Open-Face Xbox Melt On Rye: How Not To Setup A Lan Party
There are quite a few things I don't just don't quite get about this photo. According to Engadget reader Ty, he and some friends were having a Halo 3 LAN party. While setting up for this gathering they ran out of space to setup the systems and had to resort to placing an Xbox squarely on top of a burner of a once nice flat-top stove. Someone accidentally turns it on and presto, Xbox panini.
First of all, I'm assuming that the fellow playing this Xbox is within a few feet of the stove, wouldn't he have noticed that someone walked by and turned on a burner? Secondly, there is obviously enough space on the counter for the now toasted machine. Maybe they moved the screen from off the counter and maybe he guy was just absorbed. I don't know how something like this could happen on accident.
I'm going to put on my conspiracy theory hat here. After my Xbox died (thanks Microsoft for returning my baby! *hug snuggle*), I was informed that since the machine was not actually suffering from the Red Ring of Death failure, I was exempt from the extended warranty service. My system had just stopped displaying video. As such, I was told that my service fee was going to be $110 for entire package. After informing some gamer friends of this, they gave me about a million different ways to force a RRoD so I could get my repairs for free. One of the more ingenious ones was to bundle the system in saran wrap and boot Bioshock for an hour or two. Of course I ignored their "advice", and just opted to pay the service fee, rather than potentially cause my system to be completely unrepairable. Did this chap decide he was going to "speed up" the process himself? I do not know.
If my speculation turns out to be true, serves you right! If not, my heart goes out to you Ty, especially when your family discovers the melted plastic on their expensive stove!
More melted Xbox after the jump.
Good boys and girls don't leave their Xbox 360s on the stove [Engadget]
Asterick
Posted to Video Games on 8 October 2007
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omg!!! Hahah retards!