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Rant & Rave: Best Buy

So not doubt I'm a fan of the Best Buy company. Usually when I need to get a game/ dvd or anything electronic I would go to them first. My t.v. is from Best Buy, a lot of cd's I own are from them so I am a loyal repeat customer. So when I heard Best Buy was offering a cool pre-order bonus for Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 I thought it was a match made in heaven. To top it off, the pre-order bonus was alternate costumes for characters I like like Wesker, Super Skrull and M.O.D.O.K. I was like take my money and for the first time EVER I pre-ordered a game and paid for it up front. I have never done this before, usually I would wait till a game has dropped a little in price before buying because times are tough and I am not rich lol.

I however wanted to be on ground floor for Ultimate MvC 3 so I knew I needed the game on release date so again, pre-ordering was a blessing in disguise and I get a free DLC.

Well I got the game and it was ready for me on the date (had to go through a bit of hoopla for it but I shrugged that off). I was told that my DLC was going to be sent to my email address the day before, the day of or the day after. So I patiently waited.... and waited and waited. Till I could not do it no more.

A few days ago I called them and asked on the status of code. After a lot of holding and behind transferred, I finally got news that the codes were delayed and that they should be sent out 7 days after release date (a far cry from day before, day of or day after for sure). I nodded and said I would call back to make sure.

Again I waited, however last night I was online and a guy was using his DLC Super Skrull outfit and well that stirred a fire in me and I had enough. So today I called them and told them they were going to give me my code. After the long process of holding and behind transferred I finally ended up in the right spot. The customer service rep was very nice and after she finally got the code she was patient enough to walk me through the code a couple times (its 25 freakin' digits) and she sent me a follow up email with the code (so you do have my email address lol).

That is where the rave comes in, she was even nice enough to stay on the line and wait for me to enter the code and made sure it was correct. I appreciate that so kudos to you, Abigail.

However I also have to rant that it was crazy that I had to do all this for something that was promised to me. I worry that if I did not called them and harassed them would they have ever sent out the code in a decent amount of time?

I'm elated I now have my costumes and I'll definitely be using them but this really soured me off Best Buy's pre-ordering. I don't think I'll ever do it again and that's a shame cause as I said at the beginning I was a loyal repeat customer. Shame, shame.

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Blue Men Group

First we had 'Shades of Gray' then I introduced the 'Ambulance crew'. Now I have another color addition which I like to call the 'Blue Men Group'.... Blue Hulk, Blue Iron Man and Blue Strange.

And when Strange's DLC gets released... well they really get blue.

BTW check out my brand new Hulk combo video 'Smash Hulk Smash!' on my new youtube page

www.youtube.com/apocryphicv

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The coming of Apocryphicv

The time has come to close the chapter on one era and begin a whole new saga.

Pigeondrago is dead, long live apocryphicv.

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Announcement: Apocryphic Audio

I am proud to announce that when I debut my brand new YouTube page, it'll feature original music created by me.

With the help of Ezemuze + Hamster edition I am creating my own instrumentals for my videos. Now no one shall be able to claim my videos and I believe having original music will put me one step closer to getting a YouTube partnership.

Plus not only will I'll be using my music for my videos I'll also upload songs I have created as well under my re-born music production company Apocryphic Audio.

Be on the look out for that, I promise you'll be surprised.

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Announcement: XLS

As I continued my march towards a brand new era of Apocryphic Visions, I am going to keep y'all informed about some of the new stuff that is to come.

Now Xbox Live Sessions was one of the staples of my original youtube page and most of the videos got a fair amount of views. Most of these videos were humorous in nature. A couple months ago, I announced I was going to start a new series called Xbox Live LIVE, however time got away from me and I felt like it wouldn't work, especially since it was for an 'old' game like Tekken 6.

Well Xbox Live Sessions is coming back with a vengeance as XLS: Ultimate Edition. With this series, it'll be me playing online Ultimate Marvel 3 warts and all. The matches will be direct captured and some of them may even feature commentary from yours truly.

Now without further ado, I present the brand new logo for this series.



Come Nov. 16th... prepare for the Ultimate.

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Bucket List

So it's been quiet over here mainly for two reasons.

1. I've been hella busy with school work and trying to get these last assignments done and dusted.

2. Recent color blogs for Shuma, Ryu and Sentinel haven't really excited me like previous blogs.

However with Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 on the horizon, I decided to check my bucket list in regards to the original version.

1- Found a good team and stuck with it (CHECK) 'Shades of Gray' really do work well together and I enjoy using a team with characters I like.

2- Did well in tournaments (NO CHECK). I only attended one real tournament for Marvel 3 (Iowa) and I also went to each Marvel 3 ranbat last season. Unfortunately at both I went 0-2. Pretty upset with myself. Hopefully I can turn it around come Ultimate.

3- Got people with Deadpool/ Trish glitch online and off (CHECK) LOL it's soooo stupid. I am happy it's gone but at the same time, thanks for the memories.

4- Hit someone with Hulk's infinite online (CHECK) Poor Dormmy player... had no idea what hit him.

5- Made combo videos with direct capture and not wide screen (CHECK) Armory.... proofs in the pudding.

6- Made people fear my Hulk (CHECK) Respect my super armor and my ability to spam standing heavy all day.... I don't give a f**k.

7- Beat up a lot of Phoenix abusers (CHECK) Learn how to play the game... damnit.

8- Ended my Marvel 3 online record with more wins then losses (CHECK) 100 plus more wins last time I checked.

So other then one and it was an important one :-(, I pretty much filled all my boxes. I think my foray back into the world of Marvel was a success.

Now I look forward to the future and really making a name for myself.

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