The 90% Solution to Most Customer Support Issues

The solution to 90% of all account financial issues, i.e., complaints:
DON'T ENTER INTO CONTRACTS WITHOUT READING THE CONTRACT. You're giving us your credit card, for Thor's sake!

The solution to 90% of all login problems:
RECORD YOUR USERNAME AND PASSWORD SOMEWHERE YOU WON'T LOSE IT. When one account has the login name "foo" and the gamename "bar", but you also created an account when you were drunk one night and couldn't remember the other password with the login name "bar" and the gamename "foo", do not be surprised when you can't login to the first account with the password of the second account, nor that when you unsubscribe one, the other continues.

The solution to 90% of all technical problems:
HIRE A TEENAGER TO FIX/UPGRADE YOUR COMPUTER. Scratch that. Teenagers don't know crap about computers anymore. Hire a burned out PC gamer in his 30s.

So, We announced some news...

...I'm not going to get into the merits of the announcement of the newly announced Playnet deal that will license the game in China.

But I am damned embarrassed by all the racism, ignorance and racism I see on our forums. Good thing I'm not a mod or the banhammer would be scarred from heavy use. As it is, I'm thankful I have an ignore feature for the forums. Lot of names added to that recently.

Monster Haiku

(I'm not entirely happy with this, but it's going in the right direction)

Longing Zombie

my life now simple
all desires gone but one
brains Brains BRAINS BRAINS BRAINS!

Frankenstein's Monster

the bolts on my neck
delivered the spark of life
the itch I can't scratch

The Mummy

Tanna leaves wake me
Not the afterlife promised
Must kill you all now

Vampire

Blood far too salty.
Atkins diet eternal
Vegans, my salad.

Rolling Eyes

Old, but neat. It's a wireless camera ball that rolls around under your control. The Eye Ball R1. And tough enough to throw into places.

I'm sure the next version will actually be on a little hover rotor so you can have your own school of flying camera-copters, just like Mike McQuay predicted in Hot Time in Old Town.

Rotten Tomatoees 100 'best' sci-fi movies.

This list is shite. But to spare you 100 clicks:

1 E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
2 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
3 Metropolis (1926)
4 Alien (1979)
5 Minority Report (2002)
6 The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
7 Children of Men (2006)
8 The Host (2007)
9 Star Wars (1977)
10 Aliens (1986)
11 The Road Warrior (1981)
12 The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
13 Galaxy Quest (1999)
14 Brazil (1985)
15 The Terminator (1984)
16 Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
17 Solaris (1972)
18 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
19 Frankenstein (1931)
20 Mad Max (1979)
21 Repo Man (1984)
22 Back to the Future (1985)
23 Sleeper (1973)
24 Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
25 Gojira (1954)
26 Young Frankenstein (1974)
27 Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
28 Men in Black (1997)
29 Ghostbusters (1984)
30 Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
31 The Invisible Man (1933)
32 The Matrix (1999)
33 Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
34 Forbidden Planet (1956)
35 Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
36 Blade Runner (1982)
37 Them! (1954)
38 Time Bandits (1982)
39 The Fly (1986)
40 THX 1138 (1971)
41 Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
42 2046 (2005)
43 Re-Animator (1985)
44 12 Monkeys (1995)
45 A Clockwork Orange (1971)
46 Delicatessen (1991)
47 Donnie Darko (2001)
48 Serenity (2005)
49 District B13 (2006)
50 Things to Come (1936)
51 Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)
52 Save The Green Planet! (2005)
53 They Live (1988)
54 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
55 Fantastic Voyage (1966)
56 Westworld (1973)
57 Planet of the Apes (1968)
58 The Brother From Another Planet (1984)
59 Altered States (1980)
60 Robocop (1987)
61 Open Your Eyes (1997)
62 Jurassic Park (1993)
63 The Thing (1951)
64 Pi (1997)
65 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
66 Escape from New York (1981)
67 Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
68 The Abyss (1989)
69 Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)
70 Time After Time (1979)
71 Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
72 Seconds (1966)
73 Alphaville (1965)
74 Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
75 The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
76 X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963)
77 Videodrome (1983)
78 Gattaca (1997)
79 Total Recall (1990)
80 The War of the Worlds (1953)
81 The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
82 Dark City (1998)
83 Signs (2002)
84 Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
85 Innerspace (1987)
86 Starman (1984)
87 Return of the Jedi (1983)
88 Flash Gordon (1980)
89 War of the Worlds (2005)
90 Death Race 2000 (1975)
91 A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
92 It Came From Outer Space (1953)
93 Dreamscape (1983)
94 Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
95 Dark Star (1974)
96 A Boy and His Dog (1975)
97 The Thing (1982)
98 Primer (2004)
99 Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
100 Escape From the Planet of the Apes (1971)

Wax On, Mutherfrakkers!

Cobra Kai Never Dies. Must appreciate Karate Kid to enjoy this video and song from No More Kings.

London Called

...and I answered.

Great place. Pub. Imperial War Museum. Pub. British girls. Pub. Japanese food (Don Katsu). The British Museum. Turkish food (Haloumi grilled cheese and mixed grill). Pub. British food (Sunday Roast at the pub and fish and chips). Hampstead Heath. Smoked Salmon. Kenwood House. Scones with Devonshire cream and strawberry jam. Pub. Being just in front of Critical Mass and escaping in a tiny car. The bridge at the Embankment Pier. Jazz concert at Queen Elizabeth Hall. Pub. Homemade biscuit topped Chicken pot pie and chili. Almost more walking than my busted ankles could handle.

Not necessarily in that order.