Angry About Little Things

Bought an old version of Redneck Rampage from an Amazon reseller and got what was basically an OEM demo for $10.  I'm pretty sure I could have gotten the full version for $5.  Way to go.  Am now in an e-mail argument with said reseller because I left them negative feedback.  Wish I could have left negative feedback for the manufacturer - oh, wait, I guess I can...that's what the reviews are for.

In other news, want to play Halo 2 with my brother on the other coast, so I'm trying to reactivate my old account.  It seems I can't.  And I can't create a new account with my old gamertag.  This is to stop cheaters, Microsoft tells me.  I'm not sure how.  Anyways, it wouldn't bother me so much, except I came across this on the Xbox Live website:

"Choosing your Gamertag is one of the most monumental things you'll ever do. It's more important than choosing a college, a spouse, a home. Well, not everyone will feel this is true, but we just want you to know it is a big deal. Mainly because it's your very gamer identity we're dealing with!"

Thanks Microsoft!

Thanks for telling me how important my gamertag is and then telling me I can't have it!

I suppose most people can't see what I'm bitching about because their Gamertag of choice was already taken.

Mine wasn't, except by me, and now I can't use it, simply because they won't let me reactivate my old account.

And Typepad is freaking out on me and making it really hard to enter this blog entry!

ARRRRGHH!

Deep breath.

Deep breath.

Comments

[Brett Douville]

Serenity now

[Redneck Fan]

Howdy All. It seems you have a bad attitude towards the game, seller and now manufacturer. I am a redneck The Earlier years game owner and it is great. Sure you only get the 1st 7 levels but it no demo that doesn't even work. Did you try returning the software to the seller? If you did communicate with him about this before or after leaving neg? I have found many sellers more than glad to help solve problems. Did you even try playing the game or did you give a glance got mad it wasn't what you thought it was and tossed it?
Anyways everybody else out there The early years were the best so go for them. Still a great classic and super fun and to all you rednecks out there no pun intended :)
Gamer,
Stonewall

[Jamie]

No, I only have a bad attitude towards the seller and manufacturer.

The original Interplay-published game is genius and one can still find it on Amazon so I don't know why I picked up the relabeled one instead. I guess I fell into the "It's more expensive so it must be better" trap.