who else thinks it cheats?
Yes, people, you guessed it, another starkers rant, just for the heck of it
Until my new ADSL connection is up and running, I'm stuck temporarily with dialup....meaning that downloads can take forever, sometimes even longer, so I need something to occupy my time whilst waiting. Spider Solitaire is my poison, or at least it was....until last night I had a few hands that I couldn't get out, but I accepted that and tried again...as you do. However, this one game, I was having a dream of a run....on the first deal I got all the face down cards revealed, all my rows were ordered according to suit and number, etc Everything was set to win!
Great, you beauty, I thought, rubbing my hands with glee cos I was gonna finally get one out.
Then I dealt the remaining cards....and lo and behold, zilch, nothing, not a single move...bugger all. Now normally, at a single glance, you can see an available move, but I peered,investigated and scrutinised it for ages, went cross eyed looking for just one move, and came up with zero, fresh air, stalemate. (in the meantime, 17 more completed D/L's) I even clicked 'show an available move (10 times) to extricate myself from this predicament, but still zilch.
After progressing that far in the game, this should NEVER have happened...never did before. Better not again..or I'm going back to noughts 'n crosses.
Me thinks the recent MS update has alot to do with it, the cheating, that is Now I'm neither anti or pro MS, but me thinks some wiseacre over there decided to fiddle with the codes just to frustrate poor buggers like me...and hid it in the security updates so we're none the wiser. It just ain't cricket...sneakin' in an impasse` like that, no warning, nothing, and wishing he were a fly on the wall to witness all the frustration he's created.
I'm gonna write to the Spider Solitaire guy at MS to complain, and I'm gonna do it by hand and send it via snail mail, so he can see its from a real person, as well as the tears that've dripped onto the page. If I address it to 'SS Cheat USA' I figure he should get it no worries Hopefully he'll feel remorseful for ruining my night
Anyhow, now that I've wasted some of my time, and yours, my meds have kicked in and I'm off to bed