The Unexpected
Jul. 28th, 2011 10:09 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thessalianWell, I got up this morning and went to do email check, and what should I find but that my internet connection went blooey. Seeing as I get random mini-borks anywhere from one to a dozen times daily, I got a little bit fed up and rang BT. Again. I have no the hell idea exactly what they think is wrong with it (and was nearly late for work because of the line tests and the actually trying to explain the damn problem to people who have clearly not been trained in either phone service issues or customer service, and I don't care where they're from ... though I'm assuming not the UK) but they're doing a thorough check so I can expect not to have internet service today. Well. Fuck. I swear if this does not fix the problem I will end up having some kind of embolism. Still, I suppose I still have my cheap pay as you go broadband that I picked up for when they wouldn't connect my phone or internet for six weeks after I moved into ShinyNewFlat. If I can make that work, anyway; last time I had this kind of problem with my indubitably shitty broadband service, I could not make the damnable thing connect. At all. *sigh* Well, if not, I suppose it can just be a day in which I watch TV shows and play Dragon Age. Still, there is much suckage.
On the subject of Dragon Age, I am now sorely tempted to do the M15M-ish version of Legacy. Because ... well, I'm thinking to see how I can actually make that funny. Or indeed if I can make that funny. Look, I'll be straight with you guys; I have never purchased a game like this on the day it came out before. Ever. In my life. Dragon Age, I had walkthroughs when I needed them. DA2, I had spoilers like whoa. Even with Warcrack, where I was a complete and giant noob, I had at least some idea about what was going on and quest walkthroughs. This time around, I went in entirely blind. No walkthroughs, no hints and tips, no spoilers, no clue what to expect beyond a general epic narrative 'spidey-sense'. So a lot of it was getting past loading screens and thinking, "I don't liiiiike thiiiis..."
See, this? This is why I don't play console games, exactly. Not only do I flail with controllers, but I flail in general. Though I suppose part of it is not having a console. Or a TV set. I really ought to change that at some point. Although honestly? I don't know where I'd put even a small TV. Or a console. Or where I'd sit to play it. Maybe I actually do need a flat with more than one room.
...Oh, what the shit, FrenchConsultant; tell me that these letters you dictated on this tape aren't from a clinic held on the 23rd of June! Oh, come on.
(In short, getting back to work now. Gods, this is going to be One Of Those Days.)
On the subject of Dragon Age, I am now sorely tempted to do the M15M-ish version of Legacy. Because ... well, I'm thinking to see how I can actually make that funny. Or indeed if I can make that funny. Look, I'll be straight with you guys; I have never purchased a game like this on the day it came out before. Ever. In my life. Dragon Age, I had walkthroughs when I needed them. DA2, I had spoilers like whoa. Even with Warcrack, where I was a complete and giant noob, I had at least some idea about what was going on and quest walkthroughs. This time around, I went in entirely blind. No walkthroughs, no hints and tips, no spoilers, no clue what to expect beyond a general epic narrative 'spidey-sense'. So a lot of it was getting past loading screens and thinking, "I don't liiiiike thiiiis..."
See, this? This is why I don't play console games, exactly. Not only do I flail with controllers, but I flail in general. Though I suppose part of it is not having a console. Or a TV set. I really ought to change that at some point. Although honestly? I don't know where I'd put even a small TV. Or a console. Or where I'd sit to play it. Maybe I actually do need a flat with more than one room.
...Oh, what the shit, FrenchConsultant; tell me that these letters you dictated on this tape aren't from a clinic held on the 23rd of June! Oh, come on.
(In short, getting back to work now. Gods, this is going to be One Of Those Days.)
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Date: 2011-07-29 02:13 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-07-29 08:57 am (UTC)The Internet: where the shy can be social, and the arseholes are never getting the smack in the mouth they deserve for their bullshit. Which just goes to show that every silver lining has a dark cloud.
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Date: 2011-07-29 12:36 pm (UTC)<< Which just goes to show that every silver lining has a dark cloud. >>
LOL!