Posted Nov 11, 2006 at 03:24PM by Gino D. Listed in: Gears of War, Off Topic, Humor, Games Tags: Epic Games, GameStop, Michigan
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It's a brawl!


When they call Detroit, Michigan, "Motor City," they weren't kidding. Because when the gears of war are running the motors of the D, things get a bit out of hand. Puns aside, a scene happened at a local GameStop when Epic Games' Gears of War was released.

Everyone was sure excited over the game's release, true. But when a 15-year-old lined up for it, he got more than he bargained for. When the cashier had announced that their last copy of the game was just purchased, a 36-year-old guy in the line named "Deion" snapped. He started yelling and tried cutting in line, until eventually a brawl started.

The poor teenager got beaten up and was taken to the hospital once the police arrived to restore order. Now arrested for aggravated assault, "Deion" is waiting for an arrangement at a correctional facility. As for that final copy of Gears of War... nobody ended up with it. It was taken in by the police as evidence.

So, what's the lesson here, kids?

When justice is served, cops get a free game! Haha!


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   by rolly poly (Unregistered) - 2006-11-11
 » damn...

what the hell is this world coming too... it's a video game for christ sakes.

mod your 360 and download it until you can find a copy.

i think Epic should give this kid something special. granted it wasn't Epic's fault. the kid still got his ass beat for trying to enjoy their game, and he didn't even get to keep the copy he paid for.

this is the kind of ***** that makes me think, a "shockingly excessive show of force is the best deterrent". kill the *****er and lets see if it ever happens again...


   Re: ahahah (Unregistered) - 2006-11-11
 » ahahha

First off, when Gears of War was released no one even cared. There were about 30 copies at every store I went to that day. Oh, and PS, all of you are idiots. That kid will sue for plenty of money and live happily ever after. Go F. Yourselves!

   Re: k (Unregistered) - 2006-11-18
 » k

yea u want to live in a society that would do that?
   by roseysdaddy - 2006-11-11
 » serves him right

epic should find the kid and beat him again for the bad publicity. whats a 15 year old doing in line for this game in the first place???


   Re: Lawl (Unregistered) - 2006-11-11
 » Haha

I just walked into Costco yesterday to get mine. There was practiacally nobody there.

   Re: . (Unregistered) - 2006-11-11
 » .

^ That's cause poor people go to costco!

   Re: Lawl (Unregistered) - 2006-11-12
 » RE

And gay *****gots like you go to the Home Depot to give free handjobs!

   Re: ballsackjoe (Unregistered) - 2006-11-12
 » WAHT!!!

FREE HAND JOBS! IM THERE!

and dont be mad because your a poor *****a

don b hatin playa

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   Re: Lawl (Unregistered) - 2006-11-12
 » WTF

WTF I am definetly not poor, we just like to buy stuff in big amounts. And you can *****a my balls mother*****er
   by impwiz (Unregistered) - 2006-11-11
 » ah

I was in this gamestop the day before GOW release, bought a wireless headset, and the lady almost convinced me to preorder from there. I'm glad i didn't, i went to a suburbia chainstore to get it, less violence.


   Re: ArcaneView (Unregistered) - 2006-11-12
 » heh

Was this the 8 and Gratiot store? It wouldn't surprise me if it was.

   Re: impwiz (Unregistered) - 2006-11-12
 » re

no, jefferson and st. jean.
   by Laetty (Unregistered) - 2006-11-11
 » ...

Man thats f'ed up, i would never expect to get my ass beat for a game... maybe a game console but I think epic should give this kid somthing special, ***** he didn't even get the game he paid for like the dude in the first place said... holla back..

   by sad (Unregistered) - 2006-11-11
 » this is not funny

this is really sad. granted the kid should have not been in line for a "M" rated game, but wheres his parents? they let him stand there only to get his butt beat up by some smacktard with a anti-grasp on reality. that deion or whatever guy should be chained to a pole @ that kids high school, and let the teens smacktalk him till he cries. kids are mean. but this 15 year old wanted gears of war, i dont think his parents would of got it for him, so he was probably with an older brother or 18+ person to buy it for him, im 27 and i got carded when i bouhgt it! so basically he had no business in line, he already broke some rules i f any. if hes anything like the teens ive played with so far, maybe he had it coming. still beat up a kid? really sad no one deserves violence over a game. people these days are terds. another case for jack thomson. nice job deion. sorry you got hurt kid hope your ok.


   Re: . (Unregistered) - 2006-11-11
 » thats bull*****

im 21 and i still think anyone over 14 can play an M rated game, they see more controversial stuff on the internet while looking at porn
   by Spine (Unregistered) - 2006-11-11
 » gow

Rated M for Mature. Neither one of them should have it.

   by Can Gears of War be the Halo killer? (Unregistered) - 2006-11-11
 » Can Gears of War be the Halo killer?

Recently, there have been a lot of talks on ‘Craps of War’. MS said that when Sony releases the PS3 (it means Apr. 2006 - before the PS3’s delay), they’ll walk right into ‘Crapalo 3’. What a rubbish lie that was. Halo 3 will not be ready to be released until Nov. 2007 (the unofficial confirmation). How dare MS lied that Halo 3 will be released 19 (nineteen) months before the actual release date? Crapalo 3 was the reason all those idiots bought the Crapbox 360 including me because Halo 3 is the only game which is worth $70 among all X360 games.

Now, MS’s saying “play Craps of War instead” when this GoW is as good as Perfect Dark Crap? We don’t want another crap from you MS which sets low standard for the developers; therefore, developers can release craps with low budge and short production time. The followings are some examples: Crap Rising, Ghost Recon: Advanced Crap, Craps Row, Lost Crap (lost cause?), Phantasy Crap Universe, Crap Witch, Crapman Returns, Splinter Cell: Double Craps, Dead or Crap 4, Project Crap Racing 3, et cetera. MS must learn this fact. One A graded game is far better than ten class B or C games all added together, moreover one class A game needs less budget, time and brain power to make than 10 class B games do.

Crapbox Live Service is a total joke and nonsense; everyone but idiots knows such common knowledge. Such online service is totally free in PC gaming industry (except RPGs of course). MS started this whole ret@rded nonsense years ago because they have no moral. Sony’s PlayStation Network Service (PNS) is free exactly like the one in the PC industry. Sony also recently officially said in a document that they will never do (in the future) such nonsense & crazy thing to their consumers like MS has done with their XBL.

Now it’s a fact that Microsoft is a totally rubbish company. They have always run MS in such ways. Now what MS is doing? MS is releasing tidbits of info on Crapalo 3 from this Nov to Dec on 20 different days. No one has time to check out all those tidbits on Halo 3 scattered all over the net during 20 days. MS needs to learn how to shut up until they actually release it.

* 5 reasons why Craps of War’s gonna be the Halo killer. (Pros)
- Xbox fanboys are just happy if they see MS brand name on their games (so many people buy computer mouse from MS just because there’s MS logo on it)
- I heard a rumor that half of all X360 owners are those people who think their TV speakers can talk to them (these idiots think they are soldiers when they play first person killer games like GoW)

* 5 reasons why Craps of War is not gonna be the Halo killer. (Cons)
- Very bad frame rate when the actions are intense (it’s playing slide show, stutter-fest)
- GoW is all about camping (because of the 2nd person view); therefore, frustratingly boring
- Skilled players camp with shooting & hiding tactic again and again; noobies will come to them then those noobies will be killed easily by the skilled campers by shotgun or chainsaw.
- Button A is context-sensitive and easy to use; but the matter is that when you want to run away, sometimes you will be locked on a nearby wall instead; then he will have a very easy kill.
- 8 for MP (any first person killer game which can’t support at least 24 players is like not having any multiplayer mode at all, my Call of Crap 2 X360 version is collecting dust)
- the most boring standard team deathmatch (TD) mode only


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   Re: Buluen (Unregistered) - 2006-11-11
 » good job

So way to change topic to fanboyism. This is about a kid being beaten up not about how many reasons you can list a console you do not even own yet is better.

   Re: tim (Unregistered) - 2006-11-12
 » sony

u stupid sony fanboy

   Re: ballsackjoe (Unregistered) - 2006-11-12
 » hahaha

listen to this kid talk like he has any level of intellegence

there are only 2 pros and six cons, when you said 5 each, so learn to count

now i will bash PS3 even though i would take one if i got it for free

PS3 will fail because no one besides dirty 30 something year old men will buy it

no appealing games, too expensive, not buyer or developer friendly, the reasons are obvious why PS3 likes it anally

I swear to god Sony must employ dumb*****s like this to post shtit on forumns to try and appeal to the public by bashing things that they dont own

Its simular to racism...
BLACK GUY:im black and its better to be black because you have a HUGE pen1s
WHITE GUY: NO! im white and its better to be white because you can get a good job and have a moderately big pen1s
ASIAN GUY: ***** both of you

   Re: ENFORCER (Unregistered) - 2006-11-12
 » HMM

this a copy and paste from the last subject...what a moron

   Re: Lurker (Unregistered) - 2006-11-13
 » Stop posting this BS

Stop cut and pasting this BS. Your a Sony fanboy, we get it. But if you expect anyone to take you seriously, you need some better arguments. I grade this position paper ... F.

Now back on topic, you inconsiderate fool.

I hope this 36 year old serves jail time. People like him are the scum of the earth

   Re: Mal F4cti0n (Unregistered) - 2006-11-13
 » Idiot!

What frame rate issues are you talking about? The only framerate issues I had (and all the professional reviewers of the game) were during the cut scenes. Which I can care less about as I am not playing and they only make up about 1% of the gametime (no Final Fantasy pre-rendered 5 hours of cut scenes here). Have you even played this game? Do you even own a 360?

I have been playing since Wednesday.....I played for about 5 hours online yesterday. No lag ever, and certainly no framerate issues.

You must work for EA!
   by some guy (Unregistered) - 2006-11-11
 » Old

OOOLLLDDDD news again! "24/7 coverage of the latest xbox 360 news" Haha, right.

   by DoctahhDooom (Unregistered) - 2006-11-11
 » ahahah

why does that guy keep posting his craps of war post? Did anyone actually read it?

I was playing Gears of War today, and I had a blast.

yupp, so hows waiting for the PS3 going? ahaha

Yeah, I guess maybe that 30 year old was having a bad day?


   Re: 360 fan (Unregistered) - 2006-11-11
 » loving Gears

I am with you. I have been happily enjoying my 360 for a year now, and one of the best shooters ever just came out.

I guess while I am enjoying Gears, all those PS3 fanboys are enjoying those gay "floating PS3" comercials on TV.

Back on topic, I live near Detroit and honestly, when a big man named Deion starts freaking out, you get the ***** out of there. Its also a possibility that the 15 y/o might have been one of those REALLY annoying kids, and was irritating everyone in line. If you live in that kind of area, you either know how to keep out of Deion's way, or you are a special kind of stupid.
   by angry (Unregistered) - 2006-11-11
 » .

that kid should be awarded the chance to piss and crap on that dumbf**k. "deion" ... hmm his actions and his name lead me to only once conclusion.. if the kid did indeed get the chance to crap on the ass... the kids ***** would probably be lighter then that dark asses skin..and yes.. im assuming that this "deion" is black..

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   by SlamSlayer (Unregistered) - 2006-11-11
 » Wow Can Gears of War be the Halo killer?

Ill take a wild guess and say your under 16 and under. How orginal, let me replace various words in a titles name with the word crap. Im so witty. What a moron. Your like sony fanboy propaganda. Im no fanboy to either side. Im a gamer. I enjoy the best from all worlds. But seriously how stupid are you. Half the titles out there that you listed are having there name praised to no end. Look at the scores most of them get.

GoW alone had at least say 8.9s to perfect 10s (or 4.5s to perfects 5s) almost everywhere. Slide show? I play co op split screen and co op link cable and ive only experienced noticable slow down in one single area, and there was no enemies so it did not affect my gameplay.

Your arguments make NO sense. Xbox Live is crap? Xbox live is the reason online play is so damn popular with consoles. Until live, online play was a thing for computers. Look at sonys online so far. The playstation (or if you were a ms fanboy, im sure you would call it the gaystation and think your damn witty) has HORRIBLE online play. Its not a standard feature so half the games out there that would benifit greatly from it (be it for multyplayer or for patches) dont.

Also the ps2 had one of the worst launches imo. The systems broke down plenty. Play a dvd on it and it burns up the things power. Lets not even start with the fact that the old system can barly read any new games out on the thing.

If anyone here deserves to get "creamed" its you. I cant stand fan boys from either end of the spectrum but you go above and beyond the call of moron.

   by stan (Unregistered) - 2006-11-11
 » in reply to the crap guy..

I really try to not just come out and say it but your a damn moron! First you call halo crapola and then state that its the reason you bought your 360, bit contradicting but OK. Second bill gates said halo 3 would come out day and date w/ps3 RIGHT after he said it tons of ms execs/pr folk jumped up to say it wasn't true that it had no firm release date. As for your whole xbox live is crap because it costs money, again you show your ignorance, most pc games are free for YOU to play because someone else is PAYING to host the servers if you looked into the prices to host say a bf2 server you'll find its far more then $50 per year.
Another thing dont call games non-A titles when you have no clue what makes something A+, take splinter cell ghost recon, dead or alive, hell all the games you listed are A+ titles, last time i checked money spent on the game and money it made make it a A title. As for "Sony also recently officially said in a document that they will never do (in the future) such nonsense & crazy thing to their consumers like MS has done with their XBL." first id say show me where sony said this but i believe they really did sony is very arrogant but thats not the point, if i remember correctly sony release a HDD for ps2 couple years back which was function with like 2 games(both mmos) and you couldn't even store data on the thing IMO thats a pretty ridiculous but even further when they re-released the ps2(just a way for sony to charge the same amount for a system that costing them way less to produce) they completely abandoned the hdd altogther. So please dont act as if sony is this great customer service company, ive not seen 1 person claim MS is so your kinda proving a moot point anyway.

   by trsgnxgfsngfxhn xfn (Unregistered) - 2006-11-11
 » Hmmmmm

Deion sounds like a black guy's name. What a surprise


   Re: trsgnxgfsngfxhn xfn #2 (Unregistered) - 2006-11-12
 » Hmmmmmm

You sound like a typical racist

   Re: ballsackjoe (Unregistered) - 2006-11-12
 » to #2

boogie boogie nahgger!!
   by Dante18 (Unregistered) - 2006-11-12
 » poor kid

But y is this kid in line when geow is a M rated game?
maybe that got the guy mad and beat him up.....

   by scuzzy19 - 2006-11-12
 » Great

Jack Thomson is gonna have a field day with this one


   Re: Gino D. (QJ. NET Staff) - 2006-11-13
 » now that you mention it

LOL
   by sakura (Unregistered) - 2006-11-12
 » .

what is it with everyone trying to say there was 30 GoW games in stock at a store is that supposed to be an insult? Gow has been out for a dew days now and games arent like consoles they are only sold out the first 1 or 2 days and quickly restock GoW sold out everywhere day 1 and thats what counts.

   by "can GoW kill halo?"is an idiot (Unregistered) - 2006-11-12
 » idiot only one A+ game

15 C+ or B games does add up to one A+ Halo one and two made xbox, but sony had a hundred B games, and they owned xbox in sales. that is gonna change, becuase finally xbox has some designer support

   by lol (Unregistered) - 2006-11-12
 » try

First of all if Mr. Deion tried to beat me up he would end up with a concuscion and a eye that was screwed up and second then i would sue him after he fight lol ^_^ so both ways i would win

   by DL (Unregistered) - 2006-11-12
 » Maybe...

This moron should be thrown in the can for years. Maybe then the repeated broomstick love-fests he sees will snap him back to reality.

The problem is, this guy couldn't sue this nuc-nuc for anything, since he probably lives in the 'jects and his Chrysler 300 is about to get repo'd.

   by sup (Unregistered) - 2006-11-12
 » ok

first of all ur talkin ***** about ps3 mainly cuz u dont have one and ur dum ass went to go buy a gaybox tell me wat is the best game on gaybox to da on the market im so f in pissed of my xbox it was a wrth less pice of sh it i was a Xbox fan boy ever since i played Halo wich i add is a good game :) but thats the only reason i bot that Gay box ima sell the bull shi ty system teh day Ps3 comes out on the street for 250$ and buy some ps3 sh it i loved Xbox but i just realized how pathetic it is the only people dissing PS3 are the people hoo have bot gaybox ima gald im sellin my shi t payin for internet online play the only reason i wuld pay on line wuld be for halo 3 (halo 3 is the down fall of the halo franchise) and i hpe halo falls flat x box is wack go sell yours and yuull be lucky somone will buy the pisce of crap it sux ps3 beats it in performance grafics multimedia and it runs blu ray (hay xbox was smart and they just came out wiht a 200 $ doller addon to play HD-DVD movies on the gay box) wrth less crap anmd peeple sayin Ps 3 is over priced add 200 bux to your alredy bot 400 dollerr machine and i think tahts how much a ps3 will cost ........... shi t im tired of u ha8ters stop dissin the ps3 look at wat u bot ive just realised how pathetic my system is . THE REAL REASON XBOX CAME OUT FIRST WAS BECUZ THEY NEW THEY WULD NO BE ABLE TO COMPETE WITH THE PS3 WHEN IT CAME OUT srry i just have to say Xbox shulda spent more time in DEVELPMENT (u no wen u make things better and wrth it ???) ima sell my wrthless pices of crap full with bugs and overheating problems microsoft is a wrth less company.im not a ps3 fanboy u may think so but i just realised how stupid the Xbox is


   Re: Birk (Unregistered) - 2006-11-13
 » Amazing

Amazing....simply amazing. I think if I heard that outloud my ears would bleed.

   Re: Lurker (Unregistered) - 2006-11-13
 » What is this guy saying

Ok, im not even reading this. Seriously, you shouldnt type on forums if you dont understand common words and how to use a comma or semicolon.

And FYI, there is not one peron bashing the PS3 or Sony in this thread. There is only people defending the GOW and X360 bashing.
   by Azazil (Unregistered) - 2006-11-13
 » .......

And that is why Fanboyism sucks.
No, but seriously, my eyes are bleeding. Ret@ard-to-English translation: I bought Xbox, played Halo, now I'm dissing it because that was the one game I played and I think Xbox sucks now. Then I'm going to sell it for $250 on PS3 launch (Good luck buddy, no ones going to buy that old used piece of sh** from you for $250), and I'M GOING TO SAY XBOX CAME OUT BECAUSE OF PS3 WITH MY CAP LOCKS ON. Then I'm going to say that Microsoft's first attempt at the console biz should have spent more time in Dev.(Then explain what that means to people how clearly have workin' Brains), and finally say I'm not a PS3 fanboy(Yeah right, and I'm Nomura) and say I finally realized that Xbox sucks.
(I wonder how many rules of the English language I broke right there.....Heh, oh well, I hate LA.)
............Um.....Yeah....Do you ride the little bus to school?
(BTW, like SlamSlayer, I'm a Gamer, not a Fanboy. Sorry if you took offense to anything in my translation. My friend got GOW and IT IS AMAZING.)
((P.S. To the 15-year-old who got his ass beat: Hope you feel better! ;^^ ))

   by -Sonic (Unregistered) - 2006-11-13
 » hell yeah

damn strait ill fight for it too not that its ca cool game it sucks 4 me but when the ps3 lauch comes out ill *****ing bring my bat ready to beat the crap out of anyone who gets in my way!!!

   by Azazil (Unregistered) - 2006-11-13
 » What is wrong with you?

So you're going to beat the hell out of people if you don't get the PS3? Oh sh**, I can see into the future! I see....I see...you're dropping your soap in prison....AH MY EYES! *Dies*

   by microsoft owns (Unregistered) - 2006-11-13
 » crapalo what a *****ty word

Listen kid you have no idea.... sony is out 0of ideas and its time someone stepped in Gears is a kickass game if your the kind of gamer who likes planned shooters crapbox 360? more like next gen behemoth go cry more you damn sony fanboy

   by g (Unregistered) - 2006-11-18
 » a

Lol i can just picture someone whos willing to beat up a 15 year old kid in line playing ***** like this



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