Home News Reviews Forums Shop


Anyone ELSE camp out for a Wii?

General discussion. Come introduce yourself. Talk about whataver you want!

Anyone ELSE camp out for a Wii?

Postby dolphinius_rex on Mon Nov 20, 2006 1:43 pm

I have to say that I broke my usual habit of not buying game consoles, or waiting 1 year or more before commiting to one. I actually camped out over night, and bagged myself a Nintendo Wii :D

Luckily I was not alone in this endeavour. I was joined by my friend and his G/F , and one of my lady friends also. We were originally going to leave really early in the morning, and get to Bestbuy at 4am on Sunday... but my friend's G/F got an msn message from her friend who worked at that Bestbuy, who said when he left work at 10pm, there was already a line of 30+ people, and they only had 44 units in total! So we grabbed as much snack food as we could, bundled up warm, and headed out to our destiny. We got to Bestbuy at about 11:45pm Saturday, and joined a growing lineup. In total, about 50 people ended up in line for a Wii (not including everyone's friends not there to actually BUY a Wii). So some people were sadly turned away. I was number 36 of 44 when the final counting was done.

Let me just say that the Nintendo Wii is all things to all men, and maybe some very lucky ladies :wink:

So we played Wii Sports 4 playered, which was awesome. Tennis (especially 4 playered tennis) bowling and golf were all INCREDIBLY well done. I also picked up Rayman, and though I didn't get a chance to play it personally yet, I let my friend play it and it was really REALLY fun looking as well. It's amazing how intuitive the control is.

So now I can proudly say that people can come over and play with my Wii :D
Punch Cards -> Paper Tape -> Tape Drive -> 8" Floppy Diskette -> 5 1/4" Floppy Diskette -> 3 1/2" "Flippy" Diskette -> CD-R -> DVD±R -> BD-R

The Progression of Computer Media
User avatar
dolphinius_rex
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 6923
Joined: Fri Jan 31, 2003 6:14 pm
Location: Vancouver B.C. Canada

Postby Wesociety on Mon Nov 20, 2006 1:49 pm

Congrats on the snag!
Camping out for a console takes some extreme desire and dedication.
http://WesleyTech.com <- Blu-ray Disc & consumer technology news, opinions & articles
User avatar
Wesociety
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 1234
Joined: Tue Mar 09, 2004 11:33 am
Location: Phoenix, AZ

Postby smartin4 on Mon Nov 20, 2006 6:58 pm

I've always wondered, if you go alone to one of these things, what happens when you have to take that fierce dump or that wicked piss?

:D

I guess that you have 2 choices, make a mess, or trust someone that you don't know to hold your place for you. That and hope that either someplace close by is open 24 hours, or that there is a nice patch of woods by the store you are camped out at.
User avatar
smartin4
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 296
Joined: Fri Jan 18, 2002 11:24 am
Location: New Jersey

Postby dolphinius_rex on Mon Nov 20, 2006 8:50 pm

In our line, people were REALLY nice and lot's of people ran out to various places to relieve themselves from time to time, and there wasn't a single problem as far as I'm aware. I was mostly sandwhiched in between parents camping out to get the Wii as a Christmas present for their kids, so they were generally pretty nice. Since the stores posted how many units they had the night before, everyone basically knew if they were getting one or not. This helped a LOT I think.
Punch Cards -> Paper Tape -> Tape Drive -> 8" Floppy Diskette -> 5 1/4" Floppy Diskette -> 3 1/2" "Flippy" Diskette -> CD-R -> DVD±R -> BD-R

The Progression of Computer Media
User avatar
dolphinius_rex
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 6923
Joined: Fri Jan 31, 2003 6:14 pm
Location: Vancouver B.C. Canada

Postby hoxlund on Tue Nov 21, 2006 4:50 am

about 10 people camped outside our building, i kept telling them they didn't need to

we had over 130 wiis
Thermaltake Core X5 Snow Edition TG Case
Corsair RM1000 Power Supply
MSI X399 Gaming Pro Carbon AC
AMD Threadripper 1950x @ 4.1GHz
Custom Loop w/ EK MSI x399 Monoblock
G.Skill 4x8GB DDR4 3200 RGB Memory
MSI 1080Ti Lightning X Video Card
User avatar
hoxlund
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 3708
Joined: Mon May 27, 2002 12:55 am
Location: Idaho

Postby LoneWolf on Tue Nov 21, 2006 3:50 pm

I figured y'all could use a laugh on this one.

Click HERE.

I would have chosen a Wii, if I was buying any console. However, I just received delivery of a Dell 2407WFP LCD, so purchases are done for awhile. :)
Intel Q9450 @3.2GHz, Gigabyte GA EP45-UD3P, 4 x 2GB G.Skill @4-4-4-12
Antec P160SW case (modded), Xigmatek 750w PSU
3x 500GB (RAID-5), , OptiArc 7200S, ASUS E818A3T
Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer, Hauppauge HVR-1800, Radeon 4890
Dell 2407WFP
User avatar
LoneWolf
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 937
Joined: Thu Feb 06, 2003 4:41 pm
Location: Meecheegan

Postby hoxlund on Tue Nov 21, 2006 4:06 pm

that sketch is very true, the people in line for the wiis at our store were friendly

i chatted with a couple for an hour or so

i actually bought the first 3 people in line a breakfast sandwich from burger king on release morning
Thermaltake Core X5 Snow Edition TG Case
Corsair RM1000 Power Supply
MSI X399 Gaming Pro Carbon AC
AMD Threadripper 1950x @ 4.1GHz
Custom Loop w/ EK MSI x399 Monoblock
G.Skill 4x8GB DDR4 3200 RGB Memory
MSI 1080Ti Lightning X Video Card
User avatar
hoxlund
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 3708
Joined: Mon May 27, 2002 12:55 am
Location: Idaho

Postby Ian on Sun Dec 03, 2006 10:44 pm

I found a picture of dolph, waiting in line for his Wii.
Attachments
wii man.jpg
wii man.jpg (106.87 KiB) Viewed 2218 times
"Blu-ray is just a bag of hurt." - Steve Jobs
User avatar
Ian
Grand Poobah
 
Posts: 15127
Joined: Sun Apr 08, 2001 2:34 pm
Location: Madison, WI

Postby dolphinius_rex on Mon Dec 04, 2006 4:34 am

nah, mine looked MUCH more realistic :P

Actually, no one really dressed up in my line, but almost EVERYONE has Nintendo DS's :D
Punch Cards -> Paper Tape -> Tape Drive -> 8" Floppy Diskette -> 5 1/4" Floppy Diskette -> 3 1/2" "Flippy" Diskette -> CD-R -> DVD±R -> BD-R

The Progression of Computer Media
User avatar
dolphinius_rex
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 6923
Joined: Fri Jan 31, 2003 6:14 pm
Location: Vancouver B.C. Canada

Postby hoxlund on Fri Dec 08, 2006 6:35 pm

that custome although kickass is a horrible idea

how does he sit or lay down without crushing his controller?
Thermaltake Core X5 Snow Edition TG Case
Corsair RM1000 Power Supply
MSI X399 Gaming Pro Carbon AC
AMD Threadripper 1950x @ 4.1GHz
Custom Loop w/ EK MSI x399 Monoblock
G.Skill 4x8GB DDR4 3200 RGB Memory
MSI 1080Ti Lightning X Video Card
User avatar
hoxlund
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 3708
Joined: Mon May 27, 2002 12:55 am
Location: Idaho


Return to The Beer Garden

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 7 guests

All Content is Copyright (c) 2001-2024 CDRLabs Inc.