SMB Moron

So this guy starts telling Tommy's sister how he downloaded Super Meat Boy for free.  When Tommy's sister (Jamie) said how it aggravated her when people pirated games the guy changed his story to being a beta tester for SMB attempting to impress her....and that was obviously a complete lie.  This guy, Steve, who didn't know that Jamie was Tommy's sister insisted on it, and after being given several chances to redeem himself, was told off by Tommy.  (Tommy was over at Jamie's and just took over the conversation towards the end).  Tommy also made him this nice little note: http://supermeatboy.com/Steve.html

Monday, January 24, 2011
6:27 PM - Steve: Hey, how's it going?
6:29 PM - Morticia: Going good.  What's up?
6:29 PM - Steve: not much, just doing some multitasking work and hulu.
6:29 PM - Steve: Pretty boring Monday, I suppose.
6:30 PM - Morticia: Sounds like fun
6:31 PM - Morticia: I can't remember if i asked or not, but how'd you become a beta tester for SMB?
6:31 PM - Steve: Just some thread I found on reddit.
6:32 PM - Steve: It was only like 2 levels :\
6:32 PM - Steve: But it was fun, so i bought it on xbox.
6:32 PM - Morticia: Ah, so you didn't just download the whole thing on pc?
6:33 PM - Steve: Nah.
6:33 PM - Morticia: Are you a fan of it on facebook?
6:33 PM - Steve: Don't think so, but thats a good idea.
6:34 PM - Morticia: http://www.facebook.com/SuperMeatBoy
6:34 PM - Morticia: How much about the developers do you know?
6:34 PM - Steve: uh
6:34 PM - Morticia: Like, have you played any of Ed's other games?
6:34 PM - Steve: Nothing, and I don't know.
6:34 PM - Steve: I suppose it's possible. I play alot of games.
6:35 PM - Morticia: Do you know who made the reddit thread?
6:36 PM - Steve: some anon noob
6:36 PM - Steve: It was awhile ago :\
6:37 PM - Morticia: How long ago?  do you know?
6:38 PM - Morticia: Sorry so curious, I just know for a fact there were no beta testers so I'm just trying to figure this out
6:38 PM - Steve: Not exact date. I'm thinking September/October.
6:38 PM - Steve: :O
6:38 PM - Steve: Well that's weird. I had to fill out a form >_>
6:38 PM - Steve: I feel violated.
6:40 PM - Morticia: No need to feel violated, just trying to figure out where someone got a two level build of it that doesn't exist and put it out on the internet for people to get...
6:42 PM - Morticia: What kinda stuff was on the form?
6:43 PM - Steve: Basic stuff. Name, email, city, what games I like to play, how much, etc.
6:43 PM - Steve: The normal stuff for beta testing.
6:43 PM - Morticia: What two levels was it?
6:44 PM - Steve: Think it was just the first two. But I honestly cant remember. I beat it and uninstalled within like 30 minutes.
6:45 PM - Steve: Didn't really think much of it.
6:45 PM - Morticia: First two levels are like 5 seconds each.  Do you mean chapters?
6:46 PM - Steve: No it wasn't chapters. Maybe it wasn't the first two levels then.
6:46 PM - Steve: It was pretty easy, but not 5 seconds easy.
6:47 PM - Morticia: Nah, it's definitely 5 second easy.
6:47 PM - Morticia: You wouldn't be telling me this to try and impress me would you?
6:49 PM - Steve: Lol, no. Hard to impress someone with a lie. And I dont think being a beta tester is very impressive.
6:49 PM - Steve: Maybe it was a demo that someone was passing for beta testing?
6:50 PM - Morticia: Nah, no demos were released and no beta version released.
6:50 PM - Morticia: Ya sure you're not confusing it with another game?
6:51 PM - Steve: Positive.
6:52 PM - Steve: I'll check my email to see if I still have the download link, but I doubt it.
6:53 PM - Morticia: How much of the game have you actually played?  You said you have it on xbox?
6:55 PM - Steve: Ya, I have it on xbox. I played alittle here and there. Bought Assassins Creed Brotherhood like a week after, so most of my xbox'ing is used on that game.
6:55 PM - Morticia: What chapter have you gotten too on smb?
6:55 PM - Steve: uh
6:55 PM - Steve: I'd have to go look
6:58 PM - Steve: I'll let you know when I get home. The last thing i remember, is a pile of dead squirrels. And one crying over their corpses.
6:59 PM - Steve: Doubt that far, but I haven't put that much time into it.
7:01 PM - Morticia: Hmmm, I'm just quite perplexed by the 'beta testing' thing.  Because, like I said, I know for a fact that it wasn't released to anyone, except certain testers, who were only Microsoft & VMC, and there wasn't even a two level build ever released.
7:04 PM - Steve: I believe you, and I just wish I had some sort of links to give you. I didn't think it was much of a big deal, the thread was pretty bland. Just linked to the form, and then I got an email with a download link.
7:05 PM - Steve: Pretty sure it was from a gaming download's site. fileplanet, etc.
7:06 PM - Steve: But I suppose it could've been just a regular user's file.
7:10 PM - Morticia: That build doesn't even exist though.  It never has...
7:12 PM - Steve: It has to exist.... I played it :|
7:12 PM - Morticia: Nah, it doesn't, trust me.  Ya sure there's nothing you want to come clean about?
7:13 PM - Steve: Lol, I am POSITIVE I played it.
7:13 PM - Steve: Maybe a knock off?
7:13 PM - Steve: Ha, im trying to prove my innocense but I have no idea how.
7:13 PM - Steve: innocence rather
7:14 PM - Morticia: lol only knock offs have been super tofu boy and super ice boy or something like that.  Which don't even compare to it
7:15 PM - Steve: Well, im pretty sure he was red..... So I am assuming he was meat based.
7:15 PM - Steve: Damn it, I wish I had the file :\
7:15 PM - Steve: Not to sound mean, but I would definitely say "I told ya so"
7:16 PM - Morticia: Nah, see, I got the 'I told ya so' covered.  :P  Because I can prove there wasn't a version like that at all anywhere.
7:17 PM - Steve: Then I guess some random guy made his own >_>
7:17 PM - Steve: Cause I definitely played it.
7:17 PM - Morticia: But, you've played the 'demo' thing you said... then you played the real game on xbox, right?
7:17 PM - Steve: Alittle bit, ya.
7:18 PM - Morticia: So you should be able to say if it's the same game or not
7:18 PM - Steve: Gameplay and characters wise, it seemed to be the same
7:18 PM - Morticia: How many characters were in the demo?
7:18 PM - Steve: But the 'demo' didn't have any cinematics.
7:20 PM - Steve: just meatboy and I think bandage.
7:20 PM - Steve: but it was just like a screencap
7:20 PM - Steve: No animation, except when I was playing.
7:21 PM - Steve: the "Play" button wasnt even animated >_>
7:21 PM - Steve: I remember thinking "Half-assed" to myself.
7:21 PM - Morticia: ...did you just play the flash verison?
7:21 PM - Morticia: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/463241
7:21 PM - Steve: Not unless this guy packaged the flash into an installer.
7:21 PM - Steve: which I guess is possible >_>
7:22 PM - Morticia: go to that link and tell me if that's what you played
7:24 PM - Steve: Its possible.
7:24 PM - Steve: I don't remember that animation in the beginning tho.
7:29 PM - Morticia: Here's where I stand as being so confused; 1. The obvious, there was never a build released with just two levels.  Which I have definite proof that no one can own anything like that.  2. You played the first two levels and it took you 35 minutes to finish them, but the first two levels are maybe 5 second levels (though you did say they could have been other levels, but you're not sure).  3. Bandage girl wouldn't have been a playable character in a demo/beta testing version if there ever was one
7:30 PM - Steve: nooo she wasnt playable
7:31 PM - Morticia: Ah, sorry my before question was meant as how many playable characters... sorry.
7:31 PM - Steve: No need to be sorry.
7:33 PM - Steve: I honestly don't know what to tell you. It's a fun game, but it wasn't a life changing experience so I don't really remember it that much. It was basically just a boring Tuesday afternoon. (Not necessarily Tuesday)
7:40 PM - Morticia: Can you just admit that you were trying to impress me.  Last chance.  I have total undeniable proof that this is the case.
7:43 PM - Steve: And I believe you, but I played SOMETHING that was marked as 'beta' on reddit. And again, I dont consider it impressive at all.
7:43 PM - Steve: :\
7:47 PM - Morticia: ...
7:48 PM - Steve: Sorry. I don't blame you for not believing me. You obviously know alot about this game.
7:48 PM - Steve: I just wish I had some sort of proof so I didn't look like a douche.
7:48 PM - Steve: 2 seconds away from doing a system restore....
7:49 PM - Morticia: Find the reddit thread because they don't delete their threads and then I'll believe you
7:57 PM - Steve: HA
7:57 PM - Steve: got the email
7:57 PM - Steve: http://supermeatboy.zzl.org/SMB_Bet019.zip
7:57 PM - Steve: doesnt exist tho
7:58 PM - Steve: and supermeatboy.zzl.org looks like some shady shit....
7:59 PM - Morticia: yes it does... gimme a second
8:14 PM - Morticia: So you pirated the game
8:14 PM - Steve: it wasnt the full game
8:14 PM - Morticia: Hey so
8:14 PM - Morticia: I'm going to put my brother on
8:14 PM - Morticia: He's the creator of 'Super Meat Boy'
8:14 PM - Morticia: Hey buddy
8:14 PM - Morticia: thanks for ripping off the game
8:15 PM - Morticia: And here's the proof that I'm telling the truth
8:15 PM - Morticia: http://www.supermeatboy.com/Steve.html
8:15 PM - Steve: Awesome.
8:16 PM - Morticia: Yea...so you weren't a beta tester
8:16 PM - Morticia: because I personally know all the beta testers
8:16 PM - Steve: i didnt pirate it either.
8:16 PM - Morticia: So you lie about video games to try impress girls
8:16 PM - Morticia: You downloaded it from a website, what do you call it?
8:16 PM - Morticia: Either you just found that website trying to prove you weren't lying or you pirated it
8:17 PM - Steve: Or both?
8:17 PM - Steve: But it CANT be niether.
8:17 PM - Morticia: You're an idiot
8:18 PM - Steve: Obviously.
8:18 PM - Morticia: YOu should have just said you were trying to impress her
8:18 PM - Morticia: You could have saved face there
8:18 PM - Steve: I should have, but I dont lie.
8:18 PM - Morticia: You just fucking did lie
8:18 PM - Morticia: Are you high right now?
8:18 PM - Steve: Nah, I'm working.
8:19 PM - Morticia: You tried to pass yourself off as a beta tester
8:19 PM - Morticia: You fit the description...semi-employeed pothead...but you weren't a beta tester.
8:19 PM - Steve: Semi emplyeed?
8:19 PM - Steve: nah
8:20 PM - Morticia: Yea...anyway. Good luck with all this. I'm pretty sure my sister is going to block you now.
8:20 PM - Steve: Take it easy.
Steve is now Offline.

Moral of the story:  Don't lie just to impress someone, it'll never get you very far.