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Post by Kämpfer on Nov 21, 2006 11:19:27 GMT -5
smashmyps3.com/TORONTO -- Ben Lovatt and Victor Moukhortov waited in line for two days to buy a new PlayStation 3 only to take it to Dundas Square and smash it to bits with a sledgehammer. "I did it for the thrill and to see people's expression," Moukhortov, a 17-year-old part-time student, said yesterday after the public smashing of the PS3 he bought from the downtown Best Buy. "It was like a social experiment to see people's reaction. It held up pretty well. It took about 15 hits to break it." The pair both bought a new PS3 -- one 20-gigabyte unit worth $550 and a 60-gigabyte unit worth $650. NO WARRANTY The less expensive 20-gigabyte unit was the one destroyed. "We are going to sell the 60-gigabyte one at a profit to cover the cost of the wrecked one," said Lovatt, adding the pair didn't buy an extended warranty on the unit. "Some people say we are anti-consumer, but we sure generate a lot of statements." The downtown Best Buy had 100 PS3 units for sale yesterday. It's too bad someone would destroy a new PS3 when there are so many people -- like sick children in hospitals -- that would love a chance to play the new system, said Andrew Burt, a Best Buy manager who witnessed the unit being destroyed. A small crowd watched the PlayStation 3 being destroyed and most were not impressed. "What losers. Idiots. What a waste of money. I understand buying it to play it but not to smash it to pieces," said Alexander Moretto, an 18-year-old Ryerson University student. SIMILAR STUNT Lovatt and Moukhortov say they will perform a similar stunt tomorrow when Nintendo's Wii goes on sale. The pair have a website where they ask for donations so they can destroy new products in public.
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Post by Kämpfer on Nov 21, 2006 11:19:55 GMT -5
I would have at least bought the extended warranty.... rofl
I'm still pissed about the Wii.... I want to play Zelda dammit!
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Post by AronMsmith1987 on Nov 22, 2006 11:14:08 GMT -5
I hear ya there. LOL soon we will be able to play the wii soon...
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Post by Kämpfer on Nov 22, 2006 12:44:50 GMT -5
I was gonna ask if you got yours yet, but then i remembered "It's a Christmas present" lol
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Post by AronMsmith1987 on Nov 22, 2006 16:29:47 GMT -5
yes yes it is oh well like i said soon...
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Post by derf87 on Nov 27, 2006 20:44:50 GMT -5
nice, i guess you guys didn't get one. The wii is the only system that actually has my attention, i like the whole controler setup and i've always been partial to nintendo ever sience i got a supernes and played mario and zelda on it.
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Post by Snowman on Nov 28, 2006 18:51:05 GMT -5
Yeah I don't know i think i will just wait until the price goes down.... i used to play sega cd when everybody else was playing playstation and stuff i dont care about the system as much as i do the games but if you like the super nes you should like this i4.photobucket.com/albums/y128/snowshop/p460.jpg |
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Post by Kämpfer on Nov 28, 2006 19:32:56 GMT -5
I still have the most fun with my NES and Sega, never really got into Sega CD... The hype surrounding the Wii has definitely gotten to me and the prospect of playing all my original NES games while in Ann Arbor really appeals to me. Of course I'd also like to take a shot at Twilight Princess, Excite Truck, Super Mario Galaxy, and Super Smash Brothers.
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Post by euclidean© on Nov 28, 2006 22:48:29 GMT -5
from what I ehar....a lot of people are really happy with it. Wii Sport's sounds like a really fun game.  |
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Post by AronMsmith1987 on Nov 29, 2006 9:05:25 GMT -5
well we need to start a classic consol night kinda like a lan party but the newest technology alowed is the N64. LOL how does that sound?? and as for the picture It made it even better that the game in the consol was Zelda. LOL
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Post by Kämpfer on Nov 29, 2006 13:21:54 GMT -5
well we need to start a classic consol night kinda like a lan party but the newest technology alowed is the N64. LOL how does that sound?? and as for the picture It made it even better that the game in the consol was Zelda. LOL I'm considering a vintage oriented pre-lan this christmas.... I need to either get some controllers for a NES emulator on the computer or some tvs for the orriginal consoles... The only problem with the vintage games is we're limited in th number of screens and therefore participants. I know if I ever find a Wii, it will also be making an appearance. |
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Post by AronMsmith1987 on Nov 30, 2006 11:57:35 GMT -5
well I have just as many TV's as I do Computer monitors so thats not a problem and as for players you usually can swing 2-4 players per system per game so 2 systems and 2 Tv's can hold 4-8 people and considiring the last lan only had 6 people anyway I don't think that Tv's will be the issue. LOL
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Post by Kämpfer on Nov 30, 2006 12:15:44 GMT -5
considiring the last lan only had 6 people anyway I don't think that Tv's will be the issue Good point, I keep thinking I actually know people... lol |
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Post by AronMsmith1987 on Nov 30, 2006 21:31:36 GMT -5
yeah we seem to be having an atendance problem with our events lately. WTF???
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