Ugh... I really need to adjust my standards regarding gamers. Why I assumed that there'd be a mess of single, professional, well-adjusted male gamers (my age) at a midnight release of Halo 3 is beyond me. I reckon it's the whole "hope springs eternal" mindset I have in these types of situations.
Still, you can't tell me that those types don't exist - they're just not whacked-out enough to stand around in the type of crowd I did and take a personal day to spend the next day playing (or observing, in my case).
I stood in the largest sea of man-boobs known to mankind. Man-boobs, bad, bad hair, and puberty gone awry. Please don't think I'm jaded to be overly surprised at this but I was expecting at least ONE piece of eye candy. Well, there was the guy who works for Gamestop but I know from the midnight release of FFXII that he's already attached. ...damn.
The conversations are always interesting at these types of things though. The guy beside me was the same guy I attempted to talk to at the FFXII launch. I knew this because he was talking to someone else about the very same things that he'd been talking to me about and spouting out his stats on WoW and some other online game. I had to chuckle (READ: laugh) when he got a call from his mom who was inquiring when he'd be home. This, in itself, is not altogther funny. That the guy was my age made it hilarious. Although, not so long ago I lived in my parent's basement surrounded by my comps and consoles... But I don't anymore and that makes it different. ^^
I also caught the tail-end of a conversation wherein some guy declared, "DUDE! I so went to that convention and I was the BEST Squall cosplayer there!" Naturally I had to check out this guy - he just HAD to be HOT! Oh. My. God. He was the furthest thing from what would constitute a decent Squall let alone the BEST Squall. Squall is pretty. Squall has great hair. Squall does NOT HAVE MAN-BOOBS! It took everything I had not to go over to him and set him straight. If that wasn't bad enough, his little friend next to him declared that he was the best Vincent at the place, too! *blinks* Okay, so I'll give him credit for at least having long, dark hair. But again, Vincent is lovely and sans man-boobs. It all just left a very bad taste in my mouth and I had to move to avoid hearing anything else.
There was some "cool" at the release, though. Some father drove up in his H2 with a plasma screen that took up the entire back of his Hummer and hooked up the Xbox so his kids (the oldest couldn't have been more than 10 years old) could play Halo 2 while they waited. Cool but a little overkill for the situation. We were content with the guys breaking out the grills and handing out burgers and dogs.
Anyway, been there, done that. The game is pretty great, I guess. It's my first time really sitting down and watching it for any extended period of time. I love Arbitor now. He's, by far, way cooler than Master Chief. ...just don't tell my cousin I said that.
Next up: MGS4. We're gonna try a different location for that release and hope it proves more fruitful for the both of us. ^^
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Krelian | Sep 25, 2007 6:40 PM
I wish I could still mooch off my mom. These days I'm closer to supporting her than she is to me, and she isn't even old =P And that's what you get for expecting anything out of a midnight game release. A lot of frat boys play Halo, I hear, but I guess all they're good for is making online play suck. The arbiter is cool, but I never liked playing with him in previous games. The segments you play as the Master Chief with human weapons and such are much more fun. |
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Sandgolem | Sep 25, 2007 5:35 PM
You would love Lawrence then. Nothing but mainly eyecandy as far as the eye can roam. Although Personally I've never been into abs and muscles of steel. But almost every 20 year old jock in town is into 3 things, sports, Beer, and Halo :P
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