"(Spoiler Alert: It's Completely Staged)"
Why would anyone actually believe these shows are for real lol
yeah, they're real, but its not NEARLY as exciting in reality as they put it out to be.
$35,000!
What?
[editline]11th February 2013[/editline]
Also what makes you believe this is staged? Really whats the point? I've actually been to their store and there is one big ass line with people carrying furniture to stuff like this.
[QUOTE=Mysterious Mr.E;39558235]$35,000!
What?
[editline]11th February 2013[/editline]
Also what makes you believe this is staged? Really whats the point? I've actually been to their store and there is one big ass line with people carrying furniture to stuff like this.[/QUOTE]
Because Pat never in a million years would sell his NWC grey and gold carts
[QUOTE=Mysterious Mr.E;39558235]$35,000!
What?
[editline]11th February 2013[/editline]
Also what makes you believe this is staged? Really whats the point? I've actually been to their store and there is one big ass line with people carrying furniture to stuff like this.[/QUOTE]
That's obviously real. The scenes themselves are staged.
TV requires a LOT of editing. People say some really stupid shit by mistake all the time on camera.
That plus, they need to have only the "Good sales" in there, that way, its not "Boring show where fat people buy furniture". COOL SHIT is shown all the time, just, you know.
Moon shiners is the worst case of staging. They don't even actually do anything illegal in that show. It's not even real TV.
[QUOTE=Mysterious Mr.E;39558235]$35,000!
What?
[editline]11th February 2013[/editline]
Also what makes you believe this is staged? Really whats the point? I've actually been to their store and there is one big ass line with people carrying furniture to stuff like this.[/QUOTE]
The TV show is completely staged.
[QUOTE=Mio Akiyama;39558267]Because Pat never in a million years would sell his NWC grey and gold carts[/QUOTE]
That's true. If anyone is aware of the online NES scene, they'd know he'd never sell those. Nor would AVGN sell any of his things. It was just to make the show interesting, or to target to that demographic. They had someone bring in a Virtual Boy for that very reason. To target that niche audience which, in reality, consists of hundreds of thousands of people.
"Do you have to blow in it to start the game?"
"Probably"
Oh, that hurt to hear. No expert on NES games or hardware would even remotely suggest just blowing into a cartridge like that. They require more delicate maintenance that won't corrode the contacts.
[QUOTE=J!NX;39558351]That's obviously real. The scenes themselves are staged.
TV requires a LOT of editing. People say some really stupid shit by mistake all the time on camera.
That plus, they need to have only the "Good sales" in there, that way, its not "Boring show where fat people buy furniture". COOL SHIT is shown all the time, just, you know.
Moon shiners is the worst case of staging. They don't even actually do anything illegal in that show. It's not even real TV.[/QUOTE]
Well it's a TV show with a production company that I'm sure doesn't want to rely on just walk-ins having TV-worthy stuff. You have to imagine they arrange some things coming in just to keep the show as interesting as they'd like.
Also I can't imagine most people would go to a pawn shop to sell collector's items. It's probably the worst place to make money second only to a recycling center. There's a reason everyone jokes about the "best I can do is 5 bucks for your arc of the covenant" crap. That kind of stuff only finds its way to pawn shops through the hands of people that can't use the internet or don't know about auctions.
[editline]12th February 2013[/editline]
or maybe crackheads
[QUOTE=Latency;39560006]Well it's a TV show with a production company that I'm sure doesn't want to rely on just walk-ins having TV-worthy stuff. You have to imagine they arrange some things coming in just to keep the show as interesting as they'd like.
Also I can't imagine most people would go to a pawn shop to sell collector's items. It's probably the worst place to make money second only to a recycling center. There's a reason everyone jokes about the "best I can do is 5 bucks for your arc of the covenant" crap. That kind of stuff only finds its way to pawn shops through the hands of people that can't use the internet or don't know about auctions.
[editline]12th February 2013[/editline]
or maybe crackheads[/QUOTE]
that plus, its odd how the employees magically seem to just know "everything" off the top of the head. It's obvious they refer to other people on that info.
[QUOTE=Foxtrot200;39559393]"Do you have to blow in it to start the game?"
"Probably"
Oh, that hurt to hear. No expert on NES games or hardware would even remotely suggest just blowing into a cartridge like that. They require more delicate maintenance that won't corrode the contacts.[/QUOTE]
no
every nes owner blows into the cartridge
[QUOTE=Rusty100;39560467]no
every nes owner blows into the cartridge[/QUOTE]
or the more Delicate Rubbing alcohol + cotton swap + blow combo
[QUOTE=Rusty100;39560467]no
every nes owner blows into the cartridge[/QUOTE]
idk if you're joking, but
time to roll out this link again: [URL]http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?117240-DP-MYTHBUSTERS-Blowing-in-NES-Cartridges[/URL]
also he did say "expert", which pat is. not every nes owner knew that the blowing method being harmless was a perpetuated lie
i dunno dude i've tried both methods with my games and blowing on it seems to work more often
you don't need to blow into it, just take it out and back in which will make the cart last longer and will work as often
[QUOTE=Rusty100;39560747]i dunno dude i've tried both methods with my games and blowing on it seems to work more often[/QUOTE]
it's not a question of whether or not it works - it does work, because the moisture from your breath increases conductivity. the question is whether or not it's damaging in the long run, which based on tests it definitely seems to be so you don't want to be blowing on world championship carts
[editline]12th February 2013[/editline]
[QUOTE=icemaz;39560820]you don't need to blow into it, just take it out and back in which will make the cart last longer and will work as often[/QUOTE]
this too. resetting the contacts helps way more than moisture, which is also what you're doing when you take them out to blow into them
[QUOTE=Shugo;39560656]idk if you're joking, but
time to roll out this link again: [URL]http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?117240-DP-MYTHBUSTERS-Blowing-in-NES-Cartridges[/URL]
also he did say "expert", which pat is. not every nes owner knew that the blowing method being harmless was a perpetuated lie[/QUOTE]
wow he showed that it did nothing that cleaning couldnt fix really, so what are you trying to prove?
Aw, I was expecting Battletoads.
[QUOTE=Shadaez;39560838]wow he showed that it did nothing that cleaning couldnt fix really, so what are you trying to prove?[/QUOTE]
the problem is that many NES owners thought that blowing on the cartridge [I]was[/I] the cleaning (i.e. "blowing out the dust") and thus let the buildup on the connectors get to the point where it started to corrode the contacts. yeah, constantly cleaning the contacts properly will reverse most of the damage, but if you cleaned them properly in the first place (and kept your console's contacts cleaned/replaced over the years) you wouldn't need to blow on them
most of the time the actual process helping to get the game to work again was the very act of removing and reseating the connectors, giving it another opportunity to make a connection. it really all comes down to the NES's shitty design more than anything. bottom line is that there's no value in perpetuating the act of blowing on carts; without constant care it will eventually cause damage and actually provides minimal help with getting the game to work in the first place
but the ORIGINAL point was, you don't want to go blowing on the mega-rare championship carts or really fucking with them in general since they're, you know, mega-rare championship carts
also heres how this show really works
so its a real pawn shop, but they only film like once a week. the items are casted. it might be stuff that you brought in during the week and they liked it, or they put out a casting call for it
Can somebody reupload this?
[editline]6th March 2013[/editline]
Wow, 27 guests.
[editline]6th March 2013[/editline]
[video=youtube;mrntYxB92GU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrntYxB92GU[/video]
Pat would never ever sell that cart. Like literally ever.
I remember the AVGN video on this.
[editline]6th March 2013[/editline]
"DATS ALOT A MONY FOR SUM NINTENDO GAEMS"
You can watch the full thing here:
[url]http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xxi4c1_pat-the-nes-punk-on-pawn-stars_videogames#.UTfwgBzrxOA[/url]
He should have just sold them the Zelda cartridge.
Wasnt there some guy on storage wars who said that his "001 NES" was worth $50,000? TV these days suck
[QUOTE=mark6789;39826518]Wasnt there some guy on storage wars who said that his "001 NES" was worth $50,000? TV these days suck[/QUOTE]
its reality tv what do you expect? lmao
It hasn't changed in like 20 years.
Who in their right mind would sell such an item right now.
It's one if not the rarest video game cartridges/CD/etc. you can ever find right now.
It's obviously staged.
[QUOTE=Foxtrot200;39559393]"Do you have to blow in it to start the game?"
"Probably"
Oh, that hurt to hear. No expert on NES games or hardware would even remotely suggest just blowing into a cartridge like that. They require more delicate maintenance that won't corrode the contacts.[/QUOTE]
You didn't have an NES did you? That's how we played our games. Insert, Power, Didn't work, Pull it out, Blow into it, put it back in, repeat until it worked. Blowing working or not, that's what we did.
[QUOTE=TheTalon;39828904]You didn't have an NES did you? That's how we played our games. Insert, Power, Didn't work, Pull it out, Blow into it, put it back in, repeat until it worked. Blowing working or not, that's what we did.[/QUOTE]
That's every cartridge console ever.
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