So we have all heard Shatton’s wonderful adventures in his new Home, Nostromo. I also moved into a town, named Serenity. All was going well for the first few days and my experiences were pretty much the same as Shatton. We even had a little side business going on importing/exporting (Yes, we were “Importer - Exporters”) exotic fruit. We quickly payed of the mortage on our respective first homes that way.

Fast forward two weeks and while shatton is still doing very well, I am not. All thanks to this Mother Fucker, Mr. Resetti :

This is a plush doll of the in game character, and if I ever saw one personally I’d light it on fire and then piss on it to put it out. Or maybe I’d let it burn, I’m not quite sure. Anyhow, if you accidentally power off the system, or basically exit the game without saving, this guy makes a visit the next time you load up. He then gives you an annoying and lengthy lecture on the perils of not saving.

I made this mistake early on, by accidentaly powering off without saving. I lost an entire afternoon’s worth of work, which already sucked, and then I had to listen to this guy berate me, fine. Everything was good for a week or two and I actually powered off at one point after loggin in for only a minute. Next time I loaded up, no Resetti, all was well with the world. So I figured that if you only were logged in for a min or so, it didn’t really matter. The next day I had just turned it on, and got a call from a customer, so I quickly shut off my DS as I knew it would be a while before I could play.

When I finally got around to trying again, low and behold, Resetti was back. With a vengeance! Not only was he pissed, but he wasn’t letting me off easy. He decided that I needed to repeat some key phrases “after him” to prove that I learned my lesson, choice ones like “I am a Loser” “You are the best” “I am a cheater” etc etc. Needless to say, I respond back with “YOU are a Loser” “You are gay” “Fuck off” “Leave me alone, damnit!” and so on. After a few minutes, without him letting up and not being very impressed, I decided to bite the bullet and just tell him what he wanted to hear. Just so I could get back and play my damn game. Well damnit if he wouldn’t accept what I wrote, and tried to make me type the same thing over and over. After a few minutes of this, I gave up and slammed the damn thing shut in frustration. Who is this guy hassling me about a game that I payed $50 for. It’s my friggin game, and if I want to power off then I will. I didn’t play for a day or two, but finally I gave in, my town was surely missing me. I jumped through all his hoops, for about 5 agonizing minutes, and finally he left me alone.

In my absence, my favourite town member had moved out, which was devestating. But life goes on and I had a great time in Serenity that day, and there was even a fishing tournament. I caught a ton of fish, but lost out by 0.1 of an inch! Shatton won his town’s, with a puny 41″, while my 46.8″ monster wasn’t able to take the cake. After a fufilling day, I decided to save and log off. Unfortunately, in the process of saving, when you get the “Do not power off now, it would be dangerous” message, my hand inadvertently hit the power button. Believe you me I did not do this on purpose, as it meant that my entire days work would not be saved. Right away I knew, and went “I hope it was done saving. Please tell me it was done saving?!!” I know, you must be saying “Why’d you do it again, are you an idiot or something?” All I can say is, you know when you accidentally close a window on the computer? I mean, you deliberately click the X, but then go “Wtf did I do that for???” I’m sure at some point we have all done it. Just like actually clicking “dont’ save” in the “save before exit” dialogue. Sometimes it just happens, either reflexively, or some mental hiccup.

Needless to say, it wasn’t saved. I powered on right away and got Mr. Resetti. My days work had been undone, and I’d have to deal with that prick again.

I haven’t played since then, and I’m not sure if I ever will again. As if not losing all that info is bad enough, I have to blow 5+ minutes dealing with a rant, and jumping through hoops of some little computer controlled nazi. Animal Crossing hates me, and I think I might hate it.

This could be the end. :(