2009年8月27日木曜日
 A great man once said: "Playing UFO Catcher is like opening a savings account." Yesterday, I personally witnessed the true meaning behind the qoute. After a little Viwawa mahjong session with my "Friend" (whom do not wished to have his name published) at Suntec Star bucks, we decided to take a little tour to the nearby arcade center, carrying hopes of groping little girls. As we approaching, we noticed a little crowd at the UFO Catcher section. A group of middle-aged ladies were having fun inserting tokens, beaming with hope of grabbing the poor Elmo which has it's arse facing upward. Initially, it seems pretty exciting because the poor Elmo is so near of being caught by the saliva dripping ladies. But each failure disgust me by an inch. Why? You would ask. After each failure, you will immediately hear 3 x *cling* sound of tokens inserting (For idiots and nerds - each *cling* you heard means 50 cents gone into the machine), the action caused me great disturbance. I don't understand why the fuck people would rather spent over 50 to 60 bucks worth of tokens to grab a poor Elmo that cost about 30? I believe anyone with NORMAL eyes will notice the strength of the grabbing arms are definately too weak to hold poor Elmo up and travel all the way to the exit of "OMG DEAR YOU ARE SO COOL, YOU CAUGHT AN ELMO! MUACKS!" But why do they keep trying? Is it REALLY a fun way of spending money? If these bunch of people spend about 100 bucks a week on UFO Catchers, in less then 2 years will net them AT LEAST a LV bag. I can't comprehend the excitment within, in my eyes, they are just a bunch of retards happily getting their hard earned money milked off by a dumbarse machine which won't even say "Thank you very much for being scammed so happily". My heart ached each time I heard the *cling* sound. I felt the pain of losing money for them. My heart cried and begged for them to stop. This sentence is definately a joke though, I am actually quite happy for them to be able to play such an important role in reviving Singapore's economy, in the nutshell. My friend too, decided to have a try on his luck. He exchanged 4 dollars worth (I think, I don't bare to see) of tokens and talk towards the so-called "EASIEST" noob catcher. It was a small machine, much smaller compared to the rest. The grabbing arms are as tiny as the plushies but it does look kinda strong. Try no.1 started briefly. After a short examination on the grabbing arm's position, he hit onto the grab button. The arm drop exactly onto the position of the....I don't know what that monster's name but whatever. The arms closed up and lift the monster up, it was successful. However, it was nothing worth celebrating, the moment the arms hit the top bar, it immediately let go of that monster. We looked at each other, feeling retarded. Now, is the point where the great man's word got proven on my friend himself. After strolling a few rounds at the UFO Catcher section, he once again stopped in front of the tiny machine. He paused a moment, beaming with a little smile on his face, he grabbed another token out of his pocket. Yes, you guessed it. Since he already opened a saving account, the next step is to put more money into it isn't it? I believe I do not need to explain further. We left empty handed. After this little event, I came out with a conclusion: He got SERVED!   |
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