23. I'm an accountant.

I also have one. Really awesome load times and gameplay. I haven't had any complaints with mine. There are only 2-3 games that need a work-around to get them to work properly.

Couldn't agree more on the investment.

As for the thermal pad: It's obvious which one is the messed up one. I tried "smushing" it back together like clay to seal the line but found out that didn't work too well.

After registering, I found myself coming back to this forum a lot so I decided to say hello! Hello! Been a proud GameCube owner for a long time. I remember the day I asked for one for Christmas when it was still a new system. It's actually the first system that I could actually call my own lol (shar...