Yay! PS3! I' m lining up tonight!!!

Because I' m getting paid $300 to stand in line for someone else! And they are providing the tent and all of the food! I' m set! Hmm... I may just pick up a Zune with that money.

XBL Gamertag: Rampage99

" Basically, pollute the air all you want, your just speeding up the inevitable. Our future generations are f*cked as it is and there' s really nothing we can do about it. Have a nice day "

Get me one aswell please

Rest in PEACE Cetra and GANGSTA you guys will be missed..........

Sounds like a deal to me.

Shit anyone wanna hire me as a line sitter? Please anyone? Ill provide (steal) my own tent and food...just give me $$$...

Lucky bastard!!!

" One who knows nothing can understand nothing"

Come launch day Rampage, might I suggest you have three of your closest friends join you, and make sure they' re all strapped? I have a bad feeling crime across the U.S. is going to rise by 50% come launch day for the PlayStation 3... I' ll be remaining indoors locking everything down

Terry Bogard - currently the most Unhelpful member of the Kikizo forums.

ORIGINAL: Terry Bogard

Come launch day Rampage, might I suggest you have three of your closest friends join you, and make sure they' re all strapped? I have a bad feeling crime across the U.S. is going to rise by 50% come launch day for the PlayStation 3... I' ll be remaining indoors locking everything down

Have you managed to secure a machine Terry?! You' re getting Ridge Racer aren' t you!

Well I' m definitely getting a Zune now. My current Nike MP3 player bit the dust and it' s under warranty so I' ll trade that in, get $150 from that, then use $100 from the $300 I get for sitting in line to buy it. So basically I' m getting a free Zune plus $200. R0x0rZ.

XBL Gamertag: Rampage99

" Basically, pollute the air all you want, your just speeding up the inevitable. Our future generations are f*cked as it is and there' s really nothing we can do about it. Have a nice day "

Have you managed to secure a machine Terry?! You' re getting Ridge Racer aren' t you!

No and Yes ..

No I haven' t secured a machine yet. I' m still waiting for the price gougers to get a life . But I imagine that once the PS3 launches in the U.S., the rip-off price of the import versions will go down and I' ll be able to snag an import unit then.. I' ll pick up a U.S. unit sometime next year after Sony supplies stores with enough units so that regular walk-in customers can pick one up no problem (I ain' t pre-ordering $hit!), but I won' t be in any kind of a hurry to do so given that Sony has supposedly done away with regional lockout in PS3 games.

And yes I' ll be getting Ridge Racer 7.. Though, now, that may depend on how close it is to the Xbox 360 version. If it' s basically the 360 version with a few new tracks then I' ll probably skip the PS3 version as I wasn' t all that crazy about the 360 version.. It seemed to lack LIFE!!

OR maybe I' m just spoiled by the PSP versions of Ridge Racers 1 & 2 that the newer console versions just don' t seem as fun to me????

Terry Bogard - currently the most Unhelpful member of the Kikizo forums.

Y' know, i hear that many many Japanese machines made their way to, and are being sold in, China Town, New York City.

And yep, RR7 is RR6 with a few new tracks (6 i think), and a revamped colour scheme + new music and cars. Some of the textures have been changed and there is no CG title sequence. Or at least that' s what people have been claiming...

You don' t like FPS games and so obviously won' t be getting Resistance. Dd you buy Gears of War?!

You don' t like FPS games and so obviously won' t be getting Resistance. Dd you buy Gears of War?!

Not yet!! I still haven' t even picked up Dead Rising yet!! YES I know, I suck!!! I picked up Smackdown vs. Raw 2007 yesterday for the 360. So far so good!! I' ll definitely pick up the other games once I clear out my game review plate!


NCS will be shipping me a PlayStation 3 once import prices stabilize.. Right now they' re sorta getting raped so they usually advise waiting a little while. It' s basically the Japanese PSP launch scenario all over again. So I' ll be watching their updates like a hawk, waiting for that magic price point to where I can pick up the phone and tell NCS, " NOW!"

And yep, RR7 is RR6 with a few new tracks (6 i think), and a revamped colour scheme + new music and cars. Some of the textures have been changed and there is no CG title sequence. Or at least that' s what people have been claiming...

Ugh.. I might have to pass on it then and just put more effort in the 360 version.

Terry Bogard - currently the most Unhelpful member of the Kikizo forums.

Well guys... have a nice couple of days. I' m off to my friends house where we will be getting ready to go to Best Buy. I' ll only have to stay until midnight tomorrow since that' s when they' ll be handing us the tickets for the console. Can' t wait to get my Zune!

XBL Gamertag: Rampage99

" Basically, pollute the air all you want, your just speeding up the inevitable. Our future generations are f*cked as it is and there' s really nothing we can do about it. Have a nice day "

Remember Rampage, on D-Day (launch day) make sure you have 2 - 3 well-armed friends with you as you' re leaving the store with your brand new PlayStation 3.
Make sure one of them is ready to shoot out some tires during a car chase as well

Terry Bogard - currently the most Unhelpful member of the Kikizo forums.

300 bucks, I' d do it. Do you get the money regardless or do you have to actually get a PS3?

Terry what is NCS???

" One who knows nothing can understand nothing"

Y' know, i hear that many many Japanese machines made their way to, and are being sold in, China Town, New York City.

I' d heard that from a friend in NY, but didn' t believe him. It would make sense though, the price gouge must be even bigger in that case though.

so if uyou cant get a ps3 do you still get to keep the $300?

Terry what is NCS???

My favorite importer
www.ncsx.com

Terry Bogard - currently the most Unhelpful member of the Kikizo forums.

Good stuff! Me want stuff from that site!

Rampage we' re going to need your take on the Zune. When my Nano dies I' m considering replacing it with a Zune.

I' m alive, safe, and smelly as hell. 3 days without a shower or sleep. I' m just about dead. So tired... and the worst part is I don' t get to sleep until tonight. I' m at school right now... I should really go home but I' m already here. I made my $300 plus some, lol. Came out to $340 cause the guy gave me a tip. I' m happy.

Yeah, I got the Zune. It' s freaking phenominal! I' ve had quite a bit of experience with the iPod since my roomate has it and imo the Zune pwns it.

Everything about the Zune is awesome! The look, the feel, the interface, and of course the behometh of a screen with absolutely stunning video quality! Watching videos on this thing is what I love the most. It' s amazing! The Zune comes with a bunch of awesome videos (both for mvie stuff and music) and the quality is outstanding. I' ve watched " The Kill" by 30 Seconds to Mars like 20 times on it already. The quality is insane (and the song and video is pretty damn awesome)!

It also came preloaded with several songs. They aren' t stuff I normally listen to but it' s not bad. The sound quality is great with those. this brings up my only complaint with it though... my songs skip. I think it' s because of my transfer or something and not the direct fault of the Zune. It' s skips... a lot. I think it had something to do with my transfer of the songs. I don' t think it' s the Zune' s fault since the skips are actually in the songs and it' s not a random occurance. I' m going to try wiping all the songs and putting them back on... this time with the laptop plugged in and with an internet connection incase there are any updates to resolve this problem.

I' ll let you know how that turns out. If it doesn' t work I' ll return this one and get a new one to try again. If that fails too I' ll get an iPod video even though the huge decrees in screen size will kill me. I freaking love the Zune. I better be able to fix the skips.

XBL Gamertag: Rampage99

" Basically, pollute the air all you want, your just speeding up the inevitable. Our future generations are f*cked as it is and there' s really nothing we can do about it. Have a nice day "

Rampage, does the Zune support .wav and .avi formats?? I' m looking for something that supports both and will fit in my shirt pocket. The Zen Vision W looked great but that thing looks way too big for a shirt pocket..

Terry Bogard - currently the most Unhelpful member of the Kikizo forums.

I haven' t looked into what types of video it plays back yet. I know WMV works (that' s a given) but I' m not sure about AVI.

I' m praying the song skipping thing is easily fixable. If that problem is taken care of I' m 100% sold on this thing. If not, it' s going to be a problem because I' m primarily using it for music (duh) and listening to constat skips is going to drive me crazy.

Honestly you guys really need to see a video played on this screen. It' s incredible!

XBL Gamertag: Rampage99

" Basically, pollute the air all you want, your just speeding up the inevitable. Our future generations are f*cked as it is and there' s really nothing we can do about it. Have a nice day "

320 x 240?! No thanks. My cellphone' s screen is the same resolution and is a damn sight sharper because it' s smaller.

My iPod Video doesn' t get used and the only thing i watch video on is my PSP (which happens to have a stunning screen), it' s just annoying it has to be MP4 formatted video.

Zune looks cooler than iPods video but the bulkiness is offputting. I don' t use my IPod video and ended up leaving the Vision M well alone for the same reason as Terry.

I pretty much take my laptop everywhere i go so the smaller the better when it comes to stuff like this. For audio i use a 4GB iPod Nano but i' m not even keen on that because iTunes is a comeplete annoyance.

Meh, DS Lite needs video playback...

Skipping problem fixed! I love my Zune!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

XBL Gamertag: Rampage99

" Basically, pollute the air all you want, your just speeding up the inevitable. Our future generations are f*cked as it is and there' s really nothing we can do about it. Have a nice day "

Good, I know I had the same problem with my little 512 Zen Nano. (AKA SouthPark episode hub, I rarely use it for music anymore) But it was because I used their in house media player to upload. That thing was terrible.[:' (] I threw it all through WinMedia and it was much happier. Enjoy your Zune, and a fresh shower.

For audio i use a 4GB iPod Nano but i' m not even keen on that because iTunes is a comeplete annoyance.

It' s why I don' t bother with Apple. If I did, I' d spend so much time decoding Itunes stuff to mp3 it' d drive me nuts.

I love the fact that the Zune software automatically converts (or it might just play) the iTunes format. That feature alone blew me away!

XBL Gamertag: Rampage99

" Basically, pollute the air all you want, your just speeding up the inevitable. Our future generations are f*cked as it is and there' s really nothing we can do about it. Have a nice day "

Zune is most assuredly something I am looking forward to getting, however I need to get past paying off some bills getting a Wii...then seeing if I have enough to get it :P

" What most people need to learn in life is how to love people and use things instead of using people and loving things."
~ Unknown ~

It' s definitely worth getting. It' s the same price as the iPod but has 25% more battery life, a bigger screen, awesome video quality, wireless connectivity, a FM tuner, looks better than pretty much every mp3 player out there (my personal opinion), has a great menu/interface, and overall just feels like a high quality item. It' s an awesome product. The only thing I really really really wanted the iPod for was the Nike+ feature for my runs. I can live without it though. I' m extremely happy with my purchase.

XBL Gamertag: Rampage99

" Basically, pollute the air all you want, your just speeding up the inevitable. Our future generations are f*cked as it is and there' s really nothing we can do about it. Have a nice day "

Damn Rampage it sounds like you got one hell of a deal, and he tipped you 40$ on top of the 300$...what a guy.

You answered every question I had on my mind about Zune and sold me on the device. The only reason I would even consider buying another iPod when my nano dies is to have a player to support my songs, but if Zune can do it then I' m there.

ORIGINAL: Agent Ghost
The only reason I would even consider buying another iPod when my nano dies is to have a plyer to support my songs, but if Zune can do it then I' m there.

Oh, it can. What a great purchase.

XBL Gamertag: Rampage99

" Basically, pollute the air all you want, your just speeding up the inevitable. Our future generations are f*cked as it is and there' s really nothing we can do about it. Have a nice day "

Does the Zune have Line In stereo recording straight to uncompressed WAV? If not, then no sale.