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[pelfer11]

Im not staying up till 3am to play this. obsurd as it is, I can w8 till tomorrow morning I suppose. Goodnite all.

[silentstephi]

So for those of us who have been avoiding the forums so as to avoid any and all spoiler types should be punished for getting the PC version at the Midnight Launch?

BS.

I don't have the time to stay up all damn night. I have a job. I have school. I have crap tomorrow that requires sleep ahead of time.

I wanted that one or two hours of initial play. But instead, I got swindled. I could have just gotten it for Xbox, but since I had the PC versions of DAO/DAOA, I figured I'd stay consistent.

It's BS that there's no sort of warning at the GameStop or even here, where it says 0000hr, that they meant Pacific Time.

I won't be doing another Midnight Launch if this kind of inconsistent BS keeps up.

[Zubie]

Voods07 wrote...

Sirhc9er wrote...

Why and how is that fair...now I cant play until tomorrow and pacific people can play right at midnight

There's nothing good about living on the east coast, ever.

lol pretty much

[rwilli80]

Y'all do realize BioWare and EA have no control over midnight launches, that done on a store to store basis. The games arrived in most stores Monday, its the stores fault for having the midnight release and not informing PC buys that the game can't actually be played until 3AM, and even then its not their fault. I never understood waiting for a midnight launch, I mean if you pre-ordered your copy should be sitting there waiting for you.

[Arrtis]

Kshadow71 wrote...

Well I learned my lesson I will not buy pc version again next time I just buy for my x box so I can play.

Better be careful they will come up with a anti piracy crap for that too.
Gotta log in to xbox live in order to play lol.
I dont know.

[Zandermill]

Actually - BioWare and EA have total control over midnight launches. Gaming companies highly encourage midnight launch's and will go out of their way to pay companies to support Midnight releases of their product.
EA could have sent out a corporate memo to gamestop to inform them, it would have gone down the chain of command to the store level. People could have been informed very easily.
Instead EA gave the thumbs up for midnight launch for their product fully knowing the 3am shut out time, and thats poor form indeed.

[Arontala22]

JalenTigh wrote...

Heck, the people going to Biowares own midnight release party in Edmonton won't be able to play at midnight either... How stupid is that?

Do you know what timezones are? Just curious.

[robotnist]

for those of you who came here to tell everyone theyre wrong in assuming that they could play at midnight, bioware stated earlier this week that the release would be "local" for everyone. at least for US and most other countries.

i wont be playing till tomorrow because my gamestop didnt do a midnight launch but i did get fugged over with the new vegas launch via steam. thats almost understandable (still BS) but people arent even able to play their PC version?

someone somewhere made money off of midnight pre-orders and they made a conscious decision to cut corners so that everyone in the US couldnt play until 12am PST instead of planning/programming 12am local for EST, GMT, MNT, PST etc...

not cool, period. the folks here paid for their product and their "digital" rights are being trampled.
it happens more and more, and when this behavior is defended, companies will try even more tactics down the line. sure its small now, no big deal, 3 hour wait. but it will get worse, companies will do whatever they want, because they can. i'm not saying its bio, or even EA, but i'm sure its somewhere between EA, the digital stores and the mortar stores...

[Dridengx]

II Sl4sh3r II wrote...

Yeah this is ridiculous. What the hell is the point of me going to a midnight release if the game can't be played until 3 hours later.

What's the point of getting it at Midnight? oh, I don't know maybe having it in your hands earlier? A midnight Launch is about the game being sold at midnight is it not?

[shadownian]

This is bs...I understand having some kind of piracy protection....but if you know that your software is going to mess up your release times...and ****** off fans who could have gotten pirated copies but actually bought legit ones...then change it...i have never seen this sort of protection software before...im sure there was many other ways/software they could have used that wouldnt have caused this issue. This just shows to me yet again how game developers/companies are trying to kill or just plain ****** off pc gamers cause they are afraid of piracy.

Hey guess what...if you dont want your stuff pirated...make quality products....and do what you said you were going to do. And for fricks sake stop trying to screw everyone over just to get a few extra bucks!!!

I purposely picked this game up at midnight thinking i could play it and try it out for a bit before bed....not install it and stare at the screen for a few hours...then by the time its unlocked....im too tired to bother. Way to start off an already controversial game....by pissing on the people who actually bought it even despite all the changes that drove off so many....

grrrrrrrrrr.......
/rant off

for now....

[Hydrahunter]

rwilli80 wrote...

Y'all do realize BioWare and EA have no control over midnight launches, that done on a store to store basis. The games arrived in most stores Monday, its the stores fault for having the midnight release and not informing PC buys that the game can't actually be played until 3AM, and even then its not their fault. I never understood waiting for a midnight launch, I mean if you pre-ordered your copy should be sitting there waiting for you.

You do realize BioWare is going to a Midnight release right?

[Khadroth]

rwilli80 wrote...

Y'all do realize BioWare and EA have no control over midnight launches, that done on a store to store basis. The games arrived in most stores Monday, its the stores fault for having the midnight release and not informing PC buys that the game can't actually be played until 3AM, and even then its not their fault. I never understood waiting for a midnight launch, I mean if you pre-ordered your copy should be sitting there waiting for you.

You do realize that this secuROM crap does nothing to stop pre-release players right?  The vast majority of them have contacts at gaming retailers and could have easily gotten the console versions anyways.  In other words their tactic to prevent early play only acts as punishment for legit buyers.

[Sokratis]

rwilli80 wrote...

Y'all do realize BioWare and EA have no control over midnight launches, that done on a store to store basis. The games arrived in most stores Monday, its the stores fault for having the midnight release and not informing PC buys that the game can't actually be played until 3AM, and even then its not their fault. I never understood waiting for a midnight launch, I mean if you pre-ordered your copy should be sitting there waiting for you.

Yes, it will be there waiting for us, but as a former poster said it would have been nice to get the initial gameplay in for people who couldn't clear their schedules. Also I couldn't pick it up during the day for the same reason, I ended up on duty on my campus so I wouldn't make it to GS before it closes. You wait out at a midnight release share in some comraderie with friends and random other people who are excited about the game and then go home to install and play the game. I got all but the last part.

[Sufiro]

Got my beer, cigar, cheese, crackers, and have the game and dlc's installed, time to pl.... Wait what is this? I guess ill watch some Tron until 3am I just hope I can get up for work in the afternoon.

[Voods07]

Sokratis wrote...

rwilli80 wrote...

Y'all do realize BioWare and EA have no control over midnight launches, that done on a store to store basis. The games arrived in most stores Monday, its the stores fault for having the midnight release and not informing PC buys that the game can't actually be played until 3AM, and even then its not their fault. I never understood waiting for a midnight launch, I mean if you pre-ordered your copy should be sitting there waiting for you.

Yes, it will be there waiting for us, but as a former poster said it would have been nice to get the initial gameplay in for people who couldn't clear their schedules. Also I couldn't pick it up during the day for the same reason, I ended up on duty on my campus so I wouldn't make it to GS before it closes. You wait out at a midnight release share in some comraderie with friends and random other people who are excited about the game and then go home to install and play the game. I got all but the last part.

I need to attend the launches you're at; the people at mine were stinky, bearded 40yr-old smokers who smelt of beer and pot.

I kid you not, they all looked like they just awoke from a dumpster and brushed their teeth with sugur cubes and Jack Daniels.

Modifié par Voods07, 08 mars 2011 - 06:27 .

[II Sl4sh3r II]

Dridengx wrote...

II Sl4sh3r II wrote...

Yeah this is ridiculous. What the hell is the point of me going to a midnight release if the game can't be played until 3 hours later.

What's the point of getting it at Midnight? oh, I don't know maybe having it in your hands earlier? A midnight Launch is about the game being sold at midnight is it not?

Really? That's how you reply? The point of having the game in your hands earlier is to play it ASAP. They advertised a midnight release, not a 3am release. There is a RELEASE DATE CHECK that states that I can't play until 0300 EST. That's not midnight.

Think before typing.

Thanks.

[Raven Xavier]

Oddly enough I heard from a buddy that there's a PC crack on Usenet that bypasses the secure-rom BS all together. I don't condone that kind of thing of course, but, it sure is comforting to know that us paying customers who went through a long night standing in the cold to fork over hard earned cash can't play our games that we paid for, while the pirates are happily playing their free games....real nice Bioware/EA.

I've been a paying customer of yours since the first "Baldur's Gate" and "Fallout 1", now though, I understand why some people pirate games. Thanks for giving me the shaft with a time zone. I hope you corporate pigs burn in the fires of hades.

[Sokratis]

Voods07 wrote...

Sokratis wrote...

rwilli80 wrote...

Y'all do realize BioWare and EA have no control over midnight launches, that done on a store to store basis. The games arrived in most stores Monday, its the stores fault for having the midnight release and not informing PC buys that the game can't actually be played until 3AM, and even then its not their fault. I never understood waiting for a midnight launch, I mean if you pre-ordered your copy should be sitting there waiting for you.

Yes, it will be there waiting for us, but as a former poster said it would have been nice to get the initial gameplay in for people who couldn't clear their schedules. Also I couldn't pick it up during the day for the same reason, I ended up on duty on my campus so I wouldn't make it to GS before it closes. You wait out at a midnight release share in some comraderie with friends and random other people who are excited about the game and then go home to install and play the game. I got all but the last part.

I need to attend the launches you're at; the people at mine were stinky, bearded 40yr-old smokers who smelt of beer and pot.

I kid you not, they all looked like they just awoke from a dumpster and brushed their teeth with sugur cubes and Jack Daniels.

Yay for having a college less than a mile from the store.

[shadownian]

quick question...how do any of you know you downloaded all the additional content....my securerom thing pops up before the game even tries to start....so I cant sign in and download anything...i just installed from disk....

Just curious...while were all waiting anyway...grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[II Sl4sh3r II]

shadownian wrote...

quick question...how do any of you know you downloaded all the additional content....my securerom thing pops up before the game even tries to start....so I cant sign in and download anything...i just installed from disk....

Just curious...while were all waiting anyway...grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

On the left side of the page under your avatar, go to Profile->Your registered game content

You can download all the exe files for the DLC there.

[JalenTigh]

shadownian wrote...

quick question...how do any of you know you downloaded all the additional content....my securerom thing pops up before the game even tries to start....so I cant sign in and download anything...i just installed from disk....

Just curious...while were all waiting anyway...grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

You need to register the game here on this website, along with any additional keys you have. I "think" once you do that all the adon's will be assigned to your account and will show up to download the first time you login the game.

[sonsonthebia07]

Need some more



to go with that

 ?



Honestly, just go to bed or something.

[shadownian]

II Sl4sh3r II wrote...

shadownian wrote...

quick question...how do any of you know you downloaded all the additional content....my securerom thing pops up before the game even tries to start....so I cant sign in and download anything...i just installed from disk....

Just curious...while were all waiting anyway...grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

On the left side of the page under your avatar, go to Profile->Your registered game content

You can download all the exe files for the DLC there.

Ahhhh ty vm for that....

Btw just a thought here...but has anyone seen a single bioware forum...tech...whatever guy on here atleast to say..."hey were sorry for the inconvienance but...blah blah blah"
what are they all sitting on here reading all this laughing thier *Beeps* off??
Least they could do.....

[Voods07]

Sokratis wrote...

Voods07 wrote...

Sokratis wrote...

rwilli80 wrote...

Y'all do realize BioWare and EA have no control over midnight launches, that done on a store to store basis. The games arrived in most stores Monday, its the stores fault for having the midnight release and not informing PC buys that the game can't actually be played until 3AM, and even then its not their fault. I never understood waiting for a midnight launch, I mean if you pre-ordered your copy should be sitting there waiting for you.

Yes, it will be there waiting for us, but as a former poster said it would have been nice to get the initial gameplay in for people who couldn't clear their schedules. Also I couldn't pick it up during the day for the same reason, I ended up on duty on my campus so I wouldn't make it to GS before it closes. You wait out at a midnight release share in some comraderie with friends and random other people who are excited about the game and then go home to install and play the game. I got all but the last part.

I need to attend the launches you're at; the people at mine were stinky, bearded 40yr-old smokers who smelt of beer and pot.

I kid you not, they all looked like they just awoke from a dumpster and brushed their teeth with sugur cubes and Jack Daniels.

Yay for having a college less than a mile from the store.

Thats the problem, I AM at my university right now. I walked across the street from my apartment (which is about a mile off campus) to the gamestop.

Needless to say I GTFO out the store ASAP.

Modifié par Voods07, 08 mars 2011 - 06:47 .

[Giffonbane]

ok so who is the lamer nug programer that but in this lame time lock out till 3 am so that the folks that pre ordered and went to the midnight release cant play???