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Well this week has been complete pants - bar the fact that my copy of Blinx came in the post yesterday.
Monday...
Everyone I know who applied for the beta testing recieved their kits including my mate who didn't want to be a beta tester until changing his mind on the day it came to ordering. I call the X-Box Live line to find out whats happening with my order as I couldn't check the order status online - I'm told that my order is "In Process" and that I should be fine as people who weren't getting a kit had already recieved a cancellation e-mail over their order. Long boring day at work.
Tuesday...
Another long shat day at work. Get home quickly in the hope that I might just have my beta kit. After seeing that it hadn't come I find out that I can check my order status online by filling out the address manually - still in process.
Wednesday...
Check my mail in the hope of finding a despatch mail from MS before leaving for work - no luck. Get to work and within 20 mins of starting, I stack it over a barrel - taking skin off my legs along with a 40kg item on top of me (bloody heavy for all those that don't know). After limping around work for 9 hours, I return home to find that my beta kit still hasn't come and that the status hasn't changed from "In Process".
Go to write an e-mail to Microsoft about how I'm worried about my order - comp crashes and I can't be bothered to re-type it all so I just goto bed.
Thursday...
Wake up and quickly check my mail - a mail from Microsoft ! My eyes then travel to the right to see the subject title "Your order could not be processed".... After going into a frenzy of swearing and letting off line after line of abusive comments aimed at MS, I goto work and walk around totally unapproachable for around 3 quarters of the day.
End up feeling ill around halfway through the day with a headache and end up throwing up. Feeling too gutted to even bother going home sick so I just finish the work day. Legs still really hurt from the day before.
After having most of the day to cool off a little, I write a mail to MS telling them how I feel about the way I've been treated by them as an early buyer of the MS console (some of you may remember I also waited around 90 days for a thankyou package that I really didn't benefit from).
Watch Episode 2 (Star Wars), then goto bed wondering if I should really bother getting up to face Friday after the way the week has gone.
Blinx also arrived and I had a little go and really liked it - the hatred for MS at the time ruined the whole day though.
Friday...
I woke up feeling a little better. Picked up the latest XBM and X-Gamer to read during my breaks. Managed to stay on a high enough to get some excitment going for the games coming out next week. Work day is pretty long but not too bad. Get home and recieve a package from my girlfriend in the States. And thats basically been my week. At least today has finished the week on a high. Poxy MS though. :-(
Monday...
Everyone I know who applied for the beta testing recieved their kits including my mate who didn't want to be a beta tester until changing his mind on the day it came to ordering. I call the X-Box Live line to find out whats happening with my order as I couldn't check the order status online - I'm told that my order is "In Process" and that I should be fine as people who weren't getting a kit had already recieved a cancellation e-mail over their order. Long boring day at work.
Tuesday...
Another long shat day at work. Get home quickly in the hope that I might just have my beta kit. After seeing that it hadn't come I find out that I can check my order status online by filling out the address manually - still in process.
Wednesday...
Check my mail in the hope of finding a despatch mail from MS before leaving for work - no luck. Get to work and within 20 mins of starting, I stack it over a barrel - taking skin off my legs along with a 40kg item on top of me (bloody heavy for all those that don't know). After limping around work for 9 hours, I return home to find that my beta kit still hasn't come and that the status hasn't changed from "In Process".
Go to write an e-mail to Microsoft about how I'm worried about my order - comp crashes and I can't be bothered to re-type it all so I just goto bed.
Thursday...
Wake up and quickly check my mail - a mail from Microsoft ! My eyes then travel to the right to see the subject title "Your order could not be processed".... After going into a frenzy of swearing and letting off line after line of abusive comments aimed at MS, I goto work and walk around totally unapproachable for around 3 quarters of the day.
End up feeling ill around halfway through the day with a headache and end up throwing up. Feeling too gutted to even bother going home sick so I just finish the work day. Legs still really hurt from the day before.
After having most of the day to cool off a little, I write a mail to MS telling them how I feel about the way I've been treated by them as an early buyer of the MS console (some of you may remember I also waited around 90 days for a thankyou package that I really didn't benefit from).
Watch Episode 2 (Star Wars), then goto bed wondering if I should really bother getting up to face Friday after the way the week has gone.
Blinx also arrived and I had a little go and really liked it - the hatred for MS at the time ruined the whole day though.
Friday...
I woke up feeling a little better. Picked up the latest XBM and X-Gamer to read during my breaks. Managed to stay on a high enough to get some excitment going for the games coming out next week. Work day is pretty long but not too bad. Get home and recieve a package from my girlfriend in the States. And thats basically been my week. At least today has finished the week on a high. Poxy MS though. :-(
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Looks like a great week sav.
Well I've just been telling them on AOL with ya so I guess I don't need to post them now. ;-)
Anyway, its only Splinter Cell that seems to be causing confusion.
Anyway, its only Splinter Cell that seems to be causing confusion.
Yeah, plenty of games I want. I can definatly see me becoming a pro on Mech Assault - always been good at the Mechwarrior games. ;-)
Splinter Cell, MechAssult, Unreal Champ, Morrowind- All on Friday!
Cheer Up, plenty to look forward to!
Cheer Up, plenty to look forward to!
Doesn't feel the same though mate - really wanted to be a beta tester, was looking forward to it for months. Plus no doubt I'll be paying the same price and getting less in the package for the test drive - poxy MS.
Still, you'll still be able to get the live starter kit in about 2 weeks or so. You just won't have to fill in all those testing surveys. :-)
So not a wonderful day then mate ? Sometimes I think I have my own personal sodding rain cloud. It doesn't rain, it pours as they say - my week definatly backs that line up.
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