![Behold the face of idiocy: Swedish gamers already camping for GTA IV [Updated] photo](http://www.destructoid.com/elephant/ul/81199-stupidfool.jpg)
I guess a few Swedish gamers didn't get the memo that you can actually pre-order games in this dazzling 21st century. The above image is one of several insane Swedes who are actually camping outside a store for Grand Theft Auto IV -- damn near two and a half weeks before it even arrives. In comparison I could head into town and most likely pick up two copies on launch day.
Maybe there's some videogame shortage I didn't hear about in Sweden, but this borders on the slightly braindamaged as far as I am concerned. I don't know what's sadder, that these people feel the need to spend over two weeks outside for a videogame, or that they have so little going on in their lives that two weeks are simply that disposable.
I guess this is what hype does to the human psyche. I can understand camping out a few days for a launch console -- barely -- but over two weeks for a continually pressed disc? That, my friends, is ridiculous. You can see more pictures of the insanity at the source -- a Swedish retailer that has captured these crazy people on camera.
Oh well. They're happy ... I guess. They really shouldn't be, though.
[Update: Apparently the first ten Swedes to buy GTA IV win prizes like consoles and things, which is why they have taken half a month out of living to camp there. Whatever. I still think it's pretty stupid and have filed it under the "win at contest, lose at life" category. Seriously, how can you take two and half weeks out of life for a console? Maybe there just isn't much to do in Sweden]
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10:07 PM on 04.11.2008
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He's won already.
Try and have sex with all of all the smoking hot women?
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Speaking as a half Dane (see? I qualify to be a guest on the Podcastle :p), I can say with certainty that Sweden is a shameful country that needs to be looked down upon. Plus they can't handle their liquor very well. :p
Only Swedes can afford to camp outside of Ikea or wherever for two weeks...I on the other hand have to show up to work for my paycheck :
They truly are! I was going to say that.
Jeez, it's just a game. It will be *everywhere* for a long time to come. I can understand why hype might drive people to preorder, but frankly if the game is that awesome, it wouldn't kill people to wait a few days for the reviews to say as much rather than blindly trusting the hype.
The danish is the Canadian of Europe, thus ScottyG~.
Oh, and Samit? Don't forget the monkey wrench! (alright, the Pipe wrench) That's swedish. :D good times.
Someone said thats like getting payed for 2usd/h, haha :D
Oh you ignorant americans....
Well done, Jim. Those stupid bastards will feel sorry when they're playing their GTA4's on the consoles they barely had to pay for. Great going.
lol
I will go down to the store myself and talk some sense into this fool's head... or beat him, hard. With a blunt object.
Still stupid.
Whatever, I still want to go to Sweden.