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Microsoft repair center rapes one of a kind Xbox 360

10:20 PM on 02.28.2008, Hamza CTZ Aziz 138 comments

Microsoft repair center rapes one of a kind Xbox 360 photo
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We've all heard of the constant horror stories about the plague known as RRoD. Hawty McBloggy brings word of possibly the worst case of RRoD yet. Nathaniel suffered the RRoD syndrome just like a majority of Xbox 360 owners out there. Usually it's just a simple process of shipping off the console to get repaired. Unfortunately for Nathaniel, it wasn't just as simple as that.

Nathaniel has taken his 360 with him to various events where members of Rooster Teeth, Bungie and the Xbox 360 team had signed his console. Not only that, but the comic artist over at Rooster Teeth had drawn an awesome looking Master Chief on the 360. Nathaniel contacted Microsoft before sending in his 360 who ensured Nathaniel that he would receive the exact same Xbox 360 back from Microsoft. Nathaniel even included a letter with the 360 to insure no harm would come to the unit (which you can read on Hawty's blog).

Well, Nathaniel did receive the exact same 360 back, but some jackass decided to clean the Xbox 360 case. Keep in mind that all the custom work was done with sharpie so some jerk really took their time to destroy the work of art on the system. All that was left were a couple of smudge marks. 

Seriously, how in the f*ck does someone look at the signatures and drawings and think for one second that they should clean the case down?! Microsoft assured him that he would receive his one of a kind Xbox 360 back unharmed and some guy who had way too much time on his hands destroyed the system. Hopefully he'll be able to run into the people who signed his system originally and get them to sign it again. It's pretty doubtful Microsoft will do anything to help the kid out.  

[Via Simmons 2pt0 C-Blog


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Gameboi's Avatar
Gameboi at 02/28/2008 22:24
That is wrong on sooo many levels. Whoever did this, obviously doesn't give a shit about games -- sickening!
Necros's Avatar
Necros at 02/28/2008 22:24
WHAT THE FUCK.
DaedHead8's Avatar
DaedHead8 at 02/28/2008 22:26
I would cry. No joke.
gopher's Avatar
gopher at 02/28/2008 22:28
X(
Samit Sarkar's Avatar
Samit Sarkar at 02/28/2008 22:28
That is SO not cool! By the way, Hamza, acetone will easily dissolve most types of permanent marker — it’s an organic solvent that’s the principal component of most standard nail polish removers — so the blithering idiot who was responsible for this may not have had to exert himself/herself after all.

Also, large image is large.
LostCrichton's Avatar
LostCrichton at 02/28/2008 22:29
that's fucked up, but maybe the guys at Rooster Teeth will make things right by getting this guy replacement artwork and signatures.
Tuxy's Avatar
Tuxy at 02/28/2008 22:29
I have a sick sense of humour so I kinda find this funny. MS can't do anything right. At the same time I can't stand Halo, so fuckem.
Pedro Blandino's Avatar
Pedro Blandino at 02/28/2008 22:29
i would fucking sue Microsoft for doing that. i would want to have the balls of the guy who cleaned it.
Cheeburga's Avatar
Cheeburga at 02/28/2008 22:29
That story made me sad.
NihonTiger90's Avatar
NihonTiger90 at 02/28/2008 22:30
I'd drive down to Texas and kill the bitch who did it.
free touch's Avatar
free touch at 02/28/2008 22:31
haha.

Seriously though... Someone yanked his case. And put a new one on and masked it with some smudges. there is no way they would've cleaned it like that. Plus, being a close personal friend of permanant markers and plastic, you'd never get all the ink out of the plastic, since its porous.
supremeFronk's Avatar
supremeFronk at 02/28/2008 22:32
agreed with Cheeburga
free touch's Avatar
free touch at 02/28/2008 22:33
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Crunshii at 02/28/2008 22:34
Nathaniel has taken his 360 with him to various events where members of Rooster Teeth, Bungie and the Xbox 360 team had signed his console. Not only that, but the comic artist over at Rooster Teeth had drawn an awesome looking Master Chief on the 360. Nathaniel contacted Microsoft before sending in his 360 who ensured Nathaniel that he would receive the exact same Xbox 360 back from Microsoft. Nathaniel even included a letter with the 360 to insure no harm would come to the unit (which you can read on Hawty's blog).

Why does this sound like a perfect to fuck u set up. Honestly, if I was the kid, that Console should have kept it as a collectors item and not a playing console after it got signed by so many well known gaming developers.
Topher Cantler's Avatar
Topher Cantler at 02/28/2008 22:34
This shit is getting out of hand.
Sadie G's Avatar
Sadie G at 02/28/2008 22:34
What the hell is wrong with people?
Karma is a bitch.
FreePablo's Avatar
FreePablo at 02/28/2008 22:34
That story takes their customer service to a whole new level. I thought it would be him telling MS that he wanted the same system back and they gave him a new one.... but who the hell would take the time to scrub all that Sharpie off?
Jaren Face's Avatar
Jaren Face at 02/28/2008 22:34
*checks time*
11:38 pm.
Yep, a sad story to ruin my over wise mediocre day.
That really sucks.
Jerk cleaner is a jerk.
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Crumpet Lips at 02/28/2008 22:35
Thats fucked up. I really feel for this guy but I guess you can only blame him really. If that were my 360 and it cracked the shitter, I would have taken the case off, got somebody to repair the box locally or just purchased a new box and put that signed case on top of it.

Still that fucking sucks and I would be really fucked off at Microsoft and just wouldn't even bother with the fucktards and go to Sony
DynamicSheep's Avatar
DynamicSheep at 02/28/2008 22:35
That's just too damn depressing for words
jackdoe's Avatar
jackdoe at 02/28/2008 22:35
I feel sorry for the dude. Collecting all those signatures was not easy work, not to mention all the memories that disappeared with it. I think the guy should have played it safe and just bought a new 360 and keep the broken one as a sentimental trophy.
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ttaylor at 02/28/2008 22:37
Screw you M$!
michiyoyoshiku's Avatar
michiyoyoshiku at 02/28/2008 22:37
Well he's an idiot for not trying to fix it himself like uh...every one else.
free touch's Avatar
free touch at 02/28/2008 22:38
Needless to say, I'm sure the box goes through more than one person's hands when it's being fixed. Clearly someone would've known what the signatures where. HE EVEN HAD A LETTER ATTACHED.... Christ almighty.
RJG's Avatar
RJG at 02/28/2008 22:42
That's fucked up. The conspiracy nut in me likes to think that the "smudges" are a disguise for "cleaning" but that the real culprit stole the case for himself and replaced it with the "authentically cleaned by fucked up MS" version.

But Occham's Razor and all, so maybe MS is just full of dumbasses.
maxio098ui's Avatar
maxio098ui at 02/28/2008 22:42
I would make that major guy personally go past every single guy whose sig was wiped out and get it all redone
MechaMonkey's Avatar
MechaMonkey at 02/28/2008 22:48
Lock and load, folks. Time to bag us an asshole.
uptonogood's Avatar
uptonogood at 02/28/2008 22:49
so ... the RRoD, fixed? No? Yes?

And where is your god now, MS fanboys? Where?!
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beingofsight at 02/28/2008 22:54
I have a plain white face plate for the xbox 360 that i got signed by Plus 44 and when my console was sent off i took my face plate off and put the lame Full Auto face plate that i got for free because i beleived that i would get a different one back. Low and behold i got that crappy full auto plate back. Had i sent my autographed one i would have never seen it again....how messed up is that?
BluFire's Avatar
BluFire at 02/28/2008 22:58
Buncha fuckers.
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BS3 Owner at 02/28/2008 23:00
Rape in the 1st Degree... * Shamed @ M$ ! *
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seamonkey420 at 02/28/2008 23:02
@uptonogood
LMFAO.. :P

sad, yes.

but come on man! WTF were you thinking sending something like that in??? should have just kept it and got a new 360.. i hear the newer ones run cooler too..
deiga-the-semivaliant's Avatar
deiga-the-semivaliant at 02/28/2008 23:02
Damn, and that's some bitchin' art work on that case, too.


Damn shame.
BluDesign's Avatar
BluDesign at 02/28/2008 23:05
Without knowing if he matched the serial numbers up to make sure 100% it was his same console, anyone who gets a RROD will almost always get back a different console, no question. Personally, I would've gotten a new console and done a case transplant and sent the old system in in the new case.
Darkknight37's Avatar
Darkknight37 at 02/28/2008 23:05
I guess his shield didn't spawn back. Would never happened if it had COD4 graffiti on it. :)
B-Radicate's Avatar
B-Radicate at 02/28/2008 23:07
WTF? What bastards. Dude should lose his fucking job for that move.
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bluesquareapple at 02/28/2008 23:07
Not a Halo fan, but this is messed up in so many ways.
EvilElvis's Avatar
EvilElvis at 02/28/2008 23:08
They gotta fire somebody, I wanna hear what Major says.You know that guy is going to get hooked up by somebody, blessing in disguise.
Dexter345's Avatar
Dexter345 at 02/28/2008 23:10
Wow, that sucks.
Snoopbob2006's Avatar
Snoopbob2006 at 02/28/2008 23:12
Sue those mother fuckers!!!

Thats xbox's is worth alot of time and probably a good bit of money!!
the GAMEGOBLIN's Avatar
the GAMEGOBLIN at 02/28/2008 23:14
Wow. But it kinda serves him right; if it's as sentimental as he said it was he should have kept it working or not. I'd just get another 360 and keep my, albeit non-working launch 360 and take it with me on bill and ted-ish adventures keeping a fresh, new one at home to play on.

But it's a little too late for that isn't it? And even if he gets all those signatures back it won't mean anything; It's different to have an object in your hands being signed in front of you (accumulating signatures over the years)and receiving something signed already.
Sharpless's Avatar
Sharpless at 02/28/2008 23:14
This pissed me the hell off when I read it. How batshit stupid do you have to be to think that the user wanted the box wiped clean? And if it was for some supposed policy-related reason, that's horseshit. MS had better compensate him for it tenfold.

ARGH. I hate stupidity.
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free touch at 02/28/2008 23:15
I feel bad for this dood. I emailed the person over at Hawtymcbloggy to see if I can lend my services to Nathaniel. I'm going to see if he want's a custom faceplate free of charge, just so he can have something (granted, not as sweet as the actual signatures) that will maybe help out a bit.
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GohanGVO at 02/28/2008 23:19
Microsoft deserves a "The Price is Right" fail sound.
Cacophony's Avatar
Cacophony at 02/28/2008 23:20
While it does suck pretty hard, I've got to say shame on him from trusting that no harm would come based on the words of some customer service rep.

If that were my 360, there is no way in hell those signatures would be leaving my sight.
Outer Heaven's Avatar
Outer Heaven at 02/28/2008 23:25
Hmmm...Question for others who've had RROD: Do your systems come back noticeably cleaner/sparklier? If so, it's probably company policy to clean them up before shipping them back, y'know, so they have that new console smell again. Which means there's probably some guy who's entire job is just to clean them up and he either:

a)didn't recognize the significance of the artwork, b)recognized it, and was told by a supervisor to clean it anyway, or
c)recognized it, but didn't give a shit, either because he was a low-wage/temp worker and didn't get paid enough to care or because he was too busy (I'm sure the RROD return center is a pretty busy place right now).

Sucks for that kid. Hope he can get some even better signatures in some kind of Sandlot-esque plot twist.
Justin Villasenor's Avatar
Justin Villasenor at 02/28/2008 23:25
The whole time I was expecting that they had sent back a different console but definitely not that someone would have gone ahead and wiped it down. That decision completely baffles me. Even if it is procedure to do that to all freshly repaired systems I don't know why they couldn't of made an exception as it was very obviously not just some five year old's doodles, not to mention the fact that he discussed it ahead of time and included a letter.
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calpis at 02/28/2008 23:29
I'm sure the person that cleaned it was offended by the "three shitsty" tag on the case.
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