Play Station 3 Violence Thread

[Rhino]

Armed Thugs Shoot 1 Person Waiting in Wal-Mart PlayStation Line

Friday, November 17, 2006

PUTNAM, Conn. — On the first day the much anticipated PlayStation 3 hit shelves in stores across the country, two armed thugs in Connecticut targeted game seekers with fat wallets, shooting one person waiting in a Wal-Mart line who refused to give up money, authorities said.

Police were still searching for the suspects, both believed to be in their teens. Police said one suspect was wearing a ski mask and brandishing a handgun, and the other had what appeared to be a shotgun.

The two tried to rob of line of people waiting to buy the new gaming console early Friday. They confronted a "bunch of people who were in line" outside a Wal-Mart store shortly after 3 a.m. and demanded money, said Lt. J. Paul Vance, a spokesman for the state police. The new Sony consoles are selling for around $500 to $600.

"One of the patron's resisted. That patron was shot," Vance said.

The two gunmen apparently fled, and the 21-year-old male victim was taken to University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester. There was no immediate word on the victim's condition.......http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,230182,00.html

[DoctorDoom]

How could this happen? Haven't the gun control laws ended gun-related crimes?

One guy with a concealed-carry permit could have ended their criminal careers in a heartbeat.

[Wyatt_Junker]

Apparently he wasn't using the Wiimote to block the bullet.

[HomeschoolrsRUs]

From the article cited:
"The two gunmen apparently fled, and the 21-year-old male victim was taken to University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester. There was no immediate word on the victim's condition....... "

But did he get his beloved Playstation3? :rolleyes:

[Kathy30]

The perpetrators will not be caught. The message is sent that it is safe to rob people who are simply waiting in line.

Waiting in any line will be asking to get robbed.

[Air-Warrior]

:roar: Foxnews is apparently letting 4-year olds proofread their stories for grammar and spelling.


I heard on our local TV news that one guy in my town bought a PS3 and already had it sold for $2,000 on eBay before he even bought it.

I'd still rather have a PC for my games (anyone play Marvel Ultimate Alliance yet?)

[Incident_command]

The media couldn't wait for the PS3 to come out just so they could report this stuff. In reality it has very little to do with the PS3.
People get robbed/shot every day. This is sensationalism.

[Incident_command]

One guy with a concealed-carry permit could have ended their criminal careers in a heartbeat.

Oh to be that guy................

[Wolfcounsel]

"Katrina could come through here and I wouldn't switch," said Marco Cajas, 20, of Baltimore. "I spent the night on the cold street." --from Rhino's link

The robbery and shooting aside, what kind of brain-free imbeciles are being turned out by those playstations?

[Federal Farmer]

"Katrina could come through here and I wouldn't switch," said Marco Cajas, 20, of Baltimore. "I spent the night on the cold street." --from Rhino's link

The robbery and shooting aside, what kind of brain-free imbeciles are being turned out by those playstations?
The obsessed kind. Or the parent who must get one for Christmas for little Johnny. Or the kind that must be first in the neighborhood to have the latest technology, that way Johnny can call Mikey and say, "Yea, I'm sitting here playing my new PS3 man, it's the bomb. When are you getting yours, man?"

Foolish pride wishing to be the envy of others.

[Rhino]

I'm betting they weren't standing in line to get a life.

[Rhino]

But they need to.

[Federal Farmer]

Yep.

[Lubbock]

I was at Target yesterday afternoon. There must have been a couple of hundred people camped out. I understand the crowds are even larger at both WalMarts --one on the North Loop and one on the South Loop.

I guess the retail establishments have to put up with it, and probably even encourage it, but the scene --the people, the way they were dressed, and the trash they have generated, reminded me of stories I've heard about hobos in camps around the railroad tracks in certain cities.

[Rhino]

I went by Best Buy the other day, and the guy in the first tent told me I needed to get in line for a Playstation. I laughed and told him I had a life. I wish I'd had a camera for his expression, and those of the other people in line that were within earshot.

He was polite, though. I'll give him that.

[Peachdiane]

Regardless of Best Buy's silly "Christmas Hate" philosophy, I long ago abandoned using them as a source for any purchases. They have horrible customer service.

As for the PS3, our money is safe. Most of our family's gaming is on the 'puter.

[BEST45CAL]

Maybe a few of those people waiting in line were buying them for gifts, but I'll bet that a majority of them will resell them on eBay for many many times the sticker price...and get it.

Some are going for up to $10,000.00, but most are selling in the $1500-$3000 range.

No wonder they're going nuts and shooting each other.

[TSawyer2112]

Regardless of Best Buy's silly "Christmas Hate" philosophy, I long ago abandoned using them as a source for any purchases. They have horrible customer service.

As for the PS3, our money is safe. Most of our family's gaming is on the 'puter.If a person is going to pay $600 to $700 retail, why not just buy a PC. The only people nuttier than the people that are waiting in line, are those willing to pay many times more than retail just to be the first to have one. In a few more years, you'll be able to pick the things up dirt cheap at pawn shops and yard sales.

[Riverboat]

I'm betting they weren't standing in line to get a life.
:rotflmbo:

Well, it's like Aesop said, "A fool and his money are soon parted."

[TSawyer2112]

Here's news story video (http://www.themilwaukeechannel.com/video/10339676/index.html)about a guy running into a flagpole at a Wal-Mart in a stampede to get a game. The most amusing part is how seriously the anchor and reporter are treating this story. :rotflmbo:

[Riverboat]

Well, after all, he had to outrun the flagpole to get in line. It's just a good thing a fire hydrant wasn't in the way. They can only reach so high, you know. He might have dislocated his, well, you get the picture.

[Trevelyan]

There aren't even any games worth getting for the PS3 as of yet, so I don't know why people are this rabid about it.

[DoctorDoom]

The robbery and shooting aside, what kind of brain-free imbeciles are being turned out by those playstations?The richer version of the brain-free imbeciles who stand in line for many hours for the latest Elmo trash. They are examples of the dark side of the force of consumerism.

No doubt they all voted for RATs.

BTW, Sony is selling only 400,000 of them in the US this time around. That's the profit-enhancer for the scalpers. And if people are stupid enough to pay $10K for a $600 toy, more power to those who rip the morons off.

[DoctorDoom]

He might have dislocated his, well, you get the picture.He might need a new joystick. :evilgrin:

[Wyatt_Junker]

I was at Target the day of PS3 armageddon along with all the others waiting for the front door to open. Most of the crowd was up near the front, but I stayed back kind of like a free-floating safety in prevent defense. The ball snapped, bodies began moving. I ran a hook pattern, then doubled back.

Then, I saw my opening. A fat guy wearing a Sonic The Hedgehog t-shirt had tripped in front of me. I was wearing thin-soled Asics wrestling shoes which are much like mocassins, the shoes of a quiet assassin. So by the time I got my speed up, the downed man didn't even feel me running up his back. From there, I leaped. My right foot then found the back of an old lady's head which gave me another 8 feet of air towards the surging mass of the front crowd who were now like the mosh pit of a Bolt Thrower concert. All I saw on my way down were flying elbows and assholes moving with all the anarchy of a battlefield.

I landed on a geek in a Picard t-shirt and brought him down with the full weight of my body's impact. I could hear the soft squishy sound of air exiting his lungs coupled with a dying whimper. From here, my metaphors must change. NASCAR. I was reaching pole position. I whipped around a pair of Asian teens as my body was nearly banking at this point. I reached full speed and passed 3,4,5... a total of 6 running adults and finally landed at the front counter display. A chirpy Target employee was standing in front of it wearing his annoying red shirt. I reached for a PS3 but apparently they were only empty box displays. Furious, I threw it down and stomped on it screaming expletives. WHERE'S MY CONSOLE YOU BITCH! He looked back stupidly at me. At this point I saw a security guard leaping towards me out of the corner of my eye. I instinctively spinned and then rolled like a Smokey the Bear fire drill. When I popped back up to my feet, he was standing there squaring off in front of me. I bobbed my head at him like a snake, ready to strike. He flinched, then reached for pepper spray. I leg sweeped him to the ground. I picked up a cardboard rack display of Age of War and used it like a battering ram into the plexi-glass that was protecting the PS3s.

All I felt was searing neck pain at this point and as I was blacking out, all I could hear was the click click click click of a police taser. And then I went down. That's all I remember.

[Longhorn_Platinum]

:moo: Forget the dumb playstations. When's Ice Age 2 gonna be available on DVD?

[TSawyer2112]

...I got my speed up, the downed man didn't even feel me running up his back. From there, I leaped. My right foot then found the back of an old lady's head which gave me another 8 feet of air towards the surging mass of the front crowd who were now like the mosh pit of a Bolt Thrower concert...Wow! That reminds me of a martial arts movie I saw once. Awesome move on the old lady. She must of been pretty tall to get that kind of distance. Obviously the choice of the Asics really paid off. See, I would have went the moldy canvas Converse route, but I don't think I would have been able to get that kind of distance with 'em.

... all I could hear was the click click click click of a police taser. And then I went down. That's all I remember.Duuuuuuude, are ya out of jail yet? What do you think of your new PS3. How are the graphics? Have you watched any HD movies on it yet? Have you made any toasted sandwiches or beef jerky with it? Ive heard it's great for popping out door dings on a car and yet can still make paper thin slices of a ripe tomato with ease. How is it at opening those stuck pickle jar lids. Was it really only $19.95? Man, I gotta get me one of them things. They ROCK!!! :smirky:

[Wyatt_Junker]

heh

Yes, Ronco vision & other accessories by K-Tel made by Chia Company. An amalgamation of all that shit into one sweet ass, shiny candy bar.

[Wyatt_Junker]

Another tihng I left out, Sawyer, was that when I landed on the geek in the Picard t-shirt, I did that Bruce Lee move. You know the one. After you land on a guy's back, you jerk your planted feet at 90 degrees with a quick body twist, severing your victim's spinal column.

[The_Elucidator]

I was at Target the day of PS3 armageddon along with all the others waiting for the front door to open. Most of the crowd was up near the front, but I stayed back kind of like a free-floating safety in prevent defense. The ball snapped, bodies began moving. I ran a hook pattern, then doubled back.

Then, I saw my opening. A fat guy wearing a Sonic The Hedgehog t-shirt had tripped in front of me. I was wearing thin-soled Asics wrestling shoes which are much like mocassins, the shoes of a quiet assassin. So by the time I got my speed up, the downed man didn't even feel me running up his back. From there, I leaped. My right foot then found the back of an old lady's head which gave me another 8 feet of air towards the surging mass of the front crowd who were now like the mosh pit of a Bolt Thrower concert. All I saw on my way down were flying elbows and assholes moving with all the anarchy of a battlefield.

I landed on a geek in a Picard t-shirt and brought him down with the full weight of my body's impact. I could hear the soft squishy sound of air exiting his lungs coupled with a dying whimper. From here, my metaphors must change. NASCAR. I was reaching pole position. I whipped around a pair of Asian teens as my body was nearly banking at this point. I reached full speed and passed 3,4,5... a total of 6 running adults and finally landed at the front counter display. A chirpy Target employee was standing in front of it wearing his annoying red shirt. I reached for a PS3 but apparently they were only empty box displays. Furious, I threw it down and stomped on it screaming expletives. WHERE'S MY CONSOLE YOU BITCH! He looked back stupidly at me. At this point I saw a security guard leaping towards me out of the corner of my eye. I instinctively spinned and then rolled like a Smokey the Bear fire drill. When I popped back up to my feet, he was standing there squaring off in front of me. I bobbed my head at him like a snake, ready to strike. He flinched, then reached for pepper spray. I leg sweeped him to the ground. I picked up a cardboard rack display of Age of War and used it like a battering ram into the plexi-glass that was protecting the PS3s.

All I felt was searing neck pain at this point and as I was blacking out, all I could hear was the click click click click of a police taser. And then I went down. That's all I remember.

After reading as many Wyatt posts as I have you would think I would have learned not to have a beverage in my mouth...

Wyatt, I need your PO Box # cause I'm sending you the bill for all the new keyboards that I have had to purchase over the years... ya dick!

[Rhino]

:moo: Forget the dumb playstations. When's Ice Age 2 gonna be available on DVD?On the 21st.

[S-T]

HeraldTimesOnline.com (http://www.heraldtimesonline.com/stories/2006/11/18/nationworld.1118-HT-C1_EAT00273.sto)

Andrew Templeton, 20, and David Wiggins, 28, of Sullivan, Ind., were assaulted by two teens after waiting for 36 hours at a Super Wal-Mart, police said.

They were unloading their PlayStation 3s from their car when two teens approached them carrying a chain and a tire iron and demanding their consoles, said Sullivan Police Chief David Story.

A fight broke out. Wiggins' nose was broken, and he stabbed one of the attackers, Dylan Moss, 19, police said. Moss was in critical condition after surgery, officials said.

Sullivan County Prosecutor Bob Springer said he plans to charge Moss and accomplice Dustin Fagg, 19, with felony robbery.

:eek:

Can't say I have any sympathy for Dylan Moss. In fact, I'm reminded of Galatians 6:7

The funny thing is that game developers don't really get the hang of a new system until at least the second and usually third generation of games. Compare, for example, Super Mario Brothers 1 and 3, or Super Mario World and the Donkey Kong Country series. So you have better games coming out and the price of the console is lower.

BTW, adjusted for inflation, the PS3 isn't that much more expensive than the Nintendo Entertainment System was in 1987.

[S-T]

Sorry for the duplicate thread - didn't even think of looking for an existing thread.

My bad.

[DoctorDoom]

One wonders which are the bigger idiots, the attackers or the jerks who wait in long lines for many hours to buy the things. But, it happens every year with the "Mommy and daddy, if you don't buy me this toy, I'll hate you and I'll kill you and slice you into little strips and feed you to the doggy!" gotta-have-it POS.

It started in earnest with those ugly Cabbage Patch abominations, and ever since then, abysmally stupid parents stand for a day or more so that their whiny, spoiled little shitheads can have something that they'll be bored with a week later.

[S-T]

One wonders which are the bigger idiots, the attackers or the jerks who wait in long lines for many hours to buy the things.
Well, since many of these folks are making a $1000+ profit for camping out for the thing, I'm not sure they're idiots.

But I guarantee you that this "shortage" is an intentional, manufactured "shortage". I guarantee it. Your Cabbage Patch reference was perfect - a real shortage in the 1980's made the toy industry realize that you can pump up sales and hype by making far fewer units than you can sell. It's a scam.

The PS3 is more powerful than the computer I just bought.

[DoctorDoom]

But I guarantee you that this "shortage" is an intentional, manufactured "shortage". I guarantee it.Sony will be selling only 400K of them in this round. It's a guaranteed idiot magnet. As for the PS3's computing power, it's a beast. As of May 2005:

Product Name: PlayStation 3

Logo: PLAYSTATION(R)3

CPU: Cell Processor

PowerPC-base Core @3.2GHz
1 VMX vector unit per core
512KB L2 cache
7 x SPE @3.2GHz
7 x 128b 128 SIMD GPRs
7 x 256KB SRAM for SPE
* 1 of 8 SPEs reserved for redundancy
Total floating point performance: 218 GFLOPS

GPU:

RSX @550MHz
1.8 TFLOPS floating point performance
Full HD (up to 1080p) x 2 channels
Multi-way programmable parallel floating point shader pipelines

Sound:

Dolby 5.1ch, DTS, LPCM, etc. (Cell-based processing)

Memory:

256MB XDR Main RAM @3.2GHz
256MB GDDR3 VRAM @700MHz

System Bandwidth:

Main RAM -- 25.6GB/s
VRAM -- 22.4GB/s
RSX -- 20GB/s (write) + 15GB/s (read)
SB -- 2.5GB/s (write) + 2.5GB/s (read)

System Floating Point Performance:

2 TFLOPS

Storage:

Detachable 2.5" HDD slot x 1

I/O:

USB Front x 4, Rear x 2 (USB2.0)
Memory Stick standard/Duo, PRO x 1
SD standard/mini x 1
CompactFlash (Type I, II) x 1

Communication:

Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T) x 3 (input x 1 + output x 2)
Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 b/g
Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR)

Controller:

Bluetooth (up to 7)
USB 2.0 (wired)
Wi-Fi (PSP)
Network (over IP)

AV Output:

Screen size: 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p
HDMI: HDMI out x 2
Analog: AV MULTI OUT x 1
Digital audio: DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) x 1

Disc Media:

CD PlayStation CD-ROM, PlayStation 2 CD-ROM, CD-DA, CD-DA (ROM), CD-R, CD-RW, SACD, SACD Hybrid (CD layer), SACD HD, DualDisc, DualDisc (audio side), DualDisc (DVD side)
DVD: PlayStation 2 DVD-ROM, PlayStation 3 DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW
Blu-ray Disc: PlayStation 3 BD-ROM, BD-Video, BD-ROM, BD-R, BD-RE

E3 2005: PS3 Tech Specs (http://ps3.ign.com/articles/614/614682p1.html)

However, finding something useful to do with it is the challenge. Gaming is not the raison d'être of life.

[BuckeyeMike]

Listened to Sean Hannity talkin' to some dude in Floriduh that had been standing in line since Monday (don't any of these assholes contribute to society in any way?) and he got the guy to promise to save it for him and he (Hannity) would pay him $2,500 for it when he got to Floriduh the next day for some gig. Talk about being a pretentious asshole and a pussy Father!

[sunsettommy]

Never have bought any of these gaming computers.

So I guess I just saved over $1500.

:D

[Riverboat]

I spent a dollar on a collection of the Gipper's best speeches, and another ten on a book by Will Durant, one of the eleven volumes in his Story of Civilization series. Picked it up at a Half-Price Bookstore in the Village in Houston. I didn't have to plug them in, and they didn't come with a manual to show me how to read them. No gigs, no RAM, no GHz, not even a joystick. No innuendo, either, so quitchersmirkin' 'bout that that last item.

I think I came out way ahead.

[USPatriot8320]

My buddies and I have talked about the PS3. Hell my step mother was going to go wait in line LOL! I changed my mind on the system, since I play maybe 3 games usually. Besides, if I can't access my email and the forums, whats the point?

[Incident_command]

Another tihng I left out, Sawyer, was that when I landed on the geek in the Picard t-shirt, I did that Bruce Lee move. You know the one. After you land on a guy's back, you jerk your planted feet at 90 degrees with a quick body twist, severing your victim's spinal column.


Like he used in Enter the Dragon.Very effective. Still, that spinning back kick Norris taught me seems to come in handy a little more.
One of my goals in life is to invert an opponents elbo, then deliver a blow to it from above and SNAP!
My wife says its good to have goals.

[Rhino]

My wife is the only playstation I need.

Oooooo!!!! Did I say that? :evilgrin:

[Wolfcounsel]

"Still, that spinning back kick Norris taught me seems to come in handy a little more." --Incident_comand

Chuck Norris? I saw him when he visited the Nimitz, but he didn't teach me any moves. I can break someone's elbow with what is called the Devil's Handshake. But you have to be fast. Oh. We're talking about the new Nincompoopo Playstation, heh heh. I haven't seen any violence yet pertaining to it. Give these vegetable brains time, though.:evilgrin:

[RayChuang]

From what I've heard, Sony is planing a major "relaunch" for the PlayStation 3 in March 2007 once more supplies of consoles and games that take advantage of the console start rolling out.