Picture post; Kart + MGO = Kart.
Friday / 05.02.08 / 12:21AM / Joe / comments: 2
Here's some recent pictures, covering some recent life events, a maxed out Wii Message Board and the critical fail of the Metal Gear Online beta install.
Just so you lads know what you're getting into, that's what 64 ounces of Gatorade-fueled bowel irrigation fluid looks like. Rubik's Cube provided for scale. Now drink eight oz every ten to fifteen minutes until it's all gone.
Found this at the grocery store. Instant purchase.
Turned on the Wii last night to clear out some incoming mail (mostly Kart friend invites), and received a message that my Message Board had reached the data limit! I've had mine since launch, I trade a lot of photos back and forth, and I rarely delete messages, so I guess this shouldn't be surprising.
What was nice was that the Wii right away saw the SD card and began shifting several months worth of messages and pictures to the card. Now, as long as the SD card is inserted, if I roll back to November 2006, the little Message Board envelopes have a little SD icon on them. Interesting.
And while that was going on, I started downloading the Metal Gear Online beta. I splitscreened it so I could monitor the PS3 while playing Mario Kart.
What a nightmare. If you'll recall, my beta code was screwed up, so I had to contact Konami support to get it replaced. They ignored my first email, and responded to my second with a request for a scan of my screwed-up code ticket. So I didn't get my working code until April 30, which I believe was the last day to download the beta before Sony yanks it.
I started the download at 10pm. The demo took FOREVER to arrive, and then right away I had to get TWO upgrade patches, which took DOUBLE FOREVER.
During all of this, I entirely beat 50cc series.
And once the MGO upgrades were applied, I had to register for a Konami ID, followed by a separate Game ID. And the online form for this dual feat was full of weird restrictions... like this ID has to be all lower case, this password can only be numbers. Crazy.
The entire process took over three hours. By 1am, I really didn't feel like even attempting Metal Gear Online.
Fuck you too.
The beta goes away May 11, so I have ten whole days to enjoy it. Ten days during which I'd probably rather be playing GTAIV. Fantastic. | 
MGO is terrible. If this is what I have to look forward to with the retail version I honestly won't bother.
I haven't played a single match of the beta and probably won't. What a waste. :)
Nintendo's characters officially ALWAYS look crappy if they aren't done in that detailed, rough Smash Bros. style, now.
They look like balls in the shot of your Mii with Mario and Peach.