Joystiq live-ish at the U. of Illinois SSBB midnight launch
by Kyle Orland 
on Mar 9th 2008 11:35AM
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Posted: Mar 9th 2008 12:25PM spasewalkr said
ill agree with you but only because its in Urbana-Champaign, IL. what the hell? ah yes, that well known, easily-identified-on-a-map urban setting!
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Posted: Mar 9th 2008 1:56PM SheppyReturns said
Actually, it's champaign-urbana. Not the other way around no matter how much the U of I wishes it were so. Urbana might be slightly higher on the food chain if residents weren't always bitching and trying to keep new businesses from opening... just my thoughts on the matter (and yes, I live in Urbana, not Champaign).
But why should you care where this happened? You shouldn't, really. After all, the other gamestop in town sent all their tournament entries to the campus store so you have two stores crowd in one convenient and marketable package.
I was vaguely interested in going, but decided against it once I learned it was going to be in campus and I HATE driving in campus, especially on a sat night.
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But why should you care where this happened? You shouldn't, really. After all, the other gamestop in town sent all their tournament entries to the campus store so you have two stores crowd in one convenient and marketable package.
I was vaguely interested in going, but decided against it once I learned it was going to be in campus and I HATE driving in campus, especially on a sat night.
Posted: Mar 9th 2008 12:31PM mr nimblewick said
I'm guessing you're not going to see many Wii owners comment in this thread. Unless it's to complain about how the game is sold out everywhere. Or they're like me and are waiting for amazon to deliver it.
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Posted: Mar 9th 2008 7:26PM Cheezeman3000 said
I am like you, my friend. I preordered it last week and it should be here tomorrow. :)
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Posted: Mar 9th 2008 12:47PM (Unverified) said
LOL leaked footage from Dead Rising2 in that store...
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Posted: Mar 9th 2008 1:01PM (Unverified) said
I showed up at the Sam's club in Champaign-Urbana around 11:50 PM and was about 10th in line. I was walking out of the store game in hand before 12:15.... and the game only cost $44.
They also had about 20 Wiis, and they were letting people buy 2 since so few people were there.
The moral of this story is to never shop at Gamestop, especially not in a college town
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They also had about 20 Wiis, and they were letting people buy 2 since so few people were there.
The moral of this story is to never shop at Gamestop, especially not in a college town
Posted: Mar 9th 2008 9:03PM (Unverified) said
I didn't even know there was a Sam's Club around here.
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Posted: Mar 9th 2008 1:00PM (Unverified) said
I went to undergrad there and spent a bit of time between classes at that gamestop. They are great their and the manager is awesome. They love having people in their just to talk about games. Don't get me wrong they'll ask always ask the standard "what do you want to reserve" but sure enough they are a great group of guys all around.
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Posted: Mar 9th 2008 1:19PM SoCoolCurt said
cool. i cant wait to get mine. i was all pumped up to get it today but i think im just gonna wait til tomorrow. i reserved it in the town i go to college in which is 30 minutes away so i think ill just save some gas money and pick it up tomorrow between classes. plus i have some homework to get done still and if i buy that...it aint gettin done lol.
SSBB ftw!
also, ive never seen a Gamestop that big! i live in a relatively small college town and ours is like 1/4 the size of that one. oh and that chick working there was smokin hot!
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SSBB ftw!
also, ive never seen a Gamestop that big! i live in a relatively small college town and ours is like 1/4 the size of that one. oh and that chick working there was smokin hot!
Posted: Mar 9th 2008 4:06PM (Unverified) said
I am actually at the U of I and I can assure you it's not really that big. The video just makes it seem larger than it really is.
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Posted: Mar 9th 2008 2:44PM (Unverified) said
LOL at mezzanine...
Would you even know what to do with one?
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Would you even know what to do with one?
Posted: Mar 9th 2008 2:56PM mezzaninex said
Stand in a dark corner and gawk at her nervously, of course. If we made eye contact I would wet myself.
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Posted: Mar 9th 2008 1:49PM SheppyReturns said
Wow, I could have been there....
But who the hell in Joystiq is located in champaign?
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But who the hell in Joystiq is located in champaign?
Posted: Mar 9th 2008 2:25PM (Unverified) said
I think the best thing at my store was that they set it up so you got your game in the back...from a desk made entirely of rock band boxes.
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Posted: Mar 9th 2008 3:04PM ChooChooCharlie said
That's about how the one here at Purdue looked, 200 people or so.
I would be playing Brawl now too, but I just woke up from an 8 hour marathon.
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I would be playing Brawl now too, but I just woke up from an 8 hour marathon.
Posted: Mar 9th 2008 4:10PM (Unverified) said
I can't believe I missed that. I went there at about 12:20 to scope things out and didn't think there was a whole lot of room in the store and figured I'd just leave. My wii is actually back at home because I have a younger sibling and just wanted to see the game in action a week before I really could.
What a random place to choose to do this though. I guess U of I is a big school, but it just seems like there are bigger places to go for this.
It is definitely a big school for engineering though, I'm in mechanical engineering, so it wasn't surprising to see it so packed.
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What a random place to choose to do this though. I guess U of I is a big school, but it just seems like there are bigger places to go for this.
It is definitely a big school for engineering though, I'm in mechanical engineering, so it wasn't surprising to see it so packed.
Posted: Mar 9th 2008 5:23PM ThornedVenom said
True story.
A friend of mine living in Arlington (Virginia) got up this morning, went to the store, asked for a copy and just got it.
No camping, no pre-ordering, no bullshit.
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A friend of mine living in Arlington (Virginia) got up this morning, went to the store, asked for a copy and just got it.
No camping, no pre-ordering, no bullshit.
Posted: Mar 9th 2008 6:05PM (Unverified) said
Posted: Mar 9th 2008 7:50PM (Unverified) said
Haha, oh freakin' wow.
I looked at the picture and thought "Damn, that looks alot like the Gamestop I visit on campus" and low and behold, it is the exact Gamestop I visit at UofI.
My friends who went to pick up Brawl last night didn't go there though, since they knew it would be packed.
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I looked at the picture and thought "Damn, that looks alot like the Gamestop I visit on campus" and low and behold, it is the exact Gamestop I visit at UofI.
My friends who went to pick up Brawl last night didn't go there though, since they knew it would be packed.
Posted: Mar 9th 2008 8:33PM (Unverified) said
Hey! I go to U of I. Definitely wasn't expecting to see our GameStop on Joystiq. I'm there pretty often, but go figure the one weekend I go home, Joystiq comes to campus! Bah.
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Posted: Mar 10th 2008 12:02AM SheppyReturns said
Except for all the black, asians, middle eastern, and native americans, yes....
fucktard...
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fucktard...
Posted: Mar 10th 2008 1:42AM (Unverified) said
To echo the above statements, Urbana-Champaign is a fairly diverse campus. Like most places in the US it's predominantly white, and being stuck in the middle of the cornfields of Illinois, I'm surprised at how much diversity there is here,.
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Posted: Mar 9th 2008 11:05PM (Unverified) said
huh... I just pulled into my local GameStop today at like 5:00 grabbed my copy and left... However i have an obsessed friend who was waiting till midnight for it...
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Posted: Mar 10th 2008 2:29AM (Unverified) said
The Halo 2 launch at that Gamestop was way bigger. The crowd wrapped from the cubby area in front of the store over to Wright Sttreet down to Jeruslaem Cafe at its peak :P.
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Posted: Mar 10th 2008 4:32PM (Unverified) said
i preordered at gamestop and got it the next day but i had to pull the worker there off the wii to ring my ass up.
i wish i woulda pre-ordered at circuit city though, as i heard they gave out a 10$giftcard if u preordered there.
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i wish i woulda pre-ordered at circuit city though, as i heard they gave out a 10$giftcard if u preordered there.
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