Shady Gets Pwned by PS3's 3.66 Update.

It all started the night of June 22, 2011. It was a Wednesday, a pretty neutral day if you ask me...and if you didn't too bad. I had just got my kids to bed when I turned on my PS3 to play some Call of the Dead (Zombie map on Black Ops, for those who don't know). I noticed I wasn't auto-logged in, so I went to sign in manually. Update available, 3.66? Sure, why not? What you'll read next is what exactly happened from starting that download to yesterday afternoon (6/23/11).

• I start the download of update 3.66 and go on Facebook to post on Gamerchick & play some Cafe World.
• Some % later, the download fails. I try a second time. Also a certain % later it fails. Of course, the saying is third time's the charm, right? PFFFFFT.
• The PS3 starts installing the fail of a download update 3.66 turned out to be. As soon as it reaches 30%, I receive error code 8002F165 (which, after consulting the PlayStation site's search of error codes, is found to be the error code associated with the PS3 "having an issue when trying to update the software" 8002F165 Error Information). The instructions on the tv tell me to hold down the power button until it beeps, unplug the AC power cord for a few minutes, plug it back in and try again. I lather, rinse & repeat about 15 times (no lie), to no avail. The error code mocks me. The bottom of the information screen containing the error message tells me to contact customer service and give them the error code. It's 2 minutes before 12am EST and their phone lines close at 8pm PST. True FML moment. 
• I notice the bottom of the list of error codes on the Playstation site that it says to reboot the system and to redownload and install the damned 3.66 update. Attempting to reboot PS3...power off. Again, attempting to reboot PS3...power off. WTF. I then notice under THAT useless piece of information that if I continue to have "issues with the system update" I would need to send my PS3 in for "service". WHAT?! NO. I refuse! 
• Powered off, I unplug the power cord and try to let it get about 10 minutes so I can try again. I go on Facebook some more, check my email, look at stupid, useless articles on Yahoo! news, and then plug the PS3 right back in to try again. ERROR 8002F165 yadayadayada. 
• I eject my Black Ops disc and put it in it's case, and try rebooting the system for the 100th time. Unable to do so, AGAIN, I take my console and violently shake it as if it harmed my kids. I develop a case of Gamer Rage, and decide before I slam the bitch and break it, I will just go to sleep. Right before I knock out, I alert my husband to the issue with the PS3. 
• Next morning, I wake up to see my hubby attempting to also reboot the PS3. Since he is the techie and I am not (just a WEE bit), I show him an article I found while trying to Google troubleshooting options for my loving error 8002F165: What saved my PS3 <3. He does the same exact thing mentioned in the LAST posting by "Andrewc78", because just like his dilemma, the XMB is not accessible due to the installing update screen that forced itself upon us like the plague. After awhile of trial and error and reformatting the HDD about 2-4 times, the update FINALLY worked (however, not by USB because it failed to recognize it as 3.66, instead recognizing it as 3.65). 
• As soon as the update finishes downloading via internet successfully without interruption, I began to get a little bit of anxiety while it installed the dreaded update. All I could think of was that dreaded 8002F165. If it happened ONE MORE TIME...JUST ONE MORE....
• *Cue the startup theme of the PS3* ^_^ *cue the happy dance* ^_^ *cue the victory smooch hubby gets for being totally awesome* ^_^

Actually, this is not the first time my PS3 was pwned by an update. About a year after we bought the original 60gb (this was probably around 2008, I don't exactly remember), there was an update that was so epic fail it pretty much targeted ONLY 60gb PS3's. If yours was a survivor, I hate you just a little. We had to reformat ours, not too long after Sony pulled the update and had a new one available not too long afterward. At least then I was able to transfer my saved data. This time, not so lucky. It's ok though, because apparently I saved a shitload of money by having an awesome hubby and not needing to send my PS3 in and paying over $100 for something so easily fixed. Not like they were gonna back up my game saves anyway, right? >_> Ok, I need to go redownload alllllllllllllll my games and DLC. It's gonna take awhile, I'm sure, so until something else spectacular happens, I will be just posting on the Gamerchick page. Have fun, gamers... AND BEWARE THE ERROR OF DESPAIR. O_O

PSN Outage...*yawn*

I've been reading today that PSN has had an outage since last night, and might even last for another day or two. While it seems that many are pointing the finger at a hacker group named Anonymous, others are blaming Sony for this latest blunder. So, obviously, no online multiplayer for anyone until it's fixed. What's the big deal? Why are people so mad about it? Shit gets broken all the time. They'll fix it. Get over it.

Why do I have such a ho-hum approach to the outage? Well, it annoys the fuck outta me to see people complain that they can't play, and in a way that makes them seem like if they don't get that daily dose of PSN, their lives will end. O_o It is NOT that serious!!! Don't you have any homework to do? Papers to write? Exams to study for? Kids to raise? Rooms to clean? Chores to do? Friends to hang out with? Grocery shopping to do? Errands to run? Campaigns of those multiplayer games you never bothered to start to play? If you don't own a single player game, or a game that you can play offline, you're an idiot. I have a BUNCH of PSone Classics that I can start on, and other things I can busy myself with NOT associated with PlayStation. People who are acting like Armageddon is on the horizon because they can't access PSN for a day or two seriously need to seek help, either through family or professional means. It is NOT the end of the world, and it is NOT THAT SERIOUS.

What happens when your internet shuts down due to the weather? ISP won't be able to send a technician til the next day or two days later to get it fixed. WHAT DO YOU DO WITH YOUR LIFE? What about your cell phone. You dropped it in the toilet and your replacement won't be at your house for another two days. WHAT DO YOU DO WITH YOUR LIFE? How about if a friend of yours took the only PS3 or 360 game you ever play, and scratched it by accident, and you realize as small as the scratches are, the game won't even load. WHAT DO YOU DO WITH YOUR LIFE? Hopefully, not end it, as some people seem they are about to do. You FIND SOMETHING ELSE TO DO. SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. Just like a comment posted on one of the threads I saw, they had replied, "this is what we get for free service". For those who have PSPlus (which I don't because it's still not worth the money to me yet), just call Sony and ask them for a 1 or 2 day freebie. UNLESS, of course, the 'agreement' you agreed to when getting PSPlus says they are not going to do such things in the event of an outage. Then, you're assed out. Then again, it's still not that big a deal. I'm sure Sony is trying their best to get PSN back online as fast as possible, because they should know that pissing off customers isn't such a good idea. Til it gets fixed, I shall be cleaning my house, playing Tetris, or some casual PC games, which include Dynomite! and my trusty Facebook games (Cafe World & FarmVille FTW!). Have fun killing time, people! ^_^

Sims Drama, Part 1

I have been playing The Sims 3 for quite some time. At first, I used the same strategy I've used in past Sims games, which was to give them a few skill points BEFORE getting them a steady job, then using all their free time to rack up skill points needed to Master their current job, THEN get them some friends. It's always worked pretty well for me. However, there's one special trophy or award that I saw that caught my attention last time I played, which was to have 5 romantic relationships at one time. I remember thinking, ok so now I gotta make my Sim a slut for a little while. -_- Well I got Master Cook, got 2 romantic relationships, and got a little bored. So instead of Woo-Hooing with one of her boy toys, I made her 'Try for a baby'. Low and behold, not even a full Sim Day later, she was pregnant! Morning sickness and all, she got time off from work too. Then I saved and turned it off. Today... it was PURE comic drama. Keep reading to see what happened to my lil Sim, Aerith Strife.

Aerith was resting, reading a book while the maid cleaned up around the house. I was trying to get the trophy to get her married while she was pregnant, so I got one of her boy toys to move in. The option never came up, so I just announced my pregnancy to him and asked him to move in. She grew a baby bump in 2 Sim days, and then while she was relaxing on her comfortable chair in her living room, she went into labor! ^_^ I clicked the option for her to go to the hospital, thinking that the boy toy would escort her or she would get a ride, as if she was going to work. HOW WRONG WAS I?

First, I see her run out the house. I follow her and see her pregnant ass JUMP ON HER BIKE. YES, HER BIKE. SHE PEDALED AWAY AND DISAPPEARED. I wondered where the hell was her boy toy and why the hell she didn't call a cab and WHY THE HELL THE GAME WOULD REALLY LET HER USE A BIKE. It so happened that the boy toy had the Couch Potato trait...and he was watching t.v. the whole time. THE WHOLE TIME. So I thought, screw him, I'ma follow my Sim. So I followed her to the hospital.

She ended up having a baby boy that the game decided to try and name Douglas. No, I don't think so. I renamed him Elijah and was allowed to choose some post-baby clothes for Aerith. She brings the baby home and the first thing I did was hire a babysitter, thinking it was like the maid, but 24/7. HOW WRONG WAS I?

The babysitter showed up really fast, and then I allowed Aerith to catch up on her moodlets. I let her shower, eat food, dance to music, etc. I move my Sim-light around the house to see what the babysitter and boy toy are doing and who do I see in the house? THE OTHER MAN. Then I thought about it, I haven't moved off Aerith the whole time since she was home from the hospital...and then I thought even harder and realized I didn't remember who she last Woo-Hoo'ed with!!! The OTHER MAN was holding Elijah, playing with him, feeding him, speed-changing his pamper, and I'm over here thinking, 'FUCK. I MOVED THE WRONG DUDE IN!' This calls for a visit to the Maury show. While Aerith, boy toy and Elijah slept, the OTHER MAN stood in the house the whole time, which made me think even more that HE was the father, and that's probably why the boy toy didn't wanna marry Aerith.

When everyone woke up, the babysitter was still there (IDK where the hell she hid at but she was still around) and Aerith reads books and paints while Elijah sleeps. The babysitter and boy toy toss the football in the backyard as if they were old friends (I bet the babysitter was a skank). Boy toy goes to work, babysitter handles Elijah and watches tv while Aerith cooks and serves dinner. All of a sudden, I see the notification in the upper right hand of the screen that tells me the babysitter is leaving and she was paid for her services. I go to see if Elijah needed anything before I put Aerith and boy toy to go to sleep WHEN I SEE THE BABY ON THE FLOOR OF THE NURSERY. ON THE FUCKING FLOOR. WTF!?!?!? I actually LAUGHED, but was so shocked at how the game was handling the AI. The whole thing seemed so hilarious. I grabbed my iPod to snap a quick pic to upload to the Gamerchick fb page, and I zoomed in a bit and noticed THE BABY WAS BROWN. My Aerith and BOTH her man-friends are LIGHT SKINNED.

 **LMFAO**

It was soon after that, that I had to save the game and turn it off. I couldn't take the laughing and shock anymore. I think the whole situation was so funny, that t he game would actually have the Sims do stupid actions like that. But anyway, yeah, I think if I see more like that while playing The Sims, I will write about it and maybe even make it into a lil story, because it's so funny.  Til next time, ppl!

Quick Story ^_^

I was playing multiplayer today, and some dude was talking LOTS of shit, going, 'I can't wait til you lil kids go back to school, always talkin shit, ya'll need to go back to school'. He singles me out, saying, 'look at this dude got GIRL on his clan tag, he must be a fag'. LMAO! Really?? I said 'IT SAYS GIRL FOR A REASON', which he replies, 'Oh wow, you sound like a dude'. He started laughing, I guess he thought he sounded extra clever or whatever. It takes more than 'you sound like a dude' to offend me. You GOTTA do better than THAT hahaha. So I told him about how he's saying all these kids are talking shit when he himself is just spewing diarrhea from his mouth constantly, and he tells me, 'but I'm talking to YOU'. I had to remind him that before he singled me out, he was talking about school kids in general, and again he says, 'but I'm talking to YOU'. So I check his k/d and it's .86, so I tell him calmly, 'you shouldn't be talking to ANYONE with that .86 k/d of yours'. I'm guessing that he checked my Combat Record after that, to see if maybe he had another lame response for me, but he said nothing after my last remark. I think my 1.21 k/d shut him up. Even during the next game, he was still yapping but left me alone. Lesson of the day? If the clan tag says GIRL, it most likely IS a female, and never diss a female that's better than you are, because that's an instant embarrassment for you. <3

Til next time, gamers!!

Christmas Noobs, Zombies Curse, and New Games!

Ok, let's start out with what's the freshest memory I have...Christmas Noobs! For those that don't know what a Christmas Noob is, it's a title that you may bestow upon the people that get a game for Christmas when others have had it for a long while. 

Now, mind you, playing Black Ops as a Christmas Noob is a wee bit 'dangerous'. You will definitely get spotted as a Christmas Noob by your low level. That's mainly auto-detect right there. Nobody's gonna have this game for a week and still be on level 6 (and if there IS someone out there who is level 6 and has had the game a week...wassamattawitu? LOL). Another thing that will get you spotted is being a split-screener (nothing's worse than getting a game for Christmas and having to play it with someone else, when it's SO MUCH BETTER alone LOL). 

And while staying on the topic of Christmas...parents, if you ended up buying this game for your 'kids'...if they can't say 'SHIT' or 'FUCK', then this game should be taken away IMMEDIATELY. Nothing's worse than hearing a little kid trying to trashtalk in a lobby and avoiding cursing at all costs, so the DUMBEST things spew from their mouth. If they can't curse, take the game away. Better yet, TAKE THEIR MIC AWAY. PLEASE. I'm tired of hearing 'what the crap?' and those squeaky, high-pitched i-just-got-to-puberty voices. If the game has a 17+ rating, THEN YOU SHOULD ABIDE BY THE RULES OF THE ESRB. Don't get mad if you hear someone yelling at him dissin' his momma. 

Back to the topic at hand. Last night, I was in a lobby with a PSN friend of mine, and we were pointing out all the Christmas Noobs. We were the only ones with mics at that. Our first game of TDM in Firing Range, all the Christmas Noobs caught him. One had the audacity to snipe! SNIPE. He was OBVIOUSLY new to the game...because when we caught his ass camping, he went RIGHT BACK to the SAME SPOT and started sniping again! *noob* Second game, once again TDM Firing Range, they were catching ME and it was just too funny to point out who was new. it was too obvious. Camping in too-obvious spot? Check. Running around, most likely NOT checking your HUD? Check. Tsk tsk! This is why they have Combat training! That is to learn to play Multiplayer without pissing your other teammates off and being easy pickings for the other team. You DON'T wanna be the last kill every game, do you? You'll be the most famous kill-cam kill ever. you DON'T want that! My advice, USE COMBAT TRAINING!!!!! IT'S THERE FOR A REASON!!! PLEASE AND THANK YOU!!! 

One more note before I go on to the next topic: Playing last night, we encountered some people who IMO should NOT play Black Ops...and if they WANT to, need to go to COMBAT TRAINING IMMEDIATELY. The PSNs of these two WILL be written because 1) this is not a forum, I'm not dissing them, this is merely ADVICE, and 2)You all have been warned of their asshole tactics: 

1)Nunnun4
2)LargeFry 

Now I'm not exactly sure HOW Nunnun4 committed his/her Christmas Noob crime, but I do know he/she followed my PSN friend around like a magnet to metal. Lesson ONE - NEVER RUN BEHIND YOUR FELLOW TEAMMATE THEN RUN OUT FRONT THEN RUN BEHIND. This is called BAITING. Sacrificing your own teammate for a kill is  BIG NO-NO. LargeFry, on the other hand...just ran away from someone chasing him. RAN AWAY. Now at first sight, you'd think he/she had no idea someone was chasing him. That's be fair enough if I didn't see him/her run away to somewhere BEHIND me, then end up in FRONT of me running TOWARDS me AWAY from ANOTHER PERSON chasing him/her!! The point of the game is to KILL your enemy team. If you can't seem to point and shoot, then Black Ops, or any FPS is obviously not for you. Get a different game!

Well damn, that was sort of a rant! ;D But I bet you're still reading! ^_^ On to the next topic! 

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Now, for the ZOMBIES CURSE! *DUN DUN DUNNNNN* 

Ok, I'm not sure about anyone else, but on Christmas Day, I could NOT, by ANY means, get past level 10 in Zombies 'FIVE'. I played with ONE other friend, 2 randoms each time...and NOT ONCE did we get up to level 10! It was as if the Zombies were pre-patched to have an ultra-high HP and numbers were multiplied by 2. JUST MAYBE, it was Christmas Noobs my friend and I played with, but STILL. Getting to level 8 and dying is a joke! -_- Since then, I was able to get to level 29 with 2 other friends of mine, and last night we were able to get to level 25. We were all joking how when the zombies don't die via grenades, they must have on the flak jacket, and when they run and swipe at you so fast that you almost get downed, they must have Marathon Pro, Commando Pro and Lightweight lmfao! To people to have been that far in Zombies will know exACTly what we're talking about. exACTly. <--emphasis on the ACT. ;D Also, a window on the catwalk in the War Room was bugged...the Zombies would run to the window and instead of tearing down the wooden boards like they were supposed to do, they just stood there and 'danced'. Not exactly a choreographed number, just the usual wiggling and shaking they do. We joked around and said they were doing the Thriller hahahahaha. I would have recorded a video, but my memory card was full. Boooo :(

Now for the new games I've heard about and would like to share with you all <3 

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YAY FOR GAMES!

For all you Sonic the Hedgehog fans, I stumbled across this fan-made game while reading my latest copy of Game Informer: Sonic Fan Remix is a free download, and plays SO MUCH BETTER than the official Sonic sequel, Sonic 4. There's just something about the fluidity of Sonic's movement's in Sonic 4 that bother me A LOT. It's as if there's an invisible wall in front of him that doesn't allow him to take a few steps forward after stopping a fast run. Remember when he used to slide a little? Yeah, that doesn't happen in Sonic 4 and WHY it bothers me, I will never actually figure out...but it does. So there. SFR is only 3 levels long, but the Robotnik Theme Remix at the start-up screen is AWESOME. I found myself leaving the game on that screen just to hear the music. Reminds me of what I did back in the day to hear the music from Donkey Kong Country ^_^ Pause, turn up volume and walk away from tv. 

Another game I'm dying to try is one called Amnesia: The Dark Descent. I read lots of reviews saying that it's really scary, and even though games that are scary make me nervous (I can't play Silent Hill smh) I still like to try them. To see the official trailer, click ----> Amnesia: The Dark Descent Official Gameplay Trailer. The game is on SALE right now for only $10...so if it looks like something you'd wanna play, get it now before the sale is over! Click here to visit the main website to get a demo or purchase the game. It's HIGHLY recommended that you get the demo to see if your computer can handle the graphics, though, because it seems that outdated drivers are a problem to play this game. If the demo works, then you're in the clear. If not, then you'll have to update your drivers, and make sure that the game is even compatible with your system. 

Ok, I think that's it for now. Til next time, gamers!!! ^_^

/rant BOps Zombies, FIVE

SO **cough** I chose Zombies over sleep, and I entered lobby number one. Total NOOBS, we died at round 7. SEVEN. Why? Because they were non-mic having, window stealing idiots, and I had no warning that the zombies were pouring through all the other windows until I saw 3 REVIVE icons AT ONCE. SMFH. On to lobby number two. I'm playing with a split-screener duo, and one immediately asks me if I knew any glitches. I tell him I don't need glitches. WE proceed to start and he tries to look 'cool' and DIES. Then his accomplice DIES. And this is level FOUR. I DO NOT BUY GUNS TIL LEVEL 5 or 6. So since the zombies are on all sides of me and all I have is a stupid handgun, WE DIE. NOOBS. On to the third and last lobby of the night. Two dudes, who seem to be friends, initiate some cheerful banter with me. We get to level 14 or 16, I forgot. We're in the elevator between the middle and lower floor, and 'JWood' (is what I shall refer to him as) is shooting the outward exit along with myself while his friend handles the back window. 'JWood' seems to think it's smart to stand IN THE FUCKING CENTER of the elevator and then bitch and complain that he can't shoot cause I'm in the way. Then HE KEEPS CALLING ME DUDE. Idk why, but people calling me DUDE irks the shit outta me. SO I correct him saying, 'I'm not a fking dude, ok? Stop your fking complaining and GTFO the middle of the elevator and maybe I won't be in your fking way'. We go back and forth, he calls me a bitch, I call him a fking idiot, etc. He attempts an insult, saying, 'You're a girl? No way, you sound like an 8 year old Gary Coleman'. WTF? o_O O_o Ok? Am I supposed to be insulted by that? Was that the worst thing he could really come up with? SMH. Anyway, HE DIES. His FRIEND DIES. And they block the damn controls to the elevator so I can't even close the door to revive them and I get ambushed with just a Stakeout and FN FAL. Then 'JWood's friend says,'No really...that was a girl?' -_- -_- -_- -_- We go back to the pre-game lobby and I tell him he's a fking IDIOT, and he leaves after whispering 'bitch'. He WHISPERED IT and left LOL. Pansy ass. What's even funnier is that before he started on his period, he keep complaining that he was shivering. I asked him if he was cold or something and he said that every time he plays Zombies, he starts shivering and shaking and he can't help it. LMAO. WTF. XD HAHA. Anyway...yeah /endrant. Yay ^_^ I feel better now. He's actually very lucky everyone in my house is asleep or else I woulda let the wrath of Shady unleash on his ass, and he REALLY would have been sorry. Til next time, folks! <3

Self-Pwning, Lesson 1

I was talking to my party in a TDM lobby on Black Ops the other day, and this guy said (referring to me), "Is that a girl? 'Cause if its a dude, I feel bad for him". I immediately got annoyed and responded, "The fkin emblem says GIRL, the clan tag says GIRL, WHAT MORE PROOF DO YOU NEED?" I know I'm not the only female in the world who uses Shady as a nickname or online gamer tag, so WHY do people automatically assume I'm a guy EVEN WHEN IT SAYS 'GIRL' EVERYWHERE?!? *sigh*


We finally get in-game and the asshole really decided to ask me "Do u like it from the back? Come on mami, you can tell me". WTF. Not only is that inappropriate and SAD to ask a female that over a MIC playing a VIDEO GAME, I was getting extremely annoyed because I was dying a lot.  He kept talking, annoying the shit out of me and I couldn't concentrate...so I said, "YOU like it from the back". He immediately replies with, "Oh chill, no I don't" and then gets mad because I wouldn't answer his question. He attempted to insult me with, "How much does it take to feed you?" and "You're a fat bitch" (omg I'm crying, boo-hoo LOL), so I say "Because I won't talk to you, I'm a fat bitch now? Hahaha ok".


He kept trying to get at me, saying "Was it you I was with last night?" (puke) and I reply "That wouldn't happen if your life depended on it in your wildest dreams". He says, "You're right, it must have been your fat sister". I calmly reply, "That'd be ok if I HAD a sister." 

 THEN HE SAID (LMFAOOO):

"You're right, it must have been your fat brother". 

LMFAOOOOOOOOOO HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!  Then I died because I was laughing, muted him, came in first place on our team (we lost the match) and he got even MORE mad, telling the lobby to buy me cupcakes! So I sent him a message saying: " I FORGIVE U FOR BEING MAD THAT IM BETTER THAN U!!!" He pwned himself. I couldn't stop laughing for a long time. It was too funny! Lesson of the day? Don't mess with a gamerchick...they might just call you out and YOU might just OUT yourself ;D See ya'll in-game!!! <3

By the way....WHO WANTS TO SEND ME THOSE CUPCAKES?! ^_^