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Title: What happened to Rising Stuff : (
Post by: gekioh on April 18, 2011, 05:42:33 PM
So this just goes to show how little I actually get on the internet and what not, as I spend a lot more time playing games and taking care of family, and watching gory splatter films and what not. I just now found out at time of this posting that Rising Stuff store is no more :cry: This is so very sad. Im sure there is already probably a thread about this somewhere but I dont feel like searching for it. This is definately a downer for me, as they provided the best customer service I have ever experienced for an online site.
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Post by: nodtveidt on April 18, 2011, 05:49:08 PM
I'm more curious as to what happened to the creepy old lady on eBay who sold TG/PCE stuff and porno of herself. :D
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Post by: Mathius on April 18, 2011, 06:03:28 PM
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Post by: turbogrfxfan on April 19, 2011, 05:54:38 AM
Man I got jipped. I bought my cosmic and exile from her and didn't even get one shot
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Post by: grahf on April 19, 2011, 06:06:07 AM
Haha, what the hell?
So what's the story? Did she just randomly send people pictures after the sale, or what?
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Post by: nodtveidt on April 19, 2011, 06:20:34 AM
You had to specifically ask for them. :) She sold them apart, or she would give them to you for free if you bought something from her... but you had to actually ask her for them, as she never tried to push them, and never even hinted that she had them in any of her game auctions.
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Post by: SuperPlay on April 19, 2011, 09:01:14 AM
They did do a couple of funny game play videos
http://www.youtube.com/user/RisingStuff
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Post by: esteban on April 19, 2011, 12:20:23 PM
You had to specifically ask for them. :) She sold them apart, or she would give them to you for free if you bought something from her... but you had to actually ask her for them, as she never tried to push them, and never even hinted that she had them in any of her game auctions.
My brain hurts. I looked at a few of the images. My brain hurts.
However, this seller is totally awesome. You can't beat this crazy, real life story.
:)
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Post by: Tatsujin on April 19, 2011, 01:27:12 PM
My brain hurts. I looked at a few of the images. My brain hurts.
However, this seller is totally awesome. You can't beat this crazy, real life story.
:)
Crazy, yes. But it's not my brain that hurts. It's my eyes! Why, oh why did my curiosity get the best of me and look at those photos. Dear God, why!?
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Post by: TheClash603 on April 19, 2011, 01:57:40 PM
I looked at each of the ebay lady pics, and then I had to immediately look at some younger women on youporn to reset my schema.
...then I looked at the ebay lady again.
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Post by: Firebomber7 on April 19, 2011, 04:46:40 PM
http://www.racketboy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=16270&start=40&st=0&sk=t&sd=a The thread in the forum I linked to was made by one of the guys running Rising Stuff. They basically just moved on with their lives.
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Post by: Arkhan on April 19, 2011, 05:01:33 PM
I suspect they got real jobs. Operations like theirs are fun and all, but they basically can't last. Sad, but true.
They already had real jobs.
What really happened is:
CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE! For the long version, keep reading along! For the short version. Scroll to the very end..........
Sensei got too busy because of having a kid and wife, and whatnot. Understandable.
Then, Good ol' Alex Tardborino took over the operations and quickly turned the place into Falling Junk instead of Rising Stuff.
He let loose a campaign of empty promises, clueless salesmanship (Ever have to tell someone who's supposedly well versed in reading Japanese that they listed a game on the site by the company name (Scaptrust, written in english on the cart) instead of the actual game (Crimson)? I have. Thanks to him, lol), poor customer service (HEY I LOST YOU ORDER, ILL TELL OTHER PEOPLE, I WONT TELL YOU THOUGH. I MIGHT REPLY TO YOUR PM IN LIKE 3 MONTHS AND DODGE THE PROBLEM AGAIN FOR AWHILE. THEN ILL ACT LIKE ITS ALL YOUR FAULT AND FAIL TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR BEING A f*ck UP).
ETC. etc. etc.
Things like that contributed to
I blame him for the downfall of the entire operation. 100%. The way he came on here to start flailing at members blaming US for the problems was a nice way to hit the nail on the head. Telling me "YOUR SPECIAL ORDER PRIVILEGES ARE REVOKED" was great, especially since after that I got a message from Sensei saying the exact opposite. Alex apparently likes to go rogue and make up his own rules.
Yes, its totally my fault he neglected to tell me (but told others!) the item I was waiting on to complete my giant order was lost in transit. Totally my fault! And its totally my fault he sent the stuff out to who the hell knows where. Thank God I never actually paid. (Since I was waiting for that final item to show up). Whats funny is, someone got a random package of PCFX and PCE games. I am sure that person was either ecstatic, or confused as hell.
The part of it all that I feel bad about is that Sensei tried to fix the problems. He approached the problem like a good businessman, and tried to fix everything up. Had that weird Japan shipping charge increase thing not went down at the same time, I would have gotten my stuff. A year late, but I would've! So I never got the stuff, but in the end I consider the transaction a plus thanks to Sensei. Its not his fault the shipping increase went up to where it was too obnoxious to get.
I looked at each of the ebay lady pics, and then I had to immediately look at some younger women on youporn to reset my schema.
...then I looked at the ebay lady again.
Haahahahaha. I managed to click at least 8 images before my brain screamed "STOP!" but my heart said "Just one more..." and then my brain hurt even more.
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Post by: grahf on April 20, 2011, 12:58:13 AM
I'm not gonna lie, I looked at all of them.
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Post by: Tatsujin on April 20, 2011, 01:15:00 AM
I still try to figure out of her intention for doing all this..lol.
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Post by: esteban on April 20, 2011, 02:12:42 AM
I still try to figure out of her intention for doing all this..lol.
My friend used to write interesting articles (online and print publications) a few years ago (late 90's, early ) about wacky stuff like that. He shared so many crazy stories.
Anyway, one of my favorite things he did: play chess/card games with this old dude (in his 70's-80's). The dude, of course, played in the nude and had an all-glass table. If you were a free-spirit, like the old codger, you were encouraged to take off your clothes as well, but you were under no pressure to do so. He simply wanted people to play cards/chess with him whilst he was naked.
No pictures, unfortunately. :(
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Post by: Necromancer on April 20, 2011, 03:01:13 AM
Don't forget the threats of legal action against M.H. :lol:
So, I take it that M.H. gave Rising Stuff a piece of his mind? I remember how he was when he got angry/annoyed. He could be rather spicy with the language.
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Post by: Necromancer on April 20, 2011, 03:18:06 AM
So, I take it that M.H. gave Rising Stuff a piece of his mind? I remember how he was when he got angry/annoyed. He could be rather spicy with the language.
He had a short page on his website about their f*ckups, so they threatened to sue for defamation of character. They backed off after finding a dictionary and learning that defamation and definition are not interchangeable.
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Post by: alexsduo on April 20, 2011, 04:04:01 AM
I think I saw a nipple, an a butt, but I cannot be sure...
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Post by: RR1980 on April 20, 2011, 04:29:10 AM
funny how they were trashing the games they were demo-ing and they were even kinda trashing their customers...."oh this game came with that little piece of foam I know how you guys LOVE that!" hehe
oh so one of the rising stuff guys is that blonde chubby guy from famicom dojo? I guess he's the good guy who had the baby?
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Post by: esteban on April 20, 2011, 05:26:23 AM
So, I take it that M.H. gave Rising Stuff a piece of his mind? I remember how he was when he got angry/annoyed. He could be rather spicy with the language.
He had a short page on his website about their f*ckups, so they threatened to sue for defamation of character. They backed off after finding a dictionary and learning that defamation and definition are not interchangeable.
Ahh, thanks :).
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Post by: Arkhan on April 20, 2011, 10:49:32 AM
Don't forget the threats of legal action against M.H. :lol:
Oh yeah! lolol. forgot about that bit of lolness.
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Post by: alexsduo on April 24, 2011, 04:02:42 PM
I was looking at PS3s back around launch day, and there were a ton of different sellers obviously. One in particular caught my eye, it was a PS3 with a cute redhead holding it or modeling it or something. The guy had a bunch of photos of her, and it stated something like you get a bunch of more racy photos. I asked about it, and he wound up sending me topless photos of his girl with a PS3. I still have them, but I gotta find them. I remember finding them a couple years ago and I got a big laugh!
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Post by: Tatsujin on April 24, 2011, 04:17:32 PM
Yeah find 'em,
and then,
post 'em here :D
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Post by: apachacha on April 24, 2011, 08:58:30 PM
I was looking at PS3s back around launch day, and there were a ton of different sellers obviously. One in particular caught my eye, it was a PS3 with a cute redhead holding it or modeling it or something. The guy had a bunch of photos of her, and it stated something like you get a bunch of more racy photos. I asked about it, and he wound up sending me topless photos of his girl with a PS3. I still have them, but I gotta find them. I remember finding them a couple years ago and I got a big laugh!
My kind of seller.
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Post by: Arkhan on April 24, 2011, 09:36:35 PM
funny how they were trashing the games they were demo-ing and they were even kinda trashing their customers...."oh this game came with that little piece of foam I know how you guys LOVE that!" hehe
oh so one of the rising stuff guys is that blonde chubby guy from famicom dojo? I guess he's the good guy who had the baby?
yeah and the skinny bug eyed jackass is Alex, AKA
WORST SELLER EVARRRRRRRR
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Post by: BEERS AND VIDEOS on April 24, 2011, 11:52:51 PM
EDIT: Never mind. Always helps to read the whole thread. ](*,)
And for the record, porn and PC Engine isn't a bad angle for an eBay seller. Though, after seeing those photos I suddenly have a fear of popping balloons.
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Post by: apachacha on April 25, 2011, 02:13:49 AM
I still try to figure out of her intention for doing all this..lol.
My friend used to write interesting articles (online and print publications) a few years ago (late 90's, early ) about wacky stuff like that. He shared so many crazy stories.
Anyway, one of my favorite things he did: play chess/card games with this old dude (in his 70's-80's). The dude, of course, played in the nude and had an all-glass table. If you were a free-spirit, like the old codger, you were encouraged to take off your clothes as well, but you were under no pressure to do so. He simply wanted people to play cards/chess with him whilst he was naked.
No pictures, unfortunately. :(
Reminds me of Nash's WTFIWWY show ;)
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Post by: grahf on April 25, 2011, 02:53:33 AM
funny how they were trashing the games they were demo-ing and they were even kinda trashing their customers...."oh this game came with that little piece of foam I know how you guys LOVE that!" hehe
That really pissed me off when I watched those videos. I never bought anything from them, but i'm glad I didn't. It just shows that they have no business sense at all, and didn't really give a rats ass about their customers. They were purely in it for the quick money.
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Post by: Arkhan on April 25, 2011, 10:25:38 AM
Kevin seemed to give a rats ass about customers and tried helping when shit went crazy.
Alex on the other hand, yeah hes your typical douchebag American in Japan. All he needs is a fanny pack and a shitty accent
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Post by: _joshuaTurbo on April 26, 2011, 06:16:48 AM
so wait... Vinnk from famicom dojo was one of the guys behind Rising Stuff?
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Post by: Mathius on April 26, 2011, 08:01:23 AM
so wait... Vinnk from famicom dojo was one of the guys behind Rising Stuff?
:?: :-s :?:
In the video.... the guy playing the games acting like he's stoned. He works with Sean Orange at Famicom Dojo... buy/sell/trade and youtube video channel stuff.
I met Sean and Vinnk at the Midwest Gaming classic in either 2003 or 2004... They seemed like cool guys, but didn't care all that much for PCE....
I'm just curious as to what the link is between them and Rising Stuff.
Small world.
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Post by: DJLobo on April 26, 2011, 09:40:36 AM
so wait... Vinnk from famicom dojo was one of the guys behind Rising Stuff?
Yep, you got it. Vinnk - Kevin. Sean Orange used to post Famicom Dojo videos on the site's home page.
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Post by: Black Tiger on April 26, 2011, 12:43:09 PM
So Rising Stuff was those losers who hate the PC Engine and the community so much, that they made these propaganda videos explaining how lame both we and the PC Engine are? :-s
-checkout 3:16 onward to jump straight to the real hate.
I'm so sorry to hear that their business went under. :wink:
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Post by: SuperDeadite on April 26, 2011, 01:10:21 PM
So Rising Stuff was those losers who hate the PC Engine and the community so much, that they made these propaganda videos explaining how lame both we and the PC Engine are? :-s
How the TG-16/Turbo Tap sux (http://youtu.be/N1oYbkKx5_s)
Angry PC Engine Nerd aka Anyone Reading This (http://youtu.be/pBv_L4AsMUI) -checkout 3:16 onward to jump straight to the real hate.
How the TG-16/Turbo Booster sux (http://youtu.be/pBv_L4AsMUI)
I'm so sorry to hear that their business went under. :wink:
Meh, the entire show they made was just an advertisement for their shop anyways. They make a video, and then put the items shown for sale. Most of their episodes are full of errors and misinformation, simply because they don't care. The whole point was to appear "hip and cool" so people would buy from them. Money is all they cared about. Remember when they first joined here? Acted all friendly, but then left as soon as they had opened their own forums. Typical a$$hole sellers, should have stuck to ebay :P
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Post by: Black Tiger on April 26, 2011, 01:41:05 PM
So Rising Stuff was those losers who hate the PC Engine and the community so much, that they made these propaganda videos explaining how lame both we and the PC Engine are? :-s
How the TG-16/Turbo Tap sux (http://youtu.be/N1oYbkKx5_s)
Angry PC Engine Nerd aka Anyone Reading This (http://youtu.be/pBv_L4AsMUI) -checkout 3:16 onward to jump straight to the real hate.
How the TG-16/Turbo Booster sux (http://youtu.be/pBv_L4AsMUI)
I'm so sorry to hear that their business went under. :wink:
Meh, the entire show they made was just an advertisement for their shop anyways. They make a video, and then put the items shown for sale. Most of their episodes are full of errors and misinformation, simply because they don't care. The whole point was to appear "hip and cool" so people would buy from them. Money is all they cared about. Remember when they first joined here? Acted all friendly, but then left as soon as they had opened their own forums. Typical a$$hole sellers, should have stuck to ebay :P
It seems like they really did care when it came to strictly portraying the PC Engine and it's fans negatively.
I just checked and the Angry PC Engine Nerd (and Turbo Booster) video was made after the last blowout here in the forums.
Coincidence?
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Post by: geise on April 26, 2011, 01:59:33 PM
The whole thing is just sad. I remember a lot of people here a couple years ago were spouting how awesome the place was. I used to get on their forums every now and then and check their news thinking "man I am glad I don't buy from here" The whole thing just didn't sit well with me. Now I'm really glad I never ordered from them. I feel sorry for people here that got the shaft from them. At least they're out of business. If they want to keep making shitty videos promoting hate for all things turbo/pce who give's a shit. It makes them look more like ass hats.
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Post by: alexsduo on April 26, 2011, 08:21:40 PM
funny how they were trashing the games they were demo-ing and they were even kinda trashing their customers...."oh this game came with that little piece of foam I know how you guys LOVE that!" hehe
oh so one of the rising stuff guys is that blonde chubby guy from famicom dojo? I guess he's the good guy who had the baby?
yeah and the skinny bug eyed jackass is Alex, AKA
WORST SELLER EVARRRRRRRR
I just wanted to reiterate that I am not the skinny bug eyed jackass, I am somewhat heavier...
I just watched that angry nerd, and I am really pissed he was throwing PCE games. I would never let mine get all scratched up, I think he must be poisoned or stabbed with Keith Courage. That video season 2, is almost utterly unwatchable.
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Post by: hizaygizirlz on April 26, 2011, 09:29:26 PM
I'm more curious as to what happened to the creepy old lady on eBay who sold TG/PCE stuff and porno of herself. :D
hahahahahaha
Thanks for bringing back a weird memory, I bought Sim-Ant for SNES from that lady, I would have never ever thought of that again in my life. Oh man that was hilarious. I would never ever have remembered that on my own.
hahahaha
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Post by: Arkhan on April 27, 2011, 11:34:10 AM
I just wanted to reiterate that I am not the skinny bug eyed jackass, I am somewhat heavier...
Different alex. He goes by Japanesepeso here. Unless you are him. I am sure if we make fun of him enough he will show up and flail around like a complete loser again.
Its people like him and his circle jerk brigade that make Japan make fun of American people.
to be fair though, Kevin (sensei/vinnk apparently?) was very nice, very friendly, and very on top of his shit. He didn't claim to be an expert in things he didn't know, and would ask people questions about stuff if he wasn't sure. (MSX for example). I never had a bad experience with Kevin behind the wheel. Alex on the other hand.... once Kevin had a kid or whatever and kinda vanished, alex took the store and smashed its face into the ground. Hard.
I find that funny since apparently he studied Management information systems, so he should have had at least some f*cking clue.
The guy is a clueless jackass. One of those annoying hipster twats thats all LOLIKNOWJAPANESESOAMCOOLESTLOOKIUSECHOPSTICKSTOEATEVERYTHINGLOOLOOLOLBESTYEAREVAARRRRR.
Whats hilarious to me is I told him HEY ALEX, YOU LISTED A GAME CALLED CRIMSON AS "SCAPTRUST" THATS THE MAKER, NOT THE GAME.
Apparently his expert JPNEZE didn't enable him to read the label.
Im not an expert living in Japan waving my dick around like a tool acting like Im one with the Sakura and shit.
I think people like him are the reason Yahoo.jp wont ship worldwide or let America pay for stuff on there. They dont want him f*cking up the market with LOLIMPORTGOGOGO.
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Post by: Otaking on October 17, 2014, 07:42:10 AM
So Rising Stuff was those losers who hate the PC Engine and the community so much, that they made these propaganda videos explaining how lame both we and the PC Engine are? :-s
How the TG-16/Turbo Tap sux (http://youtu.be/N1oYbkKx5_s)
Angry PC Engine Nerd aka Anyone Reading This (http://youtu.be/pBv_L4AsMUI) -checkout 3:16 onward to jump straight to the real hate.
How the TG-16/Turbo Booster sux (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWJbO2KKztg)
I'm so sorry to hear that their business went under. :wink:
Just stumbled on these "Angry PC Engine Nerd" videos again, haven't watched them since 2010 back when they were first put up. A lot of PC Engine/TG-16 hate. :shock:
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Post by: esteban on October 17, 2014, 08:28:35 AM
Well, this was a blast from the past...
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Post by: Otaking on October 17, 2014, 08:41:53 AM
I want to see her naked, with balloons. Multi-colored balloons.
Wow lol I totally forgot about all that!
might be somewhere in there.... http://www.nodtveidt.net/Linda/
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Post by: Punch on October 17, 2014, 10:17:14 AM
I find it funny that this was a 2011 discussion but the images survived in his server up to 2014... while other PCE stuff disappears from the 'net quite frequently.
The door is open master (http://www.nodtveidt.net/Linda/101.jpg)
I regret clicking on those pics...
Title: What happened to Rising Stuff : (
Post by: esteban on October 17, 2014, 12:33:07 PM
I still can't unsee them.
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Post by: Liquid Snake on December 16, 2014, 01:49:34 PM
My friend used to write interesting articles (online and print publications) a few years ago (late 90's, early ) about wacky stuff like that. He shared so many crazy stories.
Anyway, one of my favorite things he did: play chess/card games with this old dude (in his 70's-80's). The dude, of course, played in the nude and had an all-glass table. If you were a free-spirit, like the old codger, you were encouraged to take off your clothes as well, but you were under no pressure to do so. He simply wanted people to play cards/chess with him whilst he was naked.
No pictures, unfortunately. :(
This (http://stuffpoint.com/family-guy/image/181915-family-guy-herbert-and-chris.png)
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Post by: Gentlegamer on December 20, 2014, 06:35:39 AM
During the PS3 launch, ebay required the scalpers to post picture proof of possession of the system to be sold, so many enterprising scalpers turned to skin pics to attract attention. There was a thread at cheapassgamer.com called PS3 Scalpers Hall of Shame where pics were collected.
I have a whole folder full of these from the PS3 launch. I have a whole folder full of these from the PS3 launch. I have a whole folder full of these from the PS3 launch. I have a whole folder full of these from the PS3 launch. I have a whole folder full of these from the PS3 launch. I have a whole folder full of these from the PS3 launch. I have a whole folder full of these from the PS3 launch. I have a whole folder full of these from the PS3 launch. I have a whole folder full of these from the PS3 launch. I have a whole folder full of these from the PS3 launch. I have a whole folder full of these from the PS3 launch. I have a whole folder full of these from the PS3 launch. I have a whole folder full of these from the PS3 launch. I have a whole folder full of these from the PS3 launch. I have a whole folder full of these from the PS3 launch.
Pervert!
so where's the link for the rest of the pics? :-"
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Post by: Gentlegamer on December 20, 2014, 08:42:16 AM