One hardcore gamer to rule them all

by Blake Snow on Nov 29th 2006 8:15PM

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the most hardcore gamer of them all? This guy with a slight fetish for Nintendo. Just listen to these choice quotes during his wait in line to get a Wii:

When asked why he hasn't slept in five days, camper replies: "Sleep is babies, gamers play all night."
When asked if he waited in line to buy a PS3: "Heeelllll no!!!!"
When asked how much Sony would have to drop the PS3 price before he would consider buying one: "At least $400, at least."

Brash hilarity mixed with a little bit of pity. There's even a t-shirt design making the rounds in support of his "hardcore-ness." Make him famous, Internet.

[Thanks, Pedro]

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Tags: PS3, Wii, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (69)

"Sleep is babies, gamers play all night."

The sad thing is, I kinda' agree with that.

Was this post really needed? I feel kind of bad for the guy, no need to make fun of him anymore.

dude.. that guy needs his own show. 8 hours of him a day on g4tv would be exponentially more entertaining then the crap they've replaced their game/tech format with

Dude obviously has some mental issues. You can tell from his speech. I don't see teh funnay.

I like his style...

Just another typical Nintendo fanboy.

I agree with post #2, this guy needs his own TV show. He could host it live every night in front of a Best Buy with a sleeping bag over his head. They'd call it "Sleep is for Babies: 'Nuthin but straight talk from a true hardcore gamer."

w/e "mental issues" who cares? I think this guy is awesome. He's so hardcore. I second #2, G4TV should give him his own show.

Man, poor guy, leave him alone! You tend to act like that if you're up for five days, and who knows, he could of been sippin' on Grandpa's old cough medicine five minutes before the interview to stay awake! Just leave him alone! Big meanies! :(

Actually he's probably just sleep deprived

Forget his own show, this guy needs to be in a game!

Giant enemy nerd needs shower for massive damage!

"Was this post really needed?"
HELL YEA!

Heeeelll No! LOL...thats gold Jerry....GOLD!

Doubt he has mental issues, he sounds like he's on speed, and judging by his claims of being up for 5 days, I think it's very likely.

This dudes sad... And not the sharpest tool in the shed...

He needs to be put on Xplay... Beats the terrible skits and reviews they have now.

I heard that he froze himself for 3 weeks before the release because he couldn't stand the wait! so hardcore!!!

This guy rules. he's the ultimate gamer. He should get his own segment (if not show) on G4, or he should make a Youtube show.

Jeezus, that guy tells it like it is.

"Everything has downsides."

Why can't there be more people like this? He's not a fanboy, he gives every system a chance! Amazing!

+1 Funny
Number 7. I actually laughed out loud.
+1 Funny
Number 8. for making me laugh out loud two times in a row.

I agree with every one else I think he really /was/ up for five days for whatever reason and that can definitely mess with your head and it's ability to function correctly

Wouldn't somebody so "hardcore" know that Sonic wasn't a launch title?

If any kids read this, take note of who you will turn out to be IF you don't stop playing video games long enough to get LAID!!

Poor, poor man...

He does not look like a tweaker..more like Nintendo's own Jerry Garcia..

True love for games will make people do and say crazy things.

"G4TV should give him his own show."

"He should get his own segment (if not show) on G4, or he should make a Youtube show."

Uhh... This video is from GameTrailers, (e.g. GT) not G4.

@2 & 10

If this guy got a show on G4, I'd start watching that channel again. That would be the coolest thing ever!

Flippin' Hilarious.

Gotta give him respect. He loves his video games.

" ...I 've been hoped up on demeral and grape soda"
HA
HA
ROFL
SO GOOD
man that is some good fandom.
I want that guy's Wii Number for sure!

2893 9075 3786 2567

That man is my hero, and #19 they didn't say it was on G4 they are saying that he SHOULD be, and have his own show on it.

About the comments about him being on G4 with his own show:

They could have their own version of "What grinds my gears".

My guess is that the guy is either a drug addict (has been suggested) or that he was just playing around for the camera.

From the way he said "Hell no" and from the way his friends were laughing, I got the feeling that he was just hamming it up a bit.
Maybe he hadnt slept in a while and maybe he's just a weird guy a lot of the time, but I don't think he was being really serious/honest (5 days? really?).

How does that guy get the money to buy systems anyways?

I gotta get a shirt that says "Helllllll no!".

That guy, FTW!

You have to admit his persistence to get something is out of this world. In this case a Wii, but I'm sure we'll react the same if it was for a PS3... Or anything for that matter.

Then again, anything in excess is bad. Somebody should tell him that although sleep is for babies, it would be much better if he could grab enough sleep and still play games. That would be a much better alternative.

This guy should have a show on G4 starting 2:00 am and ending 7:00 am because sleep is for babies.

whowever said this guy was mentally challenged just because he has a lisp, obviously has no clue.

this guy is the perfect stereotype of a "gamer nerd".
but i give him much respect for it.

now all ladies will be like "omg its the youtube guy". and he will be gettin lucky tonight

I do think that this guy might have some mental problems. Although he said he hasn't slept in five days, he said that he only got on line a couple of hours before. Why would he just be up for five days if he didn't get in line until that day? I can understand having a hard time relaxing before the launch of a system, but not sleeping for five days?

I recently pulled an all nighter and after about 30 hours you start to get a little dillusional. Either he has problems because he believes he's been up for five days, or if he actually was up that long, he'd have developed mental problems. Like Peter said, he thought Sonic was a launch title.

Anyone who wants to play a Sonic game must have mental problems.

surprisingly less fanboyish than some of the posters here... He actually encourages people to do what they want instead of encouraging people to buy the system HE likes, says he intends on purchasing all 3 systems in the future, refers to wii as a decent system (not omg best ever), "every system has a downside"...

kinda pretty crazy but you know..

I guess work is for babieth as well. Because this gentlemen is clearly not burdened by gainful employment.

If this guy has ever had a girlfriend it would shock me.

You guys are all taking this out of context. He said "Sleep is babies" not "Sleep is FOR babies".

The differences in these two apparently similar sentences is staggering to say the least and if I had the contextualizing finesse of one Vlad Cole I would no doubt be up until the wee hours of the morning composing a fitting thesis and subsequent explanantion, however, there's Zelda to be played.

He wasn't awake for five days straight. He may have gotten very little sleep in five days, but after 3 you'd be barely coherent and 72 hours later you'd end up in an emergency room. Sleep deprivation WILL kill you.

It does seem obvious that this guy is a little down on his luck and in need of some psychiatric help (either that or he's playing us). I'm not sure who to be more disgusted with though; Joystiq for posting it, or G4 for putting the interview up.

PS3 fanboys eat your hearts out. If this guy isn't a 'hardcore gamer' I dunno who is, and he's all about the Wii!

The guy has seriously flawed(if not entirely lacking)logic. So he'll wait 5 days for a Wii, but spending $500-600 is beyond the pale? Heh, whatever.

I laughed a lot while watching that. I agree that if he's like this all the time that he could make a ton of money having his own show. I just want to throw out the option of him saying Sonic thinking of the VC game? Just a thought.

Whether or no he has any "mental problems" or is just sleep deprived, he's awesome. Let's get this guy a show on G4 or at least a decent vblog.

No, this guy has no mental problems whatsoever. He even said towards the very first of the video that staying "hopped up on Demorall and grape soda" has helped him get through the wait.

Drug crazed, sleep deprived, from-this-point-forward rad Wii fanboys FTW.

this guy is halairious, just laugh.

I dont think hes mentally challenged... I think he's autistic... i know an autistic guy that has this guys same speech pattern. Listen to the tone of his voice and where it it fluxuates.. if you listen carefully it has a pattern of 3/4 the way through each sentence one word gets accented, and louder... i think thats an autistic thing....

hes probably got super powers or something...

i want one of those t-shirts!!

"13. Doubt he has mental issues, he sounds like he's on speed, and judging by his claims of being up for 5 days, I think it's very likely."

He would be way skinnier.

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