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Mon 29/04/02 at 14:23
Regular
Posts: 787
May 3rd, just a few days away now, so what will happen on these forums?

I've glanced into my crystal balls, given them a good rum, and come up with these predictions:

The first "Mine has arrived" post will come in, and be barely readable, as over excited be-mittened hands hammer away at the keyboard. Goatboy will laugh. Half an hour later the original poster will come back, asking how to open the box. Goatboy will laugh even harder. Much later the poster will return again, asking where they plugin their N64 cartidges. We will hear a loud thump as Goatboy falls from his chair. Late in the evening we hear a news story about a man that's laughing so hard that he can barely breathe, and has had to be taken to hospital, tears of laughter still flowing. We assume this is Goatboy.

I post frequent reports during the day, from work, letting you know if it has arrived or not, but I'll be at work, and won't be able to play.

A few regular or notable Nintendo fans will give a 'first impressions' account of the Gamecube, then they'll disappear for the rest of the day.

A non-Nintendo fan will report that they walked past a game store at midday, and there was no one inside, so the Gamecube must be a flop. This will probably be Turbonutter.

Your Honour will come on to say that he's traded in his Xbox for a Gamecube, only to return later to say that he's changed his mind, and gone back to the Xbox. Then back to the PS2. Then a Gamecube again. Finally deciding to trade it all in for porn.

Wookiee Monster will give him first impressions of the Gamecube, having surprised us all by buying one on the spur of the moment.

A mysterious JAT will arrive, stating that the Gamecube is crap, and the new Mario game isthe worst they've played, but Zelda isn't too bad.

Late in the evening the first reports of finished games of Luigi's Mansion will come in, with some disappointment, but others will want to go back and start over.

In the customer service forum someone will insist SR are the worst company ever, as they ordered yesterday, but their Cube never came.

Finally, the first person that had their Gamecube arrive will come back to say they've got it working, and they think it's great.
Wed 01/05/02 at 08:54
"slightlyshortertagl"
Posts: 10,759
...and i'l keep on saying that GC sucks...
Wed 01/05/02 at 08:20
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"not dead"
Posts: 11,145
Well it's either that or you'll pretend you've not noticed the launch, being such an insignificant event, and all that. ;-)
Wed 01/05/02 at 08:03
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"Eff, you see, kay?"
Posts: 14,156
Meka Dragon wrote:
> A non-Nintendo fan will report that they walked past a game store at
> midday, and there was no one inside, so the Gamecube must be a flop.
> This will probably be Turbonutter.


Probably? Is that all you give me? I'm hurt ;-)
Mon 29/04/02 at 21:39
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"Link to the Future"
Posts: 719
From Friday evening to Tuesday morning I'll be staring at my TV screen like nothing else mattered. Good thing about this week-end is that May day bank holiday is there to have GC day with. What's even luckier is that my school doesn't usually have May day bank holiday off..... Maybe god (Shigeru Miyamoto) influenced the headmaster.

Great Post!
Mon 29/04/02 at 19:44
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"allardini's tagline"
Posts: 3,396
Interesting.....
Mon 29/04/02 at 19:18
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"I like cheese"
Posts: 16,918
er-no wrote:
>Its not a launch title Ant... :( :(

You gonna get it when it comes out er-no?
Mon 29/04/02 at 19:11
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"everyone says it"
Posts: 14,738
Ant wrote:
> Hehe, I can certainly see the YH prediction coming true. :D
>
> I'll be popping to check out the first impressions, from both avid
> Nintys and normal people who have just decided to buy one. I know
> where I'll be getting the best views from...
>
> The only game I'm really interested is WrestleMania X-8, but I don't
> think that's a launch title.

Its not a launch title Ant... :( :(
Mon 29/04/02 at 19:10
"Mimmargh!"
Posts: 2,929
The Game wrote:
> Roll on 4th May!

Thats 3rd of May!
Mon 29/04/02 at 19:06
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"I like cheese"
Posts: 16,918
Hehe, I can certainly see the YH prediction coming true. :D

I'll be popping to check out the first impressions, from both avid Nintys and normal people who have just decided to buy one. I know where I'll be getting the best views from...

The only game I'm really interested is WrestleMania X-8, but I don't think that's a launch title.
Mon 29/04/02 at 19:04
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"I'm not Orgazmo"
Posts: 9,159
Heh! Very good Meka!

I'll probably just dissapear for a while again.

All i'm hoping for now is Argos (the place I pre ordered from) to finally drop the price from £169.99

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