Hehehe…He`s in trouble later.
Wiis continue to be elusive here, but PS3s are possible to come by. An odd position, for sure. It sounds like there may be some shipments coming in this weekend, which would be nice, but I`ll get one when they come in.
I made the mistake of attempting to go out to the Toys R Us today, since it was Black Friday and I was told they were getting a whole shipment. I waited outside an hour and a half to be about 15th in line, and watched it grow to what must have been well over two hundred. When the doors opened, the latecomers just went crazy. Oddly enough, the people at the front of the line, some who had been there since midnight (that`s five hours, for those keeping score at home), were the most civil. But there was mobbing, cutting, shoving and all sorts of other ridiculousness. It was also quite disappointing to find this “shipment” ended up involving about a half dozen Wiis. Needless to say, my civility caused me to lose two precious places in line. Walking outside, I found a guy who was trying to auction off his freshly-acquired Wii.
The biggest disappointment of the day, however, was not the anemic shipment (which I feel was really played up by Toys R Us personnel) but the lack of civility and decorum show by the shoppers. It was ridiculous! I thought we were humans, quite separate from the rest of the animal world based on, among other things, our understanding of the presence of a world and existence around us, a cognizance if nothing else of other humans. I think the only thing preventing shoppers from flinging feces at each other that morning is the fact that it would take a minute to squat, and the day that someone tries to stock up in a Ziploc bag the night before there will be a significant devolution. The missing link will then be discovered.
It`s not that I think highly of people in general, especially mobs of people, but I must admit, having been through several other gaming launches I can honestly say that gamers are a far more civil crowd, a band of brothers if I may exaggerate the term. Black Friday shoppers? Thank you, with the exception of a few people I had the advantage of meeting and speaking with: You have destroyed what little faith I had in humanity`s mutual respect for others. I`m afraid to know what would happen if people today had to form their own government, as it seems humanity has slid back to picking and eating nits off of each other`s skin. Class act, all the way.