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The Lurker on 19 December 2008
fazz said:
"Good afternoon beautiful sexy ladies, I was by here looking at Wii games too, and I accidentally heard your conversation. You know, I'm a Wii expert and I HAVE A HUGE WII collection in my place. I can gladly invite you pretties to my house, so you could check the games for frees, also, we could have some drinks or what not..."

Pretties?! Okay, I'll pay that. It's pretty good.

I'd like to suggest the following improvements:

  • Calling them females instead of ladies
  • Some filthy innuendo about how you'd like them to play with your Wii
  • More stress on the 'I have a huge Wii' part
  • More Senor Cardgage-like, e.g. "I accidentally overheard your confabulation" or something


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numonex on 19 December 2008

They made a bad game choice, oh well. We all have to learn from our mistakes.



megaman79 on 19 December 2008

the bizarre irony of this is that the parents didn't buy either of the games with Mario on the cover. What the hell is that? 1st party theories down the crapper



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Grampy on 19 December 2008

I've noticed something in situations like that. If you criticize a game that they are considering, you are much more likely to be ignored than if you praise the better choice. It’s basic psychology, we prefer positive over negative reinforcement.

Here are the two examples and what goes on subconsciously:

NEGATIVE

What You Said: Excuse me ma’am but that game is crap ………
What They Hear: You stupid ninny, you just made a really dumb choice…..
Their Reaction: Who the hell does he think he is to question my judgment…..

POSITIVE

What You Say: Excuse me ma’am but I’ve got Mario Kart and it’s fantastic, and it never gets old ………
What They Hear: You madam have excellent taste in selecting such a fantastic game…..
Their Reaction: See, I can figure out this video game stuff, even that nice young man agrees with me…..



coasterlove on 19 December 2008

I was lucky as a kid. My parents usually picked great games for me. They even bought some stuff I wasn't aware of or probably wouldn't have tried myself. Great example was Starfox for SNES. They thought I might like it and they were right. If I remember correctly, I wasn't interested in it for some reason but after playing it, it became one of my favorite games. Sadly, I doubt this kid will have the same reaction to Carnival Games.



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Kasz216 on 19 December 2008

I'm going to say Carnival games is a lot better then people think.

I mean plenty of similar games have failed.

While this one keeps selling.



Kasz216 on 19 December 2008
fazz said:
"Good afternoon beautiful sexy ladies, I was by here looking at Wii games too, and I accidentally heard your conversation. You know, I'm a Wii expert and I HAVE A HUGE WII collection in my place. I can gladly invite you pretties to my house, so you could check the games for frees, also, we could have some drinks or what not..."

He'd also need to make sure he was wearing his tight slacks which give him a great bugle.

What being a wild and crazy guy.



bigjon on 19 December 2008

i saved a women the other day at Walmart : ). I was so proud.



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FaRmLaNd on 19 December 2008

Should have killed them



kirby007 on 19 December 2008

Great social skills CRAP



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