biorod
Shared on Wed, 11/29/2006 - 09:13Last Tuesday, my family and I left Durham at 2:30 PM and made it to the Micro Center in Fairfax, VA within 10 minutes of it closing. It took almost 6.5 hrs to make a 4 hr 20 min trip. Man, I hate Thanksgiving traffic. I tried to get in and out quickly, but that was ruined. I accidentally paid for my 360 with the wrong card, and just after swiping it, asked the cashier if I could pay with my other card. Nope, "You have to go to customer service to fix that."
After a quick glance over to customer service, I noticed that no customers were being serviced and thought it wouldn't take long to do the exchange thing. Wrong. Bobby the 12 year old customer service rep was there to help me out. I guess I really have myself to blame for using the wrong card, but seeing the bars lower over the windows of the store nearly 20 minutes before your exchange is done isn't pleasant.
Over Thanksgiving I hooked my 360 up to my in-laws' 40" Sony LCD HDTV and OMG was it sweet! I just stared at Lockout for a while because I felt like I've been living in the dark ages for two years now. I had no idea that the graphics could look that good. Now all I need is an HDTV. Must....convince......wife.
Like everyone told me, the headset for the 360 is shit (my wire already has a short in it). I'm still getting used to the controller. I've switched sensitivity several times from 3 -> 4 -> 5 and am continuing trying to find a compromise. At 5 I could turn like I wanted but couldn't shoot worth a damn but at 3 I could aim well but suffered up close. I will say that the bumpers are quite convenient. There have still been many moments where I've hesitated in game to think of which bumper switches nades and which one is team talk, but it's getting better. It's easier to DS on the 360 controller, IMO, but what good is that when you can't aim? The first game I played last night was a custom on Ivory Tower and I felt like I was playing a new game again. Just felt unnatural. Oh well, I'll get used to it since I'm going to have to play on the 360 when the new maps are released.
Jared
After a quick glance over to customer service, I noticed that no customers were being serviced and thought it wouldn't take long to do the exchange thing. Wrong. Bobby the 12 year old customer service rep was there to help me out. I guess I really have myself to blame for using the wrong card, but seeing the bars lower over the windows of the store nearly 20 minutes before your exchange is done isn't pleasant.
Over Thanksgiving I hooked my 360 up to my in-laws' 40" Sony LCD HDTV and OMG was it sweet! I just stared at Lockout for a while because I felt like I've been living in the dark ages for two years now. I had no idea that the graphics could look that good. Now all I need is an HDTV. Must....convince......wife.
Like everyone told me, the headset for the 360 is shit (my wire already has a short in it). I'm still getting used to the controller. I've switched sensitivity several times from 3 -> 4 -> 5 and am continuing trying to find a compromise. At 5 I could turn like I wanted but couldn't shoot worth a damn but at 3 I could aim well but suffered up close. I will say that the bumpers are quite convenient. There have still been many moments where I've hesitated in game to think of which bumper switches nades and which one is team talk, but it's getting better. It's easier to DS on the 360 controller, IMO, but what good is that when you can't aim? The first game I played last night was a custom on Ivory Tower and I felt like I was playing a new game again. Just felt unnatural. Oh well, I'll get used to it since I'm going to have to play on the 360 when the new maps are released.
Jared
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