The last 2 times I went to a game stop, I waited until 2 am just to get a copy, and then it took me another hour to get home. I bought WoW cata and SC2 at wal-mart, was in and out in 10 mins, and back home in 20.
Well I'm going to gamestop this weekend so I'm wondering weather or not to pre order it there. If I do it'll probably have to be first day pickup.
You for got to add a poll option: via ThePirateBay.org ...
gl with that....especially seeing as its online only.
Unless you just want to play with yourself on a private server...personally, I think that would suck.
PS: Blizz deserves their money.
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One is never hurt by being given additional choices, only by taking them away. A QUADRILLION MAGIC FIND is worthless if you can't kill shit!
Midnight release in-store pickup. I'm looking for a suitable mate to bear my children. The obvious place to look is Gamestop at midnight. My soul-mate will be there. Our eyes will cross knowingly as I stride casually past the queue, to the end of that beautiful line of dorks I've dreamed of for so long. Some of them will be dressed up like Deckard Cain. One guy will have a crappy sword he bought online, with a plywood buckler and a crappy plastic viking hat. His first character will be a barb. But my soulmate and I, we're above that cosplay shit. Unless she wants to dress up as a succubus during intercourse. I'm cool with that. A smile crosses my face as I settle into line, knowing from our silent pact, notarized in that subtle stare, that the die has been cast. As the bleary-eyed, underworked-yet-somehow-disgruntled Gamespot employee fumbles at the gate-lock as a freshman fumbles hopelessly at a bra, oh how the necks will crane. Is it midnight? The cheers will start, and the pushes will come from all sides. But we two remain undeterred.. All other faces bear unerring witness to the up-sliding Gamespot gate as the penitent would the very gates of heaven. Not our two. No, our faces turn slowly to one another in a slow, impossibly synchronized movement. Our eyes lock, and as we share a look of knowing, we let the tide of nerds carry us as if upon a smelly, mountain-dew riddled river to our gaming bliss, while we fall in love in that quiet bewildering study of the self in the other. As if in a dream, unusually slowed and pillowed without edge, we reach together for our D3 CE copies in unison. Nerds cheer their station, rushing to the car of their parents, dreaming of install, unable to notice the worry on Mom and Dad's face regarding the unlikeliness of grand-children and elderly care. Not our two. We will become rich beyond measure from the RMAH, and we will provide more grand-children than was previously thought humanly possible, given our deep and undying lust, and the fact that she is pretty forgetful when it comes to birth control.
We will move out to a farm, raise an enormous family of little geeks, and use our riches to convert that farm into a gaming ranch where anyone can come and play any game, for free. Underprivileged children forced into the shameful and debaucherous life of Free to Play will make pilgrimages to our fabled holy land in order to experience "true gaming."
Finally, as the life of myself and my Gamestop soul-mate reaches its pinnacle, Blizzard will announce it is holding Blizzcon at our ranch. And Radiohead will be playing, even though Thom Yorke hates consumerism and America and shit.
So that's what I'll be doing for release day.
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You for got to add a poll option: via ThePirateBay.org ...
gl with that....especially seeing as its online only.
Unless you just want to play with yourself on a private server...personally, I think that would suck.
PS: Blizz deserves their money.
Part of playing OFFLINE is to play alone. I think plenty would like that veeeery much.
Edit: Yes, Blizzard will have double the amount from me. Im gonna buy CE too so I can frame it to the wall.
You for got to add a poll option: via ThePirateBay.org ...
gl with that....especially seeing as its online only.
Unless you just want to play with yourself on a private server...personally, I think that would suck.
PS: Blizz deserves their money.
Part of playing OFFLINE is to play alone. I think plenty would like that veeeery much.
Good statement.
I think that if Blizzard doesn't release an offline single player mode, that the game will be hacked and a single player offline version will be made available free of charge to those willing to give blizzard the middle finger for not giving an offline version of the game.
I myself would be likely to download such a release (as well as buying the game) so that I can play whenever I want, wherever I want, internet or no internet.
I can't imagine the line at my local game stop being very long, were any of you expecting a short line or no wait when you went, or do you live in like LA or NY or something. I'm just curious because I have never been to a midnight release and I am not expecting a huge turnout and I don't want to get there and be in the back of the line.
I can't imagine the line at my local game stop being very long, were any of you expecting a short line or no wait when you went, or do you live in like LA or NY or something. I'm just curious because I have never been to a midnight release and I am not expecting a huge turnout and I don't want to get there and be in the back of the line.
Anyways, midnight release for me, CE.
I went to the midnight release for Call of Duty: Black Ops, showed up at 11:15 and was 300 and something in line.
Just curious here, what's the fastest possible way to get a physical copy of the game, without visiting a gameshop? Because in my little town, in my insignificant country, we don't have such. Thanks in advance.
If you have a walmart-esque store near by that would be the fastest way. They release the game at midnight, but they don't have an event.
Midnight release in-store pickup. I'm looking for a suitable mate to bear my children. The obvious place to look is Gamestop at midnight. My soul-mate will be there. Our eyes will cross knowingly as I stride casually past the queue, to the end of that beautiful line of dorks I've dreamed of for so long. Some of them will be dressed up like Deckard Cain. One guy will have a crappy sword he bought online, with a plywood buckler and a crappy plastic viking hat. His first character will be a barb. But my soulmate and I, we're above that cosplay shit. Unless she wants to dress up as a succubus during intercourse. I'm cool with that. A smile crosses my face as I settle into line, knowing from our silent pact, notarized in that subtle stare, that the die has been cast. As the bleary-eyed, underworked-yet-somehow-disgruntled Gamespot employee fumbles at the gate-lock as a freshman fumbles hopelessly at a bra, oh how the necks will crane. Is it midnight? The cheers will start, and the pushes will come from all sides. But we two remain undeterred.. All other faces bear unerring witness to the up-sliding Gamespot gate as the penitent would the very gates of heaven. Not our two. No, our faces turn slowly to one another in a slow, impossibly synchronized movement. Our eyes lock, and as we share a look of knowing, we let the tide of nerds carry us as if upon a smelly, mountain-dew riddled river to our gaming bliss, while we fall in love in that quiet bewildering study of the self in the other. As if in a dream, unusually slowed and pillowed without edge, we reach together for our D3 CE copies in unison. Nerds cheer their station, rushing to the car of their parents, dreaming of install, unable to notice the worry on Mom and Dad's face regarding the unlikeliness of grand-children and elderly care. Not our two. We will become rich beyond measure from the RMAH, and we will provide more grand-children than was previously thought humanly possible, given our deep and undying lust, and the fact that she is pretty forgetful when it comes to birth control.
We will move out to a farm, raise an enormous family of little geeks, and use our riches to convert that farm into a gaming ranch where anyone can come and play any game, for free. Underprivileged children forced into the shameful and debaucherous life of Free to Play will make pilgrimages to our fabled holy land in order to experience "true gaming."
Finally, as the life of myself and my Gamestop soul-mate reaches its pinnacle, Blizzard will announce it is holding Blizzcon at our ranch. And Radiohead will be playing, even though Thom Yorke hates consumerism and America and shit.
I will have a newborn by the time this game gets released, so by not having the disc around i will save msyelf from the shock of walking to the baby trying his first carving project. Digital download for me
Buying at Wal-Mart, obviously. Once I write down the CD-Key I will exchange it for a new copy. Easy way to get double the character slots for the same price.
And you honestly think that'll work?
Worked for SC2. Why wouldn't it work? It is a great way to get another 10 character slots for free.
I'm going to be buying it online and downloading. I don't really care about having another case or manual.
They should totally give it a discount for buying the digital copy. It's environmentally friendly and has to be cheaper for them.
They have to keep it at MSRP to keep from completely fucking their retail channels.
Bonus points to them because they make massive amounts more without a middle man taking a cut.
People seem to say that midnight release means they get to play ASAP. But if you want to play it ASAP, buy digital. That's probably what I will do. You can install the game beforehand, then just patch and play at midnight, instead of however long after midnight that it takes you to get your copy then go home and brew a ton of coffee for a 16 hour play session.
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When I grow up, I want to be a frill-necked lizard.
Webhallen here in Sweden always has great midnight events and Diablo 3 will surely not be a disappointment. So that's where I'm going for sure to get the CE, rush back home and enter no-life mode for X amount of hours/days/months/years.
Either Midnight release at the local Walmart for the CE depending on what is included, could care less for a WOW pet, hopefully it has some cool stuff. If not then digital download and play at midnight.
I want a Collector's Edition, so I will have to pick it up at the store. Hopefully there will be a midnight launch here :).
This. I'm willing to drive where ever I need to for a midnight release. Hopefully common stores like GameStop will host some, but for some reason I feel like they won't..
EDIT: On a site note, I really hope there are no company only offers, like how with most games you can get this gun skin by pre-ordering from amazon, or if you pre-order from Wamart you get this playable character, etc. Blizzard is too good for that kind of BS, there should be no special treatment.
“We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.” - Albert Einstein
Buying at Wal-Mart, obviously. Once I write down the CD-Key I will exchange it for a new copy. Easy way to get double the character slots for the same price.
And you honestly think that'll work?
Worked for SC2. Why wouldn't it work? It is a great way to get another 10 character slots for free.
Whatever, it's your morality.
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Well I'm going to gamestop this weekend so I'm wondering weather or not to pre order it there. If I do it'll probably have to be first day pickup.
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Unless you just want to play with yourself on a private server...personally, I think that would suck.
PS: Blizz deserves their money.
A QUADRILLION MAGIC FIND is worthless if you can't kill shit!
We will move out to a farm, raise an enormous family of little geeks, and use our riches to convert that farm into a gaming ranch where anyone can come and play any game, for free. Underprivileged children forced into the shameful and debaucherous life of Free to Play will make pilgrimages to our fabled holy land in order to experience "true gaming."
Finally, as the life of myself and my Gamestop soul-mate reaches its pinnacle, Blizzard will announce it is holding Blizzcon at our ranch. And Radiohead will be playing, even though Thom Yorke hates consumerism and America and shit.
So that's what I'll be doing for release day.
-Thomas Jefferson
Part of playing OFFLINE is to play alone. I think plenty would like that veeeery much.
Edit: Yes, Blizzard will have double the amount from me. Im gonna buy CE too so I can frame it to the wall.
:: Enkeria [Twitter / Twitch / Website / Tattoos]
Good statement.
I think that if Blizzard doesn't release an offline single player mode, that the game will be hacked and a single player offline version will be made available free of charge to those willing to give blizzard the middle finger for not giving an offline version of the game.
I myself would be likely to download such a release (as well as buying the game) so that I can play whenever I want, wherever I want, internet or no internet.
Anyways, midnight release for me, CE.
I went to the midnight release for Call of Duty: Black Ops, showed up at 11:15 and was 300 and something in line.
If you have a walmart-esque store near by that would be the fastest way. They release the game at midnight, but they don't have an event.
That... was... beautiful. *tears*
Worked for SC2. Why wouldn't it work? It is a great way to get another 10 character slots for free.
They have to keep it at MSRP to keep from completely fucking their retail channels.
Bonus points to them because they make massive amounts more without a middle man taking a cut.
EDIT: On a site note, I really hope there are no company only offers, like how with most games you can get this gun skin by pre-ordering from amazon, or if you pre-order from Wamart you get this playable character, etc. Blizzard is too good for that kind of BS, there should be no special treatment.
Whatever, it's your morality.