From a customer point of view, downloadable content that is unusable for ANY reason should be refunded. Sony USA customer support [+1 800 345 7999] declined my request to use The Division’s Survival DLC ($14.99) on my US account because I have a UK disk.
Fuck you Sony…..Regional lock is a total scam for global gamers.
So here is the consideration….do I go for the download version of Division 2 or a UK Disk?
Also, it shows that the motherfuckers track everything gamers are doing. I made the same mistake a few months ago and actually got a refund.
My bad.
Tom Clancy’s The Division – Sony fucks you if you made a purchase mistake
On the plus side, I did actually get to speak to a human being and being a frugal gamer it didn’t break the budget just annoyed the hell out of me on principle.
So I accepted the loss and promptly purchased the DLC from my UK PSN account with the goal of actually using it on my US account…
I condensed my usual pace of gameplay over 3 weeks into 3 days of The Division because of the Global Event. I didn’t come across many players who hadn’t played the game before and It’s clear that The Division 2 will break sales records with millions of players jumping around DC for loot and kills.
Enough is enough already, so I fell back to my cut-off strategy of removing the disk and deleting the game to simply stop playing it. I haven’t even looked at others title for the past few weeks.
Tom Clancy’s The Division – knowing when to quit playing
August gameplay
This month’s line up looks great with Mafia III (single player) and Dead by Daylight (PvP) free for PS Plus folk. I nearly bought Mafia III a few months ago when it went on sale but figured it would be free at some point for this 2-year-old title. Dead by Daylights format of 4 verses 1 has not been as popular as the all-out 100 player format or 4 versus 4 formats.
Anyhow for me, August is a PvP free month but I’ll certainly view my favourite streamers escapades and will be missing the past few days ShotGun onslaught up close and personal.
Tom Clancy’s The Division – Be back in September folks
My love for single player games continues; this skillset is particularly fruitful in a real-life Person versus Environment (PvE) situation. This morning I arrive at Gatwick Airport knowing I had just one hour to get to the terminal gate.
Navigating major airport terminals during summer holidays is challenging if you don’t anticipate the delays and have a countermeasure in mind. Also, any Network specialist will tell you that the last ‘hop’ is often the most problematic.
Airport terminal log – target Gate arrival time 11:20
10:30 arrive at Gatwick by train
10:40 arrive at terminal monorail shuttle
transfer (Primary service)
Delay 1 - (Service failure)Terminal train
out of service transferred to slow buses.10:45 arrive at terminal
10:50 Checked-in luggage (I don’t normally do this)
10:55 Arrive at security check
Delay 2 - (Slow Service) Carry-on luggage
selected for ‘random’ check11:05 Cleared to proceed to gateway
Delay 3 - Gate allocated at 15 mins walk11:10 Arrive at Gate sweating and panting
11:30 Actually boarding plane
Delay 4 - Sitting on runway
waiting for flight slot12:14 Flight actually takes off
Flight departure scheduled for 11:55 and there no compensation or anything I can do about it except bitch and blog.
Tom Clancy’s The Division – the downside of Server side gaming
Hazards and delays avoided
Heavy or cumbersome hand luggage
Travel document misplaced
Gadgets misplaced
Fast steady pace walk pass all NPCs
(In real life - families, groups,tourists, airport staff walking the opposite way and folk who arrived early)
Shopping queues
No window shopping
No phone calls
No App checking
No SMS or VoIP
No other players
...single player runs are definitely faster
Mission accomplished – Side effects
Elevated blood pressure
Massive adrenaline surge
No time to think
No last minute detours
Hight chance of verbal conflict
Countermeasure
Arrive 2 hours ahead of time.
(Problem: 4 out 5 EasyJet flights delayed)
ABSOLVER – Time to relax
Chaos can raise its head rapidly. Are you prepared?
Winter version is similar with the added bonus of being able to use your coat to conceal a second carry-on bag avoiding the additional fee….whoops, did I say that out loud.
Keeping focus is a critical tactical skill nowadays. There are so many distractions and attractions where you can very easily wander down a non-revenue generating rabbit hole.
I’ve debriefed myself from InfoSec Europe, London’s annual Circus gathering of Security folk but now deep into the flashing press releases, demos and surprises at E3.
My upcoming game list is still hooked on Last of Us 2 but the surprise new free game in the Life is Strange Universe promised for this month is perfect timing as I get to the end-game of FallOut 4.
Last of Us 2 - release date unknown
Skull and Bones – release date 2019 unknown month
The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit - June 26th 2018
The Division 2 – release date March 15, 2019 – Beta expected
Today’s brute force attacks on my site were routed through Panama 45.227.254.252…interesting.
Look out for the Article 33 – 72 Hour breach notification debacle.
I can only imagine the litigations that are cued up and ready to go. Enterprise is all lawyered up but Small Business owners must be wondering what to do. The first cases will definitely hit the media.
Will it make the end-user safer or just cause admin hassle and change the strategic position of hackers and miscreants? A new era of Lawfare where regulations are used to tied up resources of a target, distracting them and potential weakening their infrastructure.
Policy, procedures, standards, compliance will someone please wake me up.
…but yet I’ve already had some vague clueless queries from worried business folk.
Data enemies approach – Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
No matter, your friendly neighbourhood CISSP is here for ya.
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