How long.....

[Vasher]

Eww, I hate waiting, but I've become a "pro" at it since having a kid. I waited in line (years ago) for the PS3, 360, and Wii. I was an amateur then, no prep, no gameplan.

A friend and I waited in line for Best Buys midnight release for the Wii U. The BB down the street was already packed, so we went over the hill to Santa Clarita. Cooler, chairs, ran to Ralph's for beer/food, and had our friend FaceTime us from his iPad (which was propped in front of the tv) so we could watch the UFC. ~8 hours.

For the Xbox One, I had pre-ordered it, but was told it was still "first come, first served" when I called to confirm a few days before release (wtf is the point of the pre-order then!?). Anyhow, on the day of the midnight release I dropped my son off at school, then swung by my local BB to see if anyone had started a line. When I pulled up there was already about 20 people there "camping". Crap! I raced home because I had some business to take care of. I didn't make it back until 11am, more people had lined up. I threw a chair down at the end of the line and yelled out "anyone get word of how many Xboxes they're getting" as I ran inside to find out. As it turns out, the line was for Black Friday (which was still a week away). Nobody there for the Xbox yet, so I threw down more chairs and walked next door to Walmart with my cooler. Ice, Coke, Capt Morgans, good to go. Called my buddy, my sister-in-law, Z-Pizza, and my wife made soup because it was kinda cold. I had quite the audience in the Black Friday crowd (the long winded tales I tell on here are just a drop in the bucket). ~13 hours.


Speaking of the BF crowd, they had been there since Wednesday (roughly 200 hours). That's insane. Silly stuff like "$75 off of a laptop". Are you freaking kidding!?