/r/GameCollecting User Awards
Find of the Month! (FotM)
| Month | Username | Winning submission | Voting Thread | Announcement Thread |
| May 2011 | MustyBuckets | Submission | Voting Thread(errored) Re-Vote | Announcement |
| June 2011 | ThrowAwayPete | Submission | Voting Thread | Announcement |
| July 2011 | Distortion462 | Submission | Voting Thread | Announcement |
| Aug 2011 | ||||
| Sept 2011 | penguinn | Submission | Announcement |
Find of the Week! (FotW)
| Week | Dates | Username | Winning submission | Voting Thread | Announcement Thread |
| Week 18 | 2011/05/01 to 2011/05/07 (tie) | jallenscott | Submission | No Voting Thread(used upvote counts) | Announcement |
| 2011/05/01 to 2011/05/07 (tie) | DaveLambert | Submission | No Voting Thread(used upvote counts) | Announcement | |
| Week 19 | 2011/05/08 to 2011/05/14 | MustyBuckets | Submission | No Voting Thread(used upvote counts) | Announcement |
| Week 20 | 2011/05/15 to 2011/05/21 | blt88 | Submission | Voting Thread | Announcement |
| Week 21 | 2011/05/22 to 2011/05/28 | ThrowAwayPete | Submission | Voting Thread | Announcement |
| Week 22 | 2011/05/29 to 2011/06/04 | maverickrenegade | Submission | Voting Thread(errored) Re-Vote | Announcement |
| Week 23 | 2011/06/05 to 2011/06/11 | horsepuncher | Submission | Voting Thread | Announcement |
| Week 24 | 2011/06/12 to 2011/06/18 | Soveperser | Submission | Voting Thread | Announcement |
| Week 25 | 2011/06/19 to 2011/06/25 | Stregano | Submission | Voting Thread | Announcement |
| Week 26 | 2011/06/26 to 2011/07/02 | donwuebos | Submission | Voting Thread | Announcement |
| Week 27 | 2011/07/03 to 2011/07/09 | lordloss | Submission | Voting Thread | Announcement |
| Week 28 | 2011/07/10 to 2011/07/16 | Dyzon | Submission | Voting Thread | Announcement |
| Week 29 | 2011/07/17 to 2011/07/23 | humanman42 | Submission | Voting Thread | Announcement |
| Week 30 | 2011/07/24 to 2011/07/30 | Distortion462 | Submission | Voting Thread | Announcement |
| Week 31 | 2011/07/31 to 2011/08/06 | SmokeCloud | Submission | Voting Thread | Announcement |
| Week 32 | 2011/08/07 to 2011/08/13 | lilmul123 | Submission | Voting Thread | Announcement |
| Week 33 | 2011/08/14 to 2011/08/20 (tie) | DarkKobold | Submission | Voting Thread | Announcement |
| (tie) | eddanger | Submission | Voting Thread | Announcement | |
| Week 34 | 2011/08/21 to 2011/08/27 (tie) | jkdeadite | Submission | Voting Thread | Announcement |
| (tie) | natethegamer | Submission | Voting Thread | Announcement | |
| Week 35 | 2011/08/28 to 2011/09/04 (tie) | trinitis | Submission | Announcement | |
| (Tie) | imalargeogre | Submission | Announcement | ||
| (tie) | bulletbill23 | Submission | Announcement | ||
| Week 36 | 2011/09/04 to 2011/09/11 | penguinn | Submission | Announcement | |
| Week 37 | 2011/09/11 to 2011/09/18 (tie) | teamshred | Submission | Announcement | |
| (tie) | hylian | Submission | Announcement | ||
| Week 38 | 2011/09/18 to 2011/09/25 | wackymayor | Submission | Announcement | |
| Week 39 | 2011/09/25 to 2011/10/02 | JeSuisUnBoite? | Submission | Announcement | |
| Cauterize | Submission | Announcement | |||
| Week 40 | 2011/10/02 to 2011/10/09 | atomicpowerrobot | Submission | Announcement | |
| Week 41 | 2011/10/09 to 2011/10/16 | boneash | Submission | Announcement | |
| Week 42 | 2011/10/16 to 2011/10/23 | MXero | Submission | Announcement |
Find of the Week (FotW) The Revival
/r/GameCollecting glossary
As requested by user shinybizarro here. I would like to put together a glossary for commonly used collecting terms/acronyms that new users will be able to use to understand what we are talking about. This is where you guys come in, I don't know everything but I think collectively we probably know a whole bunch. I'm going to post up some of the stuff I can think of and if you guys could just reply with other terms or acronyms that you think new users would benefit from knowing then I can keep updating this thread and we can have another valuable resource for our subreddit. tl;dr post collecting terms that new users may be unfamiliar with
Terms
5-screw - Early style NES cart with 5 screws
72 pin - the internal game connector for the NES
CIB - Complete In Box (It was suggested that this could also mean "Cart, Instructions, Box" when dealing on eBay)
Dad Amongst Dudes - A valueless award given out to the most dadderific dude of the day, usually for hooking someone up with a free or highly coveted item. Once awarded, the Dad Amongst Dudes must never speak of the award and carry on as if he/she had never won it, continuing to strive for further dadliness in hopes to once again be crowned a Dad Amongst Dudes. IMPORTANT NOTE: Females can be "Dads Amongst Dudes." There is no gender implied by the term.
Duke - Original large Xbox controller
FA - For Auction
FMV - Fair Market Value
FO - For Offer
FOTW - Find of the Week
FS - For Sale
FT - For Trade
Fullset - Every game for a system
Heavy Sixer - First run of 2600 models with 6 option switches and heavier then other models
Loose - Cartridge/disk only
MIB - Mint in Box
NFR/NFS - "not for resale" is indicated somewhere on the game, some people collect these
NIB - New In Box
NM - Near Mint
NOS - New Old Stock
OEM - Original Equipment Manufacturer
PSX - Playstation 1
r/GC - Our beautiful subreddit :)
"S type" controller - redesigned OEM xbox controller.
SIB - Sealed In Box
Shipped - Price including cost of shipping
Snipe - Placing a bid in the last couple seconds of an item
Toploader - special valuable NES model
Vader - all black Atari 2600
VGPC - VideoGamePriceCharts?.com find relative value of any game, link in sidebar
WAE - With All Extras
w/HT - With Hang Tab
wo/HT - Without Hang Tab
WTB - Want To Buy
WTS - Want To Sell
WTT - Want To Trade
/r/GameCollecting user collections
If you'd like your collection added to this list, just edit it yourself! Please don't remove someone elses submission. Happy viewing!
/r/GameCollecting User Guides
Have a guide you've written? Add it here!
| System | Model | User | Guide Name | Comments |
| Sega CD | 1 | Ioncannon | Fixing disc read errors and internal save memory problems | Comments |
| SNES | n/a | Informationator | Comprehensive SNES Cartridge Restoration | Comments |
/r/GameCollecting FOTW Rules
** a few minor changes for FOTW April 5th, 2012:
- ENTRY TIMES: Entries that are posted between Sunday 12:01am and the following Sunday 12:01am, and are in the correct format, will qualify fror entry in that weeks FOTW. We reserve the right to change that window (when the backlog is complete), but will inform the community before doing so.
- POLLING TIMES: Will be Sunday 12:01am to the following Sunday 12:01am for the *previous weeks entries*. The times may not be completely accurate until the completion of the automation. We beg your indulgence.
- FORMAT: Your submission must contain [FotW] in it's title. Please make it the first thing entered into your title. If you forget, please repost with [FotW][repost] in the title and the url is the reddit link to the original post **and then downvote that post**. The downvote will keep the post from showing up in the regular feed, and it is your punishment for forgetting. The FOTWbot will still pick up the post. Then message **occ4m** stating you did it.
- FREE FOTW haul: Regardless of how you acquired your haul, be it free, paid FMV, or hunted down AVGN and gave him some Zoloft it will still count as a FOTW as long as it follows the other rules and guidelines.
- PICTURES: Take some! Seeing as how we are on honer system a nice set of freshly taken photographs will help seel the deal on if you actually have the items you speak of.
- IF there is a tie for the FotW polling we will ask the original contestants of that week via PM to vote for a winner. This will have a 24 hour window of voting and will be handled exclusively by PM.
- FOTM: Find of the Month [FotM] will be conducted as follows. Each of the FOTW winners for the month will be placed into one poll, and votes will run the same way they do for FOTW.
- Ultimately it is up to you and always remember your FotW is exactly that, an incredible find that you think is awesome. Please post your finds the week you find them no matter how stiff the competition is. We are relying on the "Honor System" here folks, r/gamecollecting and the Find of the Week is set up to encourage collectors to share their good deals with friends. It has taken most of us several attempts to win so do not get frustrated, you will get your rupee with patience. You do not need to win FotW to impress us, just being here is enough.
- FINALLY: Really at the end of the day we can not tell you how to submit. You can do it however you please. These are just to help you post efficiently, and get you a rupee
- DISCLAIMER: r/gamecollecting and r/gcfotw to not take responsibility for you going bankrupt to win FotW.
- CHEATING: Yes, we know it is possible. Yes, we can detect it. You are on your honour when it comes to the FOTW and this community as a whole. Cheating will be considered a complete disrespect of this community, and will be returned in kind. The votes will be corrected to the best of our ability, and the cheaters will be banned from this contest. Repeated offences will be reported to the moderators, and possibly to the moderators of sympathetic communities such as [1] /r/gamesell and [2] /r/retrogameswap at our discretion.
Also take note that FOTW/FOTW is no longer an official /r/GC activity. It is now run by a few loyal r/gc and FOTW lovers. Please Humanman42, wackymayor, UndeadArgos?, Powelly1995, or presertim if you need any information regarding FOTW