how retarded are you, anons?

>>385431359
I spent money on Yooka Laylee's crowdfunding campaign.

Never again

>>385431359
stage 7 here
most recent game I've pre-ordered is Sonic Mania

>>385431450
congrats

>>385431565
I'd call that Stage 7.5 - preordering a game which is part of a historically very shit series which hasnt even finished development yet

>>385431359
I pirate games to demo them, and if I like them I will buy them, but that's not always the case. Sometimes I like it, complete it, and never buy it unless it goes on sale years later and I'm itching for a replay.
Where do I sit on the scale?

>>385431720

around a 1 and a half I guess

>>385431359

What stage is "Buying a game which looks kind of okay and maybe it isn't great but it's a fucking dollar so fretting over whether it's worth the dollar will waste more time than a dollar is worth"?

>>385431359

Stage 5 for Switch games, Stage 2 for PC games

>>385431359
Stage 1-3

>>385431359
>tfw literally pirate EVERY game posible. Nier automata, whole PS3 generation, you name it.

Feels really good.

>>385431814
How much time does a dollar worth for you?

>>385431801
Sounds good to me.
I'd rate you a 0 on the retard scale, anon.

>>385431905

I have a job, which means my free time is limited, so my time is pretty valuable.

If I could save a dollar by spending an hour doing something, I wouldn't.

I only go up to stage 3 at the highest for From Soft games because I know I'm going to enjoy them. I have never and probably never will preorder a game.

>>385432135
Until From Soft goes shit and burns you.

It'll happen anon. Every game company goes shit eventually.

Only ever done stage 3

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>>385431359
Stage 0. You're an adult and can buy whatever games you want without having to worry about it.

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>>385432380

Never went past Stage 2.

>Pre-2011
Stage 5
>Post-2011
Stage 2

You can probably guess the game that caused the shift.

>>385432882
Battletoads.

>>385431359
Stage 8.

I have no real problem with backing crowdfunding campaigns, but only if they already have some gameplay footage and I have a decent reason to assume it wont flop (reputable dev, decent demo, etc.)

So far so good, really. I haven't backed anything yet that I wouldn't have bought anyway. For a few titles I would have normally waited for a sale, but that's still not too bad.

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>>385433171
im so sorry to hear about your terminal 8 retardation anon

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>>385431359
Stage 0

I don't play videogames.

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Stage 2

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Full Stage 1 here.
Last game I bought was BF2 for PC back in 2005.

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>>385433280
Eh, I'm coping alright.

Not like I'm spending money I couldn't miss anyway.

>Stage 0
>Working adult with a social life, so play F2P games exclusively when the need for gaming comes to call.

Fuck breaking the law. Fuck messing around finding reliable downloads and that shit.

Just game.

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>>385431359
>Buying a game blah blah after performing extensive research and watching gameplay/reviews from multiple independent and non financially endorsed sources

This is the final stage of retardation. How fucking worthless is your time that you spend hours researching a game that is AT A FUCKING DISCOUNT?
>"Oh boy I better make sure I spend 3 hours researching that I wont regret buying the 80% discounted game for 3 bucks on Steam"
Even if you work at minimum wage you can buy 10 cheap ass game in the time it takes to extensively research 1 of them. And if you have a real job you will make those 3 bucks in less than 10 minutes of work.

Fucking worthless poorfags.

Stage 2.5

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Stage 9. Crowdfunded Pillars of Eternity and I don't regret it. Great game.

>>385434227
Can't wait for the sequel. It looks great.

>>385434227
Best naps ever.

>>385431359
Stage 2. Used to be 1 until i got a job a few years back.

>>385432882
skyward sword?

>>385434543
Nope, even worse.

1-2 though I went as far as 4 once.

Stage 8 for Shantae

stage 1
feels poor man

>>385431869
patrician level of retardation here

>>385431359
Stage 1-3
Stage 9 only once because of Scam Citizen, boy was that a lesson.

What if I do all?

9 baby

stop killing vidya

>>385434968
Pick the highest stage that applies.

>>385431359
I've contributed to a few kickstarters in the past. Some of them turned out great but I don't do it anymore, other than that I've been a stage 2 since I got a PC

Stage two, but I don't need it at a discount. I'm obviously going to research my purchases heavily, but why wait forever to get something I want when I can get it now?

>>385431359
Speaking of games that don't exist, whatever happened to John Romero's Kickstarter game? Did he ever actually make the demo and start the Kickstarter up again?

>>385431359
I preorder and buy all the dlc for every total war game every time

>>385431359
I used to be stage 1 to 3, but I haven't bought a video game in nearly 10 months, I guess it's stage zero
>play 2 or 3 multiplayer games all the time forever until the brain melts

I preordered Overwatch because I had played it in beta and liked it. My previous preorder before that was TBC over 10 years ago.

Usually I just pirate.

>>385431359
stage 7
i don't trust crowdfunding one fucking bit

>>385431359
Stage 1 retard who occasionally slips into Stage 2 retard

Stage 1 unless it's from devs that have a very high chance of pleasing me, then I'll go to stage 3

>>385431359
Stage 2 - 3

Fuck off pirate fags

>>385431359
everyone here expect me is stage 0, they dont play video games

Stage 0. I'm a remorseless pirate and if I ever absolutely need to buy a game, I get it off of g2a just so the money goes to some shady guy instead of a developer.

I would not be unhappy if the whole industry burned to the ground because of it.

>>385431359
Proud Stage 2 here

Stage one for about 3 hours then either purchase or delete depending if I love it or not.

If game has a demo then I will skip stage one and play the demo.

If no demo and no crack available, I'll research and watch gameplay videos.

I don't preorder unless it's a game in slightly interested in and has physical bonuses in which case I'll preorder, get my shit, and then cancel it the next day.

I've never been interested in games that have day 1 preorder DLC so I can't answer on that

Stage 1-2 here. Bought into the comp sci meme but everybody forgot to tell me that everybody's got all the developers/engineers they need on LI. I was gonna be somebody, now I'm just some jackoff.

>>385431359
Stage 10 - Preordering a game months in advance for ten times the price so that you can get a very expensive action figure

where's the option "buying it because you will enjoy it and aren't poor to change it for another game once you finish it"?
also stage 1

>>385431359
There are game shops that offer you preorders without any type of pay, amerilards/fucking leafs/eurocucks?

I mean, here in Chile you can preorder games without paying until the day it releases.

Often i see you crying for this shit.

>>385431359
5

>>385440315
checkem

I've bought one game in the past six years and that was underrail. I even pirated that first as well but I enjoyed it enough and the developer wasn't an asshole so I parted with my shekels.

But anyone who buys into early access or pre orders is just retarded. How many times do you have to get burned before you learn your lesson?

>>385440569
I preorder games and I've been "burned" 0 times

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Stage 3.

>>385431359
stage 2 is the most retarded since it's like a paragraph long right

>>385433324
Then get the fuck off /v/ and back to /a/.

>>385431359
Stage 2 99% of the time and Stage 5 for the last percent.

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>it's a piratefags think they're enlightened gentlemen because they steal
Pic related, it's all of you.

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>>385431359
Stage 2.5 and stage 8 for that town of Salem card game

Stage 1 because I can.

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I feel bad for people too poor to afford to buy a game they're interested in day one

>>385441340
No, you don't.

>>385431450
kek me too
I'll never not be mad

>>385441460
I really do. Tv, gaming and other similar hobbies have become so commonplace that they're almost necessities in the first world.

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>>385431359
Stage 0.
I don't even play videogames.

Stage 1

I'm ironically retarded xD

>>385431359
I used to pirate everything but steam has sales often enough that I just buy them at a heavy discount. I have enough games in my backlog that I really don't need anything on launch anymore.

I'll buy a game if the box says you get free anal.

So pretty retarded.

Stage 2 only.

Can't go stage 3 since offering refunds is mandatory by law.

>>385441693
do you also buy the new iPhone every year?

>>385432508
who bitch dis is

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>>385443158
Nope. Samsung galaxy.