Stefan Gagne (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} twoflower) wrote,@ 2008-04-17 13:52:00 |
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Continuing Adventures of Upgrade Hell
Last night I got capped IMs (30+) within three hours.
I decided to go in an even further idiot-proof the hat. Now it does a silent check to make sure you have your 2.0 rod out before it offloads its stats and shuts down. I should've done that from the start; I think my optimism was assuming people wouldn't patently ignore the instructions being given. Hopefully, that'll cut down on things.
Problem is, ye old "email is COMPLETELY broken" instead of "email is unreliable" bug has resurfaced and nearly every old rod is shut down -- and some folks haven't upgraded their fishing areas, either... so that factor may offset any leniency I gained by adding more idiot proofing...
One week. I tell myself: One week of this mess and then things should be sorted out. ENDURE.
I had a fun adventure in commerce yesterday. I think I might've posted about this before, so pardon doubles, but Amazon.com gave me $50 in pity money since I own an HD-DVD drive. GameCrazy gave me $20 in cash for selling Mass Effect 360. That means that I have come out $10 on top, since I paid $60 for Mass Effect 360 to begin with -- I am now the owner of a Mass Effect PC preorder and a $20 MS Points card for Rock Band purchases. 'tis a weird, wild, digitally downloaded world we live in, folks.
Speaking of digital downloads, go buy Sam & Max Season Two. And Season One if you haven't already. Go ahead, I'll wait. You can get them at TellTale Games. They are AWESOME. Supremely awesome. And what's more awesome? Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People is being developed by them as ANOTHER great episodic point and clicker, this time for the Wii and for PC! I love it -- a small studio makes a killing on entirely digital downloaded games in a genre people claimed has been dead for ten years. SCORE. Makes me believe I can be successful, too! ('cause I am. Totally. Fishing has paid in return for all the frustration it causes.)
Last night I got capped IMs (30+) within three hours.
I decided to go in an even further idiot-proof the hat. Now it does a silent check to make sure you have your 2.0 rod out before it offloads its stats and shuts down. I should've done that from the start; I think my optimism was assuming people wouldn't patently ignore the instructions being given. Hopefully, that'll cut down on things.
Problem is, ye old "email is COMPLETELY broken" instead of "email is unreliable" bug has resurfaced and nearly every old rod is shut down -- and some folks haven't upgraded their fishing areas, either... so that factor may offset any leniency I gained by adding more idiot proofing...
One week. I tell myself: One week of this mess and then things should be sorted out. ENDURE.
I had a fun adventure in commerce yesterday. I think I might've posted about this before, so pardon doubles, but Amazon.com gave me $50 in pity money since I own an HD-DVD drive. GameCrazy gave me $20 in cash for selling Mass Effect 360. That means that I have come out $10 on top, since I paid $60 for Mass Effect 360 to begin with -- I am now the owner of a Mass Effect PC preorder and a $20 MS Points card for Rock Band purchases. 'tis a weird, wild, digitally downloaded world we live in, folks.
Speaking of digital downloads, go buy Sam & Max Season Two. And Season One if you haven't already. Go ahead, I'll wait. You can get them at TellTale Games. They are AWESOME. Supremely awesome. And what's more awesome? Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People is being developed by them as ANOTHER great episodic point and clicker, this time for the Wii and for PC! I love it -- a small studio makes a killing on entirely digital downloaded games in a genre people claimed has been dead for ten years. SCORE. Makes me believe I can be successful, too! ('cause I am. Totally. Fishing has paid in return for all the frustration it causes.)
