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"I'm not getting a DS because it is $150. I will be getting a PSP because it has waaaaaaay better games." - Overheard while at at EB. :blank:
"Da PlayStation 2 is da bestest system ever 'cuz it has da most gamez. Da Xbox haz too much graphics and overheats easily." - Some homey while browsing around in EB.
"Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution lets you roam from arcade to arcade like Shenmue" - something like that, heard while buying games at EB before Evo's release.
LOL! I love hearing this kind of thing in the mall or whatever, I'm too nice to just pop up and say "no, you're an idiot" but that's just me.
a favorite.
"yo its eazy, the PS2 is the best system because it can play dvds but the Gamecube cant it has shit small discs, and the xbox costs more cash to play your movies on so you should get the PS2. nuff said."
"Games now are better than ever."
I KID
your n64 comes with mario 64 INSIDE the system.......
OutRun 2 kicks ass.
This idiot in the San Andreas thread mentioned that "San Andreas is just Vice City with different skins".
Oh, you.Quote:
Originally Posted by skelly
"I think my kids will love this game!" -Lady telling me about Power Rangers Dino Thunder the other day.
Damn you beat me too it.Quote:
Games now are better than ever."
I KID
"Everyone who plays Counter-strike is some loser douche bag who wants to go out on a terrorist killing spree one day."
I love it
Especially cause the thing that followed that was what the leaders of my clan said (They're a married couple lol)
"Yes, because obviously I cannot be married to this man playing counter-strike here, nor can he be married to a female who plays the same game. Thus we are loser douchebags who will kill your family while you sleep. No, really."
Counter-strike generates a lot of funny crap :/
Doesn't it have something like that in the quest mode? You go from arcade to arcade to compete in tournaments, I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeremy
Yes, but this guy made it seem as if you walk from arcade to arcade, rather than just pick them from a world map.
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Originally Posted by DjRocca
he actually said "nuff said"?
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Originally Posted by Roufuss
Don't you damn forget it when you are playing (NOT playing) GTA:SA in a month...
It'll be hard not to, since so many have been saying it since it was first announced, and then they do research on it, and stifle.
Just like when Vice City came out, right?
Oh forget it...
In French, yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by johnk_
You guys want to see stupid shit? Go here.
I LOLed.
Here's one.
"I'm a Red Sox fan."
...
Okay well there's more.
"I'm a Red Sox fan. Well, not really, I'm actually a Reds fan, but I root for the Sox to take down the Evil Empire!"
5 minutes later..."I'm also a Ranger fan."
HOW can you be opposed to the yankees, but like the Rangers, the highest paid, worst-in-practice team in hockey?
I'm paraphrasing here. When I worked at EB, some 8 year old kid's dad was trying to tell me his kid was mature enough to play Kingpin on the PC.
"Don't tell ME what my son can and cannot play."
But sir, this game really isn't made for kids
"My son said it was OK. He played it at school. Are you calling my son a liar!!?"
This game lets you mug homeless people with broken bottles and it uses the "F" word, a lot.
"Oh really? Son?" (looks at son with anger nd disgust)
...I hate those customers that try to own you by being a jerk. I've had it happen many times, but I always own the piss out of em. In a nice way of course. :)
Just wait until your last week working there. You can be a total dick to everyone.Quote:
Originally Posted by DjRocca
from work:
"Hi, is this Petro Canada" (the giant sign, the pavement, gas pumps, my shirt and tag says it.)
"Why the f$%^ is the gas so high huh? Tell your boss that he's a crook."
me: no, it's not my boss that decides its....
"Don't tell me what I already know, this is all bullshit!!!"
me: yes, I guess it really is, now please pay for your bill.
Heh. I actually left already once, but I got called back 2 months later to get hired by the new employer. Apparently, the old one ran off with 5000$ or so. All the workers saw it coming. I just left in time. :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by JefmcC
"Want to pre order that?"
"Want to pre order anything else?"
"Want the strategy guide with that?"
"Want to buy anything else?"
"Want to trade in your used games?"
I JUST WANTED TO BUY A CANDY BAR, DOES THAT COME WITH A PRE ORDER BONUS OR STRATEGY GUIDE
*considers shopping online*
Everyone should just call thier local EB and listen to the mouthfull that the employees have to say everytime they answer the phone.
I don't blame the biscuits, I blame corporate, but the end result is the same - its fucking irritating
EBX where you can trade in your games to pre-order GTA: San Andreas Maurizio speaking how may I help you?
me: "When do you plan to have the newly remodeled PS2 in stock?"
Best Buy employee, 2 weeks ago: "... You mean the PS3, right? That comes out next year."
Me: "I would like to buy Katamari Damacy"
EB Clerk: "Oh, we don't sell imported games"
Me: "It's not imported, it's on PS2"
EB Clerk: "Let me check the computer" "Hmmm...it isn't listed."
Me: *Looks at computer screen* "It starts with a "K" not a "C"
EB Clerk: "I don't think it came out yet"
Me: *Sighs* "Can you look in the back for a game with a cow and a rainbow on the cover?"
The EB Clerk finally goes in the back and brings out the game.
EB Clerk: "OMG, there really is a cow on the cover!"
It took like 20 mins to get my damn game. All worth it of course!
Oh well, at least he knows now.
I never understood the EB mouthfull... is someone gonna call looking for Madden and then go "oh really? I can trade in my games? I didn't know the last FIFTY time I've gone there"
When I worked at Toys R Us, in the video game dept., people would CONSTANTLY ask me where they could go to trade in games, because the pawn shop gives them a shitty deal.Quote:
Originally Posted by TobalRox
Then when I told them about EB, they were shocked that a store like that even existed. And this was all different types of people, too. EB dosen't advertise at all, so the common game buying person dosen't even know about them.
EB's phone spiel is hilarious, well, when they don't have their phones off the hooks so they can avoid taking calls.
When does that ever happen?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeremy
Man, you people must have the shittiest, worst EB's in the entire country.
My Gamestop sucks big time, but my EB is the best place around here for games =/
Yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by TobalRox
I tell everyone on the phone and everyone that walks in about trade ins, and there has been on average 1 or 2 people a day that didn't know.
Does anyone see those cheap looking EB commercials on G4TechTV where they show a "gamer" asking an old lady at generic store X about a game and she's clueless--then they show an EB employee raving about the game like he wrote a thesis on it. The delivery of the lines is so stiff and lifeless.
Yes, it makes me want to put my foot through the TV. EB has plenty of money, they can't afford a halfway decent commercial? You would think the top games retailer could do a little better than sub-public access production values-level shit like that.Quote:
Does anyone see those cheap looking EB commercials on G4TechTV where they show a "gamer" asking an old lady at generic store X about a game and she's clueless--then they show an EB employee raving about the game like he wrote a thesis on it. The delivery of the lines is so stiff and lifeless.
I stopped in to visit some friends working at the Gamestop by me and this one kid that works there started telling us about why he loved Mortal Kombat: Deception so much. The store was empty except for one middle-aged lady browsing and this kid is saying (very loudly) shit like, "Yo, there's dis one move, yo, where dis guy rips off his leg and beats him tha fuck to death with it, and then you can kill yoself too, fuckin' Baraka cuts his own head off, and Melina takes her sais and shoves dem right in her fucking temples! Den there's dis one stage, yo, check it, where you knock tha guy into a grinder, and his fuckin' guts an shit spew out the back and spatter all over the wall! Yo, there was fuckin' blood everywhere, this game is da bomb!"
The lady looked at him with disgust, and then exited the store. :lol:
I also remember a while back some homie was asking to see one of the PSOne Syphon Filter games when it was just released. When asked if he wanted to buy it, he was like "Uh, nah, I's already gots da Japanese one." Meanwhile, it's not a Japanese game.
Pussy. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by DjRocca
I called EB the other day, and the guy that answered the phone said the longest retail spiel ever...I forget what it was exactly, but it was something like, "Thank you for calling EB Games, your used game super store. Just 5 dollars down and you can reserve Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for the Playstation 2 videogame console. Pre-order the Nintendo DS and guarantee yourself a unit when it's released! The weather is currently a cool and calm 67 degrees with a northeast wind and humidity is a comfortable 47%. My manager is currently bending me over and giving me the business. This is John, how may I *ouch* help you?"Quote:
Originally Posted by JefmcC
:lol: :lol: :lol:
LOL, that works for GS too, just substitute cleaning kits and Game Doctors for pre-orders.
Heres a list of the most stupid things I have heard lately: http://www.the-nextlevel.com/board/s...earchid=183040
that link didn't work dave.
I think it's implied that we're talking about games since this is in game discussion. Keep it on topic and leave these comments in Fight Club. Also, you're making Yankees fans look bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowutopia
Well seriously though, how can you root against the "evil empire" but root for the same exact team in hockey? Albeit a less successful one, it boggles my mind. But after this post....yes I will keep it game related. This was some kid in my world lit class last night.
Ok ok, let's leave Got-Next out of this. Can't we all just get along?Quote:
Originally Posted by Opaque
No, cheap shots must be taken at every turn, this IS TNL, after all.
"Why people feel the need to go back to the days of 16-bit, filled with games that all looked the same, played pretty much the same, catered to the same audience (of little kids), and had absolutely zero replay value, I have no idea. So anyone who wants these stupid games from the past is wrong, in short."- some egotistic jackass poster.
EDIT: damn, didnt see someone already say this.
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Originally Posted by DarkCrow676
omfgninjas adding "who is right" to that quote.
do games need to be good to sell
Any adult with a nintendo game is a child molester-Gamecrazy
The kid was kicked out though. Like a 6th grader
WTF are you talking about? Is this post supposed to be something more than meaningless jibberish?Quote:
Originally Posted by remnant
Am I just doing something wrong with this link?Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowutopia
Ok obviously you cannot link to member search posts of your own.
So I'll fill you in...
They're all of renmant's posts.
No, you're not.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowutopia
Unfortunately neither Theif nor Dave have mastered the fine art of posting a working link.
Everytime somebody posts one of those links above it never works.
Anyways, one from one of our homies:
"Yo, ya'll got any shootin' games?"
"What kind of game are you interested in?"
"You know, like da shootin games, da one where you got da gun and you shoot."
"Do you want the one where you use the gun to shoot at the screen?"
"Nah, da one where you run around with da gun and shoot people."
"Do you mean first person or third person?"
"I don't know, the one where you got a gun and can roll and stuff."
"Ok..."
"Like Syphon Filter yo."
"Oh ok, yeah we have some of those games..."
That's not really a dumb comment...lots of shit games sell through the roof.Quote:
Originally Posted by sethsez
*EDIT* Okay, just noticed remnant's thread in GD, I didn't realize sethsez was making a joke. I was wondering why he was suddenly typing like a retard...
what's really funny is when game store employees mess up and answer their home phones like this.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mzo
It cracks me up everytime.
now i totally wanna call your eb.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mzo
"Why people feel the need to go back to the days of 16-bit, filled with games that all looked the same, played pretty much the same, catered to the same audience (of little kids), and had absolutely zero replay value, I have no idea. So anyone who wants these stupid games from the past is wrong, in short."- some egotistic jackass poster who is right. "
Yes, so go back to your MK:Deception :lol: :lol:
What a piece of junk that is.
LOL! I have done this.Quote:
Originally Posted by Satsuki
And I have to give a different message when I'm working at the office, so I get TWICE TWICE TWICE as confused! Three times!
I leave the phone number in my AIM away message. Go nuts.Quote:
Originally Posted by epmode
just today at EB, this guy was asking about the xbox wireless adapter. he wanted to know if it'd let him play PC games on his xbox. The poor lady had one hell of a time explaining what it does, but she explained it correctly at least.
Messing up phone tags always makes me feel clever. Right now it's "Hello," Generic Game Store, "where you can still reserve Grand Theft Auto. This is James speaking, how can I help you?" I came back from a 3-day weekend on Tuesday and my first phone call was "Hello," Generic Game Store, "where you can... uh, yeah, do stuff. This is James speaking, how can I help you?"
And one of my favorites- Guy holding up a $10 game: "Can you do $5?"
James
Ahem... Texas Rangers?Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowutopia
He's talking about Tex's Rangers(aka the New York Rangers of the NHL).Quote:
Originally Posted by gamevet
The only thing highest paid about the Texas Rangers, was A-Rod's contract, which they are still paying for. The team is now a bunch of youngsters, that made a good run and played with thier hearts, not just a paycheck. They don't compare to the way the Yankees run thier cash flow and buy up all the talent the league has to offer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tigana
I would'nt know anything about how the N.Y. Rangers are being run, so I did'nt catch the corellation. If that was what he was trying to imply.
He was clearly talking about the New York Rangers, the Washington Redskins of the NHL, they spend even more and get less in return then the Skins. Basically, the whole lockout was caused by the Rangers.Quote:
Originally Posted by gamevet
Does'nt NHL have a salary cap though?Quote:
Originally Posted by Tigana
Not yet, and if you'll currently look the NHL and NHL Players Association are in a heated (by which I mean they're not talking to one another) strike. No major league this year for us.
But those aren't the kind of people that would be calling them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roufuss
Aren't there huge signs everywhere?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mzo
I think maybe you overestimate people.Quote:
Originally Posted by TobalRox
Maybe they're just humouring you, Mzo. Ever think of that? "Oh yes the simpleminded salesman thinks we don't notice the signs. I think I'll indulge the poor child. It must be hard working a shitty job like this. So young! And such promise!" :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mzo
[story]I've done that to employees on more than one occasion. I feel bad they have to say that all time so I try to make 'em feel better.[/story]
"What is this shit, Arc the Lad? I never heard of this xbox game." - A BB employee on viewing my bargain list, reading off the beginning of the Circuit City discount list.
"Wh do you have to run the people over? And speed? Can't you just drive normally?" - My mother watching me play GTA3.
No, I just try to still try and find hope. I am starting to believe that if we keep catering to these dumbasses that we'll encourage all this ignorance and stupidity and it will just keep spreading :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mzo
IBTN. You could tatoo the shit about trade-ins on your forehead and you'd still have customers asking you about it. People are stupid.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mzo
I dunno if this counts as a stupid comment, or just something that I couldn't understand someone's logic... ok here goes....
I was at my local FuncoLand (yes, it's still a Funco around here) to pick up MK:D when it came out and I had to wait 10 minutes because of the guy in front of me with some techinical questions. Appearantly he recently bought a router and could no longer get online with his PS2. He kept saying all that he did to try and fix it and how it did work, and he was asking the employees at FuncoLand what to do... like they would have any clue. They finally just asked "did you call technical support?" and the guy replied "yes, both sony and the maker of my router. They couldn't help me."
SOOOOO, if they couldn't help you, why would some random FuncoLand employee be able to? It was just mind boggling.
Oh, and some nerd there was buying a game and gave his advice... "buy an xbox" yeah kid, that's helpful.
Definitely.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mzo
Think Clerks.
"How much is this muffin?"
I think maybe you are an elitist asswipe who thinks that everyone cares as much about the buying, selling, and trading of games as you do.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mzo
"Ohhhhh Navy Seals!"Quote:
Originally Posted by ChaoofNee
C'mon, now, there's signs saying "WE BUY USED GAMES" in 80-point boldface in your line of vision no matter where you are in the store.Quote:
I think maybe you are an elitist asswipe who thinks that everyone cares as much about the buying, selling, and trading of games as you do.
When I go to Wal-Mart, or Target, or ShopRite, or Ralphs, or Best Buy, or whatever, I dont spend one second more time in there than I have to. I get what I need and leave. I dont look at posters and I dont dawdle. 99.999% of people are like that in videogame stores. Get over yourself.
Do you look at the ground or something? There's like 10 posters facing outside of the store and 100 inside. And if a Walmart was 100 times smaller and had signs of something everywhere, I'd remember that too.
I don't know about that. there are plenty of people that just mill around the store or bother the sales staff with inane questions--especially the Ritalin addled kids and their clueless parents.Quote:
Originally Posted by diffusionx
Seriously, at just one of the EBs here there are WE BUY USED GAMES-ish signs on top of, in the middle of, and at the bottom of every system display, and on the sales counter, there is no way people shouldn't be seeing these things.
There's also at the very least one sticker talking about trades on every new and used game we sell.
Anyway, back to the dumb comments thread.
Those signs also say, "See Store Associate For Full Details".
That's true for those stores, but I've never seen someone go into EB or GS, go to the cashier, buy what they want, and leave immediately. They always browse, if only a little. But it's a little bit of browsing whilst directly looking at shelves that say "CASH FOR YOUR USED GAMES" on shelf talkers on every other row. And at a bigger sign right in front of you while you check out. And on bigger still signs right outside the door and on the windows of the store, so even someone not even inside the store,merely looking in it's direction, would be aware that they, in fact, buy used games.Quote:
Originally Posted by diff
You know people are bombarded with advertising so constantly here in America you learn to tune it out. I honestly couldn't tell you what the display signs at an EB said, but I'm in vg stores ALL the time. You might as well put NO signs up and let the people ask you in the first place.
It's also a way to start a conversation if you're meaning to trade games.
"You trade games, right?"
"Yeah man, it's on the sign."
"Okay cool, here's a bunch of shit."
The important thing is that the Employees know about it. Maybe the reminders are up so they don't forget, or for new employees to be constantly reminded. No signs or phone reminders =
"Do you trade games?"
"Uh...well...I dunno. HEY MARK, DO WE TAKE TRADES?" 15 minutes later the customer is gone and Mark is pissed.
Man then you should come watch me shop. I go right to the desk, ask for the game (because it's pointless grabbing it off the shelf, it's empty anyways), pay and leave.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bacon McShig
I hate spending one second more in there than I have to, just because of the general atmosphere of the place.
I go in, ask for my game, pay, then get out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bacon McShig
When I go to EB or the like, I know what I want and I'm there to just pick it up.
If I'm at the mall with my girlfriend or family, I shop around and try to salvage the day with a purchase. Usually the old DC rack or nintendo rack. Otherwise it's in and out as fast as possible.
What do you mean by atmosphere?Quote:
Originally Posted by Roufuss
Well, the EB I go to is in a shitty mall, so by going there, I have to deal with the thug types, the annoying bitchy girlfriends that get dragged in there and are complaining, the gamer girls who are morbidly obese, the smelly nerds, the mom and kid looking for a cheap game even though the kid is whining about how he wants pokemon.Quote:
Originally Posted by remnant
The employees are generally cool (well, the morning staff, the night crew sucks balls), so I usually just go in before noon, get what I want, and leave when it's relatively quiet.
You just described every Gamestop in the entire fucking world. I couldn't have said it better myself.
Well, Gamestop is alot worse than EB here, I mean, the EB night crew is just dopey and slow, but the Gamestop crew is elitist, condencinding pricks, that would rather play the demo units with each other than ring you up, espically if you didn't preorder.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zerodash
That makes sense, when I went to pick up Otogi II and trade in MMX5, just about everyone hovers in front of every game at least twice trying to find something they need. There's one I visited downtown to see if they had some good GBA games, and they didn't, but what I found was about 15~20 12 year olds all screaming and clapping in front of a Donkey Konga rig. Sad.Quote:
Originally Posted by diffusionx
copied and pasted.
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I've heard that both the Xbox and the Playstation 2 that carries Godzilla: Save the Earth this year has been delayed until November 9. Apparently, they want this game to rival against HALO 2.
I don't know. I think it's a good move. What do you think?
When I was working at Pizza Hut sometimes I'd forget that there is designated phone etiquette. I'd just pick it up and say: "Hello?". The costumers usually laughed in a confused tone and go: "Uhh hello, is this Pizza Hut?"
"Oh ya, I guess it is Pizza Hut. How may I help you?"
I did a ton of stuff like that at Pizza Hut. Sometimes if a hot girl came in and ordered pepperoni I'd do a smiley face and really blow them away. That's right, a meat smiley. TNL needs to catch up with the times.
They told me I may return at any time if I feel like working to. I must've made a good impression. They love me.