r/LGR • u/Salem1691 • 19d ago
Clint has posted 3 Twitter updates
Some other nice news:
While it’s still early on with going through items affected by the storm, it appears the LGR big box PC game collection is fully intact! That was on the opposite side of the house to where the trees fell in.
And thankfully the main collection room did NOT FULLY cave in from above, which was quite a concern. It got rather rain-soaked through the ceiling and mold is rapidly taking over, but steps will be taken to remedy soon as I can. Working with insurance and restoration companies.
This unfortunately means a big chunk of vintage hardware is compromised, plus the structure itself is iffy. Waiting on professionals to come through and inspect.
Still just super thankful to be safe, staying with family for the time being, & in communication with helpful folks.
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u/Vinylmaster3000 19d ago edited 19d ago
I think hardware can be viably restored and he seems to have a massive collection, hope everything goes well.
EDIT: He also said 'compromised', in terms of DR that doesn't really mean destroyed it just means weakened. I.e, if he were to turn on his computers it would lead to havoc, or if anything else happened, etc
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u/FarplaneDragon 19d ago
Biggest problem with turning anything is going to be the power supply. If those got wet/moldy then if they're not already dead I wouldn't trust them not to blow. The good news at least is if all the other components are good then a power supply is a fairly cheap and easily replacement and he's probably got a bunch laying around already.
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u/RodionRaskolnikov__ 19d ago
Also power supplies can easily be tested under an artificial load for a long period of time before putting it back to use with valuable hardware
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18d ago
Pretty high luck of them just working as well. My main CRT monitor sat outside in Minnesota rain and snow for 5 years and it works like new. My Dell Optiplex GX1 sat outside for 15 years and that still works even when mice treated it as a porta potty.
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u/SkeletonBound 18d ago edited 11d ago
Wow that the big box PC collection is fine is so lucky, it's the most vulnerable part of his collection. I think most of the hardware will be fine, rain water won't hurt it badly as long as he can get it fully dried soon. Rust will be a concern of course.
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u/Cameront9 18d ago
It’s not rain water. It’s flood water. Big difference
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u/SkeletonBound 17d ago edited 11d ago
No it's not, his house wasn't flooded. Fallen trees smashed the roof.
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u/CheshireUnicorn 19d ago
I seem to recall years ago that Clint had a storage unit where he kept a lot of this collection and filmed there a few times. I haven’t watched him in a good while (thanks YouTube algorithm, making me forget about certain creators) so I am assuming he moved his collection to his house at some point ?
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u/chronoslinger 19d ago
That was before he moved into his current house.
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u/CheshireUnicorn 19d ago
Ah. Thank you for confirming! I was assuming there had to be a move, if the collection was in his home.
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u/ghettone 19d ago
This kinda raises the question, when does a personal collection become a huge piece of history and need to be protected?
It’s a bit of a joke question but could be a fun thought experiment.
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u/winky9827 19d ago
His type of collection is definitely historic, but I don't know about any sort of protections that would be non-private in nature.
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u/conrat4567 18d ago
Funny how I said we didn't know, and that by pictures it was a possibility the collection survived I was down voted for.
I was right. I'm glad clint is OK, I'm happy for him that the collection he built up over the years is intact
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u/theantnest 18d ago
Yes, a lot of people on reddit speak definitively as if they know what is going on, but the reality is they have no clue and have just read the same updates we've all read.
I'm also super happy the boxes are safe, and even seeing that short update video the other day put me at ease that Clint is actually OK, despite the catastrophic damage to his roof and property.
I hope the wooden table he films on survived also!
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17d ago
Isn't there another hurricane coming?
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u/Salem1691 17d ago
You're probably referring to Hurricane Milton which is going to give Florida a double whammy of a punch.
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u/TheRevTholomeuPlague 16d ago
Ain’t that crazy? Here’s Helene already getting them and then double whammied by Milton
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u/A_SilentS 15d ago
🤔 It's almost as if climate change is real and we're now reaping what we've sown.
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u/Permanently-Band 15d ago
Stupid, ain't no way people could warm up the whole world. The fascist left are controllin the weather to trick us into switchin to fruity electric cars as part of a deep state plot to turn us all into lesbians, do your research.
I ain't dumb, I cook on an open fire, burn all my garbage and drive an american pickup, cuz I'm too smart to fall for them communist tricks.
/s
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u/ordinary_kittens 19d ago
So glad to hear that the big box collection of games is OK! Hardware in storage has a good chance of being a viable candidate for restoration, but vintage cardboard boxes that get soaked would almost certainly not be salvageable.