Mishka and his artist friends are spending the night at an inn not far from Moscow. During dinner, they start talking about how much they hate the regime and how the Soviet system is failing.
Mishka, sensing the opportunity for a good prank, then sneaks off to the kitchen and pays one of the waiters to bring a cup of tea to the table in exactly five minutes. He then gets back to the table and says ”hey guys, lets tone down this discussion, the regime is always listening.”
His friends berate him for being such a coward, whereupon Mishka, to prove his point, leans close to an electrical socket and says ”Comrade Major, could you please bring me a cup of tea.” When the waiter promptly arrives with the tea, everyone laughs at the prank.
Later that night, when they have all gone to bed, the KGB arrives, arresting everyone in the group except for Mishka.
”Why are you letting me go, when you are taking all the others?” Mishka asks an officer, who then replies ”Comrade Major liked your joke.”
Prolly no reference, just thought Mishka in the context sounds odd instead of just Misha, it really could be any name unless we're referencing a real person, but I'm oblivious if that's the case of who it might be.
Ahh, I got you, it's just the "I'm not sure if it's intended" part that was throwing me off, but you meant you're not sure if they intended to make a "fake" name, not that they intended a hidden joke.
Oh yeah easily. Look at the steam deck subreddits and see how many times people have gotten replacements for their steam deck well out of warranty. The one time I had to recover my account (despite actually having the password) took about 5 minutes before I was back in. Their customer service truly feels like they say each time "damn dawg that fucking sucks. But I got you.)
Yeah in 2020 my e-mail got hacked and I got noticed my password got changed. Got to customer service and could prove via a receipt number i found on PayPal from a while back that it was in fact my account. Got it back in less than a day! Luckily I got everything back that was compromised but I still get an email at least once a year from DoorDash with new discounts for someone named Ming. DoorDash isn’t even available in my country.
My index tether cord frayed after about 3 years of use. Replacement was $120 so I emailed them and told them what happened and included a picture. I had a new tether cord at my doorstep in days, for free.
I haven’t used Steam in a few years. Recently, we were playing some of the Tiny Epic games with our son and he told me about the board game emulator on Steam, so I went to log back in. I couldn’t and was prompted to contact Steam and get my account back. Took them just 4.5 hours to get back to me and get me back into my account. I was amazed as I thought it would take days (or weeks) and a lot of hassle. Very impressed with their customer support!
Yeah that's nice. Mine was fucked from the get go, and STILL doesn't dock with any dock more than a few times before stopping. 13 days after order they wouldn't refund me, and just had me doing the same troubleshooting garbage over and over. I essentially have a Steam deck looking paperweight.
So I had to do a bunch of troubleshooting bullshit, which took me forever to get through, but at the end of it they were like yea, you're fucked. Send it in.
You should try again. Make sure you tell them that you've been through this, and it'll work, but only for a short while. They can see your previous tickets. They'll know you're being honest. Be really nice. Good luck.
It's been over a year now, so it isn't getting fixed. I gave up dealing with them and just bought an Ally instead. That worked beautifully with every single dock I purchased to try with the steam deck. Sent all the docks back but one, steam deck sits in its case.
I have a PC, I just wanted something to play in bed. My 6 year old is pretty much the only one that uses the steam deck. Now I have a laptop so the Ally is collecting dust now.
I bought my Index headset second hand and they did the equivalent of waterboarding me by locking my account and immediately questioning if it was stolen because it was registered to another account.
Then I showed them the Ebay receipt and the support staff went from Guantanamo cunting Bay to golden retrievers and unlocked my account and left me alone after that.
Honestly, my son once fell for a scammer and gave his steam pw... I immediately mailed steam support when he told me in shame that he got rekt by a scammer..
It took less than 2 hours for steam to undo the damage, return the account and eliminate the scammer from their system.
This was well over a year ago, but I've always had respect for the steam support, despite them having no direct phone line, they are usually effective and fast.
Steam .07 seconds after i send my login info to "stem suport":
Sir your account has been compromised, pick whichever professional mercenary you prefer from the following list. Your problem will be sorted quickly and efficiently.
In 1972, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them....maybe you can hire Steam Support.
I notice a letter has been slid under my front door
“Greetings. Someone was attempting to hack your account so we dropped a JDAM on their house before they got the chance. No need to thank us. -Cheers, Jared :)”
True but I was hacked very recently like not even a month ago. I sent a ticket they never responded 25 hours later exactly I got an email saying I have my account back. Crazy fast
Yea I'm having trouble switching a game on steam over to a new computer, probably got about $400 in that game with dlc's, can't get a hold of anyone from steam and their bot "customer service" just sends me in circles. It's ludicrous
"Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them... Maybe you can hire Steam Customer Care"
Eh, my first steam account got hacked and by the time I got it back it was VAC banned and they wouldn’t do anything about it. I had a few games but it was a lot as a kid with no credit/debit card at the time.
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