Takes all sorts doesn't it?

October 13, 2004 10:21 AM

Counter-Strike technical support. What can I say, I thought it was funny. [Wave. WARNING: it fades out, do not turn your volume up]
posted by Pretty_Generic (30 comments total)

I hear nothing, trascript?
posted by tiamat at 10:26 AM on October 13, 2004

It's probably downloading, tiamat. Big ol' wave file.
posted by Pretty_Generic at 10:27 AM on October 13, 2004

I have no sound card, transcript?
posted by devbrain at 10:28 AM on October 13, 2004

You're probably just waiting to buy a soundcard. It's this kind of impetus you need, to make you buy a soundcard.
posted by Pretty_Generic at 10:31 AM on October 13, 2004

doesn't open in Firefox, use IE.
posted by angry modem at 10:42 AM on October 13, 2004

Opens in Firefox.
posted by Kwantsar at 10:46 AM on October 13, 2004

Sad. Just sad.
posted by coelecanth at 10:48 AM on October 13, 2004

OK, direct link to the wave file.
posted by Pretty_Generic at 10:52 AM on October 13, 2004

Sounds like a prank call to me...was this supposed to be real?
posted by ae4rv at 11:07 AM on October 13, 2004

Opening the main link in Firefox on Fedora Core 2 causes the browser to shutdown. Must be a bug in in the Linux Firefox build. Site opens fine using Firefox on winXP.

The sound file itself (actually an mp3 with a .wav extension) is pretty funny. Is it real? Sounds like this guy has issues.
posted by Loudmax at 11:08 AM on October 13, 2004

That caller's so Canadian.
posted by Mayor Curley at 11:13 AM on October 13, 2004

This is a prank call, right?
posted by ook at 11:17 AM on October 13, 2004

Obviously fake. Funny, but fake.
posted by monju_bosatsu at 11:20 AM on October 13, 2004

That was stupid and pointless and if this was fark it still wouldn't be funny. Show me the funny Jerry.
posted by m@ at 11:35 AM on October 13, 2004

I think it's real. The opening part is too boring for it to be a prank call.
posted by Pretty_Generic at 11:38 AM on October 13, 2004

This is nothing. Imagine Microsoft's support line for X-Box Live.
posted by Smart Dalek at 11:42 AM on October 13, 2004

I think it might be real. But some of the sobbing seems fake.
posted by Mayor Curley at 11:43 AM on October 13, 2004

I am going with the fake/prank crowd.
posted by Rattmouth at 11:44 AM on October 13, 2004

So fake.
posted by Krrrlson at 12:04 PM on October 13, 2004

"i keep dying"...classic. and bonus points for the use of asshat.

and SOO bogus.
posted by ShawnString at 12:18 PM on October 13, 2004

fake fake fake
posted by papercake at 12:30 PM on October 13, 2004

THE EARPHONES! THEY DO NOTHING!
posted by quonsar at 12:39 PM on October 13, 2004

uh-huh. Well I got it working, can't say it was worth it. That's one real loser, or soemthing who's an even bigger loser, that they have time to pretend to be such a fake loser.
posted by tiamat at 12:51 PM on October 13, 2004

I can't print!
posted by ae4rv at 12:59 PM on October 13, 2004

Still my all-time favorite tech support call. (NSFW)
posted by Armitage Shanks at 1:02 PM on October 13, 2004

http://www.antipixel.com/blog/archives/audio/canonhelpdesk.mp3
posted by ae4rv at 1:09 PM on October 13, 2004

Suck.com's mention of Steven Thrasher's message [mentioned above, "Still my all-time favorite tech support call"]. Suck explains why the message is likely not a fake. Apparently, Thrasher felt the distribution of his message, "has ruined his reputation." It has been six years since Thrasher left his message...
posted by quam at 3:48 PM on October 13, 2004

Jee Zuss Ker-issssssttttt....

I sure hope that's a fake/prank.
posted by alumshubby at 4:07 PM on October 13, 2004

haha, man
posted by Satapher at 11:11 PM on October 13, 2004

I think it's real.

Liar!
posted by nthdegx at 2:38 AM on October 14, 2004