Just got back with my 20gb PS3, that's right, tard pack ftw!! Oh yeah, Resistance & Marvel too.
I gotta get this off my chest, I swear,I'm never, ever going to participate in a console launch, in my neck of the woods again, at least until I can get a gun license. It was that ****ing bad. First a guy who pre-ordered the console was told he was part of the unlucky ones (from 8 consoles and pre-orders, EB only got 5) and he threw the biggest ****ing fit I've seen a 30+ish year old guy throw, screaming profanities, shoving EB workers etc. The manager threatened to call security and he left saying he was gonna sue the store. Sadly no magazines racks were harmed.
Not 5 minutes after that, I get my console, with games, pay for the insurance, and the lady is bagging it as I hear a voice in the back clearly say "Yeah, that one, the guy in the front, gray shirt, just paid for it...." I discreetely look around and there's a group of 5 guys, stereotypical "reggaeton" wannabe punks. 2 of them pass me by and leave the store but I notice they stand still near the entrance, while the other 3 are blatantly staring at me and another guy who was also paying for his stuff. So I call a co-worker/friend of mine who's still at Toys R Us across the mall, and tell him that I need back up and that some serious shit is about to go down.
My friend got there shortly, all badass and shit, then as soon as the 3 guys start circling us, still inside of EB, giving us dirty looks and checking out my bag of PS3 goods from afar, he freaks out, which in turn I freak out. To make matters worst, a guy comes in and I notice he starts talking up to the other 3 punks, so now there's 6 of them, we're ****ed if we leave so we act like bitches, quietly ask the EB guy if he can call security. I point at the guys with my eyes and he nods, telling us to stay put near the register. 20 minutes later cops arrive and as soon as they do the punks start walking out of the store and the first thing one of the cops ask is if we got jacked as well. Turns out the guy that was next to me while I was paying, left first, and got his ass whooped in the parking lot, probably by the other 2 punks who left the store early and stood outside for a bit. Since my car was not that far from the main mall exit the cops were cool enough to escort me outside, and wait while my friend got his car, then in turn drove me to where mine was parked.
Shit, I still can't believe things are this bad, I got the PSX, DC, PS2 and PSP at launch and everything was calm and went smoothly, no shady characters. In that other PS3 thread a while back in that other thread about the launch and picking up consoles, I jokingly suggested another poster to carry an aluminum bat, I guess I should've followed my own advice. For the fellow puerto ricans here, that's the ****ing EB at the Plaza Las Americas mall, the one next to KB Toys and the big ass fountain.
Sorry for the long rant, but fel free to add my story to the PS3 launch GAF Drama Theater.
I'll post pics of my loot in a few minutes after my heart rate settles down a bit and I grab something to eat.
