anything goes

for you, none; why would you sign up for more than one to begin with? this is for anyone who hasn’t signed up for multiple yet-another-indie-writing platforms and is looking for a federated write freely instance to join (considering write.as is closed for registration).

not sure. didn’t expect anyone would want to subscribe. i do plan on making more, but it will be awhile. you can always follow me on mastodon @buru5@mstdn.games or follow the blog which i post some of the magazine articles in: oncomputer.games

took about two months. i have a full-time job and two kids as well, so would have taken less time if i didn’t have Grown Up Stuff to do.

that’s what this is – except it’s free! hope you like it.

looks alright color scheme is a bit gaudy and not a huge fan of the big miyoo logo. they can do better than this, i think. i have the miyoo mini plus and really enjoy it so have high hopes.

this is just a smidgen of the first-world’s self-inflicted punishment. very excited to see what happens next.

why’s he playing in these conditions?

o_o

ah, that must be why i made a thread admitting to playing a hentai game https://lemmy.world/post/6575601

that’s a big no-no

that dungeon he scouted turned out to be your home

this reeks like Keanu’s unwashed hair; an exec’s “great idea: what if we put the famous dude in our game, AGAIN?” because we are so thoroughly unconfident in our game’s gameplay that flavor of the month/year/decade will surely make up for it.

Blocked

glad they added khajit, that was my main complaint from the first game

this highlights the tragedy of the Crystal Chronicles remaster; they should have simply been able to boot that up and play the game together, but alas

why?

quick update, as it’s almost been 72 hours (The Unlocking Company’s self-imposed deadline); they sent me an (in my opinion) INSANE email last night which clued me in on what #iThink their “business model” may be. see email below and my thoughts:

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING!!! (ESPECIALLY WHAT’S IN BOLD AND RED FONT!!!)

ok

We hope you are having the BEST day ever! Just wanted to give you an update on your order since it’s been a couple days.

thanks

Everything is going good as usual! As mentioned in the Confirmation email - we submitted to the manufacturer supplier immediately after the order was placed and are simply waiting on updates! Please again refer to the delivery time on the product page for any status updates! If you don’t hear anything back after the last day - please feel free to contact us at sales@theunlockingcompany.com and we will check for you ASAP!

note how they say “we submitted to the manufacturer supplier immediately after the order was placed and are simply waiting on updates!” they are “simply waiting on updates”

NOW: Although we do have a 97% success rate at unlocking our customers’ phones! (No joke!) Your specific IMEI has been a little tricky. Which is OK. It happens sometimes. Depending on the specific IMEI, demand, time of year, the suppliers, manufacturer and model, etc. etc. etc. it can vary a little bit. But since we’ve been around for 14 years: we are definitely top of the supply chain and have the VERY BEST connections and sources that the industry has to offer. We’ve had to spend a little more funds on the carrier check, blacklist check, and spent a few hours making some phone calls and emails we usually don’t have to do, but we are on top of it and will continue to work hard on your order.

i love the “WE DO HAVE A 97% SUCCESS RATE! – no joke!” bit. earlier they said they “Sent the IMEI to their supllier and are SIMPLY waiting on updates” YET NOW they say " We’ve had to spend a little more funds on the carrier check, blacklist check, and spent a few hours making some phone calls and emails we usually don’t have to do, but we are on top of it and will continue to work hard on your order."

very odd, contradictory.

PLEASE NOTE VERY IMPORTANT: For whatever reason, on the VERY small chance we can’t unlock this specific carrier & phone combination at the moment, we will refund most the purchase (MINUS FEES), as we always have with our customers. That being said, we of course will continue to work on your IMEI until the deadline soon in order to get your phone unlocked! Lastly, on the off chance the unlock is unavailable, we are going to contact the Manufacturer Server EVERY DAY on your behalf, until they notify us that the unlock is available. Once that happens, we will email you ASAP and actually provide you the unlock FOR FREE to thank you for your patience, understanding (Please refer to Terms & Conditions about needless threats including chargebacks as we consider that as fraud, and in the case that happens, have full authority to blacklist the phone)

this is the big disclaimer section; they claim they have a 97% success rate and if they can’t “unlock the phone” they will REFUND (MINUS FEES). this made me start to think about the scam a bit;

• STEP 1) claim they can unlock phones for XXXX amount of money
• STEP 2) they can’t actually unlock phones, so they’ll say they “tried their best but ultimately couldn’t unlock the phone” then give you a PARTIAL REFUND

the “refund” gives them some credibility as a company, but ultimately they TAKE MONEY, DO NOTHING, ISSUE PARTIAL REFUND; this is how they make money (of course, this is my theory currently, they could legit get back to me tomorrow or later today with a code to unlock my phone, who knows. BUT: I doubt it).

Anyways, we like to be up-front with our customers and updated as much as we can! We will email you as soon as we have an results. Again, please refer to the delivery time stated on the product page for any status updates. And we thank you again for your business and your patience. Have a good rest of your day and we will be in touch!

Thank you and God bless 🙂 Sincerely, TUC Family

PLEASE READ VERY IMPORTANT: Thank you for doing business with TheUnlockingCompany. If you have ANY issues or questions or the unlock does not work, please contact us ASAP and we will do everything in our power to help you out! Please do not threaten with an unnecessary charge-back or ANYTHING negative without cause, we consider that fraud & have full authority to BLACKLIST THE PHONE using the IMEI (Terms & Conditions). Unfortunately, in this industry with the huge amount of fraud/scammers, sellers get taken advantage of and manipulated because it’s not a physical product. And we will do everything we have to in order to protect ourselves, as stated and agreed up to, in Terms and conditions. So instead of blackmailing with threats of a charge-back, let us all address the situation and end it with everyone happy! We work very hard to be the most upfront and honest company in the industry as you can see by our reviews, credentials, and reputation. Thank you again and I hope you have a great rest of your day! God Bless.

the gratuitous caps locking after the “god bless” is LOL and the obvious paranoia here feels very scammy; why include all this stuff if you’re not trying to scare people into not requesting a refund through the bank?

anyways, return process has been initiated; this has been an insightful experience, though. if you ever think about using one of these unlockers: DON’T (and again, I could come back tomorrow with an unlocked phone, although BIG DOUBT)

my in-laws, lol.

will try that and see. still waiting on that unlock company to get back to me, as well. ultimately i feel like i will end up returning the phone, wanted to go for a quick fix though. we’ll see what happens.

the only “known” unlocking method i’ve heard of is getting the code from the cellular provider’s “database” then using this code “somewhere” things like rooting, “jailbreaking” etc don’t work to “unlock” the phones as, as far as i’m aware, it’s hardbaked into the phone’s bios (or something equivalent)