First a little history. A few months back I loaned my xBox 360 to a friend so he could host a Rock Band party at his house. I sent it home with him the day before the party, he set it up, we all went over and had a great time. A couple days later he returned it to me and I brought it home and hooked it all back up. Only one problem, I was no longer able to connect to my network. I checked a bunch of settings and thought I had exhausted all my options. When I still wasn’t able to connect, I sorta gave up and just went on playing without connecting. No biggie.
Fast forward a few months. I was anxiously awaiting the release of Rock Band 2. I picked it up the day it came out, brought it hope and since I had a few dozen new songs to unlock and play, the need to access the online music store was set soothed.
That all changed last week. I received a text message that said, “Dude, Motley Crue’s Dr. Feelgood whole album available for download on Rock Band.” This comes on the heels of the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ full album being released for download only a few weeks before. OK, time to get this problem taken care of, STAT!
I thought my issue was the fact that my xBox is downstairs and my wireless router is upstairs on the opposite side of the house. So, I unhooked the wires from the TV so that I could re-wire it in a way that would let me move the xBox several feet closer to the router. Like a moron, I did this while the xBox was on and the Rock Band 2 disc was in. After moving the machine didn’t work, I checked some more settings and FOUND THE ISSUE! Hot damn! I was connected again and all was right in the world. Temporarily.
I went to the online music store and downloaded 1 of the new Motley tracks, Dr. Feelgood. Unfortunately, it seems that they have changed the way the music store works and you are no longer able to queue up several purchases for downloading in the background while you are playing other tracks. Instead, you must wait and watch the progress bar march along. Because of this I only bought the 1 song and then headed back to the game to go play it. Paxton and I log in, go to the quickplay screen and start scrolling down to find Dr. Feelgood. As we do an error message pops up saying, “This disc is unreadable. Please wipe with a soft cloth and try again.” When I take the disc out to clean it, the disc is spotlessly clean. However, about a quarter-inch from the edge, there is a ring around the disc that basically looks like somebody took a laser and carved in to it. The only thing I can figure is that when I moved the xBox while it was on, it caused something very funky to happen and I ruined the disc.
Yesterday I went and picked up my second copy of Rock Band 2. I downloaded a few more tracks today and had a great time. I’m still pretty bummed about having to buy a second copy, but I don’t think this is anything I can blame on anybody but myself. Another lesson learned the hard way.
