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[MikevanK]

well... if you would walk really slow it could take you that much time that when the time you're back it might be released on steam :-D

[Loerwyn]

BioShock 2 unlocked at about 8-9am I believe, it certainly wasn't a midnight release though.

Mass Effect 2 unlocked at around midnight-1am GMT.

Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening has (on my Steam client no release date on the store page and the status of "Pre-Purchase". I also was able to preload it via a Steam command (I forget which), and I do have some files on my system. I don't know if I've got the full expansion preloaded, but I do know I have at least 1GB of the data. The folder for my DDE version of the game reads 18.6GB so if I can get a confirmation that'd be great.

But yes. Gief plx.

[BD666]

That adds to the set of my possible alternatives. Rumors say (its just one rumor on a german forum) that it might start in about 3 hours. Therefore i have 4 miles + nutkicking to distribute over 3 hours. Assume speed of light for the kicking process, i should walk 4/3 miles per hour.

Modifié par BD666, 18 mars 2010 - 04:00 .

[MikevanK]

hmm... so.. it would be available at 8 o'clock here.. + aprox...45 mins download...gdamn.. I would be playing at 9-ish or something.. they truly want me dead from anxiety

[BD666]

I doubt that the downloading process will be this fast, except they have huge capacities.But we will have something into thousands of people dl awakening

Modifié par BD666, 18 mars 2010 - 04:05 .

[Madhaus]

Bad timing, misunderstandings or zombies, I don't care. They still didn't bother to drop any piece of information anywhere... we're discussing it by ourselves, and there's not even a Bioware moderator to comment.



The best part is that people might still be buying Awakenings from their site !!! It says available, released on the 18th. Maybe some people are being billed right now as we rant, for a game that is at the same time "unavailable" AND "released'.



Let's learn our lessons from this experience :



1) never buy from Steam again



2) never pre-order anymore, unless it gives incredible advantages ingame. If we hadn't given our money in advance, Steam would have lost half of its customers for this expansion, and we would have downloaded it elsewhere.

[Guriko]

Sigh.



I wish i never prepaid it. I will certainly never do it again. Dont worry about that Bioware/EA/Steam.

[bl00dsh0t]

BD666 wrote...

That adds to the set of my possible alternatives. Rumors say (its just one rumor on a german forum) that it might start in about 3 hours. Therefore i have 4 miles + nutkicking to distribute over 3 hours. Assume speed of light for the kicking process, i should walk 4/3 miles per hour.

Damnit I was about to go plan to do something to distract myself and the you pop the rumour...god damnit truly the 18th of march 2010 will go down in my life as the only one spent spassing out over a game release

[desdichado1975]

Is it possible to install a non-Steam expansion on a Steam DA:O installation?

[MikevanK]

Madhaus wrote...

Bad timing, misunderstandings or zombies, I don't care. They still didn't bother to drop any piece of information anywhere... we're discussing it by ourselves, and there's not even a Bioware moderator to comment.

The best part is that people might still be buying Awakenings from their site !!! It says available, released on the 18th. Maybe some people are being billed right now as we rant, for a game that is at the same time "unavailable" AND "released'.

Let's learn our lessons from this experience :

1) never buy from Steam again

2) never pre-order anymore, unless it gives incredible advantages ingame. If we hadn't given our money in advance, Steam would have lost half of its customers for this expansion, and we would have downloaded it elsewhere.

lol dude... like I said... this is like... the first game problem i've ever had..
I'm trying to say it like I mean it...  but the ppl at steam are just humans too.. or zombie/zombine/disappointed because of a fake cake by now.

I'll keep my fait at steam(partially because I got loads of games at steam ad I like one medium for my games (A))

[MikevanK]

desdichado1975 wrote...

Is it possible to install a non-Steam expansion on a Steam DA:O installation?

I think it's possible.. cause(this I assume)DA:O should be on your pc.. at steamapps/common map.. so it would be stupid if it was impossible

[Loerwyn]

Why would you boycott Steam? It's a ridiculous prospect IMHO. Aside from their brilliant sales, it's a very good platform to use. Yes, they drop the ball on pre-purchases at times, but it's never stopped me using their services.

As for "never pre-ordering", you might be mixing terms. Steam operates via a pre-purchase, whereas some other places operate via a pre-order. A pre-purchase is where you buy the game in advance and pay for it before it's released. An online pre-order is where you register interest in the game and they charge you as it is dispatched, and most retail stores operate a pre-order service in which a copy is put to one side for each pre-order and they're not put out for the public until a few days after.

From where I'm sat, there's just under 8 hours left of the 18th of March (It's 4:15pm GMT here). Valve still have time to deliver the product and fulfill the release date.

[bl00dsh0t]

Its supposed to be possible to install retail awakening onto steam origins, but steam awakening requires steam origins

[Batviper]

http://forums.steamp...d.php?t=1191990 They say here that you can install a retail Awakening on a Steam DA.

[BD666]

Is it possible to install a non-Steam expansion on a Steam DA:O installation?

It has been confirmed in various forums, that playing steam DA:O with non-steam DA:A works. The other way around it doesn't work. But : .... i did not try this, so you must stick to these "confirmations"

Modifié par BD666, 18 mars 2010 - 04:16 .

[ToJKa1]

desdichado1975 wrote...

Is it possible to install a non-Steam expansion on a Steam DA:O installation?

According to the Steam forums it should be, but it's not possible to install the Steam Awakening to disc version.

Wow three simultaneous nearly identical answers, must be a record

Modifié par ToJKa1, 18 mars 2010 - 04:16 .

[Madhaus]

MikevanK wrote...

Madhaus wrote...

Bad timing, misunderstandings or zombies, I don't care. They still didn't bother to drop any piece of information anywhere... we're discussing it by ourselves, and there's not even a Bioware moderator to comment.

The best part is that people might still be buying Awakenings from their site !!! It says available, released on the 18th. Maybe some people are being billed right now as we rant, for a game that is at the same time "unavailable" AND "released'.

Let's learn our lessons from this experience :

1) never buy from Steam again

2) never pre-order anymore, unless it gives incredible advantages ingame. If we hadn't given our money in advance, Steam would have lost half of its customers for this expansion, and we would have downloaded it elsewhere.

lol dude... like I said... this is like... the first game problem i've ever had..
I'm trying to say it like I mean it...  but the ppl at steam are just humans too.. or zombie/zombine/disappointed because of a fake cake by now.

I'll keep my fait at steam(partially because I got loads of games at steam ad I like one medium for my games (A))

You're a free man, brother. Keep your faith in Steam if you're satisfied with the way they treat you... As for me Steam's over.

As I said it's the first time I ever bought anything through Steam (a friend of mine praised it, claiming it was the best service I could dream of). And it also happens to be the first time I get stuck with a prepaid game I can't have, while the rest of the world does. I'm not a masochist, I won't do it again 

[Batviper]

What I don't understand is I checked the store page last monday and it said it would be released March 19th,then I checked it again yesterday and the countdown was missing.But on one of the new trailers it says the date is 18th for Europe.

[MikevanK]

lol.. your friend was right.. but hell... first impression is strongest.. I recommend steam to many ppl myself too.. I'm a member for 4 years now.. and I truly havent had this problem ever.. + I have my games available like.. everywhere.

[Madhaus]

MikevanK wrote...

lol.. your friend was right.. but hell... first impression is strongest.. I recommend steam to many ppl myself too.. I'm a member for 4 years now.. and I truly havent had this problem ever.. + I have my games available like.. everywhere.

I don't need my games available everywhere, I just... need my games available 

I don't really see the point in being able to play anywhere while the game is missing...

[MikevanK]

normally it isnt missing.. lol..

[El_Coyote]

confirming that i'm sick of the steam crap with this release.



*sigh*

[desdichado1975]

Thanks guys!! Guess I'll take my business to the local retailer then.

[STiAT]

I just see the point that I need my games - and for sure not in disc form ... hell what I had troubles with broken disks before steam :-).

[Madhaus]

Now you don't have broken disks problems, you don't have the game anymore. It keeps you away from all kinds of trouble.