Syrinx61's Emo Rant regarding PoR's "bonus features".

Ok.  I'm gonna vent, take a deep breath, and then be back to normal. 

Portrait of Ruin was going to be my major Christmas present this year. Nothing else, as we are flat out broke (thanks to the house).  I can't begin to tell you how excited I was about getting the Bonus feature with all the little goodies (artwork, soundtrack, etc).  I preordered the thing.  I called my store to double check that I was going to get the bonus.  I called again recently to make sure when I could pick it up.

I'm bouncing in excitement in my car today, get to the store, and I ask for my copy as I'm smiling from ear to ear, "I reserved Portrait of Ruin and have come to pick it up".  The guy gives me the copy without the bonus.  I said, I preordered it, don't I get the bonus (I was at the store only a couple of hours after they opened)?  He said those were gone in minutes, and it'll be impossible to find them anywhere.  I stared at the lonely plain copy of PoR and felt my heart sank.  So I took it.

Has anyone felt so pissed off about the fact that we now are pressured to either have "good contacts", be in a lucky location, sit in line for hours, pay an atrocious amount of money, beg and plead, and do any means necessary to get something they've been looking forward to in the gaming industry??  (Take the PS3/Wii hype).  Just because I show up 2 hours late (because I have a life/job) to the game store mean that I'm less deserving of getting what was my only Christmas present??  Am I less of a hardcore fan?  Someone's been a fan of this series for 20 years.  Looking on Ebay, people are trying to sell the pack now for around $100.00.

Konami's been notorious for not dispersing in high numbers.  That was looming as I was driving to the store.  Anyway, PoR's sitting in front of me, and I really don't have the urge to open it at the moment.  Sounds miniscule, but this gaming hobby has become less and less enjoyable as I feel I need to claw my way in line to get something. Merry freakin' Christmas.

Ok.  I'm gonna vent, take a deep breath, and then be back to normal. 

Portrait of Ruin was going to be my major Christmas present this year. Nothing else, as we are flat out broke (thanks to the house).  I can't begin to tell you how excited I was about getting the Bonus feature with all the little goodies (artwork, soundtrack, etc).  I preordered the thing.  I called my store to double check that I was going to get the bonus.  I called again recently to make sure when I could pick it up.

I'm bouncing in excitement in my car today, get to the store, and I ask for my copy as I'm smiling from ear to ear, "I reserved Portrait of Ruin and have come to pick it up".  The guy gives me the copy without the bonus.  I said, I preordered it, don't I get the bonus (I was at the store only a couple of hours after they opened)?  He said those were gone in minutes, and it'll be impossible to find them anywhere.  I stared at the lonely plain copy of PoR and felt my heart sank.  So I took it.

Has anyone felt so pissed off about the fact that we now are pressured to either have "good contacts", be in a lucky location, sit in line for hours, pay an atrocious amount of money, beg and plead, and do any means necessary to get something they've been looking forward to in the gaming industry??  (Take the PS3/Wii hype).  Just because I show up 2 hours late (because I have a life/job) to the game store mean that I'm less deserving of getting what was my only Christmas present??  Am I less of a hardcore fan?  Someone's been a fan of this series for 20 years.  Looking on Ebay, people are trying to sell the pack now for around $100.00.

Konami's been notorious for not dispersing in high numbers.  That was looming as I was driving to the store.  Anyway, PoR's sitting in front of me, and I really don't have the urge to open it at the moment.  Sounds miniscule, but this gaming hobby has become less and less enjoyable as I feel I need to claw my way in line to get something. Merry freakin' Christmas.

Syrinx61

Well,you probably already know this,but when there's special goodies that come with the game they're usually not available unless you pre-order online.My friend had the same thing happen when he pre-ordered Gears of War and didn't get his xbox360 Faceplate with it.For these reasons,I never look forward to goodies when I pre-order something.Then if there is,I'm very happy,and if there isn't,I feel just normal.

Anyway,I'm very sorry for you and nice Emo Rant. :wink:

Thanks for your support guys- I appreciate the pat on the back.   I think there's some truth about being that it is the holiday season as well, which makes things spin out of control in the delivery department. 

Anyway, if you did order the bonus, I hope you have it in your hands and enjoying it to the fullest.  I know for a fact that some of you that responded are pretty serious CV collectors, and relate well to the incident.  I want to thank one of you for even offering to ship yours out to me as an xmas gift- I couldn't ask for better people in this union!

Well I'm over 300% into the game, and must say I'm quite impressed.  Hope you all are liking it as well. :)

Quick Question:How does a DS Lite just break??..Something must have happened to it between the day your friend bought it and the day it "broke" because they don't just self-destruct themselves.

Quick Question:How does a DS Lite just break??..Something must have happened to it between the day your friend bought it and the day it "broke" because they don't just self-destruct themselves.

Scorpinox1989

I've read up on this quite a bit from people- DS Lite's tend to be a bit sensitive for some reason, and maybe you need to think about it this way Scorpino:  Take a certain car manufacturer (not naming the type).  Percentage wise only 50% run right coming off the assembly line, while the others will have a maintenance problem within the first year.  So it's a fifty/fifty chance that you get "one of the good cars".  It's bound to happen with a handheld as much as anything.  Sure! There's always operator error, but I wouldn't be surprised if someone said it just didn't turn on one day....

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Quick Question:How does a DS Lite just break??..Something must have happened to it between the day your friend bought it and the day it "broke" because they don't just self-destruct themselves.

Syrinx61

I've read up on this quite a bit from people- DS Lite's tend to be a bit sensitive for some reason, and maybe you need to think about it this way Scorpino:  Take a certain car manufacturer (not naming the type).  Percentage wise only 50% run right coming off the assembly line, while the others will have a maintenance problem within the first year.  So it's a fifty/fifty chance that you get "one of the good cars".  It's bound to happen with a handheld as much as anything.  Sure! There's always operator error, but I wouldn't be surprised if someone said it just didn't turn on one day....

I understand what you're saying,but I'm pretty sure if someone takes care of it then it'll continue to work.

Take Care of It = Not leaving it in an unsafe place like on the floor,Keeping it out of animal's reach,Let the battery pack die almost completely before charging,don't play it for more than 6 hours non-stop,make sure there's always a game in it so that it doesn't get any dirt or dust where you insert the game,and just a hole bunch of minor things like that.

If those precautions are followed,I'm pretty sure the DS would not just "break" one day.

My cousin generally keeps all of his systems in excellent working condition. It just happens that he let the bottom of his DS Lite get wet for one instant. What I don't get is, if it got wet, how was it still working when he loaded PoR in for play immediately after drying it? O=

Also, I've talked to him about the possibility of the battery getting wet, and he says that shouldn't have happened. That's mostly because lithium ion batteries explode when they come in contact/are immersed in liquid... oO;;

The good thing is I just found out the replacement DS Lite from Nintendo arrived today. So he has a working one, and the broken one is being sent back for repairs; yay! ^^
CyberDragon10K

See?? I knew something happened to it!!!

Thanks for sharing that info,but when it comes to the DS getting wet,it'll have long term effects instead of instant tragedy.So it probably got wet and your friend dried it,but inside it wasn't dry and was getting worse over time,so that's why it took a while for the effects to take control.

Anyway,I'm glad he got a new one!!

i pre-order the game and have pass 6 days and i don't heaved i hope they send me the game.pinpals

You don't have the game yet? :(  I hope you see it very soon.

Alucard your post wasn't long at all- no worries...so sorry to hear about your home- I couldn't even imagine.  So do you have a new one?

Gregg no worries here's a story...

Excuse the double post but my husband called me recently from work....I said....

"Hello?"

"Boy this Castlevania soundtrack is pretty damn aweseome, the stylus is sooooo cute!!"

Needless to say, I think my husband has come to the rescue on this situation...but he'll be torturing me in the process :lol: