Thoughts for: Wednesday 15th February 2006
WTF? :: [22:51:36]Not sure what else I can say about this.. Just read some of the names on the list, or rather the roles. Intriguingly Steven Seagal plays "Cock Puncher".
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:: [10:57:26]In no particular order:
o How long has there been a King of Fighters Anime and how come I never heard of it?
o How come the only version of it I have been able to find has French fansubs?
o Where the hell can I get more of this from?
o Which KoF is it based on? Looks like one of the newer ones to me.
o Why is Iori so damn cool?
Tell me you bunch of bastards!
:: [10:47:08]There's a lot of ways to get people interested in your product these days. You can advertise pretty much anything everywhere and the internet and other increases in communications technology mean that word of mouth travels a hell of a lot faster these days. Keeping that last thought in mind, I have to question why companies think they can get away with being pricks to their customers or potential customers. It really is quite shocking in some cases.
At the moment I am trying to give the computer game City of Heroes a try. It's an online game and I figured seeing as I have broadband now, I would give it a go. I've heard some very good things about it and with there being a 14 day free trial widely advertised I figured it wouldn't hurt to try. Yeah, I would only when I go to their official website and type in my e-mail address to recieve a free code to use in the activation of my temp' account I get told that "This partner is not currently providing free trials" Not their exact words but close enough. Now, I don't know about you but if I was going to offer a free trial of something and then advertise it so widely that this guy in tibet who thinks he is the only person still alive on this planet because he hit his head on a rock and hasn't seen another person in 50 years has heard of it then I would make sure that your free trial works. The way city of heroes works involves a monthly subscription fee which you can pay in multiple ways. I don't know about the rest of you but I don't think I can trust a company who can't even set up a mailer demon to have my credit card details or to provide a reliable service. Oh but maybe the demon isn't broken, maybe they just don't offer free trials anymore. Fair enough but then why doesn't the website say so? Or at least tell you when/if the service will be resumed. Oh and I am aware that they have just given out a whole host of free trials to valentines of existing members but that hardly changes the fact that advertising something then denying it has taken place. If the lack of service is due to the accounts given out for V'day then why not just write a small paragraph saying that?