Ok so I'm still in denial, I had to prove to myself that hl2 wasn't on the shelves by visiting the stores themselves. Here's my story
In my excitement I woke up this morning at 7:30 a.m. and immediately got dressed and took a shower, not necessarily in that order... I waited for 11 o'clock to come around and hopped in my car and raced on down to Best Buy as they were my favorite store for buying retail games. When I arrived at the store I could've sworn I saw Gabe Newell dressed as a Best Buy employee enter the store. I knew it must be a good sign. I walked in with a smile on my face and was greeted by the man at the front. I made my way to the games section and looked around for about 10 minutes... I couldn't find it. I figured that maybe they just sold out real fast but I asked an employee anyways. He said that Half-Life 2 isn't due for another month. I said hell no today is the 30th, half-life 2 is supposed to be released today, YOU LIE! and I sat down and hooked my arm around the case. The guy just slowly backed away and I was asked to leave by security...
Ok so the first store didn't go so well... I decided to make my way over to Electronics Boutique. When I arrived I thought I saw fragmaster dressed up as gordon freeman passing out free copies of hl2 but when i got closer i realized it was some pothead wearing an orange shirt trying to make people take some sort of survey. So I made my way inside the store and checked under new releases. I did not find any Half-Life 2. I ran up to the employee, slammed my hands down and yelled "WHERE IS IT!!!" He looked at me with a blank stare and said "What the hell are you talking about?" I said "You know damn straight what I'm talking about. You bring out your copies of Half-Life 2 right now or else all hell breaks loose." He than proceded to call me an idiot and tell me half-life 2 was delayed. I pointed at him and said "You're one of them." and ran out of the store screaming.
Ok at least I didn't get mall security called on me... or maybe I did but there golf carts never got there in time... Anyways my chances looking pretty slim I decided to take one last shot at it and drove on down to, ewww.... Wal-Mart. I went inside and looked around their games section. I looked for a few minutes and saw millions of copies of Battlefield 1942: secret weapons of WW2 but I couldn't find any Half-Life 2. At this point it hit me. I broke down and fell to me knees. I started to cry right there in the store screaming "NO, NO, IT'S NOT TRUE, I REFUSE TO BELIEVE!!!!!" Before I knew it I was surrounded by a bunch of Wal-Mart security. They told me to stop making a scene. I kept at it, they picked me up and dragged me out the door but they could not silence me for many people heard my screams of "THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE. DO NOT BELIEVE FRAGMASTER FOR HE IS A FAKE. KEEP ON FIGHTING AND YOU WILL FIND THAT IT IS DONE!!!!!!"
All in all I'd say I had a pretty good day, hell I'm eating del taco right now
In my excitement I woke up this morning at 7:30 a.m. and immediately got dressed and took a shower, not necessarily in that order... I waited for 11 o'clock to come around and hopped in my car and raced on down to Best Buy as they were my favorite store for buying retail games. When I arrived at the store I could've sworn I saw Gabe Newell dressed as a Best Buy employee enter the store. I knew it must be a good sign. I walked in with a smile on my face and was greeted by the man at the front. I made my way to the games section and looked around for about 10 minutes... I couldn't find it. I figured that maybe they just sold out real fast but I asked an employee anyways. He said that Half-Life 2 isn't due for another month. I said hell no today is the 30th, half-life 2 is supposed to be released today, YOU LIE! and I sat down and hooked my arm around the case. The guy just slowly backed away and I was asked to leave by security...
Ok so the first store didn't go so well... I decided to make my way over to Electronics Boutique. When I arrived I thought I saw fragmaster dressed up as gordon freeman passing out free copies of hl2 but when i got closer i realized it was some pothead wearing an orange shirt trying to make people take some sort of survey. So I made my way inside the store and checked under new releases. I did not find any Half-Life 2. I ran up to the employee, slammed my hands down and yelled "WHERE IS IT!!!" He looked at me with a blank stare and said "What the hell are you talking about?" I said "You know damn straight what I'm talking about. You bring out your copies of Half-Life 2 right now or else all hell breaks loose." He than proceded to call me an idiot and tell me half-life 2 was delayed. I pointed at him and said "You're one of them." and ran out of the store screaming.
Ok at least I didn't get mall security called on me... or maybe I did but there golf carts never got there in time... Anyways my chances looking pretty slim I decided to take one last shot at it and drove on down to, ewww.... Wal-Mart. I went inside and looked around their games section. I looked for a few minutes and saw millions of copies of Battlefield 1942: secret weapons of WW2 but I couldn't find any Half-Life 2. At this point it hit me. I broke down and fell to me knees. I started to cry right there in the store screaming "NO, NO, IT'S NOT TRUE, I REFUSE TO BELIEVE!!!!!" Before I knew it I was surrounded by a bunch of Wal-Mart security. They told me to stop making a scene. I kept at it, they picked me up and dragged me out the door but they could not silence me for many people heard my screams of "THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE. DO NOT BELIEVE FRAGMASTER FOR HE IS A FAKE. KEEP ON FIGHTING AND YOU WILL FIND THAT IT IS DONE!!!!!!"
All in all I'd say I had a pretty good day, hell I'm eating del taco right now
