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The world has finally lost it.

I have finally come to a point where I truly dislike EA. The exclusive deals pushed me, the broken pedals, the freezing while playing NCAA football if I skipped cutscenes,  and the somewhat bland fantasy football eperience.  Individually these issues are rather small but in a group they can take you down. 

The world has finally lost it.

I have finally come to a point where I truly dislike EA. The exclusive deals pushed me, the broken pedals, the freezing while playing NCAA football if I skipped cutscenes,  and the somewhat bland fantasy football eperience.  Individually these issues are rather small but in a group they can take you down. 

I remember being a kid and getting a Collecovision and an Intellivision. I had a blast with these systems. The controllers always worked for me, the systems did not overheat and you could turn it off knowing it would turn on again. As the system aged (a lot longer than 6 months), I had to begin shimming my cartridges so they would play. As I grew older I got a NES. I played the hell out of Pro Wrestling, Duck Hunt and Maniac Mansion (which I can beat in under 20 minutes). After a few years, I had to shim those cartidges as well and an occasional blow.  I then moved up to the PS1.

I remember being a kid and getting a Collecovision and an Intellivision. I had a blast with these systems. The controllers always worked for me, the systems did not overheat and you could turn it off knowing it would turn on again. As the system aged (a lot longer than 6 months), I had to begin shimming my cartridges so they would play. As I grew older I got a NES. I played the hell out of Pro Wrestling, Duck Hunt and Maniac Mansion (which I can beat in under 20 minutes). After a few years, I had to shim those cartidges as well and an occasional blow.  I then moved up to the PS1.

360 dies. I wait a week to get the box. It takes 5 days to get to TX. I have no way to track the status of repair as I did not note my serial #. E-mail says 4-6 weeks for processing.

$%^$%^$%^$%^

Add 4-5 days for return shipping and I was looking at over 2 months. Thats 2 months of forfeited Live and 2 Months of Gamefly and 2 months of having to spend time with my wife!!! Life is so much easier when she shops and I play games.

360 dies. I wait a week to get the box. It takes 5 days to get to TX. I have no way to track the status of repair as I did not note my serial #. E-mail says 4-6 weeks for processing.

$%^$%^$%^$%^

Add 4-5 days for return shipping and I was looking at over 2 months. Thats 2 months of forfeited Live and 2 Months of Gamefly and 2 months of having to spend time with my wife!!! Life is so much easier when she shops and I play games.

1 week to go til I start down the home stretch of my Bach Degree. Some lessons to be learned during that week:

1. Never wait til the last minute to begin a research paper on Citizen Kane.

2. Technical Writing is so not for me.

3. Cramming in the previous month's data analysis, reporting, designing a re-org within the department, my son's third B-Day, and finals all in one week is almost too much to do without a 6 pack of Amstel Light.

1 week to go til I start down the home stretch of my Bach Degree. Some lessons to be learned during that week:

1. Never wait til the last minute to begin a research paper on Citizen Kane.

2. Technical Writing is so not for me.

3. Cramming in the previous month's data analysis, reporting, designing a re-org within the department, my son's third B-Day, and finals all in one week is almost too much to do without a 6 pack of Amstel Light.

I do think this is a good movie but does it really need to be in HD? (see Video Marketplace) Cheers to the Kracken!

Why does a freaking MBA have to be so bloody hard to get? Apply to school, transfer credits, apply for program and even then you have to take bizaaro classes and I am still 1 year from my BS in BA. I take classes during the quarter, classes in between fall/winter (11 weeks of class crammed into 2 weeks) and summer classes and I still feel like I will never get done.

Ever since my company was bought out, I have became the "Schneider" of the company. I can honestly say that I have done nothing remotely related to my actual title in quite some time and there does not seem to be an end to the madness. If all of the other knowledgable people didnt jump like rats to our other clients accounts iy would not be like this but I am left as the elder statesman on our biggest clients account.