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I do shit for people; people say they’ll help out if I need it. I need a new monitor. I don’t like charity cases, so I present to you this opportunity to settle accounts over your sanctimonious platitudes AND get something on xbox that basically every single one of you has asked about in the past, FIVE MONTHS BEFORE IT HITS STORE SHELVES.
Street Fighter Anniversary Collection (Hyper Street Fighter 2 Anniversary Edition/Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike) for XBOX [FIVE MONTHS EARLY] : $20
If that sounds like a plan to you, you know where to get in touch with me. If it doesn’t, read on:
Option 1
"Dude, what the fuck. [I got you game X/I get you pop B/I throw you some $ every now and then."]
There are 3 people who could possibly say this, and it’s likely that I’ll get in touch with them before they even bother to read this. In case they read it before I get in touch with them, (since I might sleep through the day, who knows):
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The three of you who hang out even when there’s NOT a new game out and have consistently covered all of the other fuckheads’s asses with your game, money, and livewire contributions will be dealt with accordingly on the condition that you continue your kind stance and don’t fuck me over here by giving out something I worked hard on to the same ingrates who don’t feel like tossing me a fucking bone to get this new fucking monitor in here. This thing is making me go blind.**
Option 2
"Why should I pay YOU $20? I can find it myself!"]
Short answer: Ignoring that if you did manage to find it you would be beset by problems that even I, someone who is likely smarter than you had difficulty with regarding kernel paging issues and other things you know nothing about, I present to you the simple fact that you could have found out how to mod your xbox/fix your computer/fix your car/build your house yourself too, but since it was easier to just pay for it, you didn’t fucking do that either, did you?
Long answer: Your positions are based on the assumption that you could A) Find this thing yourself, and B) Disassemble, reassemble and finish-out your own XBE to circumvent various debug calls and kernel paging issues. Remember: you can’t even tell the difference between a screensaver and your desktop image. So in short, it was not free. Just like how I researched how to work on xboxes, I had to put a lot of my time in on this thing to clean it up so it would run on a box that wasn’t mine; time that you could have devoted yourself to finding out the same things. And as the file I tag all my xboxes with attests, most of you aren’t exactly willing to blow a fuckload of time on something based largely on prior outside knowledge, when you can just blow a few bucks and get the end result.
You think that you can do it yourself. You can’t.
You think that your 3rd cousin so-and-so can. They can’t.
You think you saw it on Suprnova. Not THIS one, you didn’t.
You think that your cousin’s friend whatshisface got a good copy he can give you. The odds of that being the case with the few results I’ve seen elsewhere? SLIM TO NIL.
PS. Fuck you, ass; my eyes are popping out of my fucking head from staring at this ancient fucking monitor all day, and you yutzes are giving me shit about getting a game five months early, when I’ve personally seen most of you shell out more money than that for shit that was ready and immediately available on your own. When I go fucking blind I’m gonna beat you all to death with my white cane.
Option 3
"Haha! I am a sneaky pete! I will pay for it, and then give it to all my bestest friends!"]
Oh, I got this covered to, Captain Devious. I got this angle shot in ways that won’t even be apparent until WAY down the road. Suffice to say it’s not in your best interests to be a dick about it.
Those not seeing it that way can remember that it is better for your friend to lose exactly $20 than you to lose $150+. Remember that when you think of who you’ll be bringing your xbox to when you (or your brother, or your wife, or your kid, lets say) break it, or get your ass banned from live during Halo 2 season.
You would also do well to remember that I hold grudges for years, and will take it incredibly personally if you dick me around here when I actually need something, but you’ve got no problem paying Obot for shit you could have gotten yourself too, when all he needs is fucking lunch money.