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He messed up conversion rates or placed an extra 0...still a lot of money though. Actually correction, a lot of money in the U.S. but because of oh so obscene import taxes in Brazil that is not the case
A lot of people do... Though, I actually tried convincing them not to give me anything, I actually did -- like, multiple times -- I'm horrible at receiving gifts, I feel guilty as shit, like I don't deserve it, and I probably don't, to be honest.
That's a lot of money, in theory. When you stop to consider that, for example, the PS4 here, at launch was selling for R$ 4000, a.k.a 1500 US FUCKING DOLLARS, you come to realize that basically, your dollars are different from ours, even when perfectly converted.
Brazilians get ripped off when it's physical media, which is why you see a lot of us going out of the country to buy physical games (see: me completely disregarding Brazilian 3DS prices and comparing 3DS prices in New Zealand, US and Germany). However, that doesn't apply to Steam, which means that the PC gaming community is bustling and GabeN is regarded as the best man to have ever existed, competing with Jesus, Gandhi and Martin Luther King.
Besides, Brazil has some streets dedicated to small stores selling eletronic stuff - in São Paulo, there's this one place called Santa Ifigênia where you can get plenty of stuff for a decent price. It's arguibly the best place in Brazil to buy games, computers and just about everything that can enter the "eletronic engineering" field.
And since my father works as a telecommunications engineer at AT&T here in Brazil, I got used to circuits and how stuff works in general very easily. Besides, oftentimes when I want something for my PC, he goes to that street with me and usually buys something for himself, not for gaming but for one of his side projects (he connected our light system to a computer once, it was amazingly fun to figure out how it worked).
Besides, Brazil has some streets dedicated to small stores selling eletronic stuff - in São Paulo, there's this one place called Santa Ifigênia where you can get plenty of stuff for a decent price. It's arguibly the best place in Brazil to buy games, computers and just about everything that can enter the "eletronic engineering" field.
And since my father works as a telecommunications engineer at AT&T here in Brazil, I got used to circuits and how stuff works in general very easily. Besides, oftentimes when I want something for my PC, he goes to that street with me and usually buys something for himself, not for gaming but for one of his side projects (he connected our light system to a computer once, it was amazingly fun to figure out how it worked).
I'm pretty damn happy:
Gaming mouse, wireless headphones (old ones only work in one ear), chalk bag and chalk (for climbing) some sealskins stuff (waterproof yet still soft and comfy, great for outdoor pursuits
) a super-survival straw (you could literally drink piss with this thing), Unity, Shadow of Mordor, and some MOTHERFUCKING SALTED CARAMEL (AKA the best chocolate stuff you can get). Still haven't seen the cousins today so more to come (super happy already so it can't get much better )
Gaming mouse, wireless headphones (old ones only work in one ear), chalk bag and chalk (for climbing) some sealskins stuff (waterproof yet still soft and comfy, great for outdoor pursuits
) a super-survival straw (you could literally drink piss with this thing), Unity, Shadow of Mordor, and some MOTHERFUCKING SALTED CARAMEL (AKA the best chocolate stuff you can get). Still haven't seen the cousins today so more to come (super happy already so it can't get much better )So today I was betrayed. Earlier this month, on the 16th, my parents caved and told me that what I was getting was a drawing tablet. Exact model I wanted and everything. So it's christmas morning and I open my present, and guess what? They got a completely different model. Like, not even in the same production line. Apparently, my dad had actually asked all the professional artists from his workplace (if you've ever heard of browning, the gun company/gun manufacturer, that's where he works as a web designer. 2pro4u) what tablet to get instead of getting me the one I wanted.
Boy, I was pissed, because I completely took them on their word that they were getting me the one I wanted. Yes, I should be grateful that I even got a present at all, but then I looked on amazon. Two main factors came up.
1: the tablet they got was, technically, the older version of the one that I wanted
2: the older version that they got cost $5 more than the new one that I wanted
Basically, now that everything's sorted out, I'm going to have to wait until Tuesday to get the actual tablet I wanted and we're going to have to send the one I got back. Fuck.
Other than that, I got an awesome shirt, a $20 gift card for PSN, a stocking full to the brim of skittles, a 2 liter of Fresca, galaxy flavored jellybeans that are star-wars themed, a book called Bad Unicorn, and a ceramic jug Garfield stuffed with all sorts of candy. Do I sound fat yet?
Boy, I was pissed, because I completely took them on their word that they were getting me the one I wanted. Yes, I should be grateful that I even got a present at all, but then I looked on amazon. Two main factors came up.
1: the tablet they got was, technically, the older version of the one that I wanted
2: the older version that they got cost $5 more than the new one that I wanted
Basically, now that everything's sorted out, I'm going to have to wait until Tuesday to get the actual tablet I wanted and we're going to have to send the one I got back. Fuck.
Other than that, I got an awesome shirt, a $20 gift card for PSN, a stocking full to the brim of skittles, a 2 liter of Fresca, galaxy flavored jellybeans that are star-wars themed, a book called Bad Unicorn, and a ceramic jug Garfield stuffed with all sorts of candy. Do I sound fat yet?
I just found a weird thing on my mouse. On the side where you rest your thumb, there are ergonomically-angled buttons of the numbers 1-12. why does it need 10, 11, and 12, you say? I assume it's a mapping thing, though for now they actually type.