[quote name='VA']Amazon can 'F' off. Why even have a deal on something that sells out in 30 secs? I got screwed on Batman last night even though I ordered it as soon as it went online.[/QUOTE]
Because there are others out there that are not you who did get the deal and they probably clicked a micro-second before you. And while the orange circle of doom circled and circled, draining your hopes and dreams of fighting and (spoiler!) defeating the Joker, Penguin, Two-Face, Hugo Strange, and Bizarro (Oh noes, did I spoil the plot twist? DID I? You won't know because you missed out on the deal!), elsewhere other bat-fans had their faith in humanity and amazon and freedom and the 1% and capitalism restored by the quick arrival of an, "Add to cart/View your cart" orange button of joy-joy-happy-batgasming.
And now to have the same unhappy dashing of all hopes and dreams of playing a game as the most limber Ordinary Joe with friends who are only mildly less limber and agile despite being old drunks and/or nagging almost-wives... well, that is a wellspring of disappointment. And to imagine that those same bat-fans who were jizzing all over the thought of being able to finally take Catwoman for a test drive while wearing her skin-tight leather are NOW the ones getting to have their way with Nathan Drake, too...
Well, it chafes like wearing jeans after having fallen into a river. It strains like climbing bare rock with your hands for hours on end. It aches like running for hours and hours would. It really does cause suffering. I'm with you. I getchoo.
But this is BF and we're just lucky the Amazon site isn't completely shutting down like it used to years ago. At least we get to watch that little orange circle loop while we're sobbing bleary-eyed at 4 AM in the morning after having set an alarm to be sure we didn't miss that ONE deal we REALLY wanted while we're warm in our jammies and watching TV and browsing the web in our comfiest chair with our blankie wrapped around us, having just taken a break from playing Skyrim which apparently is immune to Dealz.
Time was, friend, we didn't even get a little circle to amuse us. It'd just crash and like that scene in Jingle All the Way where everyone is scrambling on the ground fighting over a power ball to get that last Power Man and not be forced to give their children his plucky side kick Booster, people'd be scrambling to reload that site before the other bajillions and mass panic would ensue as all the mass reloading would keep the site down longer and longer, but no one would know everyone else was locked out. Causing more reloading, rinse, repeat.
If you really wanted the deal and you wanted it so bad you could taste it, you'd do what the maniacs do: go and wait in front of a store after you eat your turkey and pack yourself a turkey sammich. You'll get bonus points if while you wait, about two hours before the store is to open, you begin rhythmically banging on the glass sliding doors with your fists while making a crazy face and saying in a low voice, "Batman."
Over and over, "Batman," you say to no one and to everyone. Increase your volume every fifteen minutes until by the time the employees are on the other side of the double doors, looking afraid and desperate to find somewhere to hide, you're practically screaming it.
"Batman!"
"Batman!"
When the police come to try and subdue you, resist and be sure to swipe your cape/long jacket in the face of any heavily armored SWAT who show up after you easily dispatch the first police who show up. And when they pepper spray you with leftovers from the ones they used on the Occupy Protesters, you take it like a man. A batman. Remember, Batman AC starts with Batman at an Occupy Gotham Protest. (Of course, this is a joke. As we all know, Batman AC is secretly the Rich 1% attempting to defeat the 99% who have become cantankerous because they have been denied things like a warm jail cell, steady meals, an environment not ripe with killing and encounters with super villains on every block.)
So you should ask yourself, WWBD?