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Re: ORIGIN SPEAKS (well, not really)

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From: pn... NADJ PAUL
Date: Fri, 22 May 1992 21:46
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In article <21MAY199...@venus.tamu.edu> daa...@venus.tamu.edu (DIEGO ARANDA) writes:
>I just called Origin System's Customer Service Line about the disappearing
>keys in U7.  THIS IS NOT A BUG - IT'S A FEATURE! (so they would have me
>believe).  It seems the folks at Origin decided keys were such heavy items
>to pack around on long journeys that they purposely coded the game to get
>rid of your keys when you sleep!  The nice lady I spoke to said that all
>keys were meant to be used in their immediate surroundings, so it really
>isn't necessary to keep the keys after use.  She also said that people didn't
>use the FEATURE as it was meant to be used, and had taken to locking up
>their gold in chests to return and get it later (hence, people calling
>this glorious feature a bug!).  SOLUTION: BEFORE GOING TO SLEEP, DROP YOUR
>KEYS!  When you wake up, be sure to pick those suckers up.  To make it
>easy, put all you keys in a bag or sack or something, so you can drop/pick
>them up quickly.
>

WHAT?!!!  That's the biggest load of <censored> that I've ever heard.  Thank
God that ORIGIN isn't writing software for the military!

To think I was going to call them up and ask for a bug-fix.  Now I'll call
them up and tell them I want my money back.

	-Paul "I am most pissed off" Nadj
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From: pn...@ee.ubc.ca (NADJ PAUL)
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Subject: Re: ORIGIN SPEAKS (well, not really)
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