Kojima Signing Pics

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so the signing went down today, thought i'd share some pics...

they opened up the mall today at 6AM to get the line started. i started camping out last night at 9PM. here's my "camp site"

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Some Cos player dude that i eventually took pics with...

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All Naturual. this guy wasn't fucking around.
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Kojima and Shinkawa signing my shit.

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they limited it to 2 items per person, but i manged to get 3 things signed. im guessing Kojima let it slide since i gave him a Joy Division box set on Mini Disc as a gift.

shitty part was that, even though Kojima was totally cool with it, the retarded managers wouldn't let me take a picture with him. after words i told Kojima that he better make a Snatcher for the DS, and he just laughed. but he laughed in a good way....i think there's hope :/

anyways, i wasn't satisfied with not having a pic with the man, so i rushed him twice, and had random strangers take pictures of me the second i posed. unfortunately for me, they didn't know how to hold the camera straight while taking a picture.

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but yeah, that's pretty much it.
 
I was going to go to that signing but I had a midterm. I'm going to the Citywalk signing at 6:30. When would be a good time to get there?
 
nice. i was halfway considering going to see kojima, but the prospect of a line and the fact that i'd probably end up going alone put me off. i don't have anything cool for him to sign either. :/

snake needs to lay off the calorie mate. :/ :/ :/
 
Gribbix said:
I was going to go to that signing but I had a midterm. I'm going to the Citywalk signing at 6:30. When would be a good time to get there?
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i'd say now. the citywalk event is expected to get a much larger crowd.
 
drohne said:
nice. i was halfway considering going to see kojima, but the prospect of a line and the fact that i'd probably end up going alone put me off. i don't have anything cool for him to sign either. :/

snake needs to lay off the calorie mate. :/ :/ :/
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I couldn't got to the 11am signing because of my morning class and work(stuck here now :-( ). Drohne, if you go to the 6pm signing, I'll join you there. Just save my place in line ;-)
Come on Johnny Nighttrain, you can go to the second signing to get your other items signed.
 
Defensor said:
I couldn't got to the 11am signing because of my morning class and work(stuck here now :-( ). Drohne, if you go to the 6pm signing, I'll join you there. Just save my place in line ;-)
Come on Johnny Nighttrain, you can go to the second signing to get your other items signed.
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i totally would if i could get a ride.
 
Gribbix said:
Did you get the poster mentioned in the flyer on Konami's website.
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nope. because the poster counted as one item. and personally, i'll take Snatcher over anything MGS. so yeah, if you took a poster, it was one less thing you could get signed. i didn't really intend on getting my DS signed, but i figured what the hey, probably gonna be the only chance i ever had. so yeah, that and Snatcher were my priorities.
 
Nice pics, Lucas. I was going to go but I figured the line would be long and any time with Kojima would be rushed... But you seem to have made the most of it!

Johnny Nighttrain said:
so the signing went down today, thought i'd share some pics...

they opened up the mall today at 6AM to get the line started. i started camping out last night at 9PM. here's my "camp site"

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That's awesome :lol
 
Was the poster any good? I was planning on getting one so that would leave me with one item to get signed (MGS3, MGS2:S, or ZOE2). Hmmm.
 
Johnny Nighttrain said:
they limited it to 2 items per person, but i manged to get 3 things signed. im guessing Kojima let it slide since i gave him a Joy Division box set on Mini Disc as a gift.

shitty part was that, even though Kojima was totally cool with it, the retarded managers wouldn't let me take a picture with him. after words i told Kojima that he better make a Snatcher for the DS, and he just laughed. but he laughed in a good way....i think there's hope :/
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Man, they limited it to one item when i was there...:(
 
drohne said:
nice. i was halfway considering going to see kojima, but the prospect of a line and the fact that i'd probably end up going alone put me off. i don't have anything cool for him to sign either. :/

snake needs to lay off the calorie mate. :/ :/ :/
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You live in SoCal!?
 
Defensor said:
Drohne lives in Canoga Park. Dude, lets go!
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All the SoCal Gaffers should really get together for something. I know you, me, opivy, now drohne, and a couple other guys live down here.
 
Gribbix said:
Was the poster any good? I was planning on getting one so that would leave me with one item to get signed (MGS3, MGS2:S, or ZOE2). Hmmm.
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I forgot where the pic is, but it looks like it's just the US box cover art with credits laid out on the bottom of the poster, like a movie poster
 
can't go this evening. i'm swamped in very tiresome busywork that i really wish i could offload to a secretary of some sort, and i have to run a bunch of stuff to the post office. i'll be lucky if i can spend an hour or two with half life. :(
 
AniHawk said:
All the SoCal Gaffers should really get together for something. I know you, me, opivy, now drohne, and a couple other guys live down here.
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I live in Fountain Valley, so if you guys plan on doing anything, count me in. Oh, and can anybody give me a link to info about the City Walk signing?
 
Here's my story:

TODAY WAS A DAY LIKE ANY OTHER. I woke up, got ready to go to school, and drove to Fullerton (traffic was nuts). I was lucky to get there by 10:00. Well, our dear professor had decided to cancel class that day, which pissed me off because I could have just slept in. About 10:30, I'm on the 57 North driving home as "Duel of the Fates" began playing a CD I had on. I remembered how Kojima was supposed to be in Glendale from 11:00-12:00, so I drove like a madman to my house to get directions off mapquest, and then it was off to Planet X.

I got there around 11:30, but I had parked by 11:20 at the opposite end of the mall. I ran allllll the way to the third floor (was my first time in Glendale let alone this mall) and got in the back of the line.

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Insanely long line. The blue pillar in the distance is around where the store is located.
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Cool model of Snake they had up. The cosplayer took a pic with it as I was leaving
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I spoke with an elderly man (or rather, he spoke with me) about his grand kids. I also talked to one guy behind me who was video taping the event (until a guard told him to turn it off).

At around 11:55, it looked like we were going to make it, because they cut off the line a few people behind us. When it struck noon, though. A guy named Ralph told us that Kojima was done for now, that he would be able to sign copies at EB later tonight. It was disappointing, and especially so for a guy in front of me who had took off work to get his copy of Policenauts for the Saturn signed.

People stuck around inside the store though, hoping to get their posters/games signed. There was a line leading up to a door. The district manager, Osh, was telling fans wanting to get their stuff signed would have to leave. I noticed a line at the back of the store, and I thought it was just a bunch of fans not following "orders," well...

Me: So, what's that line for?

Osh: Employees only.

Me: I'm an employee of the company...

Osh: Who's your manager?

Me: *tells him*

Osh: Okay. Show me a paycheck stub and you can go.

*Fishes around in his wallet and pulls out an ecard*

*Osh is on the phone, discussing what he should do with employees from other districts, but he sees this, puts his hand on my shoulder and nods*
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So I got in line again, and it was limited to one item per employee (which was good since I only had MGS3). It was surprising, because once they opened the door to the backroom, Kojima and Shinkawa were RIGHT THERE. I mean, I was face to face with them.

Kojima: So have you prayed it?

Me: What?

Kojima: Did you pray it?

Gamestop employee: Didyouplayit.

Me: Oh! Yeah, yeah. It was very awesome.
Brain: Sa-wish.

Me: Thank you for staying to sign. It was very nice of you. Thank you.

*leaves, feeling like an idiot, and grinning like one.*
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He was very cool, though. He was still smiling even though he was in that cramped little room with four people, and had to be at a press conference and then at another signing later that day.

Yeah, I played it alright... *Note the time and date*
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A happy ending
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Apparently the first guy in line gave Kojima a burned box set of CDs of his (Kojima's) favorite band. And one guy offered him oranges, too (which he didn't eat, but the GS employees did and enjoyed).

they limited it to 2 items per person, but i manged to get 3 things signed. im guessing Kojima let it slide since i gave him a Joy Division box set on Mini Disc as a gift.
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HOLY SHIT! That was you!? The employees were talking about you when I was waiting in the second line. :lol That's cool though.
 
AniHawk said:
And one guy offered him oranges, too (which he didn't eat, but the GS employees did and enjoyed).
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Oh I meet the guy who gave Mr. Kojima those oranges.. Supposedly they said mandarin oranges were Mr. Kojima favorite fruit.
 
Anyone know the "status" of the line outside the other store? My friend wont be able to get there until 6:30, guess that's too late, huh? :\
 
neptunes said:
I've never heard [him] speak in english.
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Fixed?

Well I hadn't either. Hell, my mind blanked when I realized he was right there. I didn't even take it into account that he might not understand a whole lot of English.
 
Midas said:
Anyone know the "status" of the line outside the other store? My friend wont be able to get there until 6:30, guess that's too late, huh? :\
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He can always try. He might get lucky. He's going to be there for 2 hours...
 
AniHawk said:
Fixed?

Well I didn't either. Hell, my mind blanked when I realized he was right there. I didn't even take it into account that he might not understand a whole lot of English.
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arghhh >:(

but yeah, it must have been cool.
 
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