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| Minuteman
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|  "Am I a gaming snob?"
, posted Mon 15 Mar 18:06
OK, maybe I am over reacting here, but while I was out today, I decided to stop @ the nearby GameStop to see if they had any Dreamcast controllers or VMU's (which they didn't, oh well). Anyway, while browsing the store I overheard a fellow customer exclaim :
"I only play ps2, cause Xbox has no DVD drive! Xbox can't even play DVD's! And Gamecube is whack, no good games at all! It's just got nice graphics!!"
Mind you while saying this he was standing right in front of the GC section, which featured Metal Gear:TTS, F-Zero, Mario Kart, Zelda, Viewtiful Joe, Final Fantasy:CC, and many other games. Thankfully I did not have to correct him (normally I mind my own business, but this was just too false a statement to pass up) as his friend calmly told him "you need that adapter shit to watch dvd's".
So then I figured I'd get a GBA game. I decided I'd finally get Wario Ware. I see they have the box on the shelf, so I go to the counter and ask the girl working for the game. She proceeded to first change the crappy song on her awful mix cd that was playing in the xbox behind the counter, then all the did was look over the glass counter to see if they had any used copies of the game (which I already knew they did not). So she looks at me and says "we dont have it" I say "The box is out there, and I would like a NEW copy, not used anyway" "Oh" she says...
So she opens ONE DRAWER and says "I guess we dont have it" Then her manager asks her what shes looking for, which she tells him, so he opens the SAME drawer full of GBA games and says "nope, guess we dont have it"
So I ask, "Why is the box out there then?" the answer "Oh, just to fill the shelve"
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! NOW I get it!!
What is the point of this rant/venting? I just want to ask of others here, is it so hard for the common customer to READ a magazine or website about a system or game BEFORE they share their brilliant thoughts with everyone? And is it REALLY that much to ask for a store to have employees who know what the F*CK they are doing?! When a customer asks for a game DO NOT change your god damn song on your mix CD! And DO NOT look in ONE place for 5 SECONDS and tell me you don't have the game! OK, so you dont have the game? - Then don't put out the box!!!
Sorry for this horribly long post!! Just sharing! I do not like to think of myself as a "game snob" but really, when compared other people I see in these stores, I feel like shaking and slapping them multiple times. I'm done now, thanks. Time for dinner!
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| DarkZero 664th Post
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| "Re(2):Am I a gaming snob?" , posted Mon 15 Mar 19:48
You just have to find a better place to shop. Or, if there's nothing good in your area, you could just try looking for bargains online.
Personally, my local Electronics Boutique is excellent. Absolutely everyone in that store will bend over backwards for me, even though I don't come in there very often. When I wanted to buy Ratchet and Clank for my mother during Christmas last year, the girl at the retail counter spent twenty minutes jumping through hoops trying to find it. First she tore apart the new games cabinet, then the used games cabinet, then the drawers, then tried to find it (new or used) in the back room for five minutes, and then eventually went through the drawers again and pulled out a plastic case with the game disc and manual in it that was apparently some sort of free promo copy that they receive. Because I was buying it for an adult, I didn't take that copy (and I felt bad about it, too), but if I was a parent that had just gone to six other stores trying to find the game, I would've been thrilled.
There's also a guy in there that will do almost anything that you ask. He finds absolutely anything that you want, no matter where it is in the store, and even though he sweats bullets for ten minutes whenever you ask for a refund on an open game, he eventually gives it to you. And in plain view of the managers, who are far more cool with it than he is.
I even watched two of the employees try to set some little kids straight after a regional Nokia rep came to the store a week before Christmas and started telling them all about the wonders of the N-Gage. I don't know how that woman sleeps at night. Maybe the Blood of the Innocent has the same effect on Her Kind that warm milk and turkey have on real humans.
I've also never witnessed the kind of customer stupidity that you've seen, but then again, I haven't really noticed customers talking very loudly or very often in game stores before. Maybe it's just the way people are around here.
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| Juke Joint Jezebel 2752th Post
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|  "yes"
, posted Mon 15 Mar 21:13
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You just have to find a better place to shop.
agreed. i really, really hate going to game stores to get games. whenever i do, it's always a last ditch effort. if i'm not putting up with elitism and cocksucking motherfuckers, i'm dealing with monkeys who'd rather throw feces and pick parasites off eachother than assist me
a little secret. me and my friends have all found rare games at stores you might not think to look. Sears, Target, Circuit City, Best Buy, Toys 'R Us, Walmart .. well, maybe not Walmart. i found a huge load of Final Fantasy Origins there, but i'm paranoid, thinking they could be censored or something. doubtful, but still. i'm also scared to feed the giant
anyways, Wario Ware's a pretty common game. i've seen stockpiles of it in every store i've checked. you should've taken the low road and said "thanks for the shitty music, motherfuckers" before gracefully leaving
even though these threads pop up pretty often, i'm liking them a lot more than i thought i would. knowing that people out there are suffering just as bad as me hits close to the heart
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| DarkZero 665th Post
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| "Re(1):yes" , posted Mon 15 Mar 21:41
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a little secret. me and my friends have all found rare games at stores you might not think to look. Sears, Target, Circuit City, Best Buy, Toys 'R Us, Walmart .. well, maybe not Walmart.
This, strangely, seems to be a universal truth. If your local Electronics Boutique, Babbages, GameStop, or other video game specialty stores don't have a game, try Best Buy, then Target, then all of the other "Little Bit Of Everything" chain stores. Target is unlikely to have anything that was made over a year ago or anything that's really rare, such as Disgaea, Ikaruga, Disaster Report, etc., but they often carry a good variety of semi-niche games, such as Megaman Zero, the early .Hack games, etc. And no matter what you're looking for, Best Buy is worth a try if you can't find it elsewhere. My local Best Buy usually has all of the popular games that are sold out in other stores, as well as a surprising amount of niche titles and older games that I really wouldn't expect to find there.
And if a trip to Electronics Boutique or GameStop pisses you off, then Best Buy could be a good alternative. Because Best Buy is a gigantic chain store, it's usually pretty well-organized, whereas the game you're looking for in Electronics Boutique could be in any of the seven or eight Boxes of Retail Mystery strewn about the counter, the back room, and under the shelves. Someone in Best Buy just types your selection into their register and they either have it or they don't. Someone in Electronics Boutique has to dig for twenty minutes to find your game, which makes them extremely lazy and surly by roughly 9:15AM, and leaves you with the feeling that you COULD have had the game that you asked for if you had been willing to degrade yourself by alternately whining at them, cheering them on, or thanking them profusely for twenty minutes straight.
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agreed. i really, really hate going to game stores to get games. whenever i do, it's always a last ditch effort. if i'm not putting up with elitism and cocksucking motherfuckers, i'm dealing with monkeys who'd rather throw feces and pick parasites off eachother than assist me
Whenever you get angry at the register jockeys, just be mindful of the fact that they've had to deal with your fellow customers for several hours before you came to look for a game. They've had to deal with questions like, "Is Grand Theft Auto a violent game?", "How much does this cost... with tax?", and "Could I have Super Mario Kart for the Xbox, please?" for hours on end, five days a week, for what has probably been several months. In that kind of situation, I wouldn't exactly be "on the ball" the entire day, either.
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| Juke Joint Jezebel 2753th Post
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| "Re(2):yes" , posted Mon 15 Mar 22:35
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Whenever you get angry at the register jockeys, just be mindful of the fact that they've had to deal with your fellow customers for several hours before you came to look for a game. They've had to deal with questions like, "Is Grand Theft Auto a violent game?", "How much does this cost... with tax?", and "Could I have Super Mario Kart for the Xbox, please?" for hours on end, five days a week, for what has probably been several months. In that kind of situation, I wouldn't exactly be "on the ball" the entire day, either.
aah, good point. it's been a while since i've worked. i forget how tiring the public can be. but i'm convinced that some people are just born angry. every time i've seen this one guy at this bubble tea place, he looks at me (and everyone else, at that, including the people he works with) like i just beat his sister. the same goes with the people at those game stores -- just nonstop idiocy. maybe it's habitual for some people. a miserable, neverending cycle of madness
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Target, Circuit City, Best Buy
nearly forgot. the Best Buy near me used to be full of punkass teens until management stepped in. i guess the situation differs for everyone. and around here, Target's best for "if it's extremely new but sold out everywhere else". i remember picking up Zone of Enders there <3 and seeing Panzer Dragoon Orta sitting on the shelf one time (i was too stupid to pick that one up. it was so cheap too. $20 or something)
i really urge all of you to go to Circuit City if possible. i've picked up so many great games there. the one near us is as lazy as hell too, which actually works in my favor. first, they don't reprice games that have gone down. there's so many $40 and $50 games that are sold for $15 and $20. it distracts other people from buying them. i just pick a game i'm interested in and ask for a price check. if it's too much, then i throw it back. second, they rarely keep the games they've got in order. i hid two copies of Disgaea that i found there for over three months. one of those two copies lies on Hagen's shelf. the other is safely resting in my room
it wasn't until Hagen found Grandia II at Sears (for $20, only a few months after it came out) when i realized how much it pays to shop around
one last thing (that DarkZero already touched). internet sites are also a great place to find games. the only store i can recommend is GExpress.com. i got Skies of Arcadia Legends there for about $47 (including shipping) just a few weeks after it came out. sold out, retail price, or not sold at all in every local store. if you want more online stores, i'm sure other mmcafe members has a list of other good ones
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| DKW 252th Post
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| "Re(1):Am I a gaming snob?" , posted Mon 15 Mar 22:50
Well, you didn't throttle anybody, so at least you have some sense of restraint. But c'mon, getting mad over someone else's opinion of a system? Don't you have better things to do with your time?
Hey, guess what. I think the Super NES was a colossal failure which had a plethora of hacked-up, watered-down, sissified games not worth the boxes they came in. I think the Neo Geo was a vastly superior home system to anything 16-bit. I see NO difference in graphic quality between the Dreamcast and PS2. My favorite PS2 games, other than the Bemani series, are Capcom vs. SNK 2, Street Fighter EX 3, CART Fury, and Swing Away Golf. I find too-hard games sickening and limited continues an utter abomination. And I think that cheat devices are the best freaking thing to ever happen to console gaming. Going by the usual conventional wisdom, this makes me the most insanely psychotic pervert who ever lived. (Let's not even get into my KOF issues...I'd like to avoid raging flame wars on this board, thank you.)
So what? I've never had any use for conventional wisdom; it's a crutch for those who can't think for themselves. I know what I want, and I trust my eyes and ears. Someone thinks differently? Everyone thinks differently? Find, let them. I'm not going to rip anyone for the choices they make, and I'm not standing for anyone doing it to me.
(Just as an aside, I do think that using cheat codes in multiplayer online games is uncalled for. But it's up to the game administrators to lay down the law, and if they don't, well, caveat emptor.)
As for stupid/incompetent/indifferent employees...welcome to the miracles of the free market, my friend. You know why those stores hire those kind of people? Because they're cheaper. And you should never underestimate the galling lengths some corporations will go in order to increase the bottom line.
That's not to say you should stand for it. Make a complaint, and if you get the cold shoulder (like I did from this one particularly awful place), take your business elsewhere. Nobody has monopoly power over electronic gaming; use this to your advantage.
And yeah, you sound kind of...er, "in the system", but so long as you don't get obnoxious (like some of the people at GameFAQs), it's not going to be a problem. We take all kinds.
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| OmegaDog 1160th Post
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| "Re(3):yes" , posted Mon 15 Mar 23:25:
Yeah, I love how Circuit City often doesn't replace price labels for old games. I don't remember which games I got from there, but I remember I found some good deals simply by asking the person at the register to double-check the price.
And, you guys probably've seen chain music/movie stores sell video games for their original prices months (even years) after they've been released. I had one store here (f.y.e.) that was no different -- but, somehow, it happened to have Grandia II for US$20. (Price tag on it was still $40.)
Other hard-to-find games at bigger chains: a Media Play store had Bangai-O for $20 when the local used/import game shop was selling it for $40. Also, When I couldn't find it any place else, I found Typing of the Dead at a random Toys R Us store for $15.
However, my best store deal came from a GameStop store in town. They just happened to have a used Dreamcast Broadband Adapter for $20.
For Internet auctions: try intentionally misspelling the name of your game. Sometimes, you can find hidden auctions that way, where no one else bids on the items.
Sometimes you can even get lucky just doing complete searches (including body of text). I remember finding an auction that was simply named "Dreamcast Samba Party Pack" or something of the sort. Don't know how, but I was the only one to ever bid on it. Back when official Maracas Controllers were peaking $200 to $250 on eBay (EDIT: though, I remember now -- my local used/import game store had Japanese ones for about $130 each), I was able to get two official Maracas Controllers sets (one Japanese, one North American) and both the North American and Japanese versions of the original Samba de Amigo -- all for US$225, including shipping.
Sometimes, it's just checking eBay at the right time. Unfortunately, I came across one Radiant Silvergun auction four hours too late -- the seller had intentionally set the Buy-It-Now price for US$30 (making some statement about overpriced games), and it was snapped up about an hour after it was listed. Just to make sure it was a true auction, I checked feedback after a couple weeks, and both had given each other positive marks.
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We have people ask us if we sell used games when standing in front of the used ps2 section with a big "used" sign over it.
Admittedly, I've had off-days where I've done stuff like this.
And, hey -- welcome, yellowcab!
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| OmegaDog 1161th Post
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| "Re(5):yes" , posted Tue 16 Mar 00:32:
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Thanks for the welcome. I used to find all the best deals at K-Mart back in the day. Whenever anything was sold out everywhere else, they always seemed to have it in stock. Really, who thinks of K-Mart for video games?
On a side note, stupidity really exists on both sides of the counter. I've had 7 different managers in 2 years, and three of them didn't even play video games. 2 of them had no system newer than an n64.
If you want the best deals though, find a friend that works for a game store that will look out for stuff. I've found dreamcast agetec sticks that people have traded in. We sell them for 8 bucks. I've scored Elemental Gearbolt (god that game is hard), and recently managed to snag the 3X3 Eyes anime for only 4 bucks. It's amazing what people will trade in for almost no credit. Usually I'll tell the nice customers to check ebay if i think we're really ripping them off.
I currently don't have friends working at a game store that can buy back games and accessories. I have a couple friends who are trying to join up, though.
And, one of my friends, until very recently, worked at a Circuit City. Since he's also the VP of the local anime club here, he was able to hook us up with trivia quiz prizes that were essentially promotional items that were never given away. I myself snagged a few small things, like FFCC buttons and Metroid Prime stickers. (Now he's a Nintendo Sales Rep.)
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| Daala 920th Post
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|  "Re(1):Am I a gaming snob?"
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OK, maybe I am over reacting here, but while I was out today, I decided to stop @ the nearby GameStop to see if they had any Dreamcast controllers or VMU's (which they didn't, oh well). Anyway, while browsing the store I overheard a fellow customer exclaim :
"I only play ps2, cause Xbox has no DVD drive! Xbox can't even play DVD's! And Gamecube is whack, no good games at all! It's just got nice graphics!!"
Mind you while saying this he was standing right in front of the GC section, which featured Metal Gear:TTS, F-Zero, Mario Kart, Zelda, Viewtiful Joe, Final Fantasy:CC, and many other games. Thankfully I did not have to correct him (normally I mind my own business, but this was just too false a statement to pass up) as his friend calmly told him "you need that adapter shit to watch dvd's".
So then I figured I'd get a GBA game. I decided I'd finally get Wario Ware. I see they have the box on the shelf, so I go to the counter and ask the girl working for the game. She proceeded to first change the crappy song on her awful mix cd that was playing in the xbox behind the counter, then all the did was look over the glass counter to see if they had any used copies of the game (which I already knew they did not). So she looks at me and says "we dont have it" I say "The box is out there, and I would like a NEW copy, not used anyway" "Oh" she says...
So she opens ONE DRAWER and says "I guess we dont have it" Then her manager asks her what shes looking for, which she tells him, so he opens the SAME drawer full of GBA games and says "nope, guess we dont have it"
So I ask, "Why is the box out there then?" the answer "Oh, just to fill the shelve"
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! NOW I get it!!
What is the point of this rant/venting? I just want to ask of others here, is it so hard for the common customer to READ a magazine or website about a system or game BEFORE they share their brilliant thoughts with everyone? And is it REALLY that much to ask for a store to have employees who know what the F*CK they are doing?! When a customer asks for a game DO NOT change your god damn song on your mix CD! And DO NOT look in ONE place for 5 SECONDS and tell me you don't have the game! OK, so you dont have the game? - Then don't put out the box!!!
Sorry for this horribly long post!! Just sharing! I do not like to think of myself as a "game snob" but really, when compared other people I see in these stores, I feel like shaking and slapping them multiple times. I'm done now, thanks. Time for dinner!
Dude! I so feel your pain. I had that happen to me more then once. Then I started shopping at EBX, which isn't any better. Lord forbid if you're a girl gamer, cuz they look at you really crazy. Okay, so I know that not all workers there are gamers...but you should at least know a lit'l bit ...no?
So these days I'm ebay'n or buying online, less hassle...blah!
But no, I wouldn't call you a gaming snob.
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| Dr Baghead 2884th Post
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| "Re(3):Am I a gaming snob?" , posted Tue 16 Mar 11:06
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Yeah,the EB staff at my local EB store are videogamers,and they're pretty friendly,too.
Nothing to say about the topic, but:
T.E. I notice you have a Dave the Barbarian Av... so let me ask you, do you feel the designs of the characters... especially Dave, Fang, and Candy 'clash' too much?
I mean Dave looks like a cartoon Barbarian but Fang looks like a cavegirl, Candy is decidely modern, their uncle and parents are more 'medial ages' then 'barbarian', and Chuckles and Faffy are animals drawn in a totally different style... the shows nice and all, but the designs are all over the board don't ya think? They really need someone to come in an standardize the look.
Something on-topic:
My local Gamestop sucks, I'm sure this true with all Gamestops, but it's VERY annoying to walk in on a Tuesday (when I a game should is supposed to be released) then be told "oh that comes out tomorrow... would you like to pre-order it?! You might not get it if you don't pre-order it!".... I mean if a game is so damn hot they're going to order enough to cover all the pre-orders AND overflow... pre-orders are a trap to scare you into buying at inflated mall prices so you're "guarenteed" a copy even when BestBuy or Target normally have plenty of copies for $5 less on release day.
The one time I feel for that trap was for DoAX, pre-ordering a week before release... they had a HUGE FUCKING STACK of the game on release day and when I went back on Saturday they still had a good deal left.
My local EB used to have a really nice/smart girl named Kat working for them, she was the best employee that sorry excuse for a store ever had... about a year after she started working there she was gone, and had gotten a job at Funcoland, which always seemed odd to me.... does Funcoland pay more? she wasn't manager or anything and I can't see EB firing her, so why would she take a lower job? Still as smart and helpful as ever (I asked for a copy of UmJammer Lammy, and not having any she listed off every PS2 rythem game, including the super obscure ones, with discriptions as alternatives.)... several months after she started working at Funcoland she was "demoted" again to one of those Mall kiosk selling crappy sunglasses and hair extensions... now she's gone from there too, I hope she's moved on to a better high paying job someplace nice... but given her downward luck with jobs she's probably working in the back room of one of the 90 pretzel shops in the mall.
At a different EB I wanted to buy some toys, so I asked one of the Clerks "you still doing the 2 for 1 sale on the '41 cents' toys?" he said something to the effect of "uh-huh" but it more or less just a grunt meaning yes... so I got a few I wanted and brought them, the other clerk rang me up for full price, I told him the other guy said they were 2 for 1 and he said I was wrong and they stopped that. So I didn't buy anything!
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| Dr Baghead 2885th Post
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| "READ THIS POST NOW!! It could be gone soon!" , posted Tue 16 Mar 14:53
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Now on Baghead's post about preordering, I usually like doing that because some companies like to throw in free stuff sometimes, like t-shirts or other misc garbage that people (like me) like to get.
I forgot about the freebies! Yeah, if there's free stuff involved forget what I said... in that case pre-ordering isn't a trap, it's a fair deal.... although it *can* be a trap sometimes, I pre-ordered MK:DA to get the free coin (why I don't know), but they didn't have enough coins for all the pre-orders so I got squat!!!
And well... I guess the "cheaper at BestBuy" thing only works for popular GBA games. Bestbuy normally puts an assload out around the release day (although it varries around here. Mario 3 I found a day early, Link to Past on time, and Zero Mission a day late) for $24.99 instead of $29.99
Pre-ordering is great if done in advance because you know for sure you want a game, it's only stupid if it's a week or day before the game actually comes out because the clerk ensures you they, the other gamestore in the mall, BestBuy, Target, Funcoland, Wal-Mart, and TRU might have only ordered enough so everyone in the tri-city area... BUT YOU... can get a copy.
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| Radish 2332th Post
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| "Re(1):READ THIS POST NOW!! It could be gone s" , posted Tue 16 Mar 14:58
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Now on Baghead's post about preordering, I usually like doing that because some companies like to throw in free stuff sometimes, like t-shirts or other misc garbage that people (like me) like to get.
I forgot about the freebies! Yeah, if there's free stuff involved forget what I said... in that case pre-ordering isn't a trap, it's a fair deal.... although it *can* be a trap sometimes, I pre-ordered MK:DA to get the free coin (why I don't know), but they didn't have enough coins for all the pre-orders so I got squat!!!
And well... I guess the "cheaper at BestBuy" thing only works for popular GBA games. Bestbuy normally puts an assload out around the release day (although it varries around here. Mario 3 I found a day early, Link to Past on time, and Zero Mission a day late) for $24.99 instead of $29.99
Pre-ordering is great if done in advance because you know for sure you want a game, it's only stupid if it's a week or day before the game actually comes out because the clerk ensures you they, the other gamestore in the mall, BestBuy, Target, Funcoland, Wal-Mart, and TRU might have only ordered enough so everyone in the tri-city area... BUT YOU... can get a copy.
The stuff I generally preorder are:
-Games that come with cool stuff which is sadly very rare.
-Games I know will sell out since stores get 2 copies and some other nerd wants it as bad as I do (pretty much every Atlus game)
There isn't much point preordering other than that. Even when the original GBA launched I was able to find one launch day without preordering anywhere. I'm guessing that clerks get credit for the sale if they make you buy the preorder slip since I can't see why they care about me preording some game they'll get 50 copies of in a week otherwise.
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| Dr Baghead 2886th Post
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| "Re(2):My Life" , posted Tue 16 Mar 15:16
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Then he sees some parent shopping for games for a child, so he runs across and recommends the game to him [evil]. The guy says "He should like this, he's really into fighting games! Thanks!" I pity the parent when he sees his son's reaction when he recieves the 'gift'....
It would be super funny if the game was marked down and the sticker just didn't reflect such and even if not SF:the movie isn't really a 'bad' game, it's just not as good as the other SF games... the arcade version is some bizarre MK clone piece of crap, but the home version actually plays a lot like Street Fighter, not a good Street Fighter but SF none-the-less... in my opinion it's just slightly worse then the EX series.
If it was being bought for a young kid the kids not going to notice it's not up to par with SFA3 or SF3:3S, they'll just have fun hitting buttons. And your friend just helped that kid fill out HIS SF collection!
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and half the time they open the drawer real quick and say "Nope, not here."
Used to be you could trick them into finding a game for you by walking in grabbing a CD cleaner then looking around for a bit, then asking if they had the game... if they didn't, drop the cleaner on the counter, walk away and say "okay see ya later then", since they used to get commissions for selling the cleaners 90% of the time they'd magically realize they might have your game! Then to be ass you don't buy the cleaner!
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| Juke Joint Jezebel 2759th Post
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| "Re(8):I am gaming snob" , posted Tue 16 Mar 17:49:
?? what? if i'm mean-spirited because i can't afford a game, because i just spent my last $40 on some acrylics and letra max boards and answer sheets that i need for school, so i decide to hide that game behind 20 copies of NHL 2004, or Madden 2004, or some baseball or Barbie game that people are too lazy to check behind, then so be it, shit for brains
jesus, you make it sound like i hid it in a vent or taped it behind the urinal in the men's room. not all of us can afford all eighteen YuGiOh games at the time of their release, or has time for a job with a 9-hour school day, and using sleepless nights to finish 12-hour projects
get off your fucking high horse
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I am just having an intelligent conversation with JJJ here.
pre-order Metroid Prime because we'll never see it again
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about the kid that gave that parent that Street Fighter movie, the child will either like the gift, or they'll just return it. GOD FORBID they have to go back to the store! utterly dreadful! and the child might actually find a game he'll want as a replacement gift instead! please, no more!
whine, whine, bitch, bitch, call me an asshole. i don't care because i am one. but when you put yourself higher than the rest of us, especially the stupid customers that hide copies of rare games (Disgaea) around the store for months at a time, and trying to trick innocent customers into buying crappy games well above retail price, or even the person in the abovementioned story that didn't stop the huge asshole and telling the innocent bystanders that Street Fighter: The Movie is a huge fucking ripoff, then it pisses me off. go compare the size of your ego at gamefaqs, you prick. whatever happens after this, you shouldn't be surprised, you slung the first ball of mud
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| Kaepora 314th Post
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| "Re(8):Am I a gaming snob?" , posted Tue 16 Mar 22:38
I haven't been buying very many games lately, mainy because there aren't too many that appeal to me. I preorder them because I don't mind paying that price, and I'd rather have it on release day than wait the week or so before it goes on sale. I see it as a matter of paying that extra $10-$15 for the priviledge of playing it earlier. I mean, I know I'm going to end up buying it there that day anyway, so might as well preorder.
If the price is a really big issue, I suppose you could buy it at Best Buy when it goes on sale, peel the price sticker off, and return it at GameStop with the GameStop receipt, but then you're getting into right/wrong and ethics and such. (Yes, I've done this before. No, I'm not making excuses.)
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| DarkZero 672th Post
Red Carpet Regular Member
| "Re(8):Am I a gaming snob?" , posted Wed 17 Mar 00:25
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Easy there, DarkZero. I didn't voice my opinion for a couple of reasons:
-Here [UK], you have 30 days to get a full refund on games you don't like
Ah, see, here [US] you usually get screwed if you try to return a game. Almost any store's return policy states that all game sales are final unless the game is broken and you want to exchange it for a new copy of the same game (such as my Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow with the broke EEPROM chip). The only other exception is if the game is unopened, in which case you're free to return it for a full refund. That certainly makes a big difference between tricking someone into buying an expensive piece of crap on this side of the pond and buying an expensive piece of crap on your side. On my side, they're fucked. On yours, it's just a harmless prank.
Just out of curiosity though, is this 30 day return policy something that the stores do, or something that's mandated by the law? I can't imagine any of the stores over here voluntarily adopting a policy like that.
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?? what? if i'm mean-spirited because i can't afford a game, because i just spent my last $40 on some acrylics and letra max boards and answer sheets that i need for school, so i decide to hide that game behind 20 copies of NHL 2004, or Madden 2004, or some baseball or Barbie game that people are too lazy to check behind, then so be it, shit for brains
jesus, you make it sound like i hid it in a vent or taped it behind the urinal in the men's room. not all of us can afford all eighteen YuGiOh games at the time of their release, or has time for a job with a 9-hour school day, and using sleepless nights to finish 12-hour projects
get off your fucking high horse
My situation isn't much better than yours. School takes up too much of my time to have a job, I have to study at least seven hours straight for every single test while simultaneously studying for my certifications, and I could afford hardly anything at the time of its release even before I started paying for school, supplemental school books, and certifications. But none of that made it necessary to hide games from all of the other geeks that are going through store after store trying to find a rare game, and it didn't stop me from buying Disgaea four months or so after its North American release.
I like my horse. His coat is shiny and white.
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| Juke Joint Jezebel 2761th Post
Platinum Carpet V.I.P- Board Master
| "Re(9):Am I a gaming snob?" , posted Wed 17 Mar 01:19:
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Crap pouring out of DarkZero's mouth.
i still don't understand. how does that make what i do so horrible? i found the game first in a stack of unsorted games. the store that supplies it is too lazy to keep order. if i can't pay for it now, why not take advantage of this? is this illegal, immoral, what? tell me why you think this should be frowned upon
what annoys me the most is how you nonchalantly talk to Juan about how much better you are than the others in this thread. if you have something to say, how about addressing it to the people you have a problem with? is this how you deal with situations in real life?
"The guy behind me is a total jackass."
"Can you believe what the person to my left is trying to pull?"
"Those seven guys approaching us look so stupid brandishing those chains and knives."
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you know what, forget about it. unless you absolutely feel the need to get the last word in, don't reply to this at all. no matter what i say, you're not gonna change your ignorant, stubborn mind; and i know that anything that comes out of your mouth is just diarrhea that you spent an hour, or maybe two, capitalizing, punctuating, writing and rewriting, into a mass of structured crap. for some reason, your opinion mattered to me before. but now, whatever
we live on opposite sides of the tracks, so we see things differently. save your words. i've said enough for both of us
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| Syo
94th Post
Occasional Customer
| "Re(9):Am I a gaming snob?" , posted Wed 17 Mar 04:08
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Just out of curiosity though, is this 30 day return policy something that the stores do, or something that's mandated by the law? I can't imagine any of the stores over here voluntarily adopting a policy like that.
Well, over here most high street stores [for all purpose shopping] have that 30 day money back thing as mandatory. At first it was about 5 years or so back when 'GAME' stores over here applied a 10 day 'no hassle' refund because a lot of people didn't like their games. After about 2-3 years with that pretty much all game stores in general now adapt at least 28 days for full refunds over here. I don't think it's neccessity of law [yet] over here, more a matter of 'every other store does it so we have to too'. As long as the game [disc] has no scratches, box is undamaged, and manual is still in the same condition [basically 'as sold'] then they refund without questioning why you want a refund. And yes, that in theory means you can buy a game, complete it within the timeline and refund it [haven't done it myself but you'll be surprised how little this is abused]. Well, seeing the different ways our stores operate, I can see why you were fired up at me, DarkZero. Hell, if he couldn't refund the game, I probably would have told him that he'd be better off with some other Street Fighter games for the PSOne....
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| talbaineric 5910th Post
Platinum Carpet V.I.P- Board Master
| "Dr.B" , posted Wed 17 Mar 06:44
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T.E. I notice you have a Dave the Barbarian Av... so let me ask you, do you feel the designs of the characters... especially Dave, Fang, and Candy 'clash' too much?
I mean Dave looks like a cartoon Barbarian but Fang looks like a cavegirl, Candy is decidely modern, their uncle and parents are more 'medial ages' then 'barbarian', and Chuckles and Faffy are animals drawn in a totally different style... the shows nice and all, but the designs are all over the board don't ya think? They really need someone to come in an standardize the look.
I love the designs. And yeah,I agree about the barbarian feel. The show does take place in the Middle Ages so I can see that,design-wise.
I love this show. It is HILARIOUS! Don't you think? I finally gave it a try a few weeks ago since everyone on earth seemed to be praising it,and I ended up loving it. Extremely funny and Chuckles is funnier than shit,too. Faffy is an idiot,but a loveable one. Fang is classic,"I Squash You All!" should be the catchphrase of the new millenium. :p
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| DarkZero 673th Post
Red Carpet Regular Member
| "Re(10):Am I a gaming snob?" , posted Wed 17 Mar 15:32
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what annoys me the most is how you nonchalantly talk to Juan about how much better you are than the others in this thread. if you have something to say, how about addressing it to the people you have a problem with? is this how you deal with situations in real life?
I often quote people's posts just to provide some context, rather than to speak directly to them. I had no intention of talking about you behind your back or avoiding confrontation. But besides that, if you don't want to argue any more, then I can accept that.
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Well, over here most high street stores [for all purpose shopping] have that 30 day money back thing as mandatory. At first it was about 5 years or so back when 'GAME' stores over here applied a 10 day 'no hassle' refund because a lot of people didn't like their games. After about 2-3 years with that pretty much all game stores in general now adapt at least 28 days for full refunds over here. I don't think it's neccessity of law [yet] over here, more a matter of 'every other store does it so we have to too'. As long as the game [disc] has no scratches, box is undamaged, and manual is still in the same condition [basically 'as sold'] then they refund without questioning why you want a refund. And yes, that in theory means you can buy a game, complete it within the timeline and refund it [haven't done it myself but you'll be surprised how little this is abused]. Well, seeing the different ways our stores operate, I can see why you were fired up at me, DarkZero. Hell, if he couldn't refund the game, I probably would have told him that he'd be better off with some other Street Fighter games for the PSOne....
Wow. So I suppose that in your country, they actually have some stores that actually treat you like a human being, rather than a filthy human meatbag with cash strapped to it. Intriguing!
And thank you for the explanation. I'm sorry I jumped to conclusions, but I had honestly never heard of anyone, anywhere, doing this before.
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