Losers flock from afar to pick up PS3

[ballz2wallz]

That's right folks, the release of the PS3, the long-awaited new video-game console that is the sequel to the highly successful Playstation and PS2 (Playstation 2) has finally arrived! And with it, a large insurgence of losers hit the streets and stores. These are people that normally spend their hours, days, weeks, or even months indoors on their couch playing video games. If cops were ready for this, they could have considered this a round-up for pot-smoking, weapons-toting, black-market dealing thugs. They probably should have done searches before letting people buy this system! Ok, perhaps I'm pushing it a little far, but seriously, there are a bunch of degenerates that have rushed out to get this system. Let's look at what we have here:

Loser...



We have:

One person shot while others were held up waiting in line

The two gunman in the northeast Connecticut town of Putnam confronted 15 to 20 people standing outside a Wal-Mart store shortly after 3 a.m. and demanded money, said State Police Lt. J. Paul Vance.

"One of the patrons resisted. That patron was shot," Vance said.

While others were grazed by a BB gun:

In other states, customers pushed and shoved their way to the shelves to get at the limited supply, and in Kentucky, four people were grazed by BBs fired from a passing vehicle as they waited for a Best Buy store to open.

And of course one guy was taken to the hospital because he ran into a flagpole while running amidst a mob:

In Palmdale, Calif., authorities shut down a Super Wal-Mart after some shoppers got rowdy late Wednesday. In West Bend, Wis., a 19-year-old man was injured when he ran into a pole racing with 50 others for one of 10 spots outside a Wal-Mart.

The video of this course is pretty hilarious.

Now, I feel somewhat justified in calling them losers; after all, they ARE waiting 3 days in line to be the first to get this console. Don't they have jobs? Don't they need sleep? Who wants to stand in line all night and all day for 3 days? Who really has time for that? Oh that's right, losers.

Of course, I can't forget to mention this guy



Yup, you guessed it, another 'loser' in his own right; Democratic Vice-President hopeful John Edwards!!! This photo, where he is bashing Walmart (cause it's the Democratic thing to do!) was taken a while ago, although he was bashing Walmart just two days ago...

...just before buying a PS3 from them.

[motivez]

me = +

Pretty sad the extremes people will go to for a video game console.. It's hard to fathom being willing to shoot someone over it..

As a note about the Edwards thing, it was a junior staffer of his that overheard them talking about wanting to get one.. he didn't know any better when he went to Walmart and dropped his name.

BREITBART.COM - Edwards Acknowledges Wal-Mart Gaffe

[ballz2wallz]

Originally Posted by motivez

As a note about the Edwards thing, it was a junior staffer of his that overheard them talking about wanting to get one.. he didn't know any better when he went to Walmart and dropped his name.

BREITBART.COM - Edwards Acknowledges Wal-Mart Gaffe

I'll give him that, but the staffer should have known what he was doing the day before...what kind of staffer is he?

[motivez]

One that made a pretty big mistake!

[JaJae]

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[JaJae]

Great post Ballz, lol!

[Thorgrim]

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the beauty of the free market

[Thorgrim]

Seems the average price on Ebay is $2,200

eBay - playstation 3, playstation 3 Systems items on eBay.com

THAT'S JUST AN ESTIMATE, I MAY BE WRONG, PLEASE NO ONE HOLD ME TO THOSE EXACT NUMBERS

[SpicyMcVoodoo]

Originally Posted by motivez

me = +

Pretty sad the extremes people will go to for a video game console.. It's hard to fathom being willing to shoot someone over it..

Someone got shot over it? It sounded to me like a robbery and a drive by BBgunning having nothing to do with the PS3.

[ballz2wallz]

Originally Posted by SpicyMcVoodoo

Someone got shot over it? It sounded to me like a robbery and a drive by BBgunning having nothing to do with the PS3.

People with money standing in line out in the open waiting to purchase the PS3 has everything to do with the PS3. It's like open season for anybody that wants to do something to somebody.

3 days waiting in line...what losers.

[hsmith]

Hhahhahahha @ edwards, what a tool

[kinggovernor]

fucking pathetic

[SpicyMcVoodoo]

Originally Posted by ballz2wallz

People with money standing in line out in the open waiting to purchase the PS3 has everything to do with the PS3. It's like open season for anybody that wants to do something to somebody.

3 days waiting in line...what losers.

Yeah, but I'm just saying...it wasn't like people were shooting each other over the PS3. It was just robbers looking for easy targets. Besides, with such a wait, I wonder how profitable it is to sell those things on ebay. Maybe the profit is worth the wait.

[Donkey®]

The next time some of you chastise Muslims for reacting to what they perceive to be insults to their religion...look at how YOUR people are acting over a stupid video game.

Originally Posted by article

HARTFORD, Conn. - Two armed thugs tried to rob a line of people waiting for the new PlayStation 3 game system to go on sale early Friday and shot one man who refused to give up his money, authorities said.

In Sullivan, Ind., a man was in critical condition after emergency surgery for a stab wound after he and a friend tried to rob two men of consoles they waited 36 hours in line to buy, police said.

Nationwide, short supplies of the PS3 and strong demand led to long lines of buyers, some waiting for days outside stores. Once the doors opened Friday, they pushed and shoved their way to the shelves in several cities to get at the limited supply. Two people were arrested in Fresno, Calif., after a crowd trampled people in a parking lot.

It was about 3 a.m. when the two gunmen in Putnam, a town of about 9,000 residents in northeast Connecticut, confronted 15 to 20 people standing outside a Wal-Mart store and demanded money, said State Police Lt. J. Paul Vance.

"One of the patrons resisted. That patron was shot," Vance said.

Vance said the two gunmen fled after shooting Michael Penkala, 21, of Webster, Mass., in the chest and shoulder. Penkala was in stable condition at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester, Mass., with injuries not believed to be life threatening, Vance said.

Police were searching for the suspects, both believed to be in their teens, Vance said. He said one was wearing a ski mask and brandishing a handgun, and the other had what appeared to be a shotgun.

About 30 miles away, another shopper was beaten and robbed of his new PlayStation 3 just minutes after he bought it at a store in Manchester, police said.

The shopper told police five men surrounded and beat him as he left the Shoppes at Buckland Hills with the new PlayStation.

Police Sgt. Chris Davis said the attackers pushed one of their cohorts out of the car as they drove away. That man, a 17-year-old from Windsor, was charged with robbery, larceny, assault and breach of peace.

Andrew Templeton, 20, and David Wiggins, 28, of Sullivan, Ind., were assaulted by two teens after waiting for 36 hours at a Super Wal-Mart, police said.

They were unloading their PlayStation 3s from their car when two teens approached them carrying a chain and a tire iron and demanding their consoles, said Sullivan Police Chief David Story.

A fight broke out. Wiggins' nose was broken, and he stabbed one of the attackers, Dylan Moss, 19, police said. Moss was in critical condition after surgery, officials said.

Sullivan County Prosecutor Bob Springer said he plans to charge Moss and accomplice Dustin ***g, 19, with felony robbery.

Elsewhere, two men wearing black ski masks and sunglasses made off with five consoles after holding two employees at gunpoint at an Englewood, Ohio, video game store Thursday night, police said.

A Pennsylvania teenager was also robbed of his new PlayStation by a man who tapped on his car window with a handgun in Allentown, police said.

In Lexington, Ky., someone fired BB pellets from a passing vehicle at people waiting outside a Best Buy store, according to WKYT, whose own reporter said she was among four people grazed while she interviewed buyers in line.

Police fired a talcum powder ball at the ground outside a Target store in Henrico, Va., to get the attention of an unruly crowd of about 350 people who were waiting to buy one of the shop's eight consoles, police said.

A Best Buy store in Boston, aware it had only 140 of the consoles, got smart about the big sale — its employees gave out tickets to the first 140 people in line so everyone could go home until the store opened.

[Diamond Cross]

This looks good for the "computer games cause crime" advocates.

[thatguyoverthere]

Look at that markup! Those waiting in line to buy it and actually play with the thing are losers, but the ones buying it to resell it on ebay look pretty smart to me. That's a hell of a return. How many investments make that kind of money back?

I'll bet you that someone will end up buying one on ebay for $4000. Talk about a loser! Spending 2000-4000$ on a console because you (or your kid) couldn't wait a month or two.

I'm a videogame fan, a Playstation fan too, but most games just plain suck. The first edition of every PS console has had problems so far (skipping & freezing up) so it's likely most of these people will end up buying the system again in a year or so. You'd think they'd learn by now.

[Diesel66]

Originally Posted by Donkey®

The next time some of you chastise Muslims for reacting to what they perceive to be insults to their religion...look at how YOUR people are acting over a stupid video game.

only a few of those have anything to do with the video game. The rest are just theives and muggers.

[ballz2wallz]

Originally Posted by Donkey®

The next time some of you chastise Muslims for reacting to what they perceive to be insults to their religion...look at how YOUR people are acting over a stupid video game.

"...YOUR people...'

[Stylerod]

When DVD players first went on the market Apex made one with a "hidden menu" that you could use to turn off Region and copy protection. People desperately wanted one of those and they were going for a lot of Ebay. I just happen to go into a Circuit city and they were wheeling 10 into the showroom. I bought 5 for about $220 each. I kept one, gave one to a friend and sold the other 3 on Ebay for about $700 each. Wadda country!!!!

[Stylerod]

Originally Posted by ballz2wallz

"...YOUR people...'