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azuriteDon't you hate it when you go to a lot of effort for something, spend a lot of time, money, and emotional stress, and then something really STUPID fucks it all up?
It's probably not what you're thinking.
So I'm just relaxing, trying to beat Make a Star 5 in Katamari Damacy, when OOPS! my PS2 falls to the thickly-carpeted floor. No problem-- the game's still on. I pause, pick it up, and resume. Blast! Still no star. I try again, but this time, the music starts to glitch up. I worry. I reset. This time the game hardly loads. I freak. I take the disc out and clean it, and blow softly on the disc tray, just for the heck of it.
I put it back in. After a couple of tries, the game starts to work again, but it glitches partway into the intro. I still make it to the main screen, but the background looks weird. I start playing Make A Star 5 again... and again, and each time, the music glitches on me. I try to reset the game, turn the whole console off, etc.
Nothing works.
DVDs won't play, either. I tried to watch Equilibrium, and it gave me an "Unable to read disc" error.
...I paid SO much money and wasted SO much time getting my PS2 chipped. I know I could buy a PS2 for cheap right now-- hell, a slimline PS2, after I get my paychecks and the like. I could try and import a slimline Japanese PS2, though it probably wouldn't play all my US PS and PS2 discs. Or my burns, for that matter. Dammit, I want my TEH SHIT PS2! And now, this old, modded piece of junk that I've had forever is giving out on me because of a tiny drop to a plush, carpeted floor. I can't think of what to do.
I wanna cry.
It's probably not what you're thinking.
So I'm just relaxing, trying to beat Make a Star 5 in Katamari Damacy, when OOPS! my PS2 falls to the thickly-carpeted floor. No problem-- the game's still on. I pause, pick it up, and resume. Blast! Still no star. I try again, but this time, the music starts to glitch up. I worry. I reset. This time the game hardly loads. I freak. I take the disc out and clean it, and blow softly on the disc tray, just for the heck of it.
I put it back in. After a couple of tries, the game starts to work again, but it glitches partway into the intro. I still make it to the main screen, but the background looks weird. I start playing Make A Star 5 again... and again, and each time, the music glitches on me. I try to reset the game, turn the whole console off, etc.
Nothing works.
DVDs won't play, either. I tried to watch Equilibrium, and it gave me an "Unable to read disc" error.
...I paid SO much money and wasted SO much time getting my PS2 chipped. I know I could buy a PS2 for cheap right now-- hell, a slimline PS2, after I get my paychecks and the like. I could try and import a slimline Japanese PS2, though it probably wouldn't play all my US PS and PS2 discs. Or my burns, for that matter. Dammit, I want my TEH SHIT PS2! And now, this old, modded piece of junk that I've had forever is giving out on me because of a tiny drop to a plush, carpeted floor. I can't think of what to do.
I wanna cry.
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Re: Fuck.
Date: 2006-01-07 05:33 pm (UTC)First of all, where did you get your PS2 modified? Second, did you sign any particular contract stating something like, "if for any reason the PS2 is nonfunctional, we are not responsible for any damages to your system"? If you didn't sign any particular contract, take the PS2 back to the store, and tell them the problem. If they want to charge you, forget it! That's a complete ripoff for something that was out of your hands. However, if you did sign something like what I mentioned, then... that's a clue that you shouldn't have had your PS2 modified there. Anytime I see contracts like that, I decline because for all I know, they can do serious damage to my stuff, and the worst part is, they can legally get away with it. Always look at what the store offers you -- contracts, word of mouth, all the above, and always take the "what if?" factor into consideration.
Re: Fuck.
Date: 2006-01-08 12:35 am (UTC)Re: Fuck.
Date: 2006-01-08 07:34 pm (UTC)I didn't sign anything, and the PS2 *has* been working well since I got it back from him (in the mail), it's just, it fell, and now it's being stupid.
Ohhhh... well, then you have a problem. :(