Man Robs GameStop for 100 Copies of MW2
Hot item.
Without a doubt, Modern Warfare 2 is the hottest item over the last week, literally, as someone robbed 100 copies of the game on the day of launch.
According to the AP, a man walked inside a GameStop at around 7 p.m. on November 10 and told clerks that he has a friend waiting outside who would shoot them if they called the police.
The man then stole 100 copies of Modern Warfare 2 and some other items with a total retail value of $6,900.
Modern Warfare 2's launch was the biggest in game history with an estimated 4.7 million sold on the first day in North America and UK.
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Nothing about that sentence is literal.
This is pretty old news, but still pretty funny.
But seriously, IW screwed over MW2 and PC gamers, we all know it, now let's stop hearing about it. None of us are going to buy it, so why do we need to hear about it?
That's a lot of pissed off pre-orderers.
Yeah the game is crap, I have it. There is always a person seriously dragging every one else down with really bad ping or hosting the game with really bad ping or you just get dropped back to the lobby by their shitty pairing system and then you have to start all over again. When that happens you see every single person drop out of all the games literally. That is what literally means by the way "SOMETHING THAT IS TRUE!" LMAO.
None of us are going to buy it? are you so sure?
Why steal 100 copies? Sell them?
Nothing about that sentence is literal.
You just have to read between the lines. Clearly tomshardware is saying he stole the games because he was freezing his hands and the game is (as they say) literally hot.
Nothing about that sentence is literal.
The term 'hot item' is often used to describe stolen/black market goods which are known, i.e. a rich man has his unique watch stolen, that's now a 'hot watch'; if you try to pawn it you could get in trouble.
The term 'hot item' is often used to describe stolen/black market goods which are known, i.e. a rich man has his unique watch stolen, that's now a 'hot watch'; if you try to pawn it you could get in trouble.
So it is literally figuratively hot?
Instead of driving/walking to gamestop and robbing the games, why he couldn't just get them off piratebay? lol!
I don't understand why grammar police comment so much here.
Age old news is AGE OLD.
I will play the game ONLY if he gives me one
The term 'hot item' is often used to describe stolen/black market goods which are known, i.e. a rich man has his unique watch stolen, that's now a 'hot watch'; if you try to pawn it you could get in trouble.
Well done, sir. You are correct.
Hot, besides referring to a state of temperature, can also characterize something recently stolen or smuggled, such as "hot merchandise" or "a hot car."
A literally hot item would be at a very high temperature. An item that is prone to being stolen is not literally hot unless you're stealing a freshly cooked steak or something.
I don't understand why grammar police comment so much here.
I don't see one comment about grammar. Unless if by grammar, you don't mean grammar.
So if you see somebody trying to sell off 99 copies of MW2 (keeps one for himself), you might have a pretty good idea of who that is
That's gonna be one hell of a LAN party, or at least it could be if the game supported more than just 9v9.
Probably an angry PC gamer wanting to burn them all...
Probably an angry PC gamer wanting to burn them all...
hehe +1 for this post.
I think this guy is not going too far with those games. Isn't there some sort of database that holds this licenses? Well Gamestop should just report them and they will be successfully blacklisted on IW's activation.
But as someone said, the guy will have to hand them as a gift, I wouldn't buy that game.
in addition, I don't like to buy stuff that appears to be stolen.
This is pretty old news, but still pretty funny. But seriously, IW screwed over MW2 and PC gamers, we all know it, now let's stop hearing about it. None of us are going to buy it, so why do we need to hear about it?
You cant say that we should stop mentioning it and none of us is going to buy it when its the top seller since day one.. Its simply not possible.
WTF!
I mean really. That's just crazy.
You cant say that we should stop mentioning it and none of us is going to buy it when its the top seller since day one.. Its simply not possible.
Yes, but exactly how many copies were sold on consoles compared to the PC
Maybe if were lucky he burned them all, MW2 (Modern Waste 2)!!!
I remember when MW2 stood for MECHWARRIOR 2!!!!!!
Well done, sir. You are correct.Hot, besides referring to a state of temperature, can also characterize something recently stolen or smuggled, such as "hot merchandise" or "a hot car."
No, it's not correct. If an item is hot, literally, you are making the statement that the temperature of the item is hot. Nothing about the written sentence is literal unless the 100 copies of Modern Warfare 2 were abnormally hot to the touch.
Haha some Pissed PC gamer who was thinking if he robbed all the copies he could then that would be his contribution to the dent we want to make in Activision/IW's profit.
Nothing about the written sentence is literal unless the 100 copies of Modern Warfare 2 were abnormally hot to the touch.
Marcus is using a play on words with "hottest" in that the game is selling like crazy and the fact that those 100 copies are now a "hot" item on the black market as stated earlier.
In any case, was there even a "friend" outside the store?
I wonder if this is how they are inflating their sales numbers. Now that store will order 100 more copies.
Hmm, maybe I'll get lucky and find one of these at the local flea market and hopefully for at least half price...might be worth checking eBay too!
Nothing about that sentence is literal.
Ummm, yes there is.
"Hot" means stolen.
that sounds like an inside job if you ask me