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Ioric Kittencuddler

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Boycott Gamestop!
« on: May 20, 2009, 01:41:25 am »
They just tried to card me to by a T rated game!  Supposedly they've been doing it for a "long time" but for some reason it's only come up for the first time today.  They refused to sell me the game because I didn't have a government picture ID.  Even when I showed them my college ID.  How many 13 year olds even have a government ID?!

Rawrg!! I call down the wrath of Armok upon them!!!
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Re: Boycott Gamestop!
« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2009, 01:42:58 am »
Ah, I remember being equally annoyed when I was under 18. Damn all those places that required people to be 18+.
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Re: Boycott Gamestop!
« Reply #2 on: May 20, 2009, 01:43:59 am »
I'll boycott them. I've always preferred buying from the developers themselves.
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Re: Boycott Gamestop!
« Reply #3 on: May 20, 2009, 01:44:06 am »
Quote from: Muz on May 20, 2009, 01:42:58 am
Ah, I remember being equally annoyed when I was under 18. Damn all those places that required people to be 18+.

I'm 22 and have a mustache, and I haven't shaved in a few days.  They refused to sell me a game that's rated for 13 year olds.
« Last Edit: May 20, 2009, 01:47:04 am by Ioric Kittencuddler »
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Re: Boycott Gamestop!
« Reply #4 on: May 20, 2009, 01:44:34 am »
What game did they try to card you for? Was it Battletoads?
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« Reply #5 on: May 20, 2009, 01:45:41 am »
Unfortunately there is no Gamestops where I live... they go by another name and give better service to a degree. (such as selling things for a LOT less then Futureshop)

Though the one I used to go to had a decent PC section... but it moved and they decided to give it a really small section where you can't even see any of the PC games.
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Re: Boycott Gamestop!
« Reply #6 on: May 20, 2009, 01:50:39 am »
Quote from: Virroken on May 20, 2009, 01:44:34 am
What game did they try to card you for? Was it Battletoads?

I tried to buy a copy of Hidden and Dangerous 2 which I'd found, as well as used copies of Timesplitters: Future Perfect and Oni.  The first two are M(17) rated, and I actually bought a copy of H&D 2 from them just a few weeks ago and thought I should get another to lend to someone else for multiplayer since they were cheap but this time they wouldn't sell it to me.  The other is is T(13) rated and they still wouldn't sell it to me.
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Re: Boycott Gamestop!
« Reply #7 on: May 20, 2009, 01:55:25 am »
yeh my gamestop went downhill too, they didnt card me (gov. ID might mean drivers license, goverment issued ID) but their PC section is long gone.

now i have a gamecraze and a hollywood videos right next to each other :)
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« Reply #8 on: May 20, 2009, 01:57:38 am »
I think they are jumping on the whole "PC games area dead" train way too fast...

Then again I remember going to blockbuster once and seeing they bought a whole section worth of Catwoman games for people to rent... (Did anyone believe a catwoman game based off of a movie, that wasn't any good, would have any value?)

So they could just think they are PC stupid.
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Re: Boycott Gamestop!
« Reply #9 on: May 20, 2009, 02:00:06 am »
I don't understand your last post... What does Catwoman have to do with PC games being stupid?
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« Reply #10 on: May 20, 2009, 02:05:47 am »
Quote from: Ioric Kittencuddler on May 20, 2009, 02:00:06 am
I don't understand your last post... What does Catwoman have to do with PC games being stupid?

They probably think they will buy a bunch of bad PC games that no one will buy in the same way that Blockbuster keeps buying bad videogames that no one will rent.
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Re: Boycott Gamestop!
« Reply #11 on: May 20, 2009, 02:05:58 am »
It was about a Catwoman PC game.
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Re: Boycott Gamestop!
« Reply #12 on: May 20, 2009, 02:11:34 am »
Quote from: Neonivek on May 20, 2009, 02:05:47 am
Quote from: Ioric Kittencuddler on May 20, 2009, 02:00:06 am
I don't understand your last post... What does Catwoman have to do with PC games being stupid?

They probably think they will buy a bunch of bad PC games that no one will buy in the same way that Blockbuster keeps buying bad videogames that no one will rent.

Oh ok, what bad PC games are they buying though?
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« Reply #13 on: May 20, 2009, 02:25:26 am »
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Oh ok, what bad PC games are they buying though?

Well it is more of a guess then me knowing...
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Re: Boycott Gamestop!
« Reply #14 on: May 20, 2009, 02:31:09 am »
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