Who the heck did SOE **** off?Follow

I pre-ordered cd-rom from Gamestop. Get the automated call, Monday. Call Gamestop to find out all they received were dvds. Called around to all the other Gamestops, around town, same thing. The last word I got from them was that they were expecting their cd-roms, possibly Thursday.
Called a bunch of EB's and one of them had three copies of the cd-rom and they were, obviously, all reserved for pre-orders. Decided to get out and ran around to various other places. All had dvd-rom and no cds. I found out at CompUSA that their cd-rom versions were to be in "in the afternoon" (it was already past 1pm).
Finally, I thought, what the hell, I'll stop at BestBuy on my way home (in 10 years, they've almost never had a game I'm looking for on the day of release). Lo and behold, as I was about to give up, a BestBuy guy asked me if he could help with anything. Told him what I was looking for and he points to a little spot on the bottom shelf, way towards the end of the aisle. There were 3-5 copies on the shelf. The one on top, cd-rom. I thanked him and explained what was going on and he grinned and replied something about how they weren't supposed to put them out until the 13th or the 15th, I didn't hear which, but they did anyhow. I don't know what that means or why, but that's my story.
I realize that dvd-rom is probably "standard" these days, but I have to imagine a large number of players still have cd-roms. I can imagine another wave of subscribers, as soon as the cd-rom versions start showing up in stores (South and West suburbs of Minneapolis, at least).
P.S. There was also a "tin" of the Collector's Edition on the shelf, at BB, as well.

Edited, Wed Nov 10 23:54:50 2004 by hannibus

Damn dude, chill.

Its now the 11th... still no ship date on my pre order:(. Is anyone eles still not getting there game?

Well Heres a good one.....I ordered two different versions of the EQII, the CD version from EB Games.(with 3 day shipping) they charged me nothing for shipping by the way....And No I have not received my CD version Yet..Tracking says the delivery date is today the 11th, But Oh Geeee....Its a holiday....so does UPS deliver today? I think Not....Thanks EB games....and as for the other game I ordered the CE directly from SOE, and got that famous by now Email that said it was delayed over seas, due to the Tin container it was shipped in, and would not be shipped until the end of this week, Well How the hell did the stores around me all get those on the 8th then? And I paid for shipping for this $12.50 for next day delivery....And no refund of that Im sure....just a lousy extra 7 days to play for free....Well I won't get that either because I now have SoE Station Access for EQ and EQII, and I hear the freebie days are forfeited this way....Well Maybe Next week I will be able to play on my day off....Thanks Sony.....Still no games yet.....Times 2.

I got my copy at Best Buy 10/09/04 at about noon. They said they had 4 copies of the collector's edition and I got the last one because I called in and told them to hold it. and yes I did have a preorder, but their preorder system is weird. you don't actually choose which edition. I went to check how many copies they had and they had tons. I'm just glad I got a copy. So far eq has been really sweet. had a few disconnects, but was able to get back within 2min.

-Kaelos
9th Scout of Unrest

There are plenty available in the Seattle area if you know where to look.

I got two copies at Fred Meyer electronics section. They had 3 boxes of them.. unopened when I got there. Both the DVD and CD versions.

Also places like walmart, target, sears, and other large retailers got theirs the same day as the game only stores like game stop, and ebgames.

You do not stand alone.

My order is still pending 3 days later and I can't cancel it, go to Best Buy and buy a copy.

I would have to say that the "custom delay" is BS they are known for not being ready when they said they will be. If you played with the eqlive and was thru the add-on it was always shipped too early even before the game was ready. The one I remember the most was Shadow of Lucin. Lol new race and class and UI. beside "the patch a patch that patch this patch that fix this that broke these stuff" patches. They didn't even have the class graphic for the beastlord or the UI for 11 to 12 months after the release of that add-on. They claim to have the graphics done but the programing was not done. Pretty lame graphic at that. But eq2 show some completeness so far.

I didnt even READ this thread yet... but thought i'd post here because of the title of the thread... THEY PISSED "ME" off.... after 3 days of leveling... got my char to lvl 9 on Oasis server... was near finished my "class-selection" quest and freakin POOF... my character has up and dissappeared... HEY SONY!!! YEAH YOU!!!...... /BIRD!!!!!!!!!

Edited, Thu Nov 11 20:31:51 2004 by Spoopher

Edited, Thu Nov 11 22:07:07 2004 by Vaanan