1. 6:30pm get RROD
2. Google how to fix it.
3. Website (support.microsoft.com) tells me I need to accept cookies. WTF. I am letting you use cookies. But I get it, you don’t like Safari.
4. Switch to Firefox
5. Go trough how to fix it steps, realize I have to send it in for repair
5. Website tells me I might NOT be within warranty period
6. Google “how to check if console is under warranty”
7. Hit a website that only points me to the main page of support.microsoft.com
8. Getting frustrated.
9. Try xbox again. Oh look at that, it turned on!
10. 3 minutes later, xbox freezes with a loud beep
11. Back to website. Follow steps of how to send it in for repair.
12. Asks me for my serial number without telling me where to find it.
13. Unplug xbox from everything, type in numbers.
14. Fill in address, etc. Asks me to select what my language “English Australian, English Canadian, English etc…”
15. Popup tells me to choose my address (both options provided are the same!), click whatever
16. Hit next page, tells me my normal warranty expired but I still qualify for the 3 RROD fix.
17. Click Repair.
18. Tells me I have to go to support.microsoft.com and choose my country because they don’t ship to the outside US.
19. Freaking pissed now.
20. Realize that while it says “International” on the top left corner, it doesn’t mean I’m on a non-US site.
21. Go to Canadian site. Follow all steps again.
22. 10 minutes later, site is asking for my credit card.
23. 7:30pm FUUUU.