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Well, not camped but went to a midnight sale of a WoW expansion and there was a bit of a queue.
Did something similar for Doom 4, but never camp out.
Same. The only time I have ever waited in line for a game release was the midnight launch of The Burning Crusade expansion for WoW and I can't say it was worth it. Certainly never did it again if that tells you anything.
Friend and I did this and setup a lan party. Not realizing we’d be spending most of the night updating the game….
Same here. I had been playing World of Warcraft for over a year and still hadn't reached max level with my main character, so I spent a whole day grinding to finish off the last few levels. Then I walked down the street to my local Walmart and went to hang out in the electronics section until midnight.
This was back when Walmart was open 24/7. I asked an employee where they would be releasing the Burning Crusade Collectors Edition and they said they'd bring them to the electronics register exactly at midnight. So I started a queue next to their sole register. By the time midnight struck, there were about a dozen people behind me in the line.
It was the first and last time I showed up for a midnight release of anything. I personally thought it was worth it, but I never did it again. The next WoW expansion released while I was stationed overseas with the US military, so I had to order it online.
This was me as well. Which expansion did you do that for? For me, it was wotlk and it was really fun at the time but looking back, nothing particularly memorable happened. Except that I went home and had to install the game so I didn't get to play till the next day anyways.