Overheard @ the line for Grand Theft Auto IV

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here is what I heard at 12:00am this morning.

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lol

Some guy was dumped by his girlfriend I think. About three spots ahead of me I heard this girl saying, "It's our anniversary tomorrow, why the hell are you waiting for this damned game?" "Baby, this is once every few years...just deal with it. We'll celebrate this weekend!" She runs off and his buddy, who was left standing as the guy ran after her, explained that they'd been fighting about two weeks prior about this. He was pretty sure it was about over, anyways. Also, some guy behind me bragged about his chronic waiting at home for him, getting excited about getting drunk in the game, and going on and on about being a former Gamestop employee and getting all games two days early.

Top notch folks.

A guy in line picks up his copy looks at the box and says "cool, time to go kill some hookers"

Some guy in a black SUV drove by the line in Hollywood and told us we didn't have to wait until midnight – he would sell us a copy of "Hard Candy" for only 40 bucks …

After that, when people drove by and asked what we were waiting for, all of us shouted, "The new Madonna."

@Justin, "Spish" = best typed sound effect.

evar.

and that last bit was very lol . . . we all know there are no cute girls in WV . . .

Didn't do the midnight launch thing. Last time I did a midnight launch at EBgames was Halo 2. I didn't get my copy until 2:30am. Since I worked this morning, I thought, fuck it, I'll snag it at lunch and take the afternoon off (I have over three weeks of vacation time built up and my personal time is maxed so I figured I'duse some today, use some tomorrow).

So as I go in to Gamestop, as expected, there is a slight line, Certainly the worst was there at 10. While waiting, some poor fellow kept bringing up Wii games he was going to trade in asking questions like "What games have good online multiplayer" and "when is anyone going to make some GOOD cinematic Wii games?"

I was amused as an aggitated stoner being denied his lifeblood by such questions finally snapped and said, "worry about your damn minigames somewhere else! We gamers are waiting for our REAL game to play." Seeing these outbusts between nerds amuses me greatly.

Eventually my turn came around, I present my receipt, and exclaim "I'll have what he's having" while pointing to the stoner. He grabs my copy and goes "Actually, you'll be having the extra portions" as he hands me my collectors edition. He reminded me in a sarcastic tone, "Now remember, Gamestop doesn't advocate the use of this game as a weapon, unless it's against a hooker."

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@Pojo . . . i think i'm drawn to it BECAUSE of the lack of the "l" . . . We were all expecting "Splish" . . . but McElroy threw a curve . . . and it hit me right in the funny bone!

fellow gamer: "are you getting it for 360 or ps3?"

me:"360"

fellow gamer: "oh..."

gamer's friend: "y'see?"

I heard the whizzing bullets of an AK being fired at me while I battled Nazi's in an underwater bunker built in the ruins of Atlantis where they were developing a new nuclear weapon that couldn't be detected on modern day radars, could fit in a backpack, and could wipe out a landmass the size of Alaska.

It may have been a dream, but I'm really uncertain at this point.

I possibly did

I was very high standing in that line

lmao

I didnt hear anything.

I strolled into Walmart at 12:30pm this afternoon and acquired said game without seeing hearing or talking to anyone except the clerk.

I know, shopping at Wlamart isnt cool. But it is less disturbing than Gamestop.

Although, this morning at 6am, I took my credit card on the morning run and ran by GameStop to see if it was open; said hello to the nasty metal gate and ran back home.

And they say gamers dont exercise!

i'm so happy gamestop doesn't open at 6am.

After I bought my game, I walked outside and towards my car. Nobody's near me at first, and then suddenly this guy is RIGHT IN MY EAR yelling "RUN, don't walk!" He had ran at warp speed and caught up to me because he was so excited to play the game. He startled me so badly I nearly jumped out of my skin. Then he got in his car and basically peeled out and sped down the road. Psychopath.

I heard some moron behind me tell his friend that the 360 version is smaller and doesn't have as many weapons.

Which I proceded to tell his friend that the guy has "a brain with the consistency of a Jellyfish"

Which he then proceeded to laugh like a 6 year old girl.
his friend didn't seem so happy for some reason....still not quite sure why though....hm...odd

"What are you guys all in line for?"
-A cute girl in a passing car

"Guiness Book of Records is doing measurings for the biggest and smallest penis in the world records...I'm here to defend my record for biggest."
- Shagittarius

At a point a cop car pulled along the line, with the officer asking what was going on. When we said GTA he just shook his head and drove off.

The first guy who got his copy gave one of the EBGames clerks a big, long hug.

Since I was around #8 or 10 in line I was the first to walk out with the special edition, flashing the remaining people in line a massive grin. The very last guy in line got a salute out of me, god speed you crazy diamond!

went to gamestop round noon, picked it up, conversed with clerk (friend), traded in 3 ds and 2 psp games to pay it off, got 10 bucks extra, left, annd thats it...:)

I walked into a Walmart today that is about 15 mins outside Newport News. There was two boxs full of GTA. One was for PS3, the other for 360. Why was everyone waiting in line, other than for the fun of it like I did with Halo3.

P.S. They must if sold out the Wii version. I couldn't find it anywhere.