{"author_name":"Zemmi","cat":"LD #20 - It's Dangerous to go Alone! Take This!","comments":[],"epoch":1304386320,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"65774","p_author":"Zemmi","p_authorkey":"3343","p_urlkey":"101570","p_title":"Problems of Das Sad","p_cat":"LD #20 - It's Dangerous to go Alone! Take This!","p_event":"LD20","p_time":"1304386320","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"3343","us_name":"Zemmi","us_username":"\/author\/zemmi\/","event_start":"1304035200","event_key":"6","event_name":"LD20"},"text":"

Since I ran into so many hardware issues this Ludum Dare, I thought I might take the time to go over them. Sort of a cathartic, stress clearing exercise I suppose.<\/p>\n

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  1. Slept a full 8 hours the first night and was excited to get going the next day, everything was going just swell until viruses<\/strong> struck! Not sure what it was, but it was blocking access to everything “cmd.exe is a virus” it said, “tskmgr.exe is a virus” it whined. I tried fixing it through Safe Mode, but all I did was make it worse, much worse. After I was through with it the computer wouldn’t even start properly… nice.<\/li>\n
  2. Decided to waste my time formatting<\/strong> the computer, I forgot that my desktop PC is retarded. Once it was formatted I was unable to get the internet working again to download the various drivers\/software I needed. I know, internet is easy, but my computer is just weird that way, I have no idea why it wouldn’t work. It found my network, said I had a great connection, but refused me service.<\/li>\n
  3. Gave up and switched to my laptop, and guess what? Virus!<\/strong> I have no idea how, after working for a while I was looking up what a certain error code meant and BAM! Needless to say I was a little frustrated… so I may have thrown my laptop and I think it is fair to say that my neighbours have a less than respectable opinion of me after that. Reset my laptop to about a month ago, so I was ready to go.<\/li>\n <\/ol>\n

    I would say that I lost about an hour of my game (luckily I backed up frequently) and about 8 or so hours between my crashes, attempted fixes, fiddling, and formatting.<\/p>\n

    Lessons Learned?<\/strong> Back up frequently because you never know what’s gonna happen and check for viruses on a regular basis cuz’ Jesus that was unexpected.<\/p>\n

    Note:<\/strong> My friend wants me to reenact the throwing of the laptop and post it, so if I feel like humiliating myself tomorrow I’ll get right on that.<\/p>\n

     <\/p>","time":"May 2nd, 2011 8:32 pm","title":"Problems of Das Sad"}