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Brag: Got an email alerting me of a PS3 preorder last wednesday.
Beat: I had a flight from Chicago to New York at the time of the online preorder
Brag: Got my friend to preorder me one.
Beat: My friend put 380 as my address when its really 388 so EBgames cancelled my preorder
Variance: My friend offered to camp out to get me one cuz he feels bad.

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Variance: Such is life.

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when do the 2nd round of shipments come in?

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OMG NEED A PS3 RIGHT NOW OMG OMG OMG OMG.

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Beat: Having no life such that you spend your free time drooling over a 1st gen system that you payed 800% markup on and will break in 6 months from inferior components.

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Beat: Having no life such that you spend your free time drooling over a 1st gen system that you payed 800% markup on and will break in 6 months from inferior components.

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Beat: Moron on an internet message board who thinks I was actually going to keep the system and not resale it on ebay.

Beat: Moron who can't read that I preordered a system which is at base price.

Beat: Margin of Error

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Beat: Having no life such that you spend your free time drooling over a 1st gen system that you payed 800% markup on and will break in 6 months from inferior components.

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Beat: Moron on an internet message board who thinks I was actually going to keep the system and not resale it on ebay.

Beat: Moron who can't read that I preordered a system which is at base price.

Beat: Margin of Error

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Beat: Moron

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Beat: Having no life such that you spend your free time drooling over a 1st gen system that you payed 800% markup on and will break in 6 months from inferior components.

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Is a PS3 really a first generation system? I don't know much about video games and such, but isn't it the third generation?

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Beat: Having no life such that you spend your free time drooling over a 1st gen system that you payed 800% markup on and will break in 6 months from inferior components.

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Is a PS3 really a first generation system? I don't know much about video games and such, but isn't it the third generation?

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You are correct. In the video game world the PS3, Wii and 360 are considered third generation. The poster was probably referring to a different kind of 'generations' (In the schools here they teach you about 'early adaptors' and I think he is trying to refer to this).

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This should be a brag, nothing worth playing on the PS3 right now, the launch games are soooo underwhelming.

Most agree that Resistance FOM is the best game, & it's mediocre.

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Beat: Having no life such that you spend your free time drooling over a 1st gen system that you payed 800% markup on and will break in 6 months from inferior components.

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Is a PS3 really a first generation system? I don't know much about video games and such, but isn't it the third generation?

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You are correct. In the video game world the PS3, Wii and 360 are considered third generation. The poster was probably referring to a different kind of 'generations' (In the schools here they teach you about 'early adaptors' and I think he is trying to refer to this).

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Uh.. PS3, Wii, 360 are like 7th generation.

1st generation was PONG

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Beat: Moron on an internet message board who thinks I was actually going to keep the system and not resale it on ebay.

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Beat: Moron who thinks there will still be a worthwhile profit margin on these in a week even as the PS3s from the first shipment have fallen to $900.

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Beat: Having no life such that you spend your free time drooling over a 1st gen system that you payed 800% markup on and will break in 6 months from inferior components.

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Is a PS3 really a first generation system? I don't know much about video games and such, but isn't it the third generation?

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You are correct. In the video game world the PS3, Wii and 360 are considered third generation. The poster was probably referring to a different kind of 'generations' (In the schools here they teach you about 'early adaptors' and I think he is trying to refer to this).

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Uh.. PS3, Wii, 360 are like 7th generation.

1st generation was PONG

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They call N64-ps1 first generation. PS2, Xbox (,Dreamcast) and GameCube are second generation. 360, Wii and PS3 are third generation.

PONG is like 1st gen minus 18.

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I have an extra PS3 for sale.. you could buy it and be happy. Seriously if you want it, the right price can get it.

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Beat: Having no life such that you spend your free time drooling over a 1st gen system that you payed 800% markup on and will break in 6 months from inferior components.

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Is a PS3 really a first generation system? I don't know much about video games and such, but isn't it the third generation?

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You are correct. In the video game world the PS3, Wii and 360 are considered third generation. The poster was probably referring to a different kind of 'generations' (In the schools here they teach you about 'early adaptors' and I think he is trying to refer to this).

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Uh.. PS3, Wii, 360 are like 7th generation.

1st generation was PONG

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They call N64-ps1 first generation. PS2, Xbox (,Dreamcast) and GameCube are second generation. 360, Wii and PS3 are third generation.

PONG is like 1st gen minus 18.

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Just because you said it doesn't mean it's true.

Honestly, there is no doubt in my mind that you just made this up.

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7th generation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History...nd_video_games

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7th generation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History...nd_video_games

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Hooray, I win! =D

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I have an extra PS3 for sale.. you could buy it and be happy. Seriously if you want it, the right price can get it.

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I'll buy it for $400

PM me.

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I got three still, only sold two at the inflated price, I am waiting for the news to break that the second shipment won't be complete by Christmas.

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I have an extra PS3 for sale.. you could buy it and be happy. Seriously if you want it, the right price can get it.

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I'll buy it for $400

PM me.

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$401

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I got three still, only sold two at the inflated price, I am waiting for the news to break that the second shipment won't be complete by Christmas.

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Sorry man, but the reason they went so high in the first place is because people pay absolutely no attention to future shipments. I'd be really surprised if these goes anywhere but down further.

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i hope they dont make another shipment... they rushed this one out and it didnt turn out so well so we will see

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Beat: Having no life such that you spend your free time drooling over a 1st gen system that you payed 800% markup on and will break in 6 months from inferior components.

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Is a PS3 really a first generation system? I don't know much about video games and such, but isn't it the third generation?

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You are correct. In the video game world the PS3, Wii and 360 are considered third generation. The poster was probably referring to a different kind of 'generations' (In the schools here they teach you about 'early adaptors' and I think he is trying to refer to this).

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Uh.. PS3, Wii, 360 are like 7th generation.

1st generation was PONG

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They call N64-ps1 first generation. PS2, Xbox (,Dreamcast) and GameCube are second generation. 360, Wii and PS3 are third generation.

PONG is like 1st gen minus 18.

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Just because you said it doesn't mean it's true.

Honestly, there is no doubt in my mind that you just made this up.

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Yep, you are right. I TOTALLY made that up, there is not a single true fact in my posts. Goddamn why do I suck so much in these e-fights (note to self: You will probably never beat these dudes in e-fights because they have like a trillion posts which deal with figurines like yourself. You must think you suck now but you can be 'comforted' with the following fact: You would beat them all in real fights because these dudes weigh like 180 pounds @ 6 foot 2 @ 23%BF WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE 10k fight yo anyone????.)

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I have an extra PS3 for sale.. you could buy it and be happy. Seriously if you want it, the right price can get it.

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I'll buy it for $400

PM me.

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$401

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$30

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1st generation was PONG

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Super-nit : pong was probably 4th or 5th generation.

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/gamestimeline1.html

1st generation was the tennis game on the oscilloscope, or perhaps even earlier a tic tac toe game in 1952.

And SpaceWar! was actually a decent game. Now that was the golden day of gaming, you don't need all this fancy graphics, just some ascii line drawing...

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Yep, you are right. I TOTALLY made that up, there is not a single true fact in my posts.

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I knew it.

Honestly, if you can come up with one convincing reason that this generation should be referred to as the "third generation," I will give you $200.

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Goddamn why do I suck so much in these e-fights

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Dunno. Lack of practice? If you need somebody to pick on, I recommend Grimstarr.

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note to self: You will probably never beat these dudes in e-fights because they have like a trillion posts which deal with figurines like yourself. You must think you suck now but you can be 'comforted' with the following fact: You would beat them all in real fights because these dudes weigh like 180 pounds @ 6 foot 2 @ 23%BF WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE 10k fight yo anyone????

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Whatever you need to tell yourself, man.

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1st generation was PONG

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Super-nit : pong was probably 4th or 5th generation.

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/gamestimeline1.html

1st generation was the tennis game on the oscilloscope, or perhaps even earlier a tic tac toe game in 1952.

And SpaceWar! was actually a decent game. Now that was the golden day of gaming, you don't need all this fancy graphics, just some ascii line drawing...

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Meh. Dunno if games that are being played on Oscilliscopes and Mainframes necessarily count as "consoles"

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Yep, you are right. I TOTALLY made that up, there is not a single true fact in my posts.

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I knew it.

Honestly, if you can come up with one convincing reason that this generation should be referred to as the "third generation," I will give you $200.

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Goddamn why do I suck so much in these e-fights

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Dunno. Lack of practice? If you need somebody to pick on, I recommend Grimstarr.

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note to self: You will probably never beat these dudes in e-fights because they have like a trillion posts which deal with figurines like yourself. You must think you suck now but you can be 'comforted' with the following fact: You would beat them all in real fights because these dudes weigh like 180 pounds @ 6 foot 2 @ 23%BF WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE 10k fight yo anyone????

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Whatever you need to tell yourself, man.

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Thank you for the advice. $200 means something to me so I will now look for some evidence to the fact, thank you for the opportunity.

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Yep, you are right. I TOTALLY made that up, there is not a single true fact in my posts.

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I knew it.

Honestly, if you can come up with one convincing reason that this generation should be referred to as the "third generation," I will give you $200.

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Goddamn why do I suck so much in these e-fights

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Dunno. Lack of practice? If you need somebody to pick on, I recommend Grimstarr.

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note to self: You will probably never beat these dudes in e-fights because they have like a trillion posts which deal with figurines like yourself. You must think you suck now but you can be 'comforted' with the following fact: You would beat them all in real fights because these dudes weigh like 180 pounds @ 6 foot 2 @ 23%BF WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE 10k fight yo anyone????

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Whatever you need to tell yourself, man.

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http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,72077-0.html

"Forget Elmo, the third-generation PlayStation will top many wish lists to Santa this holiday season. And hopefully Santa saved because the PS3 isn't cheap."




http://news.com.com/2100-1001-948493.html

Shin'ichi Okamoto, chief technical officer for Sony Computer Entertainment, seemed to confirm Cell's presence in the next version of the PlayStation during a speech earlier this year at the Game Developers Conference when he mentioned that Sony and IBM were working on a processor called "cell" that would help Sony achieve its goal of boosting performance of the next PlayStation a thousandfold.

"We are working for the third-generation (PlayStation) with this very aggressive and crazy goal," he said. "Moore's Law is too slow for us."

From his own analysis, Doherty believes Cell will create a new extensible computing platform. A set-top box containing a Cell chip could, for example, combine to share processing power with a Cell-powered high-definition television to render the graphics of an animated movie. "

http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/11/17/ps3_launches_in_us/

The introduction of the console was delayed several times over the past few months and provided Microsoft's third-generation console Xbox 360 a twelve-month head start. Rumors about possible PS3 delays began to circulate in February of this year when analysts mentioned that Sony was trying to figure out ways to avoid some of the enormous production costs of the device.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/05...y_unveils_ps3/

Yes, the third-generation PlayStation console will indeed be called the PlayStation 3, Sony admitted last night when it unwrapped its answer to Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Revolution.

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/52514.html

With 44 percent of the cumulative, third-generation console sales in North America, Sony will be on top in five years, Yankee Group said. However, Microsoft will be close behind with its Xbox 360 Latest News about Xbox with 40 percent of the market, while Nintendo will stay in third place with its Wii console, with about 16 percent of the third-generation console market, the research firm said.


sh@kira on Pokerstars (Axel).

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(note to self: You will probably never beat these dudes in e-fights because they have like a trillion posts which deal with figurines like yourself. You must think you suck now but you can be 'comforted' with the following fact: You would beat them all in real fights because these dudes weigh like 180 pounds @ 6 foot 2 @ 23%BF WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE 10k fight yo anyone????

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I get the feeling that there's a lot more comfort and a lot less sarcasm in this post. Just adding "10k fight yo?" at the end doesn't mean you hid the fact that you actually do find it comforting that you think you can beat up internet strangers.

Good luck with future "humor" attempts!

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(note to self: You will probably never beat these dudes in e-fights because they have like a trillion posts which deal with figurines like yourself. You must think you suck now but you can be 'comforted' with the following fact: You would beat them all in real fights because these dudes weigh like 180 pounds @ 6 foot 2 @ 23%BF WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE 10k fight yo anyone????

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I get the feeling that there's a lot more comfort and a lot less sarcasm in this post. Just adding "10k fight yo?" at the end doesn't mean you hid the fact that you actually do find it comforting that you think you can beat up internet strangers.

Good luck with future "humor" attempts!

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Yes I find that comforting. You would too find it comforting but I dont think you will ever have that luxury (OK just MAYBE you could progress if I could give you some tips on weightlifting (I charge $35/hour, LMK via pm)

Thank you for wishing me luck, I wish you the same luck in further attempts of educating me on the matter of violence/fights.

[edit]Now I come to think of it the fact is not comforting (that would be an understatement) it is VERY VERY comforting. Also why do you have that avatar, do you think its funny to laugh at poor black people? DO YOU?? Just adding 'Ow I just thought this d00d looked funny I dont care he's and all I just pizz on these d00d' in a later post doesn't mean you hid the fact that you actually do find it comforting that people are being destroyed everyday by crack cocaine. Ship it.

[edit2] If it's actually you: I am sorry if I offended you.

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go back to not posting.

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Sir, one more outburst from you and I will strangle you with my ethernet wire.

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OK if the $200 is shipped crucially to me I will never post again here on twoplustwo.

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I guess the reason why these are called 3rd generation is that consoles did not become mainstream before PS. Hence every console par to the latest PS is the "same generation".

200$ please

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Wow, looks like you did your research.

If only you had actually provided a convincing reason, like I asked for, instead of just mindlessly quoting people who said it.

Furthermore, the first, second, and fourth quotes only refer to the "third generation Playstation," and not the generation as a whole.

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I guess the reason why these are called 3rd generation is that consoles did not become mainstream before PS. Hence every console par to the latest PS is the "same generation".

200$ please

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Not mainstream until the Playstation? What the hell are you smoking?? The NES sold 60 million units... how much more mainstream do you want?

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I guess the reason why these are called 3rd generation is that consoles did not become mainstream before PS. Hence every console par to the latest PS is the "same generation".

200$ please

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The bolded statement is blatantly false.

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OK if the $200 is shipped crucially to me I will never post again here on twoplustwo.

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Almost had convinced, with this one.

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Not mainstream until the Playstation? What the hell are you smoking?? The NES sold 60 million units... how much more mainstream do you want?

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NES was pretty much seen as a children's toy. I may be too young to remember, so you tell me: Was there sitcoms with adult characters playing NES back in the day?

PS made console-playing more acceptable for adults, so that is the mainstream part of my post.