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Geek Sportsmanship
All i have to ask is... WHERE HAS THE GEEK SPORTSMANSHIP GONE!
I’ve always been big on sportsmanship in everything, and being a geek is no exception. Some events of this past week have lowered the world’s opinon of geeks. We saw the release of the PlayStation 3 and the Nintendo Wii this week, with chaotic masses surging to get their hands on a scarce geek toy. There were shootings, tramplings, muggings, and murders. All I have to ask is… WHERE HAS THE GEEK SPORTSMANSHIP GONE?!
We can’t let things like this happen anymore.
For goodness sake, it’s only plastic and silicone. Why are we rioting over it? There will be more PS3’s made. We all know this. Is greed such an almighty force? Why are we doing this? Why?
On a better note, one group of people has realized the technical greed of everyone. With that they created sites like smashmywii.com and smashmyps3.com. Hooray for those guys. To those who read this and were part of those riots I have only shame. You have disgraced your geek brethren, and fed more power to evil corporations. This leads me to my third point.
I once took a class in economics. I hated the teacher, he was a @#$%, but that’s not the point. I learned that if the whole nation waited to buy a PS3like, if no one bought one for monthsחthen the price would not be 500 bucks; it would drop like bricks. So why shouldn’t we create an artificial market recession? Look at Sony, they are creating a market shortage. This Christmas, don’t buy a PS3. Wait until the price drops. The more people who we stop from buying, the faster it drops. Pay it forward.
And please… no more riots.
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Not all gamers are geeks. There are lots of a$$holes who play games too.
When I bough my iPod nano there were a bunch of people in line for the PS3 and it was 2:00a!
I think it’s ridiculous though that MS, Sony, and Nintendo can’t make enough units before they start shipping. These companies are doing it on purpose and I think it is wrong. I won’t be buying a Wii until I can get one used so I can play the new system without really giving Nintendo the benefit of my purchase because I want to send the message that this shortage marketing HAS TO STOP, and I hope other people do the same.
| Nov. 26, 2006 | |
| 4:37 am |
Actually, yeah, that’s a good point. Geeks don’t go around holding people up period, much less for a PS3.
| Nov. 26, 2006 | |
| Arden | 5:51 am |
I hate geeks. Every time I make a point on message boards, they reply with a long diatribe about how I’m wrong and he’s right (usually a guy because women don’t have to prove something like men) and how I spelled something wrong.
Seriously, go to Battleground on Ars and tell me geeks are usually passive. They are passive when there is a risk they might have to fight someone, because geeks can’t fight. But given anonymity and no risk of physical confrontation, geeks are vicious beasts.
| Nov. 27, 2006 | ||
| 9:27 am |
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I completely agree. People have no sense of morals these days; obtaining a mindless hunk of electronics is more important than promoting good will among their fellow man, or even attempting to be civil during this “season of giving.”
It’s a nice idea to create an artificial recession, but unfortunately human greed won’t let it happen. You can tell some people that they can always get one later, or they should wait a little while, or whatever, and they’ll simply tune you out and go out (looting?) anyway. But you’re definitely right… if suddenly 90% of the potential PS3 buyers decided to wait, Sony would be forced to slash its price (and lose lots of money, I’m sure). It’s simple supply and demand.