rock - I don't know the name of it, but it's like a rock from another dimension. It was like a dollar at a souvenir shop. Shit looks better on the shelf than a transformer, son.

Anyway, that's just me: Nigga on a budget.

Uh, but most games calculate score on one set of lives or one runthrough of the game. So if you make the top score in one playthrough, that's that.

That's how all the classic games were. It's the only true reason to aspire to set the score. I mean, you couldn't 'finish' the game, or 'beat' the game. It just kept repeating, so the point was the score.

See, this analogy doesn't work because it depends on what game you're playing.

I just didn't want to get too in depth, but that's the case here on halflife2.net, even though I know, you know, we know.

I mean, you're full of shit anyway if you can play through Captain America and the Avengers on less than $5

Yeah, they made some of these games ****ing impossible. They are designed in a way to make you keep paying. But I could beat Street Fighter II on 1 credit much of the time, even though M.Bison was a cheap faggit.

It's a moot point anyway because some faget will reach up and flick the switch at the top of the cabinet resetting all the scores.

I know right. But some games store the score. They all should. A battery isn't exactly cutting edge technology.

 

[CyberPitz]

I voted that it's worth it, just because "Is it worth it" is completely up to the person. I, personally, wouldn't do it, but that doesn't mean I think you're a retard for buying it. I think you're a retard anyway!

 

[Eejit]

I think Lithograph is a silly word.

 

[Darkside55]

Virus's post reached out and touched my heart. I remember what it was like picking up awesome shit like shells, and catching lizards and putting them in a bucket with sand so they could bask in the heat.

But I'm a man who's only contended with things of prestige. Everything I buy is something I truly love, and a lot of it has sentimental value and I'd never part with any of it, so often times I spend ludicrous money on things that I'll treasure forever...it just so happens that most of the shit I buy, someone out there covets. And that's an added bonus.

 

[lefty]

I think Lithograph is a silly word.

lithogriph. ick.

 

[VirusType2]

Virus's post reached out and touched my heart. I remember what it was like picking up awesome shit like shells, and catching lizards and putting them in a bucket with sand so they could bask in the heat.

But I'm a man who's only contended with things of prestige. Everything I buy is something I truly love, and a lot of it has sentimental value and I'd never part with any of it, so often times I spend ludicrous money on things that I'll treasure forever...it just so happens that most of the shit I buy, someone out there covets. And that's an added bonus.

Maybe I'm cautious and bitter. When I was a kid, the big thing coming back hardcore was baseball / sports cards.

I thought I was a smart little shit so I spent most of my allowance on these. I studied the guides very carefully. I wasn't into baseball, but my best friend played in middle and high school.

I expected the cards to be worth thousands when I was older. AND IT WAS FUN TO COLLECT

but, something happened. These cards look terrible compared to the print quality of today. The cards were way overproduced and the market flooded and they lost value. Maybe modern printer counterfeiting ruined their value as well.

I don't know but I feel like I studied hard as hell, was ahead of everyone else on what to buy and what was hot, but in the end, it didn't matter. Not many of them are worth any more than they were 20 years ago, if I can even find someone to buy them. You see, with the internet, and with ebay, there is no shortage of availability of these old cards.


several lessons there, here is one -

If you are going to invest in ANYTHING, make sure you won't mind if you end up stuck with it. Stocks, trading cards, pork bellies, memorabilia, a business - w/e

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

Virus's post reached out and touched my heart.

Hang up the avatar and return your evil card, you're off the force.

 

[ríomhaire]

But sometimes even two is too much. :hmph:

That's why Prometheus gave us fire.

 

[Darkside55]

Hang up the avatar and return your evil card, you're off the force.

Ok.

 

[swan_song1973]

i think its an ugly poster personally, especially with ones like railroad.

 

[ríomhaire]

You can start off the evil by burning Asuka's Lithographs.

 

[Darkside55]

But it won't make too much of a difference, because there'd still be 99 of them out there.

 

[ríomhaire]

That's a quiter's attitude. That only means there'd be 98 left to burn.

 

[Darkside55]

You're right! Time to go to work.

 

[Deleted member 56031]

Aww got to say virus post was quite sentimental and touched me ;(

I just realised how much money I have wasted (partly due to my ****ing OCD and collecting obsession)

And I'm sure darkside will be back on the evil squad soon anyway

 

[ríomhaire]

Besides, Darkside, that sad avatar makes you look like a ginger, emo Link.

 

[kupocake]

Don't have the money for them, want them nonetheless. However, the recent Heavy one is a lot more dubious. The appeal of the others has been that they're concept artwork, part of the production of the game.

Now, something artwork-wise I'd die to own would be a decent animation cel from a Disney or Ghibli movie. It's like owning part of the movie. Since games are completely digital, it's impossible to have something like that of a game you like. Concept art is the next best thing (yes, the art itself is digital, but you just have to settle). But this Heavy lithograph just looks like another poster or T-Shirt design... that and I only really have a passing interesting in Team Fortress 2 and its art. I'm just waiting for the inevitable Advisor-Borealis Trench lithograph so I can fail to afford that one too.

edit: Also, noting the ten-dollar price hike on the new limited run and frowning a little.

 

[Deleted member 56031]

I'm just waiting for the inevitable Advisor-Borealis Trench lithograph so I can fail to afford that one too.

Me too :|;(

 

[Darkside55]

Now, something artwork-wise I'd die to own would be a decent animation cel from a Disney or Ghibli movie. It's like owning part of the movie. Since games are completely digital, it's impossible to have something like that of a game you like.

Yeah. I love having cels, or better yet the unstuck pencils used to create the cels. Something like a piece of artwork that's done digitally and then printed loses some of that special-ness, because it can be copied over and over. The only limit is how much the company wants to print.

If it's a nice piece of artwork though it's still nice (I'd love to have some pieces from HL's development, maybe something like a map sketch or a creature concept), but it's not really something I'd term a rare item. And being signed is kinda like, "Eh. You signed all these other ones too. These aren't really special."

Besides, Darkside, that sad avatar makes you look like a ginger, emo Link.

 

[kupocake]

Raising the Bar Two, where are you?