My roommate spends a lot of time lurking on these forums, and never really wants to post anything, so I'm doing this as a joint effort for the sake of everyone's amusement. This is an excerpt from an AIM conversation that is simply priceless. Also, for deletion-prevention, I'll advise our friend legitimately bought BFV, however ripped the ISOs onto his hard drive before leaving for college. I'm sure I'll get flames and such for this, but for those of you willing to read through this will get a good laugh at the sheer absurdity of our friend who is an IT major at our university and the co-founder and vice-president of the electronic gaming club on campus.
Our Friend (8:49:39 PM): why do i need a mini cd?
Our Friend (8:49:48 PM): i have the images
My Roommate (8:49:49 PM): because were running non cracked copies
My Roommate (8:49:54 PM): well if the images work then its fine
Our Friend (8:49:58 PM): ok
My Roommate (8:50:05 PM): but you cant crack it or you wont be able to connect
Our Friend (8:50:10 PM): i have to install it ttyl
My Roommate (8:50:10 PM): and if your images are fine for that then that wroks
My Roommate (8:50:14 PM): k
Our Friend (8:50:17 PM): k bye
My Roommate (8:50:23 PM): later
Our Friend (9:14:51 PM): do you have a server up?
My Roommate (9:27:03 PM): yah the servers been up did you connect?
(In here is where he calls my roommate, and informs him that he can't connect to the server because the data differs. He apparently cracked it. My roommate then tells him to re-patch it to get the old executable back, or that he could simply file-send said executable. The phone conversation ends.)
Our Friend (10:07:59 PM): mucho problems
My Roommate (10:08:04 PM): yah?
Our Friend (10:08:09 PM): i cant unistall bfv
My Roommate (10:08:14 PM): you dont need to
Our Friend (10:08:33 PM): wont let me install it unless i do
My Roommate (10:08:38 PM): install what?
My Roommate (10:08:44 PM): you mean reinstall the patch?
Our Friend (10:08:57 PM): i need to reinstall the game now
My Roommate (10:08:59 PM): did you just replace the exe?
Our Friend (10:09:11 PM): i deleted the wholething
My Roommate (10:09:17 PM): what?
My Roommate (10:09:30 PM): you deleted the bfv directory?
My Roommate (10:10:15 PM): what exactly did you delete?
Our Friend (10:10:29 PM): eagames dir
My Roommate (10:10:34 PM): gaah
My Roommate (10:10:35 PM): alright
My Roommate (10:10:39 PM): and now the uninstaller wont work?
Our Friend (10:10:44 PM): nope
My Roommate (10:11:07 PM): 1 sec
My Roommate (10:13:48 PM): HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{E35B3C63-E958-4E31-A178-95D22024109A}
My Roommate (10:13:52 PM): delete it
My Roommate (10:13:53 PM): should work
Our Friend (10:15:46 PM): i have to go out for a bit to help someone with their comp
Our Friend is away at 10:15:49 PM.
Suffice to say this just happened, so we don't really know if deleting the registry key will work or not, since we really don't have problems like this. =P
Hope you all got a good laugh out of this.
-Damien & Paranoid Lurking Roommate
Our Friend (8:49:39 PM): why do i need a mini cd?
Our Friend (8:49:48 PM): i have the images
My Roommate (8:49:49 PM): because were running non cracked copies
My Roommate (8:49:54 PM): well if the images work then its fine
Our Friend (8:49:58 PM): ok
My Roommate (8:50:05 PM): but you cant crack it or you wont be able to connect
Our Friend (8:50:10 PM): i have to install it ttyl
My Roommate (8:50:10 PM): and if your images are fine for that then that wroks
My Roommate (8:50:14 PM): k
Our Friend (8:50:17 PM): k bye
My Roommate (8:50:23 PM): later
Our Friend (9:14:51 PM): do you have a server up?
My Roommate (9:27:03 PM): yah the servers been up did you connect?
(In here is where he calls my roommate, and informs him that he can't connect to the server because the data differs. He apparently cracked it. My roommate then tells him to re-patch it to get the old executable back, or that he could simply file-send said executable. The phone conversation ends.)
Our Friend (10:07:59 PM): mucho problems
My Roommate (10:08:04 PM): yah?
Our Friend (10:08:09 PM): i cant unistall bfv
My Roommate (10:08:14 PM): you dont need to
Our Friend (10:08:33 PM): wont let me install it unless i do
My Roommate (10:08:38 PM): install what?
My Roommate (10:08:44 PM): you mean reinstall the patch?
Our Friend (10:08:57 PM): i need to reinstall the game now
My Roommate (10:08:59 PM): did you just replace the exe?
Our Friend (10:09:11 PM): i deleted the wholething
My Roommate (10:09:17 PM): what?
My Roommate (10:09:30 PM): you deleted the bfv directory?
My Roommate (10:10:15 PM): what exactly did you delete?
Our Friend (10:10:29 PM): eagames dir
My Roommate (10:10:34 PM): gaah
My Roommate (10:10:35 PM): alright
My Roommate (10:10:39 PM): and now the uninstaller wont work?
Our Friend (10:10:44 PM): nope
My Roommate (10:11:07 PM): 1 sec
My Roommate (10:13:48 PM): HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{E35B3C63-E958-4E31-A178-95D22024109A}
My Roommate (10:13:52 PM): delete it
My Roommate (10:13:53 PM): should work
Our Friend (10:15:46 PM): i have to go out for a bit to help someone with their comp
Our Friend is away at 10:15:49 PM.
Suffice to say this just happened, so we don't really know if deleting the registry key will work or not, since we really don't have problems like this. =P
Hope you all got a good laugh out of this.
-Damien & Paranoid Lurking Roommate
Don't mind me I watch too much intarweb (bananaphone). btw I did read the entire post.
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