The lights are on
Like many people I attended a midnight launch for Modern Warfare 2. I arrived at 10:30 to find almost 75 people in line already. The Gamestop employees were policing the line and handing out Monster energy drink shots. It was odd that the entire parking lot was totally empty and no one was around except the massive group at the Gamestop. I don't know a full count of the people but if I estimated it was almost 200 people in line. While the above picture is a generic internet picture my experience was similar just substitute Gamestation for Gamestop. I was mazed with the number of cigarettes people were going through. Had I known I would have setup a stand selling cigarettes and made a small fortune.
As it got closer to 12:00 the buzz got louder. I don't know if it was coincidence or on purpose but with 5 minutes till midnight the lights, similar to those in the above picture, lighting up the sidewalk went off. Finally at midnight the doors opened and the cheers went up. I have to say they got people in and out very fast and did a great job with the release.
So any crazy stories form the midnight launch?
Not exciting but I hit a deer on the way to the release and never quite made it.
There were about 300 people at mine, and I live in a medium sized town with about 4 other gamestops. We were getting suprize attack scratch cards, and no one threw them away, that place was a dump by the time it ended.
Lineups are so chaotic... I always feel sorry for the people who wait for hours and still fail to get what they came for.
I arrived at 5 minutes to midnight and got my copy half an hour later than the guys that showed up at 8:00.
lol i dont go thru that i never go to gamestop i go around my block and get a game 4 to 5days before release date :0)