Do you let other people play your ds?

Do you let other people play your ds? Have they put some big scratches on when you let them play with your ds?

I let my niece play with my ds and she lost the stick and then used a welding rod for the touch screen. It had some big scratches on the screen. Im now never gonna let anybody play any portables I have.

Yes. I have no issues with it.

I let my friend take my PSP on a week long trip. It came back in perfect condition, but I don't think he had access to any welding rods.

Pretty much anyone that asks to play it (from girlfriend to aunts and uncles). I don't know why I wouldn't let them. lol

Nobody. Ever. Maybe if I knew someone would take care of it as well as I do I might think about it. Maybe.

I really try not to. All the scratches on my DSi were caused by someone else.

I do let people borrow my DS. I absolutely hate.. HATE when I get it back and it's really dirty around the buttons or screen or the buttons feel weird. This happens quite a lot, but I'll manage.. :P

Very few people, and only when i'm near.

Never. Once, when it was brand spanking new, I gave it to my friend to hold for 2 seconds, and heimmediately, bent the screen back so it made that sickening clicking noise. Not damaging per se, but not what I want done to my sleek and super sexy just out of the box DS.

No i don't want any scratches on my screens!:twisted:

Lol I thought I was the only person that was weird about other people playing their DS...

It really depends on the person and game.
The person has to be old enough to read, trustworthy, and responsible. If not, I have to be in the same room with them, guarding my games at all times.

Don't get me wrong, I like to be generous, but some games ARE NOT suitable for some people.
Most of my family are Spanish speakers, and I only have a handful of games that has a language option. I let them play those games, but they HAVE to make a new file and NEVER, EVER TOUCH my current file.
The games that have no language option and only one game file (example: Pokemon) will be locked away, for my uses only. I'M DEAD SERIOUS! :?

My little cousins (6-12 yrs old) live in Dominican Republic; they came over last year and will come over again this year during the summer. One of them was too young to understand most of my games. He felt that all games that he didn't understand were unnecessary. He was very, VERY close to throwing out 70% of all my DS games. They didn't know what "New Game" or "Erase" meant, so one of my game files were deleted. My other cousin couldn't find the stylus, so she used a bobby pin instead and played some Pokemon Ranger. Can you guess how that turned out? :x
My other cousin got mad over a Broly fight in DBZ: Super Sonic Warriors 2, smashed my DS to the table and my R button stopped working. The same cousin got mad over some SSBB fight and threw my Wii remote across the room. :shock:

I also had cases where my youngest cousin sneaked into my room, took my DS from my pillow w/o me noticing, played for a few hours, and putting it in back. I did not know about it until my aunt told me. :|

I always have my games in a cabinet. All ordered depending on when I bought them. Wii games on one side, DS games on the other. When they came, all my games were placed on some random table, The cases were dented, some DS games were lost for a few weeks, my Wii games got scratched (you can actually see how new Metroid Prime Trilogy looks compared to the last game I bought before they came), and their dog took a few nibbles on some of my games.

From a person who takes VERY, VERY good care for my games, everything I bought before 2010 is a mess. :(
I like to be generous, but I can't risk myself letting the things I buy get mistreated. I can't waste my time actually watching over them for every little thing. Sure, they're young, but they still do not understand how valuable money AND time is these days. If my games get deleted, I'm not sure if I can play everything all over again.

They're coming back latter this month, around the time I buy SMG2. I'm going to make sure I have all games and wii remote LOCKED. That way I would know nobody took anything while I was asleep, I would make sure nothing will get lost or damaged, and they would have to ask MY permission to play. :evil:

EDIT: sorry about the long post, I write essay long messages when it comes to interesting topics. :P
Luckily, I didn't write what happened to my GBA games on the Winter vacation of 2006. ;)

No, because they usually mess it up somehow.

I let my mom and my sister play it (before she got hers) but no one else. I'm pretty much the only game freak in my circle so that prevents people from wanting to hurt my things.

Freaky story, my cousin came to our house one day and I was searching for my DS cause it wasn't in it's case. After looking for a while, I saw a Blue DS (the color of mine) on the floor, upside down, open and I freaked out. Picking it up, there were a bunch of scratches and smudges on the screen. There was also a chip taken out of one of the corners. Luckily I was smart and flipped it over to check the games and neither were mine. It happened to be my cousins DS, my sister had borrowed mine and didn't put it in the right bag. Lucky kid, I was about to kill him if he'd done that to my game in less than an hour or arriving.

I let my little sister try non-stylus games once or twice before she got her own (I could deal with cleaning the buttons but she wasn't good at, er, not stabbing the screen).

yes but with games that dont use a stylus

No, but if I did I'd sit right by them while they played just to make sure nothing gets broken.

Only my boyfriend.

I've given my Lite to someone to play before and I got it back with a broken hinge.

Not saying it was entirely their fault, the Lites are badly made, but I was so so careful with it and always put it in it's case when I wasn't using it. My friend wasn't very careful with it and left it lying around a lot.

My gaming consoles are really precious to me. I keep all my old ones and I try to keep them in excellent condition. I just can't stand it when things get scratched or worn.

It sounds wierd but from what I'm reading, others are like me too xD

It really depends on the person and game.
The person has to be old enough to read, trustworthy, and responsible. If not, I have to be in the same room with them, guarding my games at all times.

Don't get me wrong, I like to be generous, but some games ARE NOT suitable for some people.
Most of my family are Spanish speakers, and I only have a handful of games that has a language option. I let them play those games, but they HAVE to make a new file and NEVER, EVER TOUCH my current file.
The games that have no language option and only one game file (example: Pokemon) will be locked away, for my uses only. I'M DEAD SERIOUS! :?

My little cousins (6-12 yrs old) live in Dominican Republic; they came over last year and will come over again this year during the summer. One of them was too young to understand most of my games. He felt that all games that he didn't understand were unnecessary. He was very, VERY close to throwing out 70% of all my DS games. They didn't know what "New Game" or "Erase" meant, so one of my game files were deleted. My other cousin couldn't find the stylus, so she used a bobby pin instead and played some Pokemon Ranger. Can you guess how that turned out? :x
My other cousin got mad over a Broly fight in DBZ: Super Sonic Warriors 2, smashed my DS to the table and my R button stopped working. The same cousin got mad over some SSBB fight and threw my Wii remote across the room. :shock:

I also had cases where my youngest cousin sneaked into my room, took my DS from my pillow w/o me noticing, played for a few hours, and putting it in back. I did not know about it until my aunt told me. :|

I always have my games in a cabinet. All ordered depending on when I bought them. Wii games on one side, DS games on the other. When they came, all my games were placed on some random table, The cases were dented, some DS games were lost for a few weeks, my Wii games got scratched (you can actually see how new Metroid Prime Trilogy looks compared to the last game I bought before they came), and their dog took a few nibbles on some of my games.

From a person who takes VERY, VERY good care for my games, everything I bought before 2010 is a mess. :(
I like to be generous, but I can't risk myself letting the things I buy get mistreated. I can't waste my time actually watching over them for every little thing. Sure, they're young, but they still do not understand how valuable money AND time is these days. If my games get deleted, I'm not sure if I can play everything all over again.

They're coming back latter this month, around the time I buy SMG2. I'm going to make sure I have all games and wii remote LOCKED. That way I would know nobody took anything while I was asleep, I would make sure nothing will get lost or damaged, and they would have to ask MY permission to play. :evil:

EDIT: sorry about the long post, I write essay long messages when it comes to interesting topics. :P
Luckily, I didn't write what happened to my GBA games on the Winter vacation of 2006. ;)

ANIMEguy10034

Murder would commence in this case. I take care of everything and I only let my girlfriend touch my stuff if she is lucky, and my brothers if I am sitting right next to them. That is why I still have all my gaming console's in perfect condition since I was little. Always have been this way.

NO!

No, not really. Like a lot of people said here they always find a way to ruin your system for you. If I had the old phat DS then they could use that one but, I'm not letting anyone use my DS lite or DSi.

I'm currently loaning out my DSi, but one of the triggers is a bit unresponsive. I don't mind if I don't get it back. That 3DS is going to be awesome!

I hate letting anyone use my stuff, after a friend stole a couple of my games and sold them when i was a kid. So now im like extra careful of my possessions and only let trusted friends play or use my consoles etc when i'm around.Dion2k7

My brother uses my DS a lot hes the one who lost my stylus though :(

Actually my girlfriend plays it more than I do xD But good thing she's "old enough" to know how to play with it without destroying it xD Anyway, when it comes to give away games I only trust a few people. There was a time I gave games, especially PS1/PS2 to family members or guys that work with me, but after I didn't get back a few of them, I stopped giving away my stuff :/

I let people play but if they are young they can only play games with button controls because my lite's screen was messed up so bad it doesnt even function so I had to buy a dsi.

Never I hate it when people even touch my DSI. Most kids just break it or get it covered in crap.

Generally no. The fact that I am careful when borrowing other people's things does not generally mean that they would do the same.

[QUOTE="Dion2k7"]I hate letting anyone use my stuff, after a friend stole a couple of my games and sold them when i was a kid. So now im like extra careful of my possessions and only let trusted friends play or use my consoles etc when i'm around.X-Jlagerwaard-X

I've let someone use it once. I watched from over the shoulder and felt uneasy.jedinat

Same here. I have let a few people play my DS. Although one person it seemed like i was watching him VERY closely. LOL:lol:

Just two people, my friend and brother. Though I don't feel comfortable most of the time, especially when my friend is moving around like if she's in the game.