Just becasue they host it on live , to me anyway, doesn't seem to mean that they are responsible for THQ charging a fee for this, unless I missed somewhere that said, "Microsoft hold's THQ's President hostage! Are you BAD enough to save the president, or fork over 5 bucks for maps?". If I did, mea culpa:)
In a sense it does, as I haven't heard of the horrid customer service horror stories of horror from Squeenix, but to be fair, I haven't really looked, whereas you hear about Sony's award* winning customer service everywhere.
*Hey, Suicide and and Worst Customer Service Ever! Awards are still awards dammit!
This joke stolen blatantly from PC Accelerator(RIP)
Possible troll pandering, but how is Microsoft responsible entirely for this? Becasue the game might be X Box exclusive(I don't know, I haven't really payed attention to the game.) From what I understand THQ is responsible for the charge because it's, y'know, their game and all.
I do, but another tragic human flaw is to repeat it's own mistakes. All i can do is hope I can teach my children to follow their minds and hearts, and not rhetoric from anyone who claims to have their interests in mind.
Hasn't it always been "Us vs. Them" throughout history? Going back to the the 70's and 80's, it was Us. vs the Reds, and before that Us(whites) vs them(blacks or vice versa), and before that it was Us(USA) vs Them(Germans and Japanese). Going back further provides even more examples of this thinking. In my own conjecture, I think that boiling everything down to black and white, us and them is fundamental to the human being. It's difficult to hate a person, but much easier to hate Them. I think at one time or another we are all guilty of this, myself included, but what makes us human is our abilityh to recognize this and try to reach above the baselessness.
If I remember correctly, it more as a co/op mixed with deathmatch, as there was only two players allowed, each being a different facet of the whole who vied for control or something to that effect. Any corrections would be appreciated, as I am digging into the already foggy depths of my brain meats.
Posting the clearances of other Troubleshooters is clearly a sign of a Commie Mutant Spy trying to undermine Friend Computer and is clearly punishable by death.
Oddly enough, a couple of friends and myself LOVE to put the CPU on Madden and SSB:M and place bets or just laugh and have fun. Maybe the smog from LA kills our brain gnomes...
Yes, that would be me, but I mean come on, anyone who hasn't beaten it by now has no intentions of it, so its totally win-win! And if you haven't beaten it yet, then I am truly sorry, but you fail it.:) KTHNXPLZDRVTHRU!
I miss my Daily Radar and PCXL personally. I still have a few back issues of PCXL and they still make me laugh to this day. Plus I always felt that most of their reviews were spot on.
Customer service anywhere is alot like sales anywhere, only the duplicitious or the masochist survive. Especially when jobs are on the line based purely on numbers and not customer service in any kind of conventional sense. Thats what you get when you corporatize SERVICE I suppose...
Coming from a low level employees view from AT&T Wireless, AFAWK the system didn't keep track of the message in question, it just kept a log of each sent and received, there wasn't a reason to actually keep a log of the messages.
Coming out of working at a call center for B C&G Wireless(Name mispelled to protect the "innocent") This was precisely the case. We all busted ass working with constricting rules(calls had to be under 5 minutes and still result in x number of contract renewals, you couldn't say to the customer the truth about outages in both the wireless network and the systems[everything was was always "Updating"],jackhole policies each month[like sticking a Regulatory Programs Fee while still fighting Line Number Portability and then screwing that up], and last but not least, wonderful employee policies[we got a bonus every quarter and a value share bonus every year, and if you weren't actually employed on the day they give out the bonus, you are screwed.) I'm glad I did get out of there and now I try to warn away potential customers so they won't have to deal with the crap I had to shovel on people. Plus, alot of reps took the easy way out and just started lying(like most of the High Scoring Call Centers did.) Just my two cents.
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Just becasue they host it on live , to me anyway, doesn't seem to mean that they are responsible for THQ charging a fee for this, unless I missed somewhere that said, "Microsoft hold's THQ's President hostage! Are you BAD enough to save the president, or fork over 5 bucks for maps?". If I did, mea culpa :)
In a sense it does, as I haven't heard of the horrid customer service horror stories of horror from Squeenix, but to be fair, I haven't really looked, whereas you hear about Sony's award* winning customer service everywhere.
*Hey, Suicide and and Worst Customer Service Ever! Awards are still awards dammit!
This joke stolen blatantly from PC Accelerator(RIP)
Possible troll pandering, but how is Microsoft responsible entirely for this? Becasue the game might be X Box exclusive(I don't know, I haven't really payed attention to the game.) From what I understand THQ is responsible for the charge because it's, y'know, their game and all.
I believe this is Square-Enix's outing, not Sony's.
Not to rag on Sweden, they have some fine looking women, good chocolate, and make a helluva meatball, but what are they preparing to defend against?
I think he was being humble, and not trying to show off his leet Ultima skillz. Truly an american icon :)
I believe TB is a virus, and as such is not alive perse, but I could be wrong...
I personally didn't remember a damn thing about his backstory. Failure si me I suppose.
I do, but another tragic human flaw is to repeat it's own mistakes. All i can do is hope I can teach my children to follow their minds and hearts, and not rhetoric from anyone who claims to have their interests in mind.
Bah enough pontification. BOOOBIES!!!!!1111oneoneonetwo.
Hasn't it always been "Us vs. Them" throughout history? Going back to the the 70's and 80's, it was Us. vs the Reds, and before that Us(whites) vs them(blacks or vice versa), and before that it was Us(USA) vs Them(Germans and Japanese). Going back further provides even more examples of this thinking. In my own conjecture, I think that boiling everything down to black and white, us and them is fundamental to the human being. It's difficult to hate a person, but much easier to hate Them. I think at one time or another we are all guilty of this, myself included, but what makes us human is our abilityh to recognize this and try to reach above the baselessness.
Someone terminate this citizen, he is obviously a Commie Mutant Traitor as he divulged secrets of purple clearance!
Ack. Its been a long time, and the system wasn't mine. But still, I demand the 2800 make its revival. screw the 2600 ;)
What about us 2800 people? Why don't we get our comeuppance? I WANT MY SPACE INVADERS OLD SKOOL!
Frist post.
/Dr Doom
/end Dr. Doom
You fools! Dr. Doom cannot die! He is so mighty that you merely lull him into a (painful) sleep!
Gordon wasn't smart, didn't you read the expose in PCXL? His major was Shopping cart pushing with a minor in astrophysics!
If I remember correctly, it more as a co/op mixed with deathmatch, as there was only two players allowed, each being a different facet of the whole who vied for control or something to that effect. Any corrections would be appreciated, as I am digging into the already foggy depths of my brain meats.
Posting the clearances of other Troubleshooters is clearly a sign of a Commie Mutant Spy trying to undermine Friend Computer and is clearly punishable by death.
Oddly enough, a couple of friends and myself LOVE to put the CPU on Madden and SSB:M and place bets or just laugh and have fun. Maybe the smog from LA kills our brain gnomes...
Then how are those stupid little browser helpers install themselves with a normal user logged into my. Smarty McSmarterton III esq. ???
Yes, that would be me, but I mean come on, anyone who hasn't beaten it by now has no intentions of it, so its totally win-win! And if you haven't beaten it yet, then I am truly sorry, but you fail it. :) KTHNXPLZDRVTHRU!
In Fallout 2 the ultimate enemy was the US Government, who institued an airborne virus to kill anyone with any kind of mutation off of the platform.
I miss my Daily Radar and PCXL personally. I still have a few back issues of PCXL and they still make me laugh to this day. Plus I always felt that most of their reviews were spot on.
Customer service anywhere is alot like sales anywhere, only the duplicitious or the masochist survive. Especially when jobs are on the line based purely on numbers and not customer service in any kind of conventional sense. Thats what you get when you corporatize SERVICE I suppose...
Coming from a low level employees view from AT&T Wireless, AFAWK the system didn't keep track of the message in question, it just kept a log of each sent and received, there wasn't a reason to actually keep a log of the messages.
Coming out of working at a call center for B C&G Wireless(Name mispelled to protect the "innocent") This was precisely the case. We all busted ass working with constricting rules(calls had to be under 5 minutes and still result in x number of contract renewals, you couldn't say to the customer the truth about outages in both the wireless network and the systems[everything was was always "Updating"],jackhole policies each month[like sticking a Regulatory Programs Fee while still fighting Line Number Portability and then screwing that up], and last but not least, wonderful employee policies[we got a bonus every quarter and a value share bonus every year, and if you weren't actually employed on the day they give out the bonus, you are screwed.) I'm glad I did get out of there and now I try to warn away potential customers so they won't have to deal with the crap I had to shovel on people. Plus, alot of reps took the easy way out and just started lying(like most of the High Scoring Call Centers did.) Just my two cents.