Drunken Condom-Flicking Mars U.K. Games Awards

[theaceplaya]

This is why we can't have nice things

 

[Moosejaw]

I'm sure these guys set respect for video game rewards, what little there existed, back about 10 years. I think a good portion of the blame should be rested on whoever let these guys sponsor this thing without checking them out.

 

[lacktheknack]

"Several attendees at the event witnessed the Grainger Games table flick their branded condoms

Grainger Games brand condoms.

THERE. ARE. NO. WORDS.

 

[ssgt splatter]

Wow. This is pretty bad. I hope they feel inadequet now.

 

[lacktheknack]

What, they didn't even use the condoms before putting them in people's food? Amateurs.

If there's no semen involved, I don't want to know.

The article didn't deny it, I don't think...

 

[I-Protest-I]

Davies is a great comedian, saw him live a while back. This entire thing stinks and a few people should have just had the shit beat of them. Should have done it in the north where they would have too.

 

[Distorted Stu]

I love Graingers (Its mainly foudn in the Northen UK area.. slowly working its way down south) just for its stupid cheap games and deals!

So this article made me lol

 

[Cousin_IT]

f'king Northern monkeys

I always presumed Grainger games was a one off independent store. One I often walked past but never really wanted to go inside of coz it looked pretty shabby & I was a piss poor student.

 

[Scrustle]

I live in the UK and I've never heard of that shop chain. They made themselves look pretty idiotic with this, so if I ever come across them I'll be sure to avoid buying from them.

 

[rob_simple]

Grainger Games is a brilliant chain of shops, but they are hard to find. They sell games for ridiculously cheap prices; first and second-hand.

 

[technoted]

One of these opened up where I live and everyone relentlessly mocks it for being shit, this proves that everything about it is utter shit.

 

[Beryl77]

Ugh, what idiots. Whether the actual shops are good or not, I'm going to avoid them.
But this isn't such bad marketing. This way, they got much more press than they would have gotten if everything had gone smooth. I doubt that there would have been any real news about them in that case. Even though I said, I'm going to avoid them, press like this one, does attract customers and I'm pretty sure that the number of customers is going to rise in the next few weeks.

 

[Sizzle Montyjing]

Pfft!
I didn't even know these shops existed!
Much like with most of the residents of the UK...

Also, Greg Davies is AMAZING.
Don't be dissing the giant now, or he will destroy you!
(reference from his stand up)

 

[DannyJBeckett]

I've been to the Grainger Games store in Leeds once, and it made my eyes bleed with the sun-orange colour scheme they have going. Other than that, they have nothing to offer to me that I can't get from, say, CEX. After this little escapade I shall not darken their door again.
This was their big chance to raise their stance in the UK retailers market, and with this, they haven't just shot themselves in the foot, they went ahead and cut the whole leg off with a chainsaw.

 

[Leftnt Sharpe]

I'm from the North and I've never heard of them until now. Apparently the stores nearest to where I live are in Blackpool, Skelmersdale and Accrington. All of which are shit holes. However their business strategy does sound very Northern so bonus points for that.

 

[Random Name 4]

In Britain we call these people "dirty northern bastards"

 

[Pipotchi]

I live in London and have never heard of these guys, according to their map their most southern store is in Nottingham so that makes sense.

 

[purplegothchick]

Grainger Games sounds like the best place ever. Who doesn't want their game store clerks snorting hardcore drugs and drinking, all the while flipping condoms at the customers? Not I!

As for Grainger Games. There's one in Liverpool. I find it cheap, tacky and overpriced.

I work for the Grainger Games in Liverpool and, when we heard about this today, we were all conmpletely and utterly MORTIFIED. We work so hard and they've just shit all over that. We honestly can't believe that the people who run the company would behave like this and we're really disappointed in them because now, we're the laughing stock of the gaming media community.

I want to point out that they don't represent us in any way, we're shocked that they could find it appropriate to behave this way when it's such a pretigious event. Please don't judge us by their behaviour, we do our best at store level to help people as best we can and it feels like they've destroyed our reputation in one fell swoop.

So fucking embarrassed right now, and I'm just a lowly sales assistant, I wasn't even there.

 

[Greni]

What's the big deal? Businessmen and coke come a long way baby.

 

[TheRightToArmBears]

Shame, because Greg Davies is pretty damned funny (even if I mostly know him from The Inbetweeners). And I've never, ever heard of Grainger Games. To be honest, they sound like they suck. I mean, condoms? Classy.