Harford robbers steal more than 100 copies of 'Call of Duty: Black Ops'

• BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2010-11-08 03:14

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  Handgun-wielding robbers who burst into a video-game store in Harford County over the weekend made off with more than just cash. They also stole more than 100 copies of the highly anticipated "Call of Duty: Black Ops," which won't go on sale until Tuesday.
  
  At least two men were involved in the robbery, timing it for when the GameStop in the Festival at Bel Air shopping center on Bel Air South Parkway was about to close on Saturday night, the Harford County Sheriff's Office said Sunday. The men, armed with semi-automatic guns, stole four cases full of "Black Ops" — the newest game in the popular "Call of Duty" series — as well as cash and game systems. Police arrived on the scene around 9:20 p.m.
  
  It was the second armed robbery of a Harford County GameStop store in less than three weeks. The sheriff's office said the men might also be responsible for the other incident, at the GameStop's Aberdeen location on Oct. 21.
  
  While the robbery at the Bel Air store was under way on Saturday, two customers stopped by and were forced into a storage area at gunpoint. Neither they nor store employees were hurt, the sheriff's office said.
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  The "Black Ops" games stolen Saturday night had been set aside for sale on Tuesday, said Monica Worrell, a spokeswoman for the sheriff's office. Fans across the country have pre-ordered copies to avoid missing out.
  
  " 'Call of Duty: Black Ops' isn't out there 'til Tuesday, so anybody that has it today or tomorrow shouldn't have it," Worrell said Sunday, asking residents to call the sheriff's office if they're offered copies before the release date.
  
  The game — rated "mature" for intense violence, strong language and "blood and gore" — can be pre-ordered from retailers for about $60. It's a first-person shooter in which gamers play from the perspective of several characters, including a member of two secretive CIA squads. An Associated Press article about the game noted that developers tried to make it feel like "an epic interactive action flick."
  
  The robbers who stole the game from the Bel Air GameStop fled in a late-model white minivan, police said, possibly a Dodge Caravan. A late-model white minivan was also seen at the time of the Aberdeen robbery.
  
  A GameStop manager referred press inquiries to a corporate spokeswoman, who did not return a message seeking comment Sunday.

  
  
  Harford robbers steal more than 100 'Call of Duty: Black Ops' video games - baltimoresun.com
  
  how to catch them
  
  1. Buy copy of black ops for less than $60, maybe $50 without tax
  2. Turn them into police and collect rewards
  3. ???
  4. PROFIT
  
  don't worry, they only have semi-automatic pistols
  and everyone knows that pistols are terrible
  
  P.S. oh wait
  call of duty is terrible
• Moppy wrote on 2010-11-08 03:20
  They better sell those quick because Black Ops is out soon.
• Mrlucky77 wrote on 2010-11-08 03:42
  Now, this is a story all about how
  My life got flipped-turned upside down
  And I'd like to take a minute
  Just sit right there
  I'll tell you how I became the prince of a town called Bel Air
  
  In west Philadelphia born and raised
  On the playground was where I spent most of my days
  Chillin' out maxin' relaxin' all cool
  And all shootin some b-ball outside of the school
  When a couple of guys
  Who were up to no good
  Startin making trouble in my neighborhood
  I got in one little fight and my mom got scared
  And said 'You're movin' with your auntie and uncle in Bel Air'
  
  I begged and pleaded with her day after day
  But she packed my suitcase and send me on my way
  She gave me a kiss and then she gave me my ticket.
  I put my walkman on and said, 'I might as well kick it'.
  
  First class, yo this is bad
  Drinking orange juice out of a champagne glass.
  Is this what the people of Bel-Air Living like?
  Hmmmmm this might be alright.
  
  But wait I hear there're prissy, bourgeois and all that
  Is this the type of place that they should send this cool cat?
  I don't think so
  I'll see when I get there
  I hope they're prepared for the prince of Bel-Air
  
  Well, the plane landed and when I came out
  There was a dude who looked like a cop standing there with my name out
  I ain't trying to get arrested yet
  I just got here
  I sprang with the quickness like lightning, disappeared
  
  I whistled for a cab and when it came near
  The license plate said fresh and it had dice in the mirror
  If anything I can say that this cab was rare
  But I thought 'Nah forget it' - 'Yo homes to Bel Air'
  
  I pulled up to the house about 7 or 8
  And I yelled to the cabbie 'Yo homes smell ya later'
  I looked at my kingdom
  I was finally there
  To sit on my throne as the Prince of Bel Air
  
  And then some guys stole more than 100 copies
  of CoD BO (Body odour) from a shop nearby
• Lolicon wrote on 2010-11-08 04:43
  PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFT.
• Ruquion wrote on 2010-11-08 21:31

  [s]Neither they nor store employees were hurt,[/s] the sheriff's office said:
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• Zid wrote on 2010-11-09 20:15
  This is pretty old news.
  
  Not surprising considering how well Call of Duty is and how hyped up Black Ops is.
• BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2010-11-09 23:17

  Quote from Zid;209801:

  This is pretty old news.
  
  Not surprising considering how well Call of Duty is and how hyped up Black Ops is.

  
  
  News article
  10:00 p.m. EST, November 7, 2010
  
  Thread
  1 day ago
  and this was posted around midnight
  
  and if u want old
  read brad's threads
  he posts like a year late
• Hiccup wrote on 2010-11-09 23:23
  :thumb:
• Piko wrote on 2010-11-09 23:34

  Quote from BobYoMeowMeow;208183:

  and everyone knows that pistols are terrible

  
  
  Pistols? Terrible? Are you kidding me?
• BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2010-11-09 23:41

  Quote from Pikablu;210037:

  Pistols? Terrible? Are you kidding me?

  
  
  no
  and the cat is talking about real life.
• Piko wrote on 2010-11-09 23:44
  Probably because you don't have any opposable thumbs.
• BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2010-11-09 23:47
  pistols arent accurate at all.
  not to mention its something u only hold with one hand
• Arsik wrote on 2010-11-10 00:03

  Quote from BobYoMeowMeow;210050:

  pistols arent accurate at all.
  not to mention its something u only hold with one hand

  
  
  Pistols are pretty accurate, and with the effective range for them, it's more than enough accuracy than you need. And you can most definitely use two hands to use a pistol. In fact, a majority of the time, people use two hands to fire a pistol to reduce recoil and increase accuracy. Only people trying to be badass use one hand to fire a pistol. And then everyone laughs at that guy because he wasn't expecting the recoil to be so strong and thus either drop the pistol or injure himself if he is using a strong enough gun.
• BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2010-11-10 00:04
  not accurate enough for a zombie apocalypse
• Piko wrote on 2010-11-10 00:07
  In the case of a zombie apocalypse, a Pistol is something you want around. They're easily the most common firearm that's legal to find. You aren't going to magically find something as effective as a Machine Gun or Shotgun lying around in a city. Not to mention ammo is much more easy to scav.