Posted Nov 18, 2006 at 04:35AM by Mabie A. Listed in: PlayStation 3 Tags: Best Buy, YouTube, Ames
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Waiting for the PS3 was crazy. And we all expected the launch to be far more crazier. What we didn't expect was that the launch would go way beyond just crazy. It was simply insane! If you thought racing for chairs to get a PS3 is crazy, wait 'til you check out the video here.

Entitled 'PlayStation 3 Dash - Ames Best Buy', it shows a throng of people racing each other to the wall. At first, we couldn't quite grasp what was going on, until we heard someone say he's touching the wall. So we guess the object of the game is for people to race, and then, whoever gets to touch the wall first, they'd be the ones eligible for a PS3. Or something like that.

For a phenomenon like this, strange as it is, there really can be no sufficient explanation. So just enjoy the vid.


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   by Tom (Unregistered) - 2006-11-18
 » uhh, why are they all so slow?

just comparing to us in urban neighborhood. bleh

   by Ryura (Unregistered) - 2006-11-18
 » BEST IDEA EVER

Rofl, I hope my store does this for Wii :D

   by Spector - 2006-11-18
 » awesome

Red rover red rover send all the PS3 fanboys over!

   by DOH!_Boy (Unregistered) - 2006-11-18
 » why?

I think that's unfair. If I arrived first to the line, to then do this and get beaten for someone who runs faster than me, I'll be pissed for life...


   Re: Razgriz (Unregistered) - 2006-11-18
 » ...

Exactly, what if the last person in line is like a track runner and the first is 250lbs. That'd be a bit unfair.
   by iNCREDiPiNOY - 2006-11-18
 » I Love It

Lets see if there are 100 of people to get there first! Let say, ranging from Kid to Elder People will start to race to the wall.

   by . (Unregistered) - 2006-11-18
 » .

anyone who seriously waits outside of a store for any new console should be shot and hung.

i work in receiving at sears and we only got 2 ps3s in, and 20 campers outside. i went up to sears at about midnight and told all those stupid *****ers we only had two. best feeling in my entire life seeing the faces of those *****ing idiots.



   Re: Stilgar91 (Unregistered) - 2006-11-18
 » come on...

...at least try to post a decent, non-prejudged comment

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   Re: . (Unregistered) - 2006-11-18
 » .

stop being a ***** about it

its what i think of the whole situation
   by Deli (Unregistered) - 2006-11-18
 » heh

Its not a mad race to see who gets the first ps3, its a race to see who is first in line, I would think that they werent able to line up untill 10:00 or something, so they lined up across from the wall.

   by AuDioFreaK39 (Unregistered) - 2006-11-18
 » I had to do this too

Yep, I had to do this same exact thing at the BestBuy in Cerritos, CA. It was really stupid though, because at 6:00am everyone made a mad dash to the front of the store from the sidewalk, but I was hiding in the bushes on the side of the store so when I ran, I was one of the first to the wall :)

but...

the stupid effing mall cops dispersed us because we weren't allowed to form a line until 7:00am. And then the manager came out and said we were guaranteed to NOT get a PS3 if we were at the wall before 7

Fortunately however, I made it to the wall the 2nd time and I was number 18 in line


I ABSOLUTELY LOVE MY PS3!!!!!!!!

   by chaseacej (Unregistered) - 2006-11-18
 » i was there!!

I was there at the ames store until about 11:30. They had started a "so called" list. Basically it was a few people who stood outside and wanted to garauntee their spots in line so they thought they could make other people follow. Everyone above 26 the amount of units the store was recieving were being complete 1-holes to everyone who was told by the management that you couldnt line up until morning and that the so called list meant nothing. I however called the des moines best buy like 20 min away to find out there was only 5 people in line. So i decided to not put up with the bs and go there and ended up 14th in line and got one. The one kid in the yellow ended up bleeding all over the place.

   by r35 (Unregistered) - 2006-11-19
 » sad sad sad

gosh you sony fans are really really sad... and you need to get a life



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