Quote Originally Posted by Bam View Post
I spent over 7 thousand dollars in pc equipment(
Buy a plane ticket to Japan and ask Yoshida for an invite in person. It's only around $900.

Can't speak Japanese? Hire a private interpreter for ~$200 for the first hour and ~$50 for each additional hour.

As long as you're down there for a week, you can stay at the lovely Shibuya Granbell Hotel for six nights at ~$1500 in a premier double. (What kind of plebeian settles for a single?)

Of course, you should treat our favorite producer and director to a coffee while you solicit alpha access. I don't know anything about coffee shops and cafes in Tokyo, so play it safe and go to a Starbucks. $10 for both of you (add 5 for the interpreter).

Putting aside another $500 for food, local travel, tipping, impulse purchases and other expenditures, you're looking at $3110 alpha price tag.

In order to get the most out of the alpha, you could buy a 60" Samsung LED Smart HDTV and a self-built PC that can run Crysis on max settings at 1900x1200--no, I'm not going computer shopping for you.

Oh look. That's just over $7000. Well, what do you know.