To the Stars
Yeah, its days like these that make me proud I live in a large community, with lots and lots of computer stores! That sells lots and lots of games! Let me tell you, the mess that I endured this morning, almost holding me back from the SWG goodness that everyone else would be partaking of, except me. Oh, the gaming Gods smile down upon me today!
The adventure begins around 9ish. I wake up, take a shower and do the female things that most females do in the usual ritual. Well, if you minus the war paint and the hair teasing, just throw something on that looks about half way color coordinated and flip flops, I'm ready to head out the door. The boyfriend of course comes along for the ride, even though he won't be joining me in my endeavor to the virtual stars, but it was good to have a mediator at the time. So, there we are on the road, me blabbing on about some of the games features, trying to in some way entice him to get a copy. Telling him about what I was going to do in some form or fashion and the PA that I was going to join in on as soon as I got in game.
We arrive at the first stop, CompUSA. Not a bad store, quite good and well stocked for even the games that turned gold a couple of weeks ago. However, they were unusually quiet this morning. We walk in there, eyes peeled for any form of paper covered box with aliens and SWG written on it. Alas, to my surprise, no box existed on these four walls. Standing and thinking for a moment, I went to the Customer Service Desk and asked them when their copies would be arriving in today. Mind you, this is around 10:30 and most stores have already received their load of black box goodness.
"We won't get ours until July 15th. They pushed the shipping date back on us." The Manager stated.
"You got to be kidding' me..." I retorted. The Manager slowly shaking their head while having their front and lower lips pressed together in a state of false disappointment.
This wasn't good. I was at least expecting a box or three arriving in their doors sometime today. They were of course my trump card to beat the others at their game. Alas, this dealt a hard blow to my gaming desire. So, I bided them well and pressed onward.
The boyfriend patted me on the back and I gave the car keys to him, while I spot the next store just across the street. It's a Game Stop! And they're bound to have the salvation that I need. I get dropped off at the front of the store while he goes to find a parking spot. I walk in, only two people; good this should be a quick kill! The retail guy is at the desk, talking with some military dude, making a purchase of; you guessed it, SWG. But he has two...
I stand there in line with agonizing pain until the guy hands over the dough and leaves. I walk up to the retailer and ask him if he's got any copies for sale giving him the evil eye.
"I just sold my last two unreserved copies. Do you have a preordered copy?"
I stand there in the horror that is my life, for the brief moment that I spent over in CompUSA, could've been spent here to get one of those copies. I don't even respond to the guy and just walked out the door, dragging the boyfriend out by the shirt collar! I was fuming, there had to be a store around here with some extra copies. My options were running thin and my anger rising to the limit. I wasn't about leave the area without a copy. So I pressed on to my next store, EB.
We drove over to the mall; our last two stores were there. EB and another Game Stop. I wasn't about to try the Game Stop again, since there must've been some plot against me, I could feel it! So in a last ditch effort, I made my way to EB in mad haste, almost drooling at the mouth. I walk in the store to find a couple of boxes stacked upon one another. Surely those were the boxes that held the goodness that I sought. The retail guy walked back to the desk and asked me how he could help me.
"You have SWG?"
"Yes we do. You have a pre order?"
"No, but do you have any available?" Giving him the evil eye of course. Because if he didn't, I was about to go medieval on his tail! Hell hath no fury than a woman being held back from what she wants!
"We do have a few copies left..."
"Gimme one..." I stated in a way like I was claiming a piece of land!
He put the box in a nice little bag with receipt and change in hand. My salvation is at hand and I thanked and praised him for wanting to keep his life intact.
I drove back and installed the game, now all I have to do is wait a few hours until I can make the station account, log and verify my game, make the account, activate it and I'm set! The lengths that I go to keep the gaming count high in my blood....
