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The Bits-and-Bobs of Boredom Page
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Created: 9 November, 2001
What in the world is this page all about?
It's about all those great little news reports and tips that have flooded the internet in the past, and are no longer talked about. In this page you will have quite an experience.
Fake Jake
First we come to the ever-famous "Ark-hives" screenshot. Not too long after PD was released, someone decided to make a joke saying that he had discovered a hidden "Classic" arena, which he called Ark-Hives. This was the time when "button codes" and cheats were heavily talked about. Gamers demanded the suspect to show a screenshot as proof, and this is what he presented to us:
Originally, this screenshot was rather fuzzy, as to hide any mistakes in the altering of the image. Many others, as well as myself, clarified the image for better viewing and examination (as seen above). How did he do it? Let's take a good look. First of all, he took a regular picture of the level select screen with some sort of digital camera. After uploading the image to his computer, he opened it into a professional-grade image program, such as Photoshop Pro or Adobe. Next, he carefully erased the previous text, which was one of the existing Classic Levels. He copied the letter "A" from "Area 52" and pasted it. He then repeated this process with the rest of the letters, except for the "H" which was obviously made from scratch. Finally, he hit the "blur" option a few times to make the photo appear authentic and less detailed. If you look in the center of the picture, you can see the suspect's computer monitor, so it was convenient to have the N64 system and computer in the same room for doing such acts. Perhaps another suspicious detail is the splotch next to the "R" in "Ark". This could either possibly be a mistake he didn't notice (or bother to fix), or something in the game behind the menu.
Bad Chad
This next schmeal deals with the well-known stolen demo GAMECUBE controller. Here's how the story goes: During the summer of 2001, an "innocent little Nintendo fan" by the name of Jeff F. was one of many who attended a gaming show that had demo GAMECUBEs for play. Being the innocent little guy that he is, Jeff seemed like any other fan playing away on the revolutionary GAMECUBEs. Then it happened. The security guard at the booth became distracted somehow, and when he saw the chance, little Jeff pulled out a blade and snipped away the cord of the controller shown here:
Oh, yes, but this story does not end here. As you can see, he happily took some pictures of his stolen baby. But he didn't take them for no reason. He decided to make some big bucks by selling them on the online auction, eBay! He started the controller price at $30. When the news hit many popular gaming sites, the number of bids and the price of the controller went up, and up, and up... At 34 bids, the price was up to $90, but that was only the tip of the iceberg. For the following days, the price kept going. Over one hundred bids had been placed, and the price went up to a staggering $500. Then all of a sudden the bid went to a phenominal $14999! This last bid was most likely a Nintendo or related emplyee (or even a fan) that created a huge bid in order to cease any more daring bids from greedy fans wanting to ge their hands on this beta controller. Later that day, the auction was deleted by eBay. Nevertheless, this auction still lives on here in Deadeye's Basement. But how? Seeing that this auction could be deleted anytime, disallowing curious fans to see the news themselves, I decided to take some screenshots of that very auction. Might I tell you, these are the only known pictures of the auction to exist on the internet:
Click here for the top ssection of the auction
Click here for the bottom of the auction
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