The other day, I noticed that my domain was getting some rather unusual downtime. For my host, who I’ve been with for, oh, a year and a couple of months, any downtime at all was unusual. I contacted my host. She said the higher-ups were upgrading (i.e. - tinkering with all their hosteds’ livelihoods). I figured it’d be over with soon enough. No worries.
Then my baby went down. For an entire day. God help me.
Last night, it finally sprung up, all fresh and purty. Except… something wasn’t right. It was missing a few things. Like, oh, all the changes I’ve mad within the past couple of days. All the comments, all the posts on SEX, the changes made behind the scenes - gone.
Now, it’s rather stupid to get upset over a few posts and comments, but, damnit, I’m upset. I hate repeating myself.
When I spend over $300 on a video game, I’d like to be able to play it! But, thanks to NVIDIA, I can’t! Suck my balls, you piece of shit graphics card!
I recently purchased the last three expansion packs (and two stuff packs) for the Sims 2, completing my expansion pack collection. I was so excited to play; from the details I read online and in the boxes, I was going to be able to do so much! I uninstalled my previous games, ensuring that everything was fresh and new, and spent all day (and I mean that) installing and getting ready for playtime.
When I finally finished install, I had to wait 20 minutes for the game to load. Bad? Yeah, but I understand. I have a lot of custom files; the game is big; a long load time is to be expected. When the game pops up, I go to my neighborhood (more load time), I create-a-sim (MORE load time), and DUN DUN DUN!
There’s a huge graphics glitch. I mean, HUGE! There was no way I was going to play that game with a graphics glitch that was so ugly. It made gaming impossible and annoying. Want to see it? Here’s a video (not made by me) of the glitch… ignore the horrible dance music:
After weeks of researching, researching, downloading drivers, researching, downloading “fixes,” more researching, and giving up, I finally decided to try messing with the preferences within the game. And I fixed it. And I screamed. I was happy I fixed it; I was pissed that all I had to do was fiddle.
I finally get to play my game. I wait for 20 minutes to load the game, wait for a minute or two to load the neighborhood, wait a minute or two to load my household, and I play. Five minutes into playing, I get the Blue Screen of Death. And I scream again.
More researching tells me that this is an NVIDIA problem. The research also tells me that NVIDIA has a beta driver out there that can fix this problem, but I’ll be damned if I can find it. The wiki I went to had a link that was broken. So, I end up cruising around NVIDIA’s website for a day or two before I finally find the sumbitch. I download; I install.
I load my game for 20 minutes. I load my neighborhood. I load my household. I decorate for a bit. I turn on the live mode. GAME CRASHES.
Now it’s telling me I have a direct3d error. It’s that damned NVIDIA card again! Now my stepfather’s telling me the only probable solution to getting my $300+ game working is to drop more money on an ATI graphics card (for his computer, btw)! I’m sick of spending money. I don’t have a job. What money I have, I’d like to save! And what money I’ve spent, I’d like to enjoy.
The worst part is that I’m not alone. I’m not the only one who can’t play their game (not only the Sims 2… other games are effected) because NVIDIA distributes pieces of shit to their customers.
So, NVIDIA, if you can see this: You have a lot of ball-sucking to do.
Edit: I ended up dropping $50 on an ATI card that happened to be on clearance (thank you, God). My father hooked it up, fiddled, handed it over to me, and I haven’t stopped playing. Nothing has gone wrong. The graphics - perfect. The play time - perfect. I just wished this hadn’t come at the same time my final speech is due… DUN DUN DUN!