The servers ARE indeed up and available for play, right now. People are playing, right now. :)
There is alot of evidence of this on the EQ2 official forums, go read them. Here is an example:
http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=tech_support&message.id=28
Quote:
Officially the game does not launch until tomorrow. However some people may have received their copy of EQ2 already, which is why we have the servers up and available to be logged into today instead of tomorrow.
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Chad T
Sony Online Entertainment
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Chad T
Sony Online Entertainment
Quote:
We have had issues in the past where players have gotten the game earlier than release, ok, so we took care of that issue, make sense?
Regards,
Robert E.
Technical Support
Sony Online Entertainment
Regards,
Robert E.
Technical Support
Sony Online Entertainment
So if you are lucky enough to already have a copy, go have some fun!