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Help me make a decision! :/

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Well, the title says it all, and I got a few solutions to a somewhat complicated yet simple predicament.

The situation - I went to a Vegassmash tourney and I lost my component cables that allow me to play on the T.V. at home. I still have the Hi-Def cables if it changes anything, but I'm kind of mad ( yes, imad! : mad : ) since I don't have the assurance that they're in my possession... not to mention this opens up some other inconveniences that I'd rather not explain because it takes too long and I'll probably go over them anyway over the course of this blog... whee @ ranting to myself, it's fun! (no seriously).

I did not actually lose my cables... I know I had them on-top of a table that was right next to the Hi-Def T.V.s... and when it was time to get out and pack-up, I found everything but my cables... this can only lead to two things: 1. Somebody accidentally took them, probably not paying attention, or 2. the cables got STOLEN.

Now now, we're not going to jump to conclusions and point fingers... or at least not yet... so what do I do, I'm literally at a loss here...

I already kind of lied to my mom and said I brought everything back home when this blog clearly tells you otherwise... I tried to delay the inevitable perhaps, but anyway that might be one course of action I take... as in I try and procrastinate for as long as I can and hope my parent/s do not find out about me lying to cover up for the local community and/or that I lost cables, which cost $$$.

Here's the problem though... justice needs to be delivered, and unfortunately I don't have anything other than the word of the community... I trust most if not all of Vegassmash to speak when something is up, but I can only hope that this was all just an accident and that this will be fixed long before I have to worry about my mom and dad asking such and such... but what kind of a person does this make me if I don't just be truthful/responsible and come up to them straight with the problem at hand? Am I putting a couple of "cool" people I don't even really know personal over my own mother (and I guess stepdad, for what it's worth.)? I fear the answer to that is "yes", however you must put yourself in my shoes before you can make any calls... allow me:

I have no life... I'm not doing anything right now... no license, no school (until the end of August), no job, no girlfriend... hardly any IRL friends (I could consider some of the Vegassmash community as such but meh)... so this is pretty much what I do until I find a hobby... and if I bring this up to my parents, I risk losing my one and only passtime, since I promised them I would not only bring everything back, but also that I could be responsible and that I knew the kind of people I would hang around with.

...Although some could even say it's too late for that now, but still, I can't just close the book and say somebody stole it, remember the possibly of mix-ups are there and that this is all just a mistake... but regardless... What am I to do...?

Maybe I can wait... it's not like the cables are gone forever... they might turn up, and then I can rest easy... but what am I suppose to do in the meantime... feeling anxious makes my back hurt right now and junk... bleh.

That's what I'm thinking I should do, just make a plan before and along the way through this whole experience, but even that doesn't have its own consequences/drawkbacks.

What if something goes wrong along the way... can I adapt to it? What if something I planned never happens? Will I have to eventually come to the realization and come clean? I think I'm a pretty crazy guy, but this ordeal isn't helping me keep my sanity, that's for sure.

*Sigh* Ohhh.... this is NO GOOD, on one hand I feel like delaying the inevitable and on the other hand I feel like I'm buying time for something/nothing... I don't know what/why though, and I don't want know what to do/don't want to do it, but I fear I might have too sometime sooner or laterrrrrrrr.
 

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Honesty is always the best policy. Come clean and offer to eventually pay for what was lost. Accidents like this happen all of the time in smash, especially in Louisiana. Shoot.. Things even have their ways of turning up as well. Talk to your community and see if anyone found anything.
 

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The cables were your responsibility.

You need to replace them, even if that means buying more for $$$.

But first, ask everyone. Maybe they'll show up before you buy anything.
 

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The cables were your responsibility.

You need to replace them, even if that means buying more for $$$.

But first, ask everyone. Maybe they'll show up before you buy anything.
This.

You should buy them. I mean, they cost what, $5-10? Its not like you have no money, just get them, and if they turn up, keep the new ones as a spare or sell them to a friend (OR return them to the store that you bought them at).
 

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Some guy said they were 350% more than 5-10 dollars. -_-

Meh, I probably will end up buying new component cables, probably find some excuse to cover this up, never bring them to any of the Monday tourneys here again since all the T.V.s are high-def, and I'm going to watch my junk like a hawk from now on.

Probably helps if I put it all in one place, not have my Wii being used and my extra cables on a table parallel.

Or wait and hope for the best, that works too... I'm a bit more calmed down now, I was so pissed off before...
 

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Vivaaa Las Vegas.

Yeah umm... you probably got jacked. That or someone who has a hi def TV just got it confused since all component cables look the same.

But yeah what Timbers said, you should label your stuff so people don't take it by accident.
 

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Ask the people who were there (especially those providing equipment) if they have a cable too much. If yes, then hooray.

If not, then you gotta buy a new one. What someone else said is true, those things don't cost much, they only cost a few bucks. I dunno who told you they were expensive, cause they usually aren't. lol.

Next time label them with a sticker or something.

Edit:
There's the Amazon one:
http://www.amazon.com/Official-Wii-Component-Video-Cable-Nintendo/dp/B000JJRV90

I'm sure you can find it cheaper, tho.
 

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The funny thing is... I did label my cables, so get ***** you guys telling me to do that/get ***** me for losing them anyway. :(

Also Teran there's a distinct difference between standard and Hi-Def component cables, the standard are colored Red/White/Yellow, the hi-def have I believe Red/Green/White cables... unless you're colorblind, it's easy to see the difference.

I am still a ****** for bringing them even though I wouldn't need them/didn't keep them with the rest of my stuff/etc.
 

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Also Teran there's a distinct difference between standard and Hi-Def component cables, the standard are colored Red/White/Yellow, the hi-def have I believe Red/Green/White cables... unless you're colorblind, it's easy to see the difference.
No there isn't. Component cables are component cables.

Composite cables are the R/W/Y ones.
Component cables are the HD ones. All component cables are HD.
 

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so wait are you missing composite or component cables

your post on VS is really confusing if I read this post alongside it.
 

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He said HD cables so probably Component.
 

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With R/W for audio, making it 5 inputs in total.
 

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I made a mistake, I'm missing my composite cables.

Sorry, I'm not a tech wiz.
 

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I made a mistake, I'm missing my composite cables.

Sorry, I'm not a tech wiz.
Those are dirt cheap, any local games store should have them for next to nothing.

Just to make absolutely sure though. Did the inputs have gold plating on them?
Basically, were they like this... These are Component.

 

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Gold plating?

If you need to know, they were the ones I believe that came with the Wii, I don't recall my mom having saying anything about buying them separately... and considering I bought them for my birthday 07 with her right there ('I'm not into surprises anymore)... yeah... those composite cables.
 

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Yeah the ones that come with the Wii are Composite.
Buy a new set they're probably like under $10.

I'd understand hesitation about Component because those can set you back a decent amount, but Composite cables are really cheap.
 

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It sad that you couldn't find your composite cables yesterday and you had to buy a new one at Gameworld. Luckily they had some that was only $10. I've been trying to find some for you and every store (Best Buy and a few Gamestop) didn't have any or it was like $15. I'm just glad that you finally got a new cable. Just a recommendation, if you bring your Wii again to Gameworld, don't bring the composite cables since they only want to use component cables for the TVs. Just leave the composite cables home.
 

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It sad that you couldn't find your composite cables yesterday and you had to buy a new one at Gameworld. Luckily they had some that was only $10. I've been trying to find some for you and every store (Best Buy and a few Gamestop) didn't have any or it was like $15. I'm just glad that you finally got a new cable. Just a recommendation, if you bring your Wii again to Gameworld, don't bring the composite cables since they only want to use component cables for the TVs. Just leave the composite cables home.
Right.

And thanks for lending me that one dollar when I was short because of tax. :/

I'll get you a Chili Dog from Sonic next time I see you. :)
 
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