AwW! My favorite game sleeves (Yes, I’ve kept using these since high school.) 
These get an A++ for shuffle experience at my LGS.
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Amen. 100% agree.
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Getting “priced out” is the anthem for short term collectors
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Some truth to that for sure. Also want to include long term collectors who are “priced out” but know better to just wait it out, or adjust collection goals
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Yeah right. And 2019 collectors are still waiting for prices to drop enough to be “priced in” again 
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Sorry, I guess I don’t follow. What do you mean?
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Doing my first run through of this game and i cant help but notice my character is wearing a hot dog on their head
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this is “why does ruby have white hair” for sapphire
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If anything, it’s the long-term collectors who are truly getting priced out
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Id disagree. Long term collectors are around long enough to see high and low cycles in price - including high cycles in their own cards that allow them to fund cards they dont yet have.
Meanwhile, short term collectors might not even see a full cycle.
The point is that if you stay around long enough theres a way better chance you can afford cards other people get priced out of.
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That’s her hot dog headset so she can listen to Rustboro elevator music
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This assumes that long term collectors = a big collection with multiple copies (better if graded), some sealed items kept for investment/display, and maybe some PSA10 to spare (which you could easily sell or downgrade without much struggle). Often this is not the case imho, especially outside the “serious” collectors bubble which E4 is. Many people who are genuinely passionate collectors aren’t willing to sell part of their collection to fund other purchases; some just get caught in a market boom while saving money.
A collection isn’t the stock market: if I need to complete the 1st edition base set that I started in 2013, with just the charizard missing, what did I gain? Sure, the overall value of my collection is indeed skyrocketing, but I’m still priced out from a particular $25K+ card. Collecting just isn’t as rational as having a retirement account.
Also, It seems to me that the “short term collectors” are often big spenders who care less about the prices (because of joining during market booms, overestimating cards rarity and generally having less knowledge compared to more seasoned members), unless they’re also flippers trying to squeeze every dollar. But maybe I’m wrong!
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You’re not wrong at all. The vast majority of long term collectors are not entrepreneurs who constantly buy and sell with perfect timing to exponentially grow their net worth/collections.
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In the newest sets the chase card’s artworks usually aren’t as good as the bulk’s artwork
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I feel mainline Pokemon games need to move away from Single battles entirely. You cannot tell me your official competitive format is Doubles and then have players do 1v1 for 99% of your single player campaign, then expect them to learn the format if they want to compete.
I avoided VGC for the longest time because my experience with Pokemon was just the mainline games but once I started playing it opened my eyes to how many strategies were out there. Protect, Follow Me, spread moves, Helping Hand, Fake Out, Perish Song…none of this stuff exists in Singles (or rarely does in the case of Protect).
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It’s a game marketed towards children, the story mode is supposed to be easy to follow and easy to complete for a reason
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Are you suggesting that children can’t figure out how to play double battles? VGC routinely holds junior level competitions for children and some of the most creative players and team builders get their start there.
I get what you’re saying but the line of reasoning in your post is why Pokemon games have regressed over the past decade.
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