Being a geek can be profitable

[beowulf]

The special "One Ring" card for the Lord of the Rings "Magic the Gathering" card game was found here in Ontario. It has now been sold to rapper Post Malone, who supposedly has been playing the game since he was a kid for $2.2M US or about $2.6M CDN

Post Malone has bought Magic’s $2M One Ring card

The one-of-a-kind card was unearthed in June

www.polygon.com

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[Oogie Boogie]

Heard about this being pulled the other week.
Was kind of hoping the person would actually end up keeping the card, but when you are able to sell it so that you can pretty much go ahead and retire possibly, then I can't really blame the person for doing so

In a retro find thread here in this same forum, it does pay to be a geek sometimes.
Rare finds of things like these cards, or even old or rare video games that are in great condition can net you insane profits.

 

[PK Cronin]

Yeah, but how much money did he spend on Magic cards to begin with? He's just covering the cost of his initial investment.

 

[H3ckt1k]

Can confirm, have made thousands off of being good at one singular video game

 

[Hammettf2b]

Can confirm, have made thousands off of being good at one singular video game

ya, but at what cost??? thinkingface.emoji

 

[Khelandros]

Heard about this being pulled the other week.
Was kind of hoping the person would actually end up keeping the card, but when you are able to sell it so that you can pretty much go ahead and retire possibly, then I can't really blame the person for doing so

In a retro find thread here in this same forum, it does pay to be a geek sometimes.
Rare finds of things like these cards, or even old or rare video games that are in great condition can net you insane profits.

This will not change his life, more than likely it will all revert back to what it is now.

 

[beowulf]

This will not change his life, more than likely it will all revert back to what it is now.

You don't think getting $2.6M for an average guy who was not wealthy won't change his life at all?

 

[PK Cronin]

You don't think getting $2.6M for an average guy who was not wealthy won't change his life at all?

If I got $2.6M I'd probably never work again. Certainly not full time. It's not "I'm rich bitch" do whatever you want money but it's certainly enough for people in certain areas of the world to live without worrying about much for the rest of their life.

 

[Khelandros]

You don't think getting $2.6M for an average guy who was not wealthy won't change his life at all?

No, in a couple of years he will be right back to where he is now.

 

[H3ckt1k]

ya, but at what cost??? thinkingface.emoji

True, my mental health has never been the same

 

[PeteWorrell]

No, in a couple of years he will be right back to where he is now.

Unless he is smart and the first thing he did when he got the money was hire a financial advisor.

It's not worth millions but retro gaming has been profitable the last few years. To the point where you have to watch out for fake cartridges if you are a buyer.

 

[Shareefruck]

I feel like being a geek in general has been profitable for quite some time now.

 

[Rodgerwilco]

Can confirm, have made thousands off of being good at one singular video game

you're selling runescape gold, aren't you Squidward?

 

[H3ckt1k]

you're selling runescape gold, aren't you Squidward?

Thats actually a good guess because runescape is one of two games I play

 

[beowulf]

Thats actually a good guess because runescape is one of two games I play

Back in the day I would sell higher end item from Diablo 2 on eBay lol

 

[H3ckt1k]

Back in the day I would sell higher end item from Diablo 2 on eBay lol

I unfortunately was too young during Runescapes hey-day to do that, but that would have been the move

 

[Andrei79]

Yep. A friend of mine made 400k selling off an N64 game.

 

[NyQuil]

I remember playing games for fun.

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

I remember playing games for fun.

Same.

Along with saving up your allowance/birthday/Christmas money and buying games because you wanted to unwrap them, fire em' up in your console, and play em'


And we didn't have no "internet" to tell us if a game was good or not either!!

We relied on just plain ol' schoolyard word of mouth, and maybe an issue of Nintendo Power magazine (printed on real paper!!) if you were rich or had a friend that was.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Back in the day I would sell higher end item from Diablo 2 on eBay lol

Back in the time, my at the time girlfriend played Diablo 2 and a bunch of randoms would add her and then when they saw me (my character) playing with her they'd challenge me to a dual and I pretty much couldn't leave the main town safely.




Is the card actually from MTG, or just from LOTR card game that's similar to MTG ?

Is it from a subset like U glued ?

 

[KingsHockey24]

I feel like being a geek in general has been profitable for quite some time now.

Now imagine being a geek with boobs.

Cosplay content sells big.

 

[NyQuil]

Now imagine being a geek with boobs.

Cosplay content sells big.

Nerds and geeks are lonely and sad.

 

[KingsHockey24]

Nerds and geeks are lonely and sad.

I've gone to Anime Expo and Comic Con once and both times treated like a celebrity if you're in cosplay.

 

[NyQuil]

I've gone to Anime Expo and Comic Con once and both times treated like a celebrity if you're in cosplay.

I get it in terms of the avid fandom but it’s also true that the skimpiest of cosplay generally (but not always) gets the most attention.

If you’re in the business of marketing your looks for money, you can do worse than dressing up like a video game or anime character.

 

[Rodgerwilco]

Now imagine being a geek with boobs.

Cosplay content sells big.

I've gone to Anime Expo and Comic Con once and both times treated like a celebrity if you're in cosplay.

Hmmmm...