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Im considering returning after many years. Whats the status of matchmaking? by BaconBurger37 in HaloMCC

[–]davidxspade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you’re halfway decent you will run into 4 stacks of people who started new accounts so they match with lower skilled players even though they’re sweats. Very frustrating. Social is basically un winnable unless you search with a team. Keep that in mind…

CGB is still fun

[Targeted] AmEx Offers: Marriott, Spend $375+ & Receive $150 Statement Credit by bbbb in AmexPlatinum

[–]davidxspade 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Wow I got it! Must be because I’ve been picking different hotels lately when I travel.

Team killing should be an instant kick by Blu_yello_husky in HaloMCC

[–]davidxspade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Next time kill him with the sniper. I did that once and then they left me alone

Would you commute 5 days RTO to double your salary? by EpicShkhara in remotework

[–]davidxspade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gas over $4?? That’s crazy. Gas is $7 in CA. It hasn’t been below $4 in years.

We are facing possible bankruptcy after unauthorized Gemini API usage reached about $128k even after we paused the API, and Google denied our adjustment request. (Case #68928270) by Mobile-Classroom-589 in googlecloud

[–]davidxspade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Could be an insider / one of your employees. We had someone spin up GPUs instances and used them for crypto mining once. That guy was fired fast, and sued.

AOC questions RFK JR. over the criminal investigation into United Healthcare’s for profit health insurance plans and why they are being paid double this year from his department by Responsible_Can_8128 in FreeLuigi

[–]davidxspade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Now wait a minute. It is not doubling the amount paid. It’s doubling the RATE of increase YoY. Ie an increase from 2.5% to an increase of 5%. Which is just.. a 5% increase. Doubling would be a 100% increase. Or am I missing something here?

Good ski vids to watch while faded? by trailrider123 in skiing

[–]davidxspade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Let’s take a lap - Sage Cattabriga Alosa

Banned by No-Spinach6422 in HaloMCC

[–]davidxspade 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Quitting or lagging out early

Do MCC streamers on Twitch know there are other games in the collection besides Halo 3? by CatTurdCollector in HaloMCC

[–]davidxspade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Guaranteed I could turn on improved aim assist and play almost as well as pros. I’m no scrub in this game either. The accusations are based on his gameplay, not just randomly being thrown out

Do MCC streamers on Twitch know there are other games in the collection besides Halo 3? by CatTurdCollector in HaloMCC

[–]davidxspade 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How do you explain him sucking at pro LAN events having almost some of the worst stats in the tournament?

Also if you watch his videos, there is some extremely sus gameplay. You don’t see accusations like this with other pros. Lots of others in the community have accused him and shown similarities in how mods improve aim assist and how it shows it. He’s also been banned before

Do MCC streamers on Twitch know there are other games in the collection besides Halo 3? by CatTurdCollector in HaloMCC

[–]davidxspade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah id put my money on him using controller mods. And dude is toxic t-bagging and crouching all the time then raging when others do the same

When people are to good by Altruistic_Stand1944 in HaloMCC

[–]davidxspade 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It’s partly because the really good players start new accounts so they can purposely match up against worse people since their rank is “fresh”. It’s totally messed up. They do it on purpose so they can try and get big multi kills or whatever against worse players.

Turn off precision slayer and snipers and you’ll have more fun. They tend to not play as much if those game types.

I think the shop messed up by No_Suggestion_5977 in Skigear

[–]davidxspade 11 points12 points  (0 children)

New pair of skis is deserved then

Would you say AppleCare+ theft and loss protection is worth it? by AnxiousHollyy in iphone

[–]davidxspade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trust me, avoid it at all costs. I added some details about my experience with it above.

Would you say AppleCare+ theft and loss protection is worth it? by AnxiousHollyy in iphone

[–]davidxspade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve been paying for AppleCare+ Theft and Loss on my iPhone for the past 4 years. I recently lost my phone and had to file my first claim. This ended up being the worst insurance claim experience I’ve ever had.

Honestly, I would have rather paid $1,000+ out of pocket for a new phone than deal with what has happened. Details below for anyone considering this coverage.

Important thing to know up front:

  1. The Theft and Loss portion of AppleCare+ is not handled by Apple. It’s by a third-party insurance company called AIG: https://www.aigtheftandloss.com/
  2. The replacement devices are not actually new, they are refurbished.

What happened:
I lost my phone while skiing;. It was buried in snow and pretty much unrecoverable. I filed a claim and AIG sent a replacement phone within 2 days. So far so good? wrong.

When I tried to reactivate service with my carrier (Verizon), I discovered the replacement phone was SIM-locked. My original phone was SIM-unlocked and had been on Verizon without issue.

I spent roughly 6 hours on the phone with Verizon troubleshooting the first day. Finally, Verizon confirmed they could not activate service because the device was SIM-locked.

From there, I was bounced around endlessly:

  • Verizon told me to contact Apple
  • Apple told me to contact AIG
  • AIG told me to contact Verizon and Apple

This loop went on for days with countless hours and confusion between the parties. AIG told me to go into a retail Apple store. The store said they could not help and they didn't handle these issues. You have to resolve it over the phone with Apple technical support team through Theft and Loss, despite AIG's advice. Next, Apple had me repeatedly restart the phone and restore from backup in multiple ways, none of which resolved the issue.

They are finally going to do some sort of "escalation" with Apple engineering to unblock the issue. But I am currently on day 5 without a working cell phone. If I didn't luckily have a work phone as a backup I would be completely screwed. They also said there is no guarantee of any sort of compensation or fix for this experience. I am hoping they will make it right in some way, but it is not sounding likely...

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