CC Gaming to provide warranty service and repair for GPH Caanoo!

         CC Gaming has been named an official Warranty and Repair center for the GPH Caanoo hand held gaming device! No matter where you have purchased your Caanoo if it has issues or goes down and is within the 1 year warranty you no longer have to send it back to where you purchased it from. Saving you time and distributors money.  Get your Caanoo repair quickly with Genuine Caanoo replacement parts. CC Gaming also provides
repair services for those that are not covered under warranty. Includes bricked units due to bad firmware installs, water damage and more!

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Kid's in Need Foundation Demands Removal of Support from Our Website- WTF Moment of the Week

So today I get a bizarre email from a Children’s Organization telling me to remove their logo off our site. They obviously didn’t want exposure or someone supporting their cause. I have never been so throw back by such an odd request. Below I copied the emails she sent.

use of our logo on your website

Your site was brought to my attention because you are displaying our logo.  In addition, you make the statement "Support CC Gaming. Support The Kids In Need."  

Can you please explain why you are displaying our logo and making this statement?  How is a customer of yours, or your company, providing our organization with any support?

In the meantime, please remove this graphic from your website.

Thank you,

Jenn Howard
Director of Technology 

Kids In Need Foundation | School Supplies. Changing Lives. 

3077 Kettering Blvd., Suite 114 | Dayton, OH 45439 | www.kinf.org
Office: 937-296-1230, ext. 304 | Mobile: 937-545-0009 | Fax: 937-296-1215 | jennh@kinf.org 

Connect with us:

Twitter: @kidsinneed

Facebook: facebook.com/kidsinneed

My Response to this:

Jenn,

First of all, I will gladly have the image removed from our site, I will send over the message today to have that done.

This was put up on our site because of the support through “OURVENDOR” We only purchase game accessories from your company through “OURVENDOR” for that purpose.

 We also did a end of the your Inventory blow out and sent 100% of the money to a contact thorough your Facebook page. (about $3200.00 I do believe, January 2010)

I didn't realize that you wouldn't want any extra support or funds from our company. It shows me that obviously the money didn't get to the right person or the kids in need at all or you wouldn't be talking to rudely to me about trying to help out.

No worries, no further support will be given, nor any purchases of merchandise that supports your cause will be given.
I DO want a contact from someone in your organization that can explain to me where our donation was made.

Glen Martin

--
CC Gaming Corporate

No Response from Jenn – I write:

Glen Martin

Jenn,

Are you aware that all the product that we buy from “OURVENDOR”  has a sticker and or tag on the item that we sell in our retail store?
Would you like for us to remove all those labels from the product that we purchase from “OURVENDOR” before we place it in our retail store?

Still No Answer – I write:

Jenn,

One last thing, the logo is being removed as we speak.
I called “OURVENDOR”  just now and informed them not to send us anymore product with your logo on it or we will not be purchasing from them again.

I have NEVER heard of a Children organization that didn't want exposure or support.  But duly noted.
Have a nice day

FINALLY I GET A RESPONSE:

Jenn Howard  to me

show details 2:35 PM (5 hours ago)

“OURVENDOR”  is the company that manufactures and distributes video game accessories.  We are Kids In Need Foundation, a national nonprofit that provides free school supplies to children “OURVENDOR”  and Kids In Need Foundation have a licensing agreement in which part of the profits they receive from any product they sell with the Kids In Need Foundation logo on it is given as a donation to our nonprofit.  You do not purchase anything from us, but from “OURVENDOR”  I am not sure I understand how your profit from your sales of these items correlates to your company providing support directly to us.

I would assume that the money from your inventory blowout was sent to “OURVENDOR”  not Kids In Need Foundation, but correct me if I am wrong.  I see no records of a donation, but if you did indeed do that through a Facebook contact, there is no telling what happened there.

I was not asking for any support or funds from your company, I was simply asking how your company was providing support to make the statement on your page.  I had the thought that it was related to “OURVENDOR”  but did not want to make any assumptions, which is why I simply emailed a couple quick questions to get things sorted out.

I hope this helps clears things up for you.  I suggest contacting “OURVENDOR”  directly to get anything else worked out, since that is who you appear to be doing business with, and not us. Again, if you believe that you did make a donation directly to us, please follow up with some details so that I can get it sorted out. 

While I've responded here, I have received 2 more emails from you.  Just for your reference, if the answer to my simple, initial question was that you purchased product from “OURVENDOR”   that in turn supported us, I would have just asked that you provided a link with the logo to this page “WWW.OURVENDOR.COM” so that all roles were clearly represented.

Thank you,

Jenn Howard
Director of Technology 

Kids In Need Foundation | School Supplies. Changing Lives. 

3077 Kettering Blvd., Suite 114 | Dayton, OH 45439 | www.kinf.org
Office: 937-296-1230, ext. 304 | Mobile: 937-545-0009 | Fax: 937-296-1215 | jennh@kinf.org 

Connect with us:

Twitter: @kidsinneed

Facebook: facebook.com/kidsinneed

Glen Martin  to Jenn

show details 3:42 PM (4 hours ago)

so you are telling me I need to place a link on my website informing my customers of where I buy my inventory from?

Yeah that makes perfect sense. Let me give customers a link to my supplier.

I removed it, we will not purchase anything further from anyone that supports your cause.

Who is your manager over there?

Jenn Howard  to me

show details 4:30 PM (3 hours ago)

You are continuing to email me, but will not return my calls, so I'm afraid that means we will not be able to sort this out over the phone as I had hoped.  I believe this was a misunderstanding, and perhaps over-exaggeration on both parts, and I apologize for that.  I certainly was not trying to be rude with you in my initial email, just ask a few questions to understand why your website was stating your support with a graphic and no link or information.

I do not work in sales, so the thought of providing a link to your supplier never crossed my mind.  But as you have explained, I can see how that would not be something you wish to do. My apologies.  I see in a case like that, a link to our site would have been more appropriate, rather than no link at all or a link to “OURSUPPLIER”.  

I did notice your blog post as well, which also saddens me that you would take the time to post rather than return my calls. And for what it is worth, you note "no reply from Jenn Howard" - while all of those emails from you came in during a 30 minute span, I was speaking with our accountant to determine if we had information regarding your $3200 donation.  She was not able to locate anything.  If it was in fact a donation to us and was sent to “OURSUPPLIER”.  they should have noted it to us, as it would have been a special circumstance and you would deserve the recognition for that donation.  We would like to make that part of things right, regardless of your future business choices.  So again, if you could provide me with any more information regarding that donation, I would greatly appreciate it.

Our managing director is ******** and you can reach her at ***-***-****, ext ***.  She is the one that received the initial email about your website and asked me to look into it, so she is aware of the situation.

________________________________________________________________________________________

Glen Martin  to Jenn

show details 5:14 PM (2 hours ago)

Jenn,

I am not in the office today.  So I am unaware that you have called me.

What is the difference of me having a logo saying I support you VS it being a link to you?
It wasn't a link to begin with.

Who would have emailed you in the first place telling you that a video game company was supporting you?
and how and why was this a problem for your organization?

I don't understand that.

You are making this a bigger issue than needed.
I am very disappointed in how I was approached.

You demanded it be removed knowing that the only place it could be pertaining to was “OURSUPPLIER”.   products.

How have I stepped out of bounds by promoting you? AGAIN I don't understand.

I didn't care about the money, I did it because I had it and wanted to help children in need, but
instead of communicating with me you ran around trying to figure out if I gave you a donation or not.
This wasn't even the point, the point was that you wanted to know how and why I was saying I supported
you. Otherwise  wouldn't have even brought it up.

 An over exaggeration on both our parts? What does that suppose to mean?

Sounds to me that a competing video game company didnt like the fact we were advertising this and you come at
me about it.


I called and talked to” SALESREP”  at “OURSUPPLIER”.   today and he didn't know why you would be writing me such an email either.

I removed the image as requested.

and YES I am upset how you came at me about this.

I will not in any way claim to help or support you in the future so problem solved.

SO UPDATE:

WE FOUND OUT THAT A COMPETING VIDEO GAME STORE / COMPANY DIDN’T LIKE THE FACT THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING CHILDREN IN NEED AND CALLED THE FOUNDATION TO ASK US TO REMOVE IT.

I WAS INFORMED BY “OUR VENDOR” THAT WE HAVE ALL RIGHTS TO USE THE LOGO SINCE WE ARE A DISTRIBUTOR OF THE PRODUCTS INFACT SUPPORTING THE FOUNDATION.

SO WE ARE TORN…. PLACE THE LOGO BACK UP AND SUPPORT THE FOUNDATION ON OUR SITE?

HELL NO!

CARE THAT THE OTHER GAME STORE THINKS THEY WON THIS LIL BATTLE? YEAH MAYBE

BUT THE KID’S STILL GET THE SUPPORT FROM US ANYWAY BECAUSE WE PURCHASE THOSE PRODUCTS THAT SUPPORT THEM.

(oh by the way here is their logo, perhaps this is the kind of support they would rather have) Yes Jenn I made a link for you! oh look I'm promoting you right now

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kids_In_Need_Foundation

How to Upgrade your PS3 HDD & Keep Files & Firmware

 Another segment from CC Gaming's Forums - http://ccgamingonline.webs.com/apps/forums/

1) you installed 3.41 to your PS3 and now you want to put a larger HDD in your system?
If yes, on some PS3 models all you have to do is physically install the HDD, follow on screen instructions to format, (of course you wont have anything on the new HDD anyway), then you perform your steps for Jailbreak as done before. Your firmware will still be at 3.41 as long as you are not updating from the system via internet.
2) some systems will not have any firmware or system info after placing the new HDD in and you will need to have your firmware on your flash drive and follow your on screen directions by pressing select and start together for 5 seconds. This will install all needed files and should reboot on it's own after the install.
3) You cannot rip info from the old HDD with a PC.
You must perform a backup and then perform a restore after the HDD install is complete. This can still be done if you have your old HDD. Just put it back in your system, do not put it in any other PS3 or PC first. Perform your back up from the

NOTE: if you have a lot of info to back up and need to use a large external, then the external needs to be in FAT32 format.

 

PS Jailbreak Tips & Tricks from CC Gaming's Forums!

So the PS3 JailBreak is out.
We are going to give you the info on what you need, and what not to do.

First things you need:

PS3 Slim or Regular with 3.41 Firmware or less
(If firmware is less you need you upgrade to 3.41)

PSJailbreak USB Mod chip
Buy here  ----> http://www.psjailbreak.com/

External USB Drive (if you want to load to a larger USB Device)*
(Internal Hard drive will work - but limited space!)

Backup Manager files (get here -----> http://www.psjailbreak.com/download/manager.pkg
this is a package file to install to the PS3

USB Flash Drive(thumb Drive) for loading the packages
these are already in Fat32 -FYI

*USB External Drive needs to be formatted to Fat32
you can find a tool to do this here------> http://tokiwa.qee.jp/EN/Fat32Formatter/

You must first upgrade your ps3 to the 3.41 firmware (nothing past that firmware or it wont work) After the update is intstalled plug your PSJailbreak chip into one of the USB ports on the PS3. Turn off the PS3 Using the switch on the back. (unplug the cord if it's a slim model) Turn on the switch, press the power button and then quickly press the eject button. If you do this right the PSJailbreak chip will turn green as the PS3 system is booting. You will then see "install package files" under the "Game" tab on the dashboard. Insert your USB flash drive containing the "manager" package files. Click on "install the package files" and choose "manager" this will install the game manager folder under the "game" section on the dashboard. From this point on you can install games to the internal hard drive or external hard drive by following the on screen directions! Remember you must have a game in the drive to access the games you have installed. NOTE: each time you turn the system on you must unplug everything but the mod chip and turn off switch, turn on switch, press power then eject to get to mod mode. You can not play blurays in mod mode so you need this option to toggle between the modes. more info to come stay tuned!!

Gamer Beauties' SuperChiiick Schools the Show!

Episode 80 of Friday Night Gaming was full of excitement and surprises as Gamer Beauties' SuperChiiick destroyed CC Gaming's in store MLG player on Halo Reach! Check out the archive footage available at  www.FNGLIVE.net. Lasts weeks show is posted here. http://www.fnglive.net/podcast/80/

"Live from CC Gaming in Kennesaw, GA, it's time for the game everyone has been asking us to run - Halo: Reach. We play co-op campaign, firefight, and standard multiplayer as the Gamer Beauties repeatedly pwn our in-store MLG player.

During the multiplayer, Mike and Bobby take down Cory's Legendary Edition to see if it's a $150 paperweight or a thing of awesomeness."

Friday Night Gaming is filmed live every Friday night from CC Gaming in Kennesaw, Ga.
Host,  Bobby Balckwolf  is the creator and producer of the show. Come down to CC Gaming
to see a live episode or check out the previous archives at www.fnglive.net!

   

PS3 Finally Gets Cracked, Hacked, and Modded?!!

     The news and buzz is everywhere on the internet about the Playstation 3 being hacked and cracked.
Is it because of how long it has taken to be cracked or is it because some web sites are selling a USB flash drive loaded with the programming tools for as much as $170?!
Either way what most of us are waiting for is Sony's response and counter-action to the crack.
There has already been an update on the PS3 since the news and leak of some files to the internet.
The obvious will be the lost of the PSN usage if you are caught using or installing such software.
Will your console get banned or will Sony go beyond Microsoft's actions and ban the user's account and PSN ID? Banning the console alone will leave the console eventually useless if you can't update for games an even Blu-Ray movies that require such updates to play the movie content.
Lots of questions and soon to be answers as more and more software hits the web in the next few weeks.

  

Bizarre Animated Surreal Socipaths Taking aim at the Xbox 360

Square Enix announced today a all new twist to the 3rd person genre, "Gun Loco".
A single and multiplayer sprint-action shooter set deep in the solar system with the crazies criminals locked away on a remote prison planet with no walls and left all alone to society. This planet in ruins of it's previous civilizations has these criminals fighting for survival, power and freedom. Each region has it's own climates and inmates that put each player to the test.
Gameplay consisting of full 12-player online multiplayer matches across the planet, with all types of modes and arenas. Characters use the planet's environments to duck, sprint, jump and vault to get the advantage over their enemies. Tons of weapons, your own kill move and even your own mocking taunt to provoke your opponents promises to keep the gameplay  memorable.   That's right gaming fans be on the look out for these crazy creatures coming exclusively to the Xbox 360 in 2011.

 You can find out more at http://www.gunloco.com.

[NEWS] KRISS: One of the Newest Weapons in Combat Arms

Nexon America has given us the KRISS, a light weight sub-machine gun that is one of the world's most deadliest weapons!

Check out the new video just released using the KRISS.

Combat Arms offers a standard KRISS as well as a modified special ops version.

Some Real-Life info on this gun:

In real life, the KRISS was named as the world’s best weapon for close quarters combat by the Military Channel. It is a lightweight sub machine gun that uses a .45 caliber APC rounds with an amazing firing rate of more than 1000 bullets per minute with very little recoil. The KRISS' unique operating mechanism is designed to provide stability by absorbing recoil when firing. As might be guessed from a gun designed to be used by police forces, the KRISS is an excellent close quarters combat weapon, ideal on small tight maps like Junk Flea, Death Room and Brushwood. This is a perfect weapon when you have multiple targets bunched up together and is truly deadly in the hands of a soldier with decent accuracy who can keep his cool in tight situations.



If you haven't already checked out this game your missing out! download the game here http://combatarms.nexon.net/ or check out Nexon's other amazing online game library at
http://www.nexon.net/.

Name our New Web Store!

[NEWS] CC Gaming needs your help! As many of you already know we are launching our new Web store later this month. Instead of using a sub-domain of ccgamingonline.com we are looking for something cool, and catchy that is short and easily remembered. Remember it doesn't have to be an actual word. (Twitter for example)
It must be an available domain that is not already being used.

We will be rewarding the top three best names, although only the best one will be used!
If you have any questions or ideas please submit them to our email address.
Please include you name and email address when email your ideas!

New Mortal Kombat Seen at E3

E3 2010 introduced us to the ninth installment in a story franchise that started in 1992 as an arcade game.  This installment is a flashback to the events of Mortal Kombat 1 through 3.  It was developed by NetherRealm Studios who was formerly Midway Games.  It will use the mainly characters and maps from those games.  This game has 2d backgrounds with 3d characters.  This meshes well and the game looks beautiful. 

When Glen and I got into the showing of Mortal Kombat, Ed Boon told us that this Mortal Kombat will be back to the blood, punishing fatalities, and combos.  He also said that this will be the most fast paced Mortal Kombat yet.  Unlike combos of the past this game's combos are more about creating your own by linking special moves and normal punch-kick combos together.

Brand new to this game is a mechanic call the Super Meter.  The Super Meter can be used to add extra power to your special attacks, a combo breaker, or charge it up to level 3 and unleash a annihilating attack called the "X-Ray Mode".  When executing the X-Ray Mode attack it zooms in on the character's bones, spine, and organ.  It shows the bones breaking, the spinal cord twisting, or the organ squishing against the body.  This looked nasty and automatically makes people yell and scream. 

In addition to the Super Meter mechanic,  Mortal Kombat has also added a tag team system of fighting.  By using the tag team system you can chain your combos between the two characters.  The tag team adds a different level of difficulty to the game.

Another cool thing was the blood system in the game.  It has a progressive wound in the game.  The more times a character gets hit in the same area the darker the blood and the more cut up they get.  It stays like that until you win the fight not just the round. 

It has a lot of characters and one DLC character so far.  The list of characters we saw and that weren't grey'd out were johnny cage, kung lao, mileena, nightwolf, reptile, sektor, scorpion, sub-zero.  Boon is aiming for around 26 characters in this game. 

The release date is supposed to be sometime in 2011.  It will be on the Xbox 360 and PS3.

Written By Mike Monsees             


Other Mortal Kombat Games:
                      

Caanoo Vs. Other Portable Devices

 Comparison of GPH's Caanoo to other Hand held devices.
It has always been in the past the downfall of Video game consoles is the lack of Dev support and games readily available at launch. The GPH family of consoles has always had an underground following because of the lack of commercial games. While the Caanoo wont see New Mario or Sonic platformers  it does have the new FunGP site that will bring a lot of new flavor to the unit and more of an audience.
The best thing we can do is to promote and support the new FunGP.com site by purchasing it's games and apps and being involved in the online community.

I am very excited about this console and how it compares to other hand held devices.
Everyone has one or two things that they like about each hand held that is on the market. We also have many things we wish that these console would also do.
This is why we see the huge following of the iPod, and iPhone. The Nintendo DS has a great game selection but it is limited to media interfaces like videos, music and playing other games. The PSP, in my opinion, has a poor game selection, and the controls of those games were terrible. Many people had to MOD or hack their PSP to get it closer to what they really wanted, but it is still missing something. The iphone, while being a phone is it's most know function tries to accommodate what it is we are all looking for:
media interface, music, videos, games, online play, but it's still a phone. There isn't game controls that we want or need.
The Caanoo, what can I say, has brought us the closest to everything we have ever wanted in a portable device. New apps, games from devs on the new FunGP site, roms, emulators, nice size display screen, the joy-stick the PSP always needed, music, videos, wi-fi and more!
This is truly a device that will change the way we go portable, "Play Forward"!!!

New Ultimate Handheld Video Game System hits shelves next month!

This year's video game line up has been amazing. With new add ons to Playstation, Xbox, and another Nintendo DS coming this holiday season along with an exstensive new game line up, what's a gamer to choose?

Well here is yet another game system hitting the shelves at CC Gaming early in August, the Caanoo, with features that do everything including a touch screen, G sensor, rumble motors, wi-fi adapter add on, SD card slot, USB slot, a Neo-Geo -style joystick and much more!.
This system  is the latest from Game Park Holdings. The have made the GP2X, The WIZ, F100, F200 gaming system without a lot of notice here in the US.

The Caanoo has games that were developed just for it, homebrew features and capabilities to make your own games and upload them to the website. It's open source functions allow emulators and roms to be installed too! This is a must have for all you gaming geeks out there!!

 We will be previewing this unit and following up with a full review here with all the full details of what this awesome unit is capable of! Stay tuned!!