Dork Story

[The Notorious LOL]

I have reasonable suspicion/some information that Wal Mart will be selling Wiis tomorrow. I plan on going eaaarly tomorrow to try and get one. The question is this....do I go at opening (6 AM) or do I arrive a few hours early? Also, should I buy two, and ebay the other to some overzealous nerd for profit?

[Loppfessor]

I have reasonable suspicion/some information that Wal Mart will be selling Wiis tomorrow. I plan on going eaaarly tomorrow to try and get one. The question is this....do I go at opening (6 AM) or do I arrive a few hours early? Also, should I buy two, and ebay the other to some overzealous nerd for profit?

My buddy at work tried that with the PS3....he wound up with a broken toe (crowds got rough) and his high bid was only like 1K and is lowering daily. Just an FYI

[ToucanSpam]

Go an hour early, and yes buy two and sell it on eBay. Also, try to sell the box the same way some dick did with the XBox 360. You'll feel good inside making money off of some gamaholic desperate to buy the next-gen consoles.

[na§tee]

ooh, i don't know. if there's a limited number chances are they'll only allow one per person. bring a friend? hehe. umm. i'd go as early as possible. DO IT! i'm getting mine on friday. and then i can send you PICTURES OF MY BOOBS.

[Echewta]

ahha, 20 year olds.

[The Notorious LOL]

does the wii have some sort of boob picture feature on it :confused:


also, another Wal Mart is 24 hours nearby....that one will sell them at midnight. what to do, what to do.

[ToucanSpam]

I'll tell you my Wii number if you tell me yours.;)



...*shudders*

[ericlee]

I remember back in the day when people camped out for the N64 and Playstation.

I wonder if there was any crazy riots going on in the waiting lines of the first Atari?

[abcdefz]

I wonder if there was any crazy riots going on in the waiting lines of the first Atari?




It was pretty bad. Pong had us good and primed for the next generation.

[Echewta]

Why yes Ericlee, there was. My friends camped out at Sears when Pacman came out for the Atari 2600. They got it at midnight and brought it back to a group of us who stayed up all night playing it. We never slept and yet when I returned to my house around 10:00 a.m., my parents insisted I still mow the lawns and do yard work. Extremely unfair. After I got everything done, I went to my room and fell asleep watching G-Force.

[Funky Pepp]

I thought you can already buy it everywher anyway in the usa?
Or did they spoil the release like sony did with the ps3?

[Stone]

My buddy at work tried that with the PS3....he wound up with a broken toe (crowds got rough) and his high bid was only like 1K and is lowering daily. Just an FYI
haha that's the PS3 croud-- people getting shot, arrested, the Wii folk are fun lovable and shit.

NLOL, I would find waiting for a little while in line with fellow dorks to be a fun and interesting time, it won't come for another few years man.

[abcdefz]

Why yes Ericlee, there was. My friends camped out at Sears when Pacman came out for the Atari 2600. They got it at midnight and brought it back to a group of us who stayed up all night playing it. We never slept and yet when I returned to my house around 10:00 a.m., my parents insisted I still mow the lawns and do yard work. Extremely unfair. After I got everything done, I went to my room and fell asleep watching G-Force.



Hey, Chewie -- remember all the ruckus when the abacus was introduced? -- and how some of 'em got shipped without beads, just the rain checks enclosed?

That sucked.

[Kid Presentable]

Hey, Chewie -- remember all the ruckus when the abacus was introduced? -- and how some of 'em got shipped without beads, just the rain checks enclosed?

That sucked.
So you were around when people started auctioning their smoke-signals?

[Echewta]

Whoa whoa. I'm not typing from a pine box.

[Kid Presentable]

Did you get the first gramophone-ROM at the midnight opening?

[Echewta]

I did read one of the first published HTML books and was sought out by two companies to do websites. But they were Christian websites which wasn't up my alley. I didn't think being a designer for HTML would go anywhere. LOL. Please bring toast for the egg on my face.

[Kid Presentable]

Damn.

[Documad]

Did you get one?

[The Notorious LOL]

nah it would have required skipping work.

I will check Target on Sunday at opening. They get them in then