Wednesday, 29 April 2009

Fallout 3 : The Pitt : Steel Ingot Glitch

I am two ingots short of completing the one hundred that need for the achievement and even following the guides on sites like www.wouldyoukindly.com, I feel it is a lost cause as I cannot see the missing two ingots. I guess some kind of graphical glitch. Shame as I was really enjoying Fallout 3 : The Pitt.



Official Fallout 3 Website:
http://fallout.bethsoft.com

General : Thus/Demon ADSL

I have reset my router a couple of times, but the line has always come back up. However, I am still waiting for a return call from Thus/Demon.


Official Thus Website:
http://www.thus.net/

Monday, 27 April 2009

OutRun™ Online Arcade : My Achievements(2)

Stick Shift

Reached any Goal in manual transmission - 10G


Grand Tour

Arrive at all Goals (A - E) - 10G

Left 4 Dead : My Achievements(2)

Stand Tall

Survive a campaign without being incapacitated. - 20G


Back 2 Help

Leave a safe room to save an incapped teammate and bring them back safely. - 20G

Fallout 3 : The Pitt : My Achievements(1)

Into The Pitt

Completed "Into The Pitt" - 20G

General : Demon ASDL restored!

I have been down for four and half days since Thursday at 11am, but on Friday after a heated exchange with a supervisor at Demon, I had, had enough and I went on a mission to find somebody who could help. That help came in the form of Thus and a telephone call to their head offices. Thus passed me to Demon's directorship and this allowed me to talked to somebody who was interested in my problems and called me back plus gave me their direct line. I am actually, very unhappy that it came to calling Demon's directorship, but I needed a fix.

Anyway, this morning came and I called my new contact, unfortunately, the blame was being placed at my router modem, so they would send my one for free.

After the call, a light came on in my mind, Demon made me change my DSL modulation mode to ADSL2+, I wonder? So, I changed it back to multi-mode and pop my ADSL came back up. I reviewed the router details and discovered Demon has put me back to my original ADSL settings, I guess my line was not capable of the upgrade, shame about the massive fights to get my service restored!!


Official Thus Website:
http://www.thus.net/

Wednesday, 22 April 2009

General : Demon ADSL2+ up!

My ADSL2+ has been up and running for twenty four hours now. Demon true to their word, called me back. Unfortunately, I missed the call as I left my mobile in my office. However, I felt compelled to call them on returning home to explain what they did wrong as a positive rather than a negative.
  • Demon should have know that when ADSL2+ is installed the telecoms providers do extensive testing(training). The training is run twenty four hours a day for up to nine or ten days. This can cause long downs while the telecoms provider works out the rates(speeds) your line can handle.
  • Demon should have got a review date from the telecoms provider prior to the upgrade, so that faults could be resolved.
Finally comment, although I have had a rough time, the new service is faster and I hope more robust.


Official Demon Website:
http://www.demon.net

Tuesday, 21 April 2009

General : Demon ADSL2+ how does it affect me?

This is the official statement from Demon's own website:
How will the migration to 2+ services affect me?
There will be a short service interruption of up to 30 minutes when your service is upgraded to Demon 2+ - typical downtime will be between 5 and 10 minutes. During the interruption both your telephone and broadband services will be affected. Dates and impact of the upgrades will be available to customers prior to their migration commencing, with each customer receiving a letter a month in advance of their migration.
Not quite my experience thus far, 30 minutes of interruption has been days and days of poor or no service. Check the full Demon Broadband 2+ here!


Official Demon Website:
http://www.demon.net

General : Demon ADSL2+ Training continues!

So, last night I was online from about 6:20pm until 8:20pm, then my ADSL2+ started the training process again and that was me down until 8am'ish!


Official Demon Website:
http://www.demon.net

Monday, 20 April 2009

General : Demon ADSL2+ right to be concerned!

I was right to be concerned as I was only up for two minutes and thirty seconds last night. I guess 2+ is representative of minutes up! So, I have lost count of the calls to technical support, who kept telling me to "wait", but after my second complaint to customer services, they finally arranged for somebody to take me seriously. Again, I feel I am on borrowed time and I am not sure how long before the next down. So I am posting now!


Official Demon Website:
http://www.demon.net

Sunday, 19 April 2009

General : Yet More Demon ADSL2+

I have been down from 11am to 10:36pm today. Not sure, how long I am on for now, so I will blog quickly, but after talking to a manager at Demon, I have been promised actions!


Official Demon Website:
http://www.demon.net

General : Even More Demon ADSL2+

Guess what? That is right at 8:45pm and my broadband went down again. I am not enjoy this!


Official Demon Website:
http://www.demon.net

Saturday, 18 April 2009

OutRun™ Online Arcade : Drifter's heaven

Back in the eighties, Outrun was the only arcade game that I wanted to play. It just looked the business.


Now, you like me can enjoy it all again with OutRun Online Arcade on Xbox Live, but unlike most retro games, it feels fresh and new. Thanks Sega for re-releasing and re-vamping it.

OutRun™ Online Arcade : My Achievements(1)

Technologique

Reached any Goal in automatic transmission - 5G

Far Cry 2 : My Achievements(1)

Supply...

Unlocked new weapons by hitting a Convoy - 10G

The Incredible Hulk™ : My Achievements(7)

Eww . . . Gross!

The cure developed by Samuel Sterns has been tested. - 10G


The Enemy Of My Enemy

Defeated Enclave’s F-POD . . . with a little help. - 25G


Alia Iacta Est

Protected General Ross's team while they attacked the Enclave base. - 25G


World War Hulk

Survived at least 60 seconds at Threat Level 9. - 25G


Love Hurts

The things we'll do for love . . . - 20G


Better, Stronger, Faster!

Hulk recieved a power boost from Samuel Sterns. - 15G


What Goes Up . . .

Destroyed the Enclave’s lightning satellite. - 20G

General : More Demon ADSL2+

My ADSL2+ stay on until 8:45pm last night then it was off until about 11:30pm. I couldn't even be bothered to call Demon this time!


Official Demon Website:
http://www.demon.net

Friday, 17 April 2009

General : Demon ADSL2+

The last few days have been what I can only describe as a "pain". Currently, Demon is the process of upgrading it's customers and me to ADSL2+ and that is when my problems started. Since the 14th April 2009, I have either had no service or intermittent ups and downs, I found the Demon service desk unresponsive and I felt that my complaints were unheard. Currently, my ADSL is up and I admit that the speed and performance is better, but if it is anything like last night, it'll be down at 7pm until 9am! Anybody else having problems?


Official Demon Website:
http://www.demon.net

Saturday, 11 April 2009

LEGO Indiana Jones : My Achievements(20)

No ticket.

Complete the "Trouble in the Sky" level in Story Mode. - 10G


We’re not going in the boat?

Complete the "Motorcycle Escape" level in Story Mode - 10G


That’s for blasphemy!

Destroy Indy with Jones Snr. - 20G


DON'T call me Junior!

Complete the "Castle Rescue" level in Story Mode. - 10G


Nice try, Lao Che!

Destroy Lao Che with Indy. - 20G


Goodbye Dr. Jones.

Destroy Indy with Lao Che. - 20G


X marks the spot!

Complete the "The Hunt for Sir Richard" level in Story Mode. - 10G


How dare you kiss me!

Use your whip to kiss Marion, Willie and Elsa. - 15G


Prepare to meet Kali!

Complete the "Battle on the Bridge" level in Story Mode. - 10G


Take the left tunnel!

Complete the "Escape the Mines" level in Story Mode. - 10G


Quit fooling around.

Complete the "Free The Slaves" level in Story Mode. - 10G


Kali Ma will rule the world!

Complete the "Kali's Temple" level in Story Mode. - 10G


I had bugs for lunch!

Complete the "Pankot Secrets" level in Story Mode. - 10G


Short Round, step on it!

Complete the "Shanghai Showdown" level in Story Mode. - 10G


Keep your eyes shut!

Complete the "Opening the Ark" level in Story Mode. - 10G


I’m making this up as I go along

Complete the "Pursing the Ark" level in Story Mode. - 10G


I hate these guys.

Destroy 200 bad guys. - 20G


Why did it have to be snakes?

Complete the "The Well of Souls" level in Story Mode. - 10G


I step on fortune cookie!

Destroy 50 creepy-crawlies. - 20G


Belloq's staff is too long.

Complete the "City of Danger" level in Story Mode. - 10G

Mass Effect : My Achievements(1)

Power Gamer

50th level character - 20G