>Don't worry bro, I put some toothpaste on the disc.

You were supposed to clean it off.
Not sure if it really worked, but people said it filled in the scratches on the disk

>>387028837
You forgot to brush it bro. With a dry toothbrush of course, don't want water getting in the cracks.

>wash toothpaste off
>take to DVD rental place/gamestop/ebgames/wahtever
>ask guy at counter to buff disc, will be either free or ~$2
>borrow something from friend and snap it in half
Done

>>387028915
That's right, and it did work for small scratches, but getting it buffed is the better option.
Since discs can heat up in game consoles, it often evaporates/melts and you have to keep doing it.

Toothpaste is abrasive . This is why it can unironically work

>>387028991
>>borrow something from friend and snap it in half
>Done
what did you mean by the snapping in half what the hell are you saying

>>387028991
Being a consolepleb must be hell

>>387028837
I don't believe you guys, it sounds like an old wives' tale.

>>387029091
If you can't respect people's property, the price must be paid.

>>387029124
No, modern old wives' tales usually involve the old wife getting blacked.

>>387028915
I used car wax and it made even heavily scratched disks work.

Now I take better care of my stuff.

It did work, same with blowing.
Dumb kids don't know shit about anything.

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>current year
>still using physical media

>>387029216
That's not what that phrase means at all.

>The whole console smells like mint forever
Good job Anon

I heard the same thing but with peanut butter; is there any truth to that

>>387029394
It's a turn of phrase if you will.

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>friend borrows game
>go over their house
>all their discs are sitting out on the carpet, label side up, read side down

>>387029091
You are such a pure soul, anon.

>>387029216
You're thinking of "old wives' tail".

>>387029437
Fair enough.

>>387028837
we can all see it's the plastic layer inbetween disks... it's transparent.

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>>387029357
>having your entire library digitally
>company can easily destroy your game licenses

>>387029813
Why would they do that

>>387029813
>destroying a legal document makes a game unplayable

>>387029867
lulz

>>387029813
Except this has never happened, there are many digital distributors and none of them have just mass banned licenses. The backlash would be catastrophic and they would never be trusted again.

>>387029813
>being connected to an electrical grid
>power company can easily short out everything you own

why do numales and cucks do this?

>2017
>still using discs

lol

>>387029813
>>387030010
>living on planet earth
>God can just throw a meteor on earth and kill everybody

>>387029436
I've tried both. I'd say there is a little merit to toothpaste but peanut butter is just retarded.

>>387028915
You know, I used to think that was complete bullshit.

Turns out all the disk is, is just plastic, and all the actual data is contained on the opaque title underside (or midside if you got a double-sided disc).

Makes more sense that way.

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>Not using physical media so that you can get some of your hardworking money back through a trade in at gamestop

what the fuck what a huge waste of toothpaste

Just put it in your toilet and flush, the disc is too big to go down the drain and it just magically works again after this, flush before you put the disc in of course

that's why you make backups of your shit, I never in my life lent one of my original discs ever

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>>387030194
>2017
>trading in your games to FUCKING GAMESTOP

>>387029424
>Not wanting a minty fresh console

>>387030194
>>387030331
>2017
>gamestop stil in business

>>387028837
I used to use toothpaste or a banana and believe it or not it both work.

>Throw disc on the ground
>"here's your virginity bro"
>Friend bends over"
>"where?"
>pull his pants down and quickly fuck him
>"sorry bro i broke it"

>>387030265
But will it work with Gamecube games?

>>387030098
>year of our lord 2017
>believing in a wizard in the sky
kys yourself faggot

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>>387028837
>Go to my mams
>She has an ipad
>She tells me in order to get your touch screen really nice shiny put fucking toothpaste on it

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>387028915
This literally saved my halo 3 disc back in the day. It stopped working again 2 years later, but it made an unreadable disc readable again.

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Me and my sister used to lick our gamecube discs because we thought the saliva would patch up the scratches. It actually worked somtimes

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I had the same 40 Winks disc continually show up in evermore weird places. Once in the back of a care, looking like a pincushion,

The FMVs broke to shit but that motherfucker worked like a dream.

I might give it a replay. I'm nostalgic over that Banjo-ripoff piece of shit game.

>>387030698
It makes sense though. If it makes your teeth shiny, then it would work on your screen.

>>387031367
It's these anecdotes that make me less about the absolute human obsolescence that's out our doorstep.

>>387031198
not convincing her cum would do it and need her to help you out.

>>387031282
no fuck you faggot

>>387029556
My friend does this too. He and my other friend got shitty that i put the readable side upwards complaining the dust will damage it

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>go to cousin's house
>notice lump under the carpet
>look under
>it's an DS Lite left open with its screens facing the ground

>>387029867
Companies die all the time. Today people love playing and collecting old games from the NES, and earlier era. Steam has only been around for 15 or so years.

At one point Atari was the face of videogames, a huge company that controlled the industry, and it died with a single terrible game and some bad executive decisions. Who knows what might kill Steam? VR flopping? Anti monopolistic measures? Gabe's obesity?

>>387029357
I like being able to sell my games after I sell my console.

>>387033067
>Have shelves full of old games.
>Can't just put in the disk, install and play because the changes in software and technology have introduced compatibility issues.
>Only way to make it playable is to download source ports or fan patches.

You're going digital to get access to your game, at least for PC players.

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>>387029813
Oh no
What ever would I do with all those files of the game that I already downloaded

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>>387032429
My DSL's been through some serious shit
>Touchscreen been so overused top layer started coming off in the middle
>Right hinge broke and had to be superglued back together
>Stylus went missing infinite years ago
>Due to the hinge shenanigans whole thing makes a disturbingly loud click when opening
>Pretty sure the d-pad started losing sensitivity on right-hand side
>R bumper almost completely useless
That's what I get for my combined mineral-mining time in Spectrobes and snaking constantly in Mario Kart.
At least I never fucking put UNDER a carpet though (how do you even achieve that).

>>387030194
>doesn't have a buybacks that gives you more actual money in his state
Sad!

>Selling your games
>ever
Thanks for proving your only source of income is pocket money from papa.

>>387029813
>playing a console that the manufacturer can brick at any time for any reason legally

>>387028837
This is what you get for using shitty disc. Cartridges have no problem like this at all.

>>387030112
No, disks are metal. You're thinking of discs.

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>Go to friend's house
>Open "Sport's Game 2" case
>"Shooter Game X" is inside
>Open "Shooter Game X" case
>Find "Platformers 3" inside
>None of the cases match up to their games

>>387029867
>Why would they do that
Man I am getting too old,the average age seems to be 12.

The one I always tried was coloring in the scratches with highlighter

Idk what the rationale was and idk if it ever worked

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>not buying games that already lost their value and recovered.

seriously, if you can get a good deal on a retro game you can even MAKE money off of spares or games you get tired of.

>>387029867
try to buy alan wake on steam

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>All my games work
>Vast majority of games have their manuals
>All games in their cases, even the ones I used a lot compared to the others
>Except one
>Haven't seen Sum of All Fears GC disc for several years, even after changing rooms within the house
>Still have the case and manual
I have a strong feeling I'll never see it again.

>>387028915

Its actually the abrasives in the toothpaste smoothing out the scratches that would be the trick.

>>387030006
Dark Spore is literally gone because it was online only.

>>387036445
didn't that scott pilgrim vs world game get removed from online stores so if you didn't already have it you can't get it?

>>387036043
The common age is most likely from 12 to early twenties.

>>387030194
be sure to stock up on canned food for the for zombie apocalypse too

>>387036378

>after changing rooms within the house

Move out you leech.

>>387029879
>You don't own your house if a legal document is destroyed
Welcome to reality

>>387036445
So? The servers were shut down. Even if you bought a physical disc, you still wouldn't be able to play it. That has nothing to do with physical vs. digital, that's EA being a shitty publisher, as always.

>>387036547
Yes, but the game can be saved console-side and thus a select few still possess it. The game data was also dumped onto the Internet. Dark Spore was exclusively server-side and thus there was no means of backing up the game.

>>387028915
It actually works, my 360 decided one day to etch a nice little curve into my Oblivion disc years back and I read toothpaste did the trick so I gently applied it and it magically worked for a 100% playthrough and the disk still works to this day.

Candlewax Masterrace

just the other day I dug up an ancient CD that was scratched to oblivion and only wax got it fixed

>>387036623
that is that and this is this

>>387036378
I lost Battlefront II for PS2 for years. Only found the disc a few months ago when it turned out my brother had it in one of his cases. We used to share games a lot.

>>387036595
Yes goy, as soon as you turn 18 you must start spending lots of money on your own place. We have cheap loans for you if it's a problem!

>>387029813
But the shit console kike servers are owned by your jew overlords, you have no way of playing your games if they get shut down.

>>387034059
I stopped playing my DS when my left d-pad just died on me. Love the hinge clicking though, it feels snappy

>Game goes missing
>Years down the line after moving out it reappears out in the open
What techno-daemon keeps doing this?

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>>387032429
>mom's friend comes over
>brings her children along
>"you have a DS, right? Why don't you let them play with it? You're not using it right now anyway"
>don't want to make a scene
>let them use it
>how bad can it be, right?
>several hours later
>mom's friend leaves with her kids
>go back in the living room, see DS open on the table
>pick it up
>strange feeling on fingertips
>heart stops, flip DS around

They left a giant fucking chocolate smear on the DS. What fucking mongrel would ever do that. Disgusting pieces of shit. Never again.

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>console

>>387029813
>cd and dvd don't last eternally
>they lose their data over lomg periods of time
>implying dvd reader are going to be manufactured forever
There is no safe haven faggot

>>387032429
>under the carpet
How does that even happen?

>>387036846
>Start working while living at home
>So long as you don't spend like a complete retard (you can still buy nice things) you'll have enough money saved in 6 months to pay for a year's rent and food
It's not that hard buddy.

>>387037150
Your own fault for not making up a lie on the spot as to why they can't use it, such as the internal battery dying and you having ordered a replacement, can't find it, etc.

Fucking PS2 DVD drive

>>387037162
those are crocodiles you pctard

>>387037189
i have a 1989 1x cd player that still works.

>>387037296
Or you could work a few more years while saving money instead of blowing it on another living place you don't actually need yet.

>>387035742
Disks are made of floppy magnetic material. Your thinking of HDDs

>>387037415
And it is more likely that it breaks than steam etc. Is going to close and revoke your right to play a digitaly game.
The point that no data is really safe, and this theory is just for (you), stands.

>>387028915
If you just use a minute amount, gently rub and clean off, it will to the trick.

The trick's not limited to discs, I've used it to remove a scratch from my monitor.

>>387037475
>He didn't grow up in an abusive household he needed to escape
I envy you

>>387037528
my point is this stuff can last as long as you will if you know how to take care of it.

>>387029357

Depends on the system honestly. PC is digital for life, but for my Switch/3DS I do cartridges because carts are awesome.

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Scrubs

>>387029867
Why would they blow up three buildings and blame it on sandniggers?

>>387030635
>7525 post-flood
>not wise to the fact that jews love godless goyim
The earth is flat, boyo

>>387037257
I think he meant under a rug...I think

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>>387037150
>mum's friend and her kid visit
>leave my room
>kid has been opening up my game cases and leaving discs on the floor
>mom doesn't think it's a problem

>>387030194
Yes I sure am sorry I can't get $3 back for my $70 game from JewStop.

>>387037713
how well does capcom vs snk run on the dreamcast?

>>387035742
>discs
>>387035742
>disks


wait there's a difference?

>>387037150
it's wasnt chocolate

>>387028837
how the hell do people get their discs get scratched in the first place

fucking idiots stacking their discs

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>>387029357
>have 20 games on steam
>tell some faggot to kill himself

>get banned
>account locked
>can't play any of my games anymore

>>387039217
Literally NEVER happened.

>>387029357
>>387039217
>having shit taste in anime

>>387029867
Greed/want people to buy their next iteration of the exact same game. Look at Sony's insane stance on being anti-backwards compatible and the absolute failure of PlayStation Pro. If it had backwards compatibility, it would have sold.

>>387030194
>heres five bucks for never been used game
>"but I never played, its still in the shrink wrap"
>sorry bro cant prove you did it yourself, rules are rules

>>387039217
>being an edgelord online
you deserved it tee bee haytch

>>387040640
well that's fair, how do you they know the CD is still even inside? They'll have to break the shrink wrap anyways

>>387039312
>>387040804
>Faggots talking over about having gay sex in explicit detail
>Tell them to get the fuck off and I quit for the day
>The next day I'm banned

>>387028837
I tried this when I was a kid and it left the disc scratched up even more than before.

>>387036438
You know what works far better than that? A Mr. Clean Magic Eraser, it's basically ultra fine sandpaper. It'll leave a billion minor scratches, but it'll smooth everything out

>>387029357
Have fun losing your games, dumb cartoon poster.