At 7:30 P.M. tonight...

Teuthida · 11-22-2005, 02:32 AM

Poor fools. Though I hear the Xbox Live Arcade is mighty fun.

Jonbo298 · 11-22-2005, 08:14 AM

Its fun because it wasnt all about the graphics back then

Neo · 11-22-2005, 10:11 AM

I plan to take vacation days when PS3 and Revolution are released.

Professor S · 11-22-2005, 10:18 AM

I remember camping out fot Eagles playoff tickets a few years ago. There were over 10,000 people in that line and it was a festival atmosphere. It was cold, people chopped down trees to try and make fires and people working at the truck depots were throwing old wooden palates over fences for people to burn. Smart business people went out and bought cheesestaeks and sold them for $10 a piece to all those who waited and people eagerly paid for them. A Giants fan drove by and gave us the finger and he was rewarded by an endless barrage of beer cans and other garbage as he pulled away, tires squealing. I saw friends I hadn't seen in years and we talked, played Madden on a portable playstation and had a great time until well passed dawn the next day.

In the end we neve got tickets as there were under 2,000 available, but we knew that was going to happen, and that wasn't the point. It was about shared experience and a sense of community. It was a time I'll never forget and wouldn't ever give up.

Joeiss · 11-22-2005, 10:56 AM

Waiting in line for SARS stock tickets was amazing. I'd say there was about 100 of us, maybe less. Mostly teens. I met a cool girl, and just chilled out with random people... Tossed the football around, hell even wrestled, haha. Great night.

I don't think I would ever wait in line for a video game system... But who knows. I'm sure all those guys had an amazing time!

Crash · 11-22-2005, 11:36 AM

Oh man, I am so tired, you have no idea. Yesterday morning, we got in line at 9:00am, we stayed at walmart until 1:00 am last night. We got our xbox 360's. Immediately afterwords, we went to Best Buy where the line was 40 or so people long for the 9:00am opening this morning (poor bastards are still there in line) It must have been below freezing last night. I put the top down on my convertable and did donuts in the parking lot right in front of them, while their shivering little bodies looks on in disgust as we held up and xbox 360. We got a lot of middle fingers but it was fun.

Then we drove to Circuit city, and comp USA doing the same thing.

The nice thing is, in my line, about 10 people of the 30 brought their DS, and although none of them had Mario Kart, we all played mario kart battle for hours and hours.

Got home, played some perfect dark... was unimpressed by the graphical differences between xbox 360 and xbox... went to bed.

Neo · 11-22-2005, 12:05 PM

I've heard reports that there are too many core systems and not enough of the premiums, at least not for those who didn't preorder. I'm thinking about going by a best buy and checking it out on my lunch break, but I'm afraid if I do I'll end up buying one heh.

MuGen · 11-22-2005, 12:37 PM

Well Crash Perfect Dark Zero is garbage from what I've seen, and especially in the commercials. I was impressed by the graphics and game play of this one war game, I can't recall the name cuz I was playing it at my local Gamestop. Graphics were good, particle elements amazing, and the blood splatter was top notch.

I wouldn't count PDZ as an ice breaker for Xbox 360 owners. I'm ACTUALLY thinking of getting this....