Gamestop Robbery and Shooting in My Town!!! [Archive]

bangtango

03-22-2007, 11:27 PM

LOL. Wow, you guys are way too over-sensitive in this Modern Gaming forum. I'm sorry that you're favorite GameStop clerk was shot in the leg, but I'm sure you'll be able to ask him all about it when he goes back to work tomorrow.

The guy is trying to make a living and you seem to be celebrating the fact that he got shot.

Think of it this way. Would you feel cool about getting shot in the leg at work by some piece of shit gangbanger and having people on message boards thinking it is cool that happened because they don't like the company you work for?

bangtango

03-22-2007, 11:31 PM

Your comment reminds me of the guy from a few weeks ago who thought it was cool that some teacher got his neck broken by some student because he wouldn't let the kid listen to an I-Pod during class.

Dangerboy

03-22-2007, 11:40 PM

Um...

Just so the IGNORANT FUCKS know, a GameStop female employee WAS SHOT AND KILLED about a month and half ago, just as she opened the store.

I would hope that if you're ever shot at, stabbed, or befall bad times, I am there to insult your existance in the same way.

On a completely seperate note:

WHY THE HELL ARE ALL THE IDIOTS AROUND HERE ATTACHED TO A PSX nickname?! Stop ruining the damn legacy of that system!

MegaDrive20XX

03-22-2007, 11:43 PM

a GameStop female employee WAS SHOT AND KILLED about a month and half ago, just as she opened the store.

Holy shit, where at???

Vectorman0

03-22-2007, 11:44 PM

It's about time. GameStop has been robbing kids for years.

*You want to trade in God of War II?...Uhhhh....... $4.*

Gamestop may be "robbing" people, but the employees aren't. And it's how they stay in business.

You really need to think before you post.

Emuaust

03-22-2007, 11:45 PM

On a completely seperate note:

WHY THE HELL ARE ALL THE IDIOTS AROUND HERE ATTACHED TO A PSX nickname?! Stop ruining the damn legacy of that system!

LMFAO, Quote of teh month?

Dangerboy

03-22-2007, 11:48 PM

EDIT::

Here it is, I actually read about it in Kotaku right before going to work.

http://kotaku.com/gaming/murder/eb-clerk-murdered-232453.php

PSXferrari

03-22-2007, 11:53 PM

I would hope that if you're ever shot at, stabbed, or befall bad times, I am there to insult your existance in the same way.

Yes, I hope so too. If I get shot I want it to be for a good cause.

In fact, if I unfortunately survive, I'll even come on and make fun of it with you. You guys need to lighten up and realize that life is more fun if you don't take everything so seriously.

PSXferrari

03-22-2007, 11:55 PM

Gamestop may be "robbing" people, but the employees aren't. And it's how they stay in business.

You really need to think before you post.

Yes, thanks for the hot tip Vectorman. Next time I make a joke about GameStop I'll make sure to be certain no employees were hurt in the incident.

DreamTR

03-22-2007, 11:56 PM

http://kotaku.com/gaming/murder/eb-clerk-murdered-232453.php

LOL 2 seconds too late. Seems like there have been lots of game store robberies lately.

bangtango

03-23-2007, 12:12 AM

Yes, thanks for the hot tip Vectorman. Next time I make a joke about GameStop I'll make sure to be certain no employees were hurt in the incident.

Your original post didn't come across as a joke. It was more like something a troll would write.

If you don't like their trade-in prices, then don't bring games there. If your games are so much more valuable than what GameStop says, then sell them on Ebay.

The same people who criticize GameStop and make jokes about them all the time are also the same people who'd freak over the chance to work for them, which is why I always see posts from people asking about working there.

Darren870

03-23-2007, 12:15 AM

Didn't know it was cool to get shot in the leg these days...must of missed the memo.

I hope the clerk can't walk again, that be even cooler...

PSXferrari

03-23-2007, 12:15 AM

Um...

Just so the IGNORANT FUCKS know, a GameStop female employee WAS SHOT AND KILLED about a month and half ago, just as she opened the store.

Wow, talk about offensive language! What if some little kid saw that?! To make matters even worse, you used the plural form of IGNORANT F***. I'm only one person, so you don't need the "S". Talk about completely corrupting young children.

Darren870

03-23-2007, 12:22 AM

Ban Plz
......

bangtango

03-23-2007, 12:23 AM

Wow, talk about offensive language! What if some little kid saw that?! To make matters even worse, you used the plural form of IGNORANT F***. I'm only one person, so you don't need the "S". Talk about completely corrupting young children.

You're already corrupt, given your views on retail store robbery. Why do I have a feeling you'll soon have around 130 posts, half of which will be able to be found in this thread?

Mianrtcv

03-23-2007, 12:45 AM

A side note... Gamestop and game crazy, whatever store you choose. You choose. If you feel they hose you, then guesss what? Don't use them again.

Horrible to hear the recent robberies and victims plight. It does not matter where you work there are always some idiots around looking for the shortcut to get a buck or things they want but are too lazy to actually work and pay for.
tHE FOLLOWING QUOTE IS TOO TRUE, TOO FUNNY.

"WHY THE HELL ARE ALL THE IDIOTS AROUND HERE ATTACHED TO A PSX nickname?! Stop ruining the damn legacy of that system!"
DANGERBOY

NinjaJoey23

03-23-2007, 12:47 AM

Very sad to hear. I hope the poor guy recovers alright.

bangtango

03-23-2007, 12:57 AM

THE FOLLOWING QUOTE IS TOO TRUE, TOO FUNNY.

"WHY THE HELL ARE ALL THE IDIOTS AROUND HERE ATTACHED TO A PSX nickname?! Stop ruining the damn legacy of that system!"
DANGERBOY

Yeah, it is good stuff. I can see why this guy picked the PSX nickname. Some of the other nickname options out there to choose from have ALREADY had their "legacies" ruined by guys like Bernie Stolar, Trip Hawkins and Sam Tramiel. So he wanted to pick a system that still had a "good name" among most people, I guess.

DigitalSpace

03-23-2007, 01:22 AM

I hope the clerk turns out alright.

Wow, talk about offensive language!

Fuck
Shit
Piss
Cunt
Cocksucker
Motherfucker
Tits

This routine by the legendary George Carlin doesn't need to be improved upon, but I can't resist throwing in one extra word which I think is pretty fitting: Asshat. I'll even give you a sentence: "PSXferrari is an asshat."

Dangerboy

03-23-2007, 01:30 AM

PSXferrari

03-23-2007, 02:35 AM

Your original post didn't come across as a joke. It was more like something a troll would write.

If you don't like their trade-in prices, then don't bring games there. If your games are so much more valuable than what GameStop says, then sell them on Ebay.

The same people who criticize GameStop and make jokes about them all the time are also the same people who'd freak over the chance to work for them, which is why I always see posts from people asking about working there.

Hey again kids. First of all, yes, I would freak over the chance to get paid minimum wage. It'd be a dream come true. But anyways... my original post was intended as a joke-- rather than have a post crying over a GameStop robbery when hundreds of others happen around the country every day, I made a small joke about GameStop's practice of paying almost nothing for trade-ins. In the grand scheme of things, is GameStop's robbery important? No. The only people who consider that news are people who actually live in that town, or idiots on video game message boards.

Personally, I could care less about the practice (I don't trade-in, so it benefits me in cheaper used game prices), but hey, the easy joke was there for the taking. If you didn't find it funny, that's fine. I apologize that I am not a skilled comedian like Dangerboy. But if you could at least attempt to stop being over-sensitive for like 4 seconds, then you might realize that I never mentioned the kid being shot in my post. It did not say "*You want to trade in God of War II... Uhhh... $4* *BANG, BANG; takes money and RUNS*".... however, if you would like I can edit it to that so your overreaction is more appropriate.

Nonetheless, I have to admit that I enjoy being called an Asshat and various other insults. So please keep them coming. Just don't interrupt me while I'm listening to my iPOD, cuz who knows what I'll do.

PSXferrari

03-23-2007, 02:45 AM

Wow, talk about offensive language! What if some little kid saw that?!

What's more offensive; the word you can hear 24 / 7 or the lack of respect for a useless and violent death?

Bangtango:
You forget the Kevin_PSX days....those were...at least tolerable...to a degree...>_<;;

Ummm... no one died. Nor would being shot in the leg be considered a violent way to be killed in comparison to like every other method possible. You guys must be a lot of fun to hang out with when you pry yourselves away from your keyboards. One of your friends makes a joke about all-SACRED things like death or crimes, and he gets "banned" from your group of friends. Right?

DTJAAAAMJSLM

03-23-2007, 03:38 AM

Damn, I really hope that never happens in my area. Hopefully the worker's recovery will be swift.

sonicteam

03-23-2007, 04:07 AM

being shot in the leg is no picnic, i know from experience, but i guess it is better than being seriously injured, hope the guy can go back to work soon

JSN

03-23-2007, 05:50 AM

I highly doubt that after such a trauma this guy would be returning to his retail job. The psychological damage from having something like this happen would make it difficult to want to return. I doubt he�d want to work another job dealing with the public ever again, I personally wouldn�t..

JerseyDevil65

03-23-2007, 07:01 AM

Similar thing happened in a Jersey Game Stop (Route 10, Roxbury) a few years ago, 2 clerks were robbed and then murdered execution style. The crime was unsolved for almost 2 years before they caught and convicted the guys.

I'll never understand how little value some people place on another human beings life.

The Shawn

03-23-2007, 07:23 AM

They should at least give the guy some free in-store credit.

jeffg

03-23-2007, 07:57 AM

It is ironic that murder was in San Antonio to boot, another Texas town.

Burleson isn't that big of a town 25,000 people about. but i guess we are close to Fort Worth so that's what happens.

Good thing it wasn't the females that work there who were in the store though, no telling what might have happened.

An off duty cop seen the guys go in and called immediately for backup, when they came out they were surrounded by cops and opened fire and took off running, the swat team, helicopters and the whole manhunt ensued for about 2 hours after to get 2 of the guys. The swat team eventually caught them in the back yard of my sunday school teachers house. They had ditched the guns but the swat came in and subdued them. The funny thing is my sunday school teacher slept through the whole thing.
He is an ex-air force guy and had his gun in his nightstand as he heard about it right before they went to bed about an hour prior.

Lady Jaye

03-23-2007, 08:03 AM

It doesn't matter whether the shot was fatal or not. The fact is, it's the inherent risk to working retail and it's never a funny news when a clerk is attacked in a robbery.

Would it have been taken more seriously had it been a convenience store clerk instead? Point is, it doesn't matter. It sucks that it happened and it's fortunate that the clerk was only shot in the leg. Doesn't mean it's laughable.

bangtango

03-23-2007, 09:02 AM

Hey again kids. First of all, yes, I would freak over the chance to get paid minimum wage. It'd be a dream come true. But anyways... my original post was intended as a joke-- rather than have a post crying over a GameStop robbery when hundreds of others happen around the country every day, I made a small joke about GameStop's practice of paying almost nothing for trade-ins. In the grand scheme of things, is GameStop's robbery important? No. The only people who consider that news are people who actually live in that town, or idiots on video game message boards.

Personally, I could care less about the practice (I don't trade-in, so it benefits me in cheaper used game prices), but hey, the easy joke was there for the taking. If you didn't find it funny, that's fine. I apologize that I am not a skilled comedian like Dangerboy. But if you could at least attempt to stop being over-sensitive for like 4 seconds, then you might realize that I never mentioned the kid being shot in my post. It did not say "*You want to trade in God of War II... Uhhh... $4* *BANG, BANG; takes money and RUNS*".... however, if you would like I can edit it to that so your overreaction is more appropriate.

Nonetheless, I have to admit that I enjoy being called an Asshat and various other insults. So please keep them coming. Just don't interrupt me while I'm listening to my iPOD, cuz who knows what I'll do.

The only thing more tired than random GameStop jokes are the "in bed" jokes with Chinese food fortune cookies or Fred Ettish jokes on an Ultimate Fighting/UFC board (i.e. a last minute alternate who got pasted and bloodied up in about 10 seconds at a very early UFC event).

kaedesdisciple

03-23-2007, 09:38 AM

Ummm... no one died. Nor would being shot in the leg be considered a violent way to be killed in comparison to like every other method possible. You guys must be a lot of fun to hang out with when you pry yourselves away from your keyboards. One of your friends makes a joke about all-SACRED things like death or crimes, and he gets "banned" from your group of friends. Right?

Apparently, you have not been exposed to real crime, or been anywhere near anyone who has. There have been at least two people brutally killed within 2 blocks of my house in the past year plus numerous other crimes and no, we don't joke about it. Fact of the matter is, it's not funny and neither are you. And before you question my experience, I've been mugged twice and been threatened with various ways to die, including but not limited to beating, stabbing and shooting, all for just existing. Many of those threats came when I was working retail for minimum wage. It's no picnic having your life threatened when you're making crap money. Let's have someone shoot you in the leg, maybe somewhere near the femoral artery, and see how you react. A violent death is still a violent death, no matter how heinous the crime may be.

You shouldn't have to retract anything, because that would be censorship and wrong, but don't jump down everyone's throat for reacting the way they do to your "joke."

DreamTR

03-23-2007, 01:03 PM

bangtango

03-23-2007, 01:27 PM

Given the choice between being an irreverent poster and a boring poster, I will always choose to be "boring."

psxferrari: Just chalk it up as a poor decision and move on. Despite what you may think about people being uptight around here, MOST people will forget all about this thread soon enough. I can't think of too many members around here who hold grudges against a member for one or two mistakes in a post so you'll survive to post another day, unless you end up getting banned for something and if you move on from this minor stink, I don't think you would get banned.

PSXferrari

03-23-2007, 03:39 PM

Apparently, you have not been exposed to real crime, or been anywhere near anyone who has. There have been at least two people brutally killed within 2 blocks of my house in the past year plus numerous other crimes and no, we don't joke about it. Fact of the matter is, it's not funny and neither are you. And before you question my experience, I've been mugged twice and been threatened with various ways to die, including but not limited to beating, stabbing and shooting, all for just existing. Many of those threats came when I was working retail for minimum wage. It's no picnic having your life threatened when you're making crap money. Let's have someone shoot you in the leg, maybe somewhere near the femoral artery, and see how you react. A violent death is still a violent death, no matter how heinous the crime may be.

You shouldn't have to retract anything, because that would be censorship and wrong, but don't jump down everyone's throat for reacting the way they do to your "joke."

I'm sorry to hear about the various crimes in your area. I can understand why people would threaten to kill you, but I have sympathy for you anyways. However, I'm not talking about making fun of specific incidents of death. South Park made fun of Steve Irwin's death and I'm sure all of you children laughed it. But I'm not even talking about that-- I'm talking about death and crime and disease in general. If you can't have a sense of humor about the bads things in life than you are probably a very boring, stressed-out, uptight person. It's joking about things like that and having a sense of humor that makes them much easier to handle when they actually do happen.

PSXferrari

03-23-2007, 03:47 PM

PSXFerrari: It's more distasteful than anything else. I can't recall when you hear of anyone "joking" about robberies with puns from any comedian. If they did so, you wouldn't hear of them having much of a career.

Would you make a joke about some guy getting cancer? I had a friend once who did that in front of my ex-girlfriend whose mother died of colon cancer. Needless to say she was NOT pleased.

Basically you really don't know "who" you will offend these days, that's why people usually steer away from these types of "jokes." Again, it's more of a tact issue than anything else.

Would I make a joke about some guy getting cancer? Hell yeah. Damn, I would make a joke if I had cancer. Let's see, do I sit around a hospital and cry about my sad life, or do I relieve my stress by laughing about it and trying to play the situation off as less serious than it is? Personally, I'd leave the serious stuff up to my doctors, and worrying about living for the time being.

Additionally, I don't care who I offend, unless what I say is actually offensive. And no bangotango, I am not trying to "retract" anything I said. I liked the line and still do. I was just simply explaining why all of you should find a sense of humor, or at least something better to be offended by.

PSXferrari

03-23-2007, 03:50 PM

They should at least give the guy some free in-store credit.

Oh shit, SOMEONE WITH A SENSE OF HUMOR. Everyone: ATTAAAAACK!

heybtbm

03-23-2007, 04:29 PM

psxferrari: Just chalk it up as a poor decision and move on. Despite what you may think about people being uptight around here, MOST people will forget all about this thread soon enough. I can't think of too many members around here who hold grudges

I agree with everything mentioned above.

psxferrrari: Just let it drop. It's already old. Let's stick to video game discussion...which is the reason we're all here for.

Griking

03-23-2007, 05:51 PM

In the leg... not as if someone died. Not that a faceless clerk has anything to do with the corperate mandated pricing on trade-ins. But still, it's not that offensive.

There goes his career as a professional DDR contestant.

Anyways, I wouldn't worry about it, he still has two lives left.

Zing

bangtango

03-23-2007, 06:24 PM

Additionally, I don't care who I offend, unless what I say is actually offensive. And no bangotango, I am not trying to "retract" anything I said. I liked the line and still do. I was just simply explaining why all of you should find a sense of humor, or at least something better to be offended by.

You can't retract what is already up there and I'm not asking you to. I was just giving you advice to nip this little skirmish in the bud before the thread gets locked and your posts start getting watched a little more closely. That advice was to stop fighting back at everyone leaving a reply and let this blow over. Leave it alone and sooner or later the thread will slip down off of Page 1 or people will start talking about something else.

Spartacus

03-23-2007, 06:38 PM

If it makes you feel any better PSXferrari, I recognized your attempt at humor right off. But then, I've been told I have an unusual sense of humor myself. Perhaps that explains my sincere appreciation of The Family Guy and South Park.
I was thinking about Sister Leonella in Somalia who was executed by some folks who were also offended by humor. I hope the fine people on this board won't feel the need to behead anyone over your post, but if this is all it takes to be banned, then please feel free to make it a two-fer. Its spelled Spartacus.

Don't worry yourselves about it, like Sister Leonella, we'll forgive you.

RARusk

03-23-2007, 09:49 PM

"It is ironic that murder was in San Antonio to boot, another Texas town."

About a month, maybe month and a half, ago a female employee (manager) was killed at an EBGames here in San Antonio. As she was opening up the place she was accosted, taken to the back, tied up, and then had a bag placed over her head. She suffocated as a result. While she died, the place was robbed. She was discovered by other employees when she did not answer the phone. Right now, there are no leads to her murder. Shortly therafter EBGames permanently close the store (although I think that had more to do with the fact that there were two other stores within a mile from this one, but still.....)

PSXferrari

03-23-2007, 09:56 PM

There goes his career as a professional DDR contestant.

Anyways, I wouldn't worry about it, he still has two lives left.

Zing

LOL. What's up Griking. Better be careful, no one outside of CT has a sense of humor.

PSXferrari

03-23-2007, 10:02 PM

If it makes you feel any better PSXferrari, I recognized your attempt at humor right off. But then, I've been told I have an unusual sense of humor myself.

Hey Spartacus. Yeah, I know I'm not the only. Daria was quick to come to the defense of it early on. And honestly, I know that the majority of intelligent people on DP would not agree with what everyone else here is saying-- however, once a couple people have jumped on someone's statement, no one is going to defend it for fear of looking like an "IGNORANT FUCKS" and getting jumped on too. And then all the kids join the crowd.

Because, like it or not, the reality is that no one cares about a no name kid getting shot in the leg in a no name town. (No one except that 5 people who opposed it here.) There's far worse things going on in the world. If you can't joke about that, what can you joke about? But I expect kids on a message board to be that way, just didn't realize that DP had Mods like that too. That's why no one posts in the Modern Gaming forum.

PSXferrari

03-23-2007, 10:09 PM

You can't retract what is already up there and I'm not asking you to. I was just giving you advice to nip this little skirmish in the bud before the thread gets locked and your posts start getting watched a little more closely. That advice was to stop fighting back at everyone leaving a reply and let this blow over. Leave it alone and sooner or later the thread will slip down off of Page 1 or people will start talking about something else.

No, why leave it alone? This is too much fun. At this point I realize that you will be boring no matter what I say, so now I'm just having fun talking about this with you guys. If you want it to end, just don't have anyone respond. Better yet, why doesn't Vectorman put his 3 fingers to use and close this topic.

bangtango

03-23-2007, 10:38 PM

That's why no one posts in the Modern Gaming forum.

So the 4,000 or so threads in the Modern Gaming forum appeared out of thin air?

Here is another theory.

Rather, those 4,000 topics are all just really old threads, or phony threads, that were planted here to make it look like people post here when this board is really a ghost town.

I guess that means this post isn't real, the entire thread isn't real and neither am I or anyone else in here.

Berserker

03-24-2007, 12:00 AM

Please, just let it drop.

You've proven your point. You are the raddest and most calloused armchair internet cynic. You win, etc.

Also we have the ability to split off selected posts from threads and lock them, so that we don't have to close a whole thread just because of one dude. That's probably what I'd do, personally.

RPG_Fanatic

03-24-2007, 12:22 AM

We'll you know it was probably someone who was playing Grand Theft Auto. You know these damn kids now days.ROFL

Berserker

03-24-2007, 12:28 AM

So disappointing

PSXferrari

03-24-2007, 02:32 AM

We'll you know it was probably someone who was playing Grand Theft Auto. You know these damn kids now days.ROFL

So disappointing

Yes, much like Berserker, I'm disappointed as well. At least what I said was funny. I got comedians across the country signing up for DP just to PM me and buy that line. You guys should be thanking me.

PSXferrari

03-24-2007, 02:36 AM

So the 4,000 or so threads in the Modern Gaming forum appeared out of thin air?

Here is another theory.

Rather, those 4,000 topics are all just really old threads, or phony threads, that were planted here to make it look like people post here when this board is really a ghost town.

I guess that means this post isn't real, the entire thread isn't real and neither am I or anyone else in here.

See, now you're on to something. That's exactly what I was thinking, but I didn't want to suggest it because it just sounded too crazy.

Good thinking-- I mean, you have to do something to pad numbers when "Classic Gaming" has 8 times as many posts.

PSXferrari

03-24-2007, 02:43 AM

You've proven your point. You are the raddest and most calloused armchair internet cynic. You win, etc.

YES!!! A WINNER IS ME! I knew you guys would finally realize that I was the greatest OF ALL TIME. And this was determined not just by a Moderator, but a SUPER Moderator, so it's pretty much indisputable. Thank you sir.

Well, now that the competition is over I'm willing to accept my victory and drop the subject. Who knows, might even consider retirement. Good luck to you all, and I hope that GameStop employee has a safe and successful return to his job. Break a leg buddy.

neuropolitique

03-24-2007, 10:31 AM

Who knows, might even consider retirement.

please please please please

Drexel923

03-24-2007, 10:57 AM

Well, now that the competition is over I'm willing to accept my victory and drop the subject. Who knows, might even consider retirement. Good luck to you all, and I hope that GameStop employee has a safe and successful return to his job. Break a leg buddy.

For some reason I refuse to believe that. But since this thread has turned into nothing but bickering back and forth, and hasn't had any real post in almost 2 pages I think its run it's course.

LOCKED.