Is it just me or have people gotten MUCH more hardcore about waiting in the lines for shit, as time passes. I swear people like doing it.
Of course they do! The more hardcore they get about lining up, the more media coverage they get. I bet at least some of the early queuers do it more for the fame than the console.
Go to a Best Buy, one where there is a line. Go inside with a foldable chair, backpack, food etc., come out after a little bit and set up camp on the opposite wall the other line is at, and with an incredulous look on your face, ask them why they are over there, you just talked to the Best Buy manager and he said the line for PS3’s starts on the side you’re on. For ample effect get some friends to come by in a bit and get in line behind you, and pretend you don’t know them.
[quote author=“Zack”]I’ve always wanted to try this-
Go to a Best Buy, one where there is a line. Go inside with a foldable chair, backpack, food etc., come out after a little bit and set up camp on the opposite wall the other line is at, and with an incredulous look on your face, ask them why they are over there, you just talked to the Best Buy manager and he said the line for PS3’s starts on the side you’re on. For ample effect get some friends to come by in a bit and get in line behind you, and pretend you don’t know them.
I’m trying to think of something I’d wait in line for but I’m sad to say nothing seems that good. There’s a level of fiscal entitlement that spending money money gives me, and the fact I’m taking time to remove from my empowerment means that I shouldn’t have to wait around just put in my order. Perhaps its my hate for the winter holidays.
I’m one of those people who won’t wait in lines for a movie greater than or equal to the movie’s actual running time. There’s always a next showing. Seeing something before someone? I don’t really care if I’m first or not. Same with games. I think a lot of people still haveb’t escalated beyond 1st grade, where being first was the most important rule. I also wreck the fun of yelling "Shotgun" in my car, that’s vetoed. I’m kinda angsty sometimes.
I would wait days in line for…a lot of money. But that’s only if it was guaranteed. Also, I would wait days in line for a mean baguette. Only if it was so good that it made me ejaculate as I took a bite.
[quote author=“yellow#5”]Sympathy!? Pity maybe… but these ain’t refugees or political prisoners… just maniacs in dire need of a life.
Hell, my fucking livelyhood is videogames, and there’s no way I’d camp out for a console.
It’s not the kind of sympathy you’d have for a starving naked orphan in Darfur, it’s the kind of sympathy you’d have for a guy who just spent his lifesavings on a rotten old Camaro because he’s dreamt of owning one since he was 5.
It may not be the soundest financial move, but by God he’ll love that car and have a great story to tell his grandchildren.
Same with camping out for stuff. It’s silly and makes no sense, but you’ll remember it forever. I can dig that. I’m a firm believer in doing stupid things on purpose now and then.
[quote author=“CCP”]Same with camping out for stuff. It’s silly and makes no sense, but you’ll remember it forever. I can dig that. I’m a firm believer in doing stupid things on purpose now and then.
I am too. I only object to it when it involves consumerism.
[quote author=“HeadWes”][quote author=“CCP”]Same with camping out for stuff. It’s silly and makes no sense, but you’ll remember it forever. I can dig that. I’m a firm believer in doing stupid things on purpose now and then.
I am too. I only object to it when it involves consumerism.
