Wii Pre-Orders at EB Games and Gamestop

Punkster812 writes "Tomorrow, Friday October 13th, EB Games and Gamestop will begin taking pre-orders. They say they have very limited numbers and will do a first come first serve. A $50 deposit is the minimum down payment for a console and they suggest for you to call your local store for availability. Their online pre-order information will be released at a future date. For full information, visit EB Games or Gamestop for full details."

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tomorrow?

[gEvil (beta)]

Wow, good thing I have tomorrow off. I guess I'll get up early and go sit in front of Gamestop.

Re:Tomorrow?

[SoapDish]

That comment is particularly funny considering your sig.

Summarize, dammit!

[The_Shadows]

"Tomorrow, Friday October 13th"

How simple would it have been to replace that "Tomorrow" with a [Today]? I was panicing. I thought, for a moment, it was still Thursday. That's a shock you don't want on a Friday before coffee.

Re:Summarize, dammit!

[UbuntuDupe]

I remember an episode of Duck Tales, where the nephews (Huey, Dewey, and Louie) convinced Uncle Scrooge that the current day was Friday, rather than Thursday. (It was really Thursday.) They did this because they get their allowance on Friday, and they wanted to get it early.

Unfortunately, Uncle Scrooge is a major businessman, and when he was convinced that it was Friday, he "corrected" everyone. Since he's so respected, everyone else was convinced it was Friday too. This caused major disruptions in financial contracts, which rippled through the economy.

That morning, by the time the nephews got to the mall to spend their "early" allowance, the global economy had collapsed and they couldn't buy anything.

Re:Summarize, dammit!

[AKAImBatman]

That morning, by the time the nephews got to the mall to spend their "early" allowance, the global economy had collapsed and they couldn't buy anything.

Close, but not quite. The nephews really wanted a scooter, and there was a sale until Friday. Which meant that they needed to get their allowance on Thursday if they wanted to be able to afford it. Their shenanigans backfired when the store clerk was also convinced that it was Friday, and thus the sale was over.

Oops. :)

Re:Summarize, dammit!

[RipTides9x]

When 2 nerds argue a major plot point of a 10+ year old 30-min cartoon you know you're on Slashdot.

Re:Summarize, dammit!

[Anonymous Coward]

Well, I suppose that's better than them arguing a minor plot point.

Besides, everybody knows that Duck Tales just ripped the plot off from Star Trek TOS season 7, episode 12, where Kirk convinces Star Fleet Command that it's actually star date 37215 instead of 37211 so that a cease fire with the Romulans scheduled to begin on the later date would already be enacted. This allowed him to avoid court martial by getting them to order him across the neutral zone to save a group of Andorian school children and their short-skirted teachers from a star that was about to explode due to careless Klingon weapons experiments.

Where are all the replies?

[Wireless Joe]

Usually a Wii story has 50,000 replies before I get to see it, it's such a popular subject. Now I only see 15 after 20 minutes; I wonder where everyone's gone?

Oh, wait.

Drops laptop, runs to store.

Re:Where are all the replies?

[JohnSearle]

Drops laptop, runs to store.

I hope it was a cheap laptop.

- John

Re:Where are all the replies?

[BenjyD]

Maybe he was dictating?

i saw them waiting this morning

[tehwebguy]

this morning i drove by a GameStop and saw a ton of kids in line, so i yelled "PS3 FOR THE WIN!!!!"

they were probably like "stupid sony fanboy", little do they know i was just pissed they beat me there..

Re:Never is a short time

[shotgunsaint]

Wow, it's time to start calling all those girls that wouldn't go out with me in High School and College. Then, when my girlfriend complains, I'm gonna claim prior commitments. "Sorry baby, I had no idea never was coming so soon."