Do you let others borrow your games?

[Mike Pothier]

Some have called me a jerk, or paranoid, because I don't let anyone borrow my games. In some cases, I won't even let them play them outside of my presence.

Perhaps I'm a special case. I have multiple games stolen from me, in some cases from family members.

My older brother "borrows" Super Metroid from me to play at his girlfriend's house. Gone.

A friend of mine stays at my house, and inexplicably, a couple games go missing.

The same thing happened a few years ago, when my niece stayed with her BF, who I later found out had this nasty habit of stealing cars. Kiss two of my Resident Evil games goodbye.

Since then, I've been somewhat paranoid about lending out games. People look at me funny when I tell them no, as if to say "look its just a game for crying out loud", but after being burned so many times, I just don't trust anybody.

Am I alone in this?

[linkman8]

Not at all. I'm very very cautious about others borrowing my games. I used to be a very giving person, almost always letting others borrow my games, but that changed about two years ago.
I let my friend borrow a GBA game, and told him not to start a new game, because it would erase my hard earned progress. What does he do? Deletes my file and starts a new one. As you can see, through bad experience I've learned to be more cautious.

[Mehplep]

My budget don't like me at all, so I am the one that borrow the games :D A have a N64, GBC and GBA (and some games, of course), but besides that, I borrow from friends. For example, I have borrowed my friends GC recently, and doing a playthrough for both MP-titles for the GC when I have time. I really want to buy some new consoles and games, but I really can't afford anything atm. Getting my first job this summer though, so it will hopefully change some ^^

[Smitie]

I never borrowed any games or let someone borrow one. My friends at school don't have any interest in games (only one but he has a Xbox360) so nobody asks me if they can borrow one of my games.

[zeypherlink]

I do sometimes...but I usually got screwed over. Nowadays if a friend wants to borrow a game, they'll have to let me borrow a game too.

[Onilink89]

to nobody except my best friend.
some of you knew him as Dragonking in the old ZD.
not just games, i even let him borrow my whole consoles.

and he is very carefull when he borrows things.
of course i also borrow from him.
the point is that i can trust him completely.

[LINKANDZELDA]

I'll admit that I have this one friend who I let borrow a game who let another friend borrow it so not realy.

[linkman8]

The whole chain borrowing thing going on, huh? I'll tell you one thing, if I let my friend borrow a game and expected it a week later, and then they lent it to someone else, I'd be pretty mad.

[LINKANDZELDA]

What makes it worse is it was a Zelda game

[Mike Pothier]

Now you have to go on a bloodhunt. Think Anton Chigurh from No Country for Old Men.

[kris94]

I let almost all my friend and family members my games, but thats jus because i know I can trust them but I have a rule, whoever borrows my games must buy me the same game if they lose it or wreck it.

[Shadow Goris]

I would only let my close freinds borrow my games. Because i know they won't steall my games. My cosins....probably not.

[PrinceofDarkness]

Some have called me a jerk, or paranoid, because I don't let anyone borrow my games.

me either if I lend it out, I ain't gettin' it back.




Since then, I've been somewhat paranoid about lending out games. People look at me funny when I tell them no, as if to say "look its just a game for crying out loud", but after being burned so many times, I just don't trust anybody.

Am I alone in this?

um, people who say it's just a game are idiots. I feel for ya losin' super metroid a ex-homie of mine jacked my copy when I was stayin' with him for a little while after I got laid off from a previous job a few years back and was unemployed. Finding that game now for under 40 dollars anywhere is tough, even ebay. I've wanted to pick it up again so bad but I just don't have the cash. Games are so expensive anybody who says it's just a game really doesn't get out. A 60+dollar investment isn't "just" a game. It be like someone stealing a 200 dollar watch from someone and saying hey it's just a watch man get over it. Sounds pretty ridiculous when put into perspective.

[Alder Dragon]

I do sometimes...but I usually got screwed over. Nowadays if a friend wants to borrow a game, they'll have to let me borrow a game too.

That's a good idea. Really though, I only trust people related to me to borrow games (which is quite rare) and My girlfriend, because I can trust her with them. I've had terrible experiences with this before though. Once, I had Link to the Past for GBA, had it completed 100%, both games. I let a friend borrow it, and his little brother deletes my account to start a new one. I get it back, and do it all over again in about 3 days, and even managed to get back to 100% complete. I let another friend borrow it, but this time I copied my file to two slots. Somehow, the game goes missing and I never see it again. 10 months later or so, I end up buying another copy for 10 dollars (complete) at the mall, a good find actually. And had to do it all over again, one more time. Since I enjoy the game, I don't really mind going through it over again, but having this happen so much really starts to annoy me.

Most of the people that I know who play games usually bootleg them from pirating sites or emulate them on their computer :p

[linkman8]

Also in my area, most people don't play the same kind of games as I do, so there aren't exactly many people to trade with/ let them borrow my games. Most people around here play the really hardcore shooter games, which I play once in a while, but as much as fantasy/anime RPG's.

[Onilink89]

I let almost all my friend and family members my games, but thats jus because i know I can trust them but I have a rule, whoever borrows my games must buy me the same game if they lose it or wreck it.

lol, not with me, sure friends i can trust ok, but family members, especialy the kids.
no no no way!!! and in my familiy there are many spoiled brats.
why you ask, here are a few reasons:
1. most of them don 't know english so they don 't understand the game
2. they can't handle the controlls, they even can 't handle SSBM.
3. they just mash buttons, so thats bad for my controllers.
i can go on and on about this.

about the spoiled brats, i give you one example.
in the time when i bought my n64, we got visit and my little cousin wanted to play it.
i was like, NO WAY!... then he goes to his father and starts complainin. and my mom was like "let the kid play". Ok for once.
this kid took out the expension pak while the console was on with a game and the thing crashed. i was mad. so i went to his father and i said "you gotta buy me a new console"
well i had waranty on that thing but still xD, i claimed the money.
so his father was super mad on him.

[God Of Lightning]

i actually let someone barrow my Sega Dreamcast with all of its games, and the next day they moved away and i never saw it agian. I MISS JET SET RADIO!!

[Y2K3]

I traded game with one of my friends once. I got his Waverace 64, and he got one of my games (I forget which though). About a month later, we traded back, and my game was still fine.
Now, a few years ago, another friend said I could borrow Wind Waker, so I brought it home, got up to the Tower of the Gods, and stopped playing. He started complaining about how he wanted it back, so I told him that I'd give it back when I beat the game. About 6 months later, I actually picked up the game again, and started playing through the rest of the game. It was a slow process, but I eventually beat it and gave it back to him. I think I had it about a year or so.

[Majora]

I don't trust anyone in my family with borrowing games. Especially my cousin.

When I ask to play HIS games, he will turn them on, hand me the controller, yank it back, and play it himself. for hours. until I have to go back home before work.

I lent him a game once, didn't see it back for a year. so I went to his house and I stole it back from him. He "forgot" he had it, even though he had remembered every day between when I lent it and when I showed up.

[Twili123prince]

I don't even let people touch my games because i'm quite paranoid just like you mike pothier.So don't worry about being paranoid.

[blackice_cc]

Well, I've never had a game stolen from me, and all the games my friends lost when borrowing them have been recovered. I don't have any bad experiences with lending out games, so I'm pretty generous about it.

[RyanNope]

I used too, stopped for no special reason. Although I one of my games got stolen (CoD4) when I left it at my brothers house; don't know if that counts as "lost".

[MajoraKing12]

i don't let any1 barrow games ethier but i only did it once and it was best friend and the game was super mario sunshine. but i think a couple days later i got it back at school. so that was the only time i let someone barrow a game. and i don't have many friends so that was the only time i let someone barrow one of my games.

[Midna]

Some have called me a jerk, or paranoid, because I don't let anyone borrow my games. In some cases, I won't even let them play them outside of my presence.

Perhaps I'm a special case. I have multiple games stolen from me, in some cases from family members.

My older brother "borrows" Super Metroid from me to play at his girlfriend's house. Gone.

A friend of mine stays at my house, and inexplicably, a couple games go missing.

The same thing happened a few years ago, when my niece stayed with her BF, who I later found out had this nasty habit of stealing cars. Kiss two of my Resident Evil games goodbye.

Since then, I've been somewhat paranoid about lending out games. People look at me funny when I tell them no, as if to say "look its just a game for crying out loud", but after being burned so many times, I just don't trust anybody.

Am I alone in this?

I don't blame you. If I lend out a game, it's only if I'm borowing a game from the same person.

[El Bagu]

I am sceptical now with the cds .(do we call them so?) They seem vulnerable! Somehow it was better with cartridges (do we call them so?)

(Understand if they cannot make the more advanced games on cartridge)

[chrisbg99]

Not a lot. I used to be more open to it but when in high school my brother had a tendency on trading games that he traded with someone else and never getting our game's back I kind of soured on the idea.

Though my roommates if they want a game I'll be fine with it since if I want it back I can just go to their rooms and grab it.

[Glided Sword]

I won't let people borrow my games, I let few people even play them with me. I'm trustworthy myself and will give games back but I don't borrow games and don't lend people games because chances are that I won't get them back.

[Stella3000]

I would. But no one ever asks.

[Mike Pothier]

Can I borrow your games?

[Stella3000]

Well............I don't know if you'd want to.

[Hylian Hobbit]

I've let a few people borrow my games. But only like once or twice.

[Skull_Kid]

the onlly persons wich i let them borrow games are my sis,and she lives in the same house as I,and my girlfriend:)
she is now holding my Phantom Hourglass and since it has 2 files and she knows what to do,it's OK,but apart from them,i don't let anyone borrow my games

[Kybyrian]

I don't let others borrow my games, in fear I won't get them back of course.

[Skull_Kid]

i don't have reasons to be afraid of that as far as i only borrow them to my GF and SIS

[Kat :3]

After my old friend stole one of my games I haven't been known to share my games. I have lent my best friend a game and that is all. :3 I don't trust people

[LoZfan]

I used to let a friend barrow my games but I moved away so that doesn't work to well now. there are my cousines down the road, along with my uncle and grandmother, and my little brother unfortunitly, always has access to my games
:(

[zeldagirl1234]

Some have called me a jerk, or paranoid, because I don't let anyone borrow my games. In some cases, I won't even let them play them outside of my presence.

Perhaps I'm a special case. I have multiple games stolen from me, in some cases from family members.

My older brother "borrows" Super Metroid from me to play at his girlfriend's house. Gone.

A friend of mine stays at my house, and inexplicably, a couple games go missing.

The same thing happened a few years ago, when my niece stayed with her BF, who I later found out had this nasty habit of stealing cars. Kiss two of my Resident Evil games goodbye.

Since then, I've been somewhat paranoid about lending out games. People look at me funny when I tell them no, as if to say "look its just a game for crying out loud", but after being burned so many times, I just don't trust anybody.

Am I alone in this?

so true. i never EVER let anyone play my games especially not Zelda games or Ds games

[LinkOwnsYou]

I understand you,

like four or five games are missing since my cousins "borrow" them since that day I keep them in the most dark corner in my room so nobody can see them

[LoZfan]

that's one way to keep ppl from getting ur games. me and my friend used to swap games for awhile so that we have something different to play. that was a compromise we had back in the day.:D

[Akiranon]

If someone wants to borrow one of my games, I also want to borrow one of theirs. I have made exceptions though. I'm currently letting my sister borrow my PSP. xD

[Skull_Kid]

Once a "friend" of my old school borrowed my OoT and he didn't want to give it back so i went to his house and beat the hell out of him muahahaha

[Smitie]

i still never borrowed a game to anyone. My sister plays some of my games, but since she lives in the same house i don't count it as borrowing ;)

[kpllk]

Me neither. I used to let people borrow my games but everyday I would ask for the game back and everyone had always seemed to leave it at there houses. Suspisios. I only let my best friend borrow my games now. Even then I am still very cautios.

[Yumil]

I wouldn't consider my brothers playing games to be borrowing. I'm simply letting them play them.

I do let people borrow games and I borrow games from other people as well. I am somewhat selective though. I'm a game collector, so there are certain games that are worth a good deal of money that I'm not letting out of my sight.

And I don't lend games to random people or people I just met. It's usually a friend I hang out with all the time or a family member (cousins mostly). People who I trust enough not to steal my stuff.

I remember a lot of stories from High School about people who lent games to other random guys they became friend with just to get in a fight with them a week later and hate their guts and then they'd move away and they'd be left without their favorite game.

[Claire]

I have nothing really to lend.

My boyfriend has all the games, even if I've paid for them - because too often my nephews and nieces will destroy anything they come in contact with! Right now, I am being lent a couple GameCube games from him, so those are kept on a close watch - but I never let anyone touch them, because I am responsible if anything happens.

[octorok74]

If I let someone play one of my games and I had to go somewhere, then I turn off the game and take the system (if handheld) or take something like the audio video cords so they can't do anything. I've had video games disappear when my dad holds on to them and I haven't got them back after around 5 years.

[HyruleMaster]

im the person that likes to borrow games but let no one touch mine, i dont trust people but they trust me lol, but i do the pull the power cord stuff! hate when people play my ****

[General Lee]

I have only let my best friend borrow my games because if he wrecks them we will replace them (he lets me borrow too somtimes) and if he dont take care of them id give him a good ol Texas Beat Down! :P


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[Midna666]

People don't borrow my games,not because I don't let them,but because they don't have the same system that I have.

[Zeanith]

I used to never. Then I let my best friend. And he never returned it. So I don't do it anymore. :P

[Ver-go-a-go-go]

Well, I 'll one particular friend borrow games. He always takes care of them, and he brings them back in a timely manner.

But for anyone else, NO WAY.

[Amelie]

I let my friend borrow some of my games if she promises to not break them. Sometimes we trade.. I will borrow one of hers and she will borrow one of mine ^^

[Master Link]

I have offered to lend my good friends games. I did it once and they never gave it back. And my others friend that I offered one too wasn't interested. So, if I trust them it will an option.

[bellum]

no I never loan my games to people well once my friend and I traded and gave them back over the weekend and he beat my game(cause I was having trouble with the end) and I beat his game too but that was the only time I let someone borrow my games

[Spartan]

I don't really care. I really trust my friends, and seeing as I know where they live (and can walk to most of their houses) I don't mind. Usually I borrow some of their games, so I usually just \hold onto that 'till they give the borrowed game back :D

[bellum]

the horrible part is that the nearest person to my house is a 8th grader who doesn't giva a care about Zelda and there's nobody in my neiborhood that cares about Loz to let borrow games but I did to it once in second grade but since then the only person I lend my games to, is my sister which really stinks at all Loz games and makes me beat the games for her on a file but it doesn't give her much of a accomplishment so I"m saying she has to at least to one temple of the game then she'll probably get hooked on the game and I"ll be free of playing OoT for my sister( don't play often on her File so I"m only at the "Ice cavern)

[lonely_moon]

I've only occasionally let others borrow my games (people don't usually ask for them), but I still worry if they'll break them or erase all the files if it's a cartridge. But I only let my friends borrow them, not just some random person.

[Twilight King]

The only time I ever lend someone one of my games are when I never play them anymore and don't care about it. I never let someone borrow one of my favorite games.

[Shawnogohma]

I rarely EVER do. Unless it's a game I have no care for, or if the person is reliable, they ain't be touchin' MY games. >:( NO WAY

MINE

[bellum]

excatly I dont think there is anyone on earth who would let a random stranger borrow their game they might erase your file break your game in half who knows

I never trust anyone with my games and I have only let someone borrow my games once and probably will never unless I get to know them and I can borrow games when I was at my friends house I broke his GC so you can definetly not trust me with your games mostly you cant trust me with your consle

[Johnny Boy]

I make sure who I let borrow my games.
Usually I don't let others borrow my games, but I have a good friend who
I can really trust. He's my "Nintendo Buddy."
Although, he doesn't pay back the favor a lot, but it's fine.

[UsayEldaZay]

Not after I let my best friend Nick borrow Super Mario World 2 for GameBoy. I loved that game!! I wrote my full name on the back of it, just to make sure if I lost it that it would be returned to me. But he lost it!! I was 7 but I'm still scarred!! Now whenever I see a kid playing Super Mario World 2 on a gb Im like, ''Hey can I um see the back of that game???''

[Hachi]

lol no. D:

I take lots of pride in taking very good care of my games, and I just wouldn't ever feel comfortable enough to let someone borrow one of mine.

Even if they did take care of it, I could be out 50$ anyway if they simply didn't want to give it back. x.x;

[Mike Pothier]

Not after I let my best friend Nick borrow Super Mario World 2 for GameBoy. I loved that game!! I wrote my full name on the back of it, just to make sure if I lost it that it would be returned to me. But he lost it!! I was 7 but I'm still scarred!! Now whenever I see a kid playing Super Mario World 2 on a gb Im like, ''Hey can I um see the back of that game???''

I know from experience writing your name on the back of carts doesn't work.

[LoZfan]

I generally only let people barrow my game if I can trust em

[ShellShocker]

I only let people I trust borrow my games, but I don't think I've ever borrowed anyone else's game except in Grade 1, I borrowed Bomberman (or whatever it was called) on the N64 from one of my brother's friends.
Right now, I'm searching for TMC to lend to Sykes (http://zeldadungeon.net/forum/member.php?u=1668), and I have lent some of my old N64 games to another friend, but I can't think of anymore times.

[Trentino]

I used to, but not anymore. I let my friend borrow my action replay, (yes I have one, but I don't use cheap codes like unlock everything) bid mistake. I gave it to him in like November, and when did he think to return it, the last day of school! Now I can't remember but either it fell out of his pocket or it didn't work. Either way, $40 wasted!

[Axle the Beast]

I used to until two games got returned to me in new cases, without the instructions or inserts or anything.

The worst part was that it was a special CD case, not a normal one. >_<

I basically don't trust my cousins while lending anything to them. I probably would let people borrow from me in general, but probably not unless I knew them well.

Ouch, that really sucks, Mike. >_<

[zeldafreak]

Sometimes I let other people play my games. (As in let my friends play, not borrow them.)
I've never lost a game, except that I almost lost my Super Mario World 2 game.
But since that was just in some day-care thingy (from my school; it sucked) where it took place, I guess it really doesn't count.

[basement24]

In the 80's and 90's, back when games were cartridges, I was a little more forgiving, but I still wrote my name on the game in permanent marker so the person would remember it wasn't their game. I wouldn't lend the boxes, instructions, or the plastic cases NES and SNES games had to protect them though. Those never seemed to come back to me.

I got fed up of people having to be constantly reminded that I wanted my games back, so I stopped lending them out. The last game I ever let someone borrow was the original Warcraft game (not World Of, just "Warcraft".) I never got it back.

I also became less excited about lending Nintendo games when they switched over to CDs. I am a stickler for things being kept nice, and some friends treat CDs almost as if they were coasters. I always put my CDs back in their cases when they're not in use, but some people I knew in high school would toss them on a side table loose to switch games. This wasn't acceptable by any means!

So, mainly because I'm a bit too tightly wound about how I like to keep things neat and in good condition, plus how I don't like things going missing, I think lending games won't be ever happening again.

[-JelloGoMoo-]

I'll only let one person borrow my games because she lives about ten minutes away.

Others I won't let them borrow anything due to how retarded they are. You give the game case/disc to them, and it comes back freakishly bent or scratched. For me that is. I don't give out anything anymore. Books, DVDs, Games... x-x You're not the only one that's like that.

[mandym287]

Not really, but I find DS games at recess and track meets all the time. No one claims them so they're now mine. I even find money--once a 20 dollar bill in the bathroom. But I don't have many friends to share with then either.

[Master Kokiri 9]

Well I have never lent a game to anyone. Although once I gave my copy of pokemon ruby to my little sister to pass down the torch of gaming through my family. But that's different. I gave it to her to keep of my own free will and she didn't even ask. She still has it and I gave it to her in like 2003 or something like that. I'll bet she has some pretty big sentimental value to it. But anyways I don't lend people my games because 1. they rarely ask (in fact it hasn't happened in years). 2. My budget hates me and I can barely afford two games. 3. I'm kinda paranoid. I don't like to let people borrow my games. In fact once in 2nd grade my friend had asked to borrow a game and I lent it to him. I never saw it again.

[Seethe]

I used to let friends borrow games. I remember when I let one of my friends borrow my Limited Edition Halo 2 game. The disc, as well as the case, came back scratched to hell. Ever since then, I've only let my "best friend" borrow games, trade for a while, etc.

It all just leads to bad things, really... Unless of course your friend takes care of your stuff like it's his own.

Even family tends to let me down sometimes. I let my sister borrow Ghost Recon for the X360 and it came back scratched. It was so messed up that I couldn't even play the game past the first mission!

[Alex_Da_Great]

My brother used to lend N64 games to his friends... Only half come back! :P

My friend lended me some N64... I can't remember if I gave it back to him or not! :lol:

[K4KING]

Do i let my Friends Borrow my Games, Yes AND No.

There some Games i let them borrow for Fun. but i DO not let them borrow games that are important to me, or rather games that have a single save file that which you can play at it.

[21darklink]

do i let people borrow my games no cause ill get in trouble o well.

[Anthony]

Call me stingy, but if any of my friends eve step near to my games I scream
"Get away from there! Don't touch them!" Then I hold them, and show them off, carefully keeping them away from their grubby, contaminating hands. :lol:

In all seriousness, I do not lend my games to anyone, without them exchanging a game, which will count as compensation if any harm would come to mine. (or theirs)

Any of the games I lend would normally be old games, or ones which I never really liked or played, that way, if any damage did come to them, the blow wouldnt be as great. (even though I would be furious)

[Petman1325]

Aahh, me and my friend actually used to have a trading system. We'd swap games for a while, then return them, etc. It was fun, however, once I started trading Wii games, my parents started getting concerned ($50 is too much to be randomly switching with me), so, they told me to stop it.

It was mainly DS games. For example, I would get Big Brain Academy (Of which I did eventually buy), and he got Nintendogs. However, I tried to swap Thrillville: Off the Rails for Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, and my parents found out. Still, it was fun. Now, I don't really let people borrow my games anymore. But, I have once...>.>

[Links helper]

No way! I know it is rude but if you want to play a game , go get your own!:cool: