Do you let others borrow your games?

[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, 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!

 

[DeletedUser9]

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 ******** 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.

 

[Fraxinus]

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!

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