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Author:  Marsupial [ Fri Sep 05, 2008 5:54 pm ]
Post subject:  fake gas station highjacks

tought you guys might find this funny or interesting...

Publicity stunt around the video game release of Mercenaries2 - mercenaries "take over" a gas station and give away free gas.

http://news.bigdownload.com/2008/08/29/ ... gas-in-la/

look at the "live broadcasts" in thumbnails at the bottom of this link
http://info.break.com/static/live/v1/pa ... ries2.html

in addition to the LA free gas event, the had one in London, UK, but people weren't that happy. Particularly the politicians.
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jYz ... UETxRzbk4w
http://www.gamepolitics.com/2008/09/05/ ... -residents

Anyway, tought it was funny.

Author:  RustiSwordz [ Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:20 pm ]
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They did this and the Police stepped in and shut the Petrol Station down because it jammed the roads for miles and it was getting a bit strained, looks like prosecutions may follow.

It was on London local news UK.

Author:  Marsupial [ Fri Sep 05, 2008 9:42 pm ]
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weird thing is, it worked like a charm in LA.

Author:  Doc [ Sat Sep 06, 2008 6:41 am ]
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Marsupial wrote:
weird thing is, it worked like a charm in LA.


It's California... That is one odd place to start with :wink:

Author:  SGM Baldwin [ Sat Sep 06, 2008 7:56 am ]
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Let me get this straight... the give away free gas and people are mad at them? Coocoo.

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