How bad did you want Modern Warfare 3?

EndersShadow
EndersShadow Posts: 17,590
edited November 2011 in The Clubhouse
Dude waited in line for his reserved copy of MW3. Got it and went home. While getting out of his car some thug attempted to rob him. Apparently this "victim" played the game too much as he told a armed gunman to F* off and refused to part with his game (thats balls!). He scared off the robber who returned to the same Gamestop he followed the victim home from to wait in line for the game lol.

Police apprehended the would be robber still waiting for his copy.... Pretty funny stuff

http://www.kansascity.com/2011/11/08/3254386/northland-gamer-thwarts-gunmans.html#disqus_thread
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  • PerfectCreature
    PerfectCreature Posts: 1,456
    edited November 2011
    Really? I work in a chain store and we got over 100 copies of MW3 for EACH platform. I have a stock room with a shelf reserved for that game.
    Honestly that is just ridiculous.
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,590
    edited November 2011
    Yeah, but then again it was the first release @ 12 that night so no other stores were open at that point is my bet.

    Personally while I reserve & pay for the game ahead of time (normally so I can get a limited edition) I pick it up next day on my way home from work.....
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,809
    edited November 2011
    Game Stop was offering a special incentive with downloadable content too that was limited to a certain number of copies. So if you wanted that content, you had to be at the Midnight sale.

    Plus, they're nerds with no social life. MW3 and waiting in line is what they do. It's the highlight of their week to be the first nerd with the first nerd copy.
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  • PrazVT
    PrazVT Posts: 1,606
    edited November 2011
    I pre-ordered at BB, but I have yet to get an e-mail about picking it up from the store. I'd never stand in line for a game...at 32 anyway. I shed tears over Super Mario Bros 3...but i was 10 years old so that's expected.
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  • rebuy
    rebuy Posts: 695
    edited November 2011
    Waiting is line for a game is not any dumber that waiting in line for a phone.
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  • kuntasensei
    kuntasensei Posts: 3,263
    edited November 2011
    I waited in line... but honestly, I would've been better off going the next morning, 'cause then I wouldn't have been too tired to actually play it.

    Read another story where a dude threatened to blow up a Best Buy because they had sold out of MW3. I mean... I wanted the game, but I'm not CRAZY.
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  • ryanjoachim
    ryanjoachim Posts: 2,046
    edited November 2011
    And from what i've seen (reviews and gameplay) it's a terrible game (for the PC).
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  • kuntasensei
    kuntasensei Posts: 3,263
    edited November 2011
    ryanjoachim wrote: »
    And from what i've seen (reviews and gameplay) it's a terrible game (for the PC).
    Yeah, lead platform for MW has always been the consoles. PC is an afterthought. Contrast that with Battlefield 3, where PC was the lead platform and consoles were ported. Honestly, the only game that has pulled of a pretty comparable release across PC, PS3 and 360 is Crysis 2, because that engine was designed specifically to automatically port across all 3 systems.
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited November 2011
    I can't stop laughing at:
    “Give me the game!” the gunman ordered.

    “(Expletive) you!” Freeman replied.

    Epic win.
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,590
    edited November 2011
    exalted512 wrote: »
    I can't stop laughing at:
    ?Give me the game!? the gunman ordered.

    ?(Expletive) you!? Freeman replied.

    Epic win.
    -Cody

    Yeah that made me chuckle for a couple mins hehehe
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  • rebuy
    rebuy Posts: 695
    edited November 2011
    kuntasensei wrote: »
    I waited in line... but honestly, I would've been better off going the next morning, 'cause then I wouldn't have been too tired to actually play it.

    Read another story where a dude threatened to blow up a Best Buy because they had sold out of MW3. I mean... I wanted the game, but I'm not CRAZY.

    Waited in line for a game...Too tired to play because you waited in line for a game...Ya, yur not krazy.
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  • kuntasensei
    kuntasensei Posts: 3,263
    edited November 2011
    rebuy wrote: »
    Waited in line for a game...Too tired to play because you waited in line for a game...Ya, yur not krazy.
    No, too tired to play 'cause it was 1:30 in the morning before I got home with it and I had to take my car in for some work at 8 a.m. Going to a midnight launch for a game is no different than going to opening night of a movie. But CRAZY people try to steal it and threaten to blow stores up... The rest of us just enjoy gaming and are pretty calm about it.
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  • grimmace19
    grimmace19 Posts: 1,429
    edited November 2011
    The guy who threatened to blow up the best buy did it here in colorado... only about 20 minutes from where I live!
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  • bruss
    bruss Posts: 1,039
    edited November 2011
    Ah good old KC....
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited November 2011
    Didn't enough people get burned w/ MW2 and Black Ops, to tone down the hysteria?
    I refuse to argue with idiots, because people can't tell the DIFFERENCE!
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  • kuntasensei
    kuntasensei Posts: 3,263
    edited November 2011
    How did anyone get burned with Black Ops? It had the best multiplayer of the series so far, and IMHO, the best single-player campaign (at least as far as a cohesive plot) of any of the CoD games. There's a reason it's still the number one game on Xbox Live's online rankings (with Modern Warfare 2 in the third slot). Just sayin'.
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