This Gamestop employee made me laugh
 

:xWell i just called gamestop hoping on some sliver of a miracle that they would have it today. When he picked up the phone i said "Hey, you guys didnt by chance recieve Il2: Birds of Prey for 360 today did you?" his response "Il what?" i replied "Il2: Sturmovik Birds of Prey....the plane game" his "Ohhh ok, did you want that new or used?" i reply"....um it comes out either today or tmw, i was just seeing if you had it" he replys "i guess you dont want used huh? (he laughs....i dont)" then he tells me that its street dated today, and that i should check back tmw.:x

yeah... when i pre-ordered mine, you should have seen the look on the guy's face. ".....do what, now?" lol

yeah most of the guys standing behind the counters in a gameshop dont even know anything about games and that is frustrating sometimes

haha i can imagine, off topic but what part of ohio are you from? Im from south dayton. Near Wright Patterson airforce base

man that must of been funny
ask for it used next time and watch him sweat trying to find it lol

Just east of Zanesville. I'm headed to WPAFB at the end of this month actually. Dawn Patrol WW1 Fly-In.:-D

lol what a tool, "pre-owned" you never know maybe he's new and lives in a cave :)

whoa whoa whoa, i never heard of a WW1 fly in, im there! when and where is this?

Sept. 25th and 26th 9 am to 5 pm, and Sept. 27th 9 am to 1 pm. Located at the USAF Museum. Its a bi-annual, so if you miss this one, your next chance is in 2011.

This will be the third time i've gone though, it's always alot of fun. there's usually at least 5 or 6 full size reproduction aircraft, and a slew of 7/8 scale replicas. They all take off from the field behind the museum and circle around and do fly bys, they also have a flour bomb drop and balloon busting competitions.

thats really cool, im def going.

You know, to a Russian it seems kind of weird to hear IL-2 pronounced like in I'll-2. In Russian it sounds like Eel-2. )

hmm odd ive always known it I L 2 but Eel-2 is that how u say it or is that the russian accent

Right, that's because the plane was designed by Ilyushin... correct? It can't be pronounced I'll-e-ooshun... it must be eel-e-ooshun. Like my phoenetics? LOL.

I think people pronounce it I'll due to the two letter abbreviation.

I think this is the most confusing post I've ever made, but it makes sense to me. Either way, the board will crash shortly due to an excessive amount of :confused:

Irrelevant, it does make perfect sense, it is exactly like you are saying.
haitch40, no, it's not the accent, see irrelevant's post above.

You get me rolling.:-P

Well I'm Blessed with a great EBgames here in ST Clairsville and I stopped in today just to see if , by chance it came in early. They said "No it should be here tommorow" and then threw me a Pack of 4 of the Tshirts ! I love my Ebgames, The people that work at my store are some HARD core gamers and they make a point of taking care of their own kind.

Oh and guys the Tshirts are really nice, Fruit of the Loom, Heavy Cotton series. Very nice shirts !
DESODE

It was the night before Christmas, and all through the house....

:-P

You have a mic right?

Ashley just called me and told me to meet her at Game Stop tomorrow.:-P

I plan to buy one when I get the game. I just moved apartments a week ago and now I'm having an epic dogfight with AT&T to have my internet service activated.

Looks like I'll be heading to Game Stop tomorrow, as well. ;)

St Clairville? More Ohioans?

Gamestop just sent me a text message.. my copy of IL2 will be in tomorrow:-D:-D:-D

This is the reason shops like Gamestop in the US and GAME and Gamestation here in the UK get the publishers and developers annoyed about used games sales. I've lost count of the times I've picked up a new copy and taken it to the counter and asked if I'd prefer a used copy which only saves me a few £ off the full retail price. The shops make all the profit on a used copy and for each used copy sold its effectively a lost sale for the developer/publisher. I'm not saying selling used games should be stopped but I do understand the publisher/developers frustration at this particular sales ploy at the shops.

Well its just more proof of how very, very niche the game is, and how few people even know about. The game basically has no chance of putting up decent sales.

I alos had a good time joking with the Gamestop employees. Here is the approx dialog:

09/01/09

Me: "Did IL-2 arrive today?"

GS: "whats that?"

Me: "a game...."

GS: "what system?"

Me: "all of them!"

GS: "let me check..."

Me: "Thanks..."

GS: "it should arrive tomorrow. What is this, a flight game?"

Me: "NOPE! the spitfire on the cover is just to trick you. It's really a redesigned version of Purbble Palace..."

GS: "..."

Me: "I'm just kidding man."

GS: "So is it a flight sim or an arcade game?"

Me: "Both. Actually there are three settings, arcade, realistic, and sim."

GS: "are you joking again?"

Me: "No..."

GS: "...well thats pretty cool"

Me: "isn't it?"

GS: "I loved Ace Combat!"

Me: "...I'll call back tomorrow, thank you."

GS: "...have a good day sir"

09/02/09 (standing at the counter this time!)

Me: "Has IL-2 arrived yet?"

GS: "Whats that?"

ME: :mad: I walk over to a small display case and pick up a pre-order box. "a G..A..M..E.."

GS: "let me check....." (He looks around the counter, and then checks the back. He returns from the back and grabs a box cutter. I'm getting excited! He returns and says:) "Not today man, it should be here tomorrow"

Me: :twisted: "Thank you..."

GS: as I turn to leave he says " It says it ships today, Texas or California might get it by tonight. Just check back tomorrow."

Me: " Thanks again..."

Ironicly as I am typing this, I just got my confirmation call from GS. :rolleyes:

Dennis, I can't wait for you to hop aboard the banned wagon. Your act is tired.

They see me trollin', they hatin'... LOL die in a fire

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yep I got the same thing as the rest of you. The guy told me to come back tomorrow. Only thing is tomorrow is not the best day for me to come pick it up. I'd better find time!! :)

Shouldn't you be on another forum instead of downing this game all the time?

Who cares how popular a game is. people will be online in this game no matter what, and from what I can tell the sp is really long and has a lot of replay value. We aren't looking for the next cod4 here. What happened to games just being fun? I will play this game for years.

*Yawn*

since yet another thread has been taken off topic by dennis, I will take it further off topic by telling you all i just watched "The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress (1944)".
very moving indeed, you can get it here free http://www.archive.org/download/TheM...1944_512kb.mp4