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BROTHER'S KEEPER
HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY, FRIENDS OF BETA-7! Hope you and yours have a great one. Just don't get so wasted you forget that all-important 2nd step after "LIGHT FUSE," which is of course…"GET AWAY!"
But please don't "get away" from my site until you've read all about my fight for independence from the mind-destroying tyrants at Sega…read a brief overview of my battle in the WHY FIGHT? section and then get the full story in my journals, starting with March 21. Then, please join the battle by linking people to my site -- we need all the help we can get to shine the light of truth into the dark cave of Sega's lies! And now, the latest…
Rob, I know I said before that you were officially the coolest guy in the world, but now I just might have to bestow that title upon my big bro Tommy (on second thought though Rob, you never held me down and farted in my face when I was a kid, so maybe the jury's still out…)
Nevertheless, THANK YOU, TOMMY!!!
Ever since Beta-13 sent me the 2k4 revisions that he stole from Visual Concepts, I've been jonesing to get my hands on a modified console so I could take a look into the chamber of Sega's smoking gun. Seeing these discs just laying there dormant, knowing what's on them has been just about KILLING me these last few days. But seeing as how a mod console costs over 3 bills, and there's the matter of that pesky littly nuisance known as RENT…
Then comes Tommy to save the day! Not only did he hook me up with the rest of the rent money (plus the $50 late fee), he also BOUGHT A MODED XBOX ON HIS CREDIT CARD FOR ME!!! HAAAAY-OLE YEEEEE-UH! It wasn’t easy though, it took a 2-hour phone conversation and LOTS of explaining.
I told him about my "predicament," and his first thought was that I should call the cops. After hearing about the shady, fly-by-night "Sunshine Survey Systems" (now apparently non-existent), the stuff with Beta-13, and the fact that it comes down to the word of some 19 year old "punk kid" vs. a huge, international corporation with an army of cutthroat lawyers, I'd probably end up getting MYSELF into more trouble than Sega. So he understands the importance of me being able to get at what's on these revision discs.
And seeing as how he was raised by the same worrying, neurotic mother I was, he also understands how I can't tell her about all this stuff, or ask her for the money for the moded box (I can imagine that conversation:"You already have a playstation AND an xbox, whaddya need ANOTHER goddamn xbox for?" "Well, Mom…")
My bro is worried about me though (join the club, I'm worried about me), and said to be careful. He also gave me a $100 gift card for Winn Dixie, to make sure I'm actually eating and not blowing all my money on this sega war. He also said he'd tell Mom that he gave me a good "talking to" and that I'm just going through ordinary 19 year old angst and trying to "find myself" (which ain't too far from the truth, I am trying to find the part of "myself" that Sega stole from me!). He said it was more for her benefit than mine, since her having a heart attack really wouldn't help either of us.
Because of the holiday weekend, I probably won't get the moded xbox until the middle of next week, which sucks because I WANT IT NOW!!! Beggars can't be choosers, though, so I'll just have to wait…
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Posted by beta-7 at July 4, 2003 10:38 AM
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