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...is being installed as I type. I'm a technician at Best Buy and we released it today, three days before it should've came out. Does anyone else have a *legal* copy of it or am I the first?

Predictable reactions of awe to come.....

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.torrent? - Upload now god damn it :lol:


P.S *shock* & *awe*

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I'm wondering if I buy it in Thailand if it'll work online....



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Reply to dhlucke

YES! Your shock and awe fuels my soul!

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Reply to Purdude

Is it really on BitTorrent already?

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Reply to Purdude

Bit torrent sucks people use edonkey, you can tap into the torrent networks kazza networks and the overnet networks.

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Edonkey is A LOT slower.

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Reply to dhlucke

Did you make it work?

Chances are not, Valve has it locked. :tongue:

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Reply to eden

I was gonna say that I think valve made it so you have to register over the internet, and they are not taking any registrations untill the day of release.

Reply to jammydodger

Well hehe, talk about those awkward situations you see in comedy shows.
Guy comes boasting, showing off his new thang, laughing at everyone, then tries to operate the new thang, and it doesn't, while everyone's watching.

So, Cooltek/Purdude? Where're ya in the game now? :evil:

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Reply to eden

...still in the installation screen. I thought I could bypass it. Oh well, the box is cool.

Now I know why we only made 16 copies available.

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Reply to Purdude

do you have it set for high Id ?

if you do you will get like 350k a sec.

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Reply to mrface

You'll still have to activate it I think...

I've had it preloaded for quite some time now through steam.

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Reply to silverpig

Yeah it requires activation, I was so eager just to have it in my hands and brag, haha.

How big was the Steam download? The box says it needs ~4gb of space but I don't know exactly how big the game is yet.

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Reply to Purdude

The Steam download was about 3 gigs I think. But, it was surprisingly fast, less than 3 hours it seemed. I've been waiting for a couple weeks for Tuesday to come along.

I wonder if it will be unlocked at 12 AM eastern time, so it will be unlocked at 9 PM pacific time on Monday night.

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Reply to ksoth

i just went ahead and resevred a copy at gamestop store

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Reply to mrface

Don't have broadband for a Steam download? My bro preordered it online, but I'll have it atleast 10 hours before he will...

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Reply to ksoth

yeah i do but try to keep the online credit card ordering to a minimum. hell i even downloaded the steam hl2 prerelease thingy before i relized what it was and deleted it afterward. i can wait til tues to get the game. :lol:

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Reply to mrface

It's 12 AM PST.

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yeah i do but try to keep the online credit card ordering to a minimum. hell i even downloaded the steam hl2 prerelease thingy before i relized what it was and deleted it afterward. i can wait til tues to get the game.



That is silly, man. You could have preloaded and use your retail CD Key to activate your game via steam. O well, no harm done I guess.


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im silly sometimes, they call me rubberneck. :tongue:

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Reply to mrface

Monday night...

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Reply to ksoth

Review on gamespot at 12 today

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A meagre 92%. Boooo :wink:


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Over generous I assure you.

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lmao. im sure its gonna rock.


heheh gamestop called me today to tell me my order was in and i can pick it up tomorrow. lmao.

they really want my business dont they?

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Reply to mrface

I think they want your nuts

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Reply to PukePile

I do too. Get in line and wait for your turn.

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Reply to eden

yeah they love my cock.

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In the history of GameSpot, very few games are ever given a note higher than IGN and they are often too conservative or perhaps too strict. IGN gave it a whopping 9.7, calling it the best FPS ever. I can't wait, for sure, but right now I don't have time to play it anyways. I haven't even finished DOOM III!

But hey, gotta love the Canadian dollar, now we'll probably be able to buy it for a mere 5$ more than the US price, effectively the people down there are being screwed compared to us.

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Reply to eden

I prefer buying retail over online for software. Not getting a box or anything IMO ruins the whole feel of "owning" something. IIRC you get nothing by mail when you just load the game through Steam no?

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Reply to eden

I thought you get a hard copy when going through steam at least ati said i would get a hard copy mailed to me.

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gamestop lubs the cock

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keep talkin to eden and youll get a hard copy... :tongue:

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Reply to mrface

OMG, LOL!

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Reply to eden

I really don't know. I mean, you get the HL2 voucher, to get it via Steam, but that's all I know. If Valve allowed to get retail copies from online purchasing, wouldn't they have mailed most people by now so on Nov 16th they could play the game?

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LMAO @ Proactive computer company mailing a game to people. LMAO

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Reply to mrface

What?

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Reply to eden

are u serious? do i really have to explain that?

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Reply to mrface

Oh you were laughing at the idea Valve themselves would mail it.

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Reply to eden

exactly!!!

man youre quick tonight lol.

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Reply to mrface

Hehe, those bright moments are like an eclipse. They come and go, and come back every 4 years... :lol:

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Reply to eden

lmao, wow. itll be awhile til it happens again then, heheh

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Reply to mrface

What will?

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Reply to eden

Quote :


Over generous I assure you.



Ah, already played it?


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I just started playing it... i have a midterm tomorrow and should be in bed, but all day tomorrow I'm gonna be playing it and HL:source... damn.

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Reply to silverpig

I'm still at work without access to steam news. Did they release HL:Source at the same time as HL2?

That would be really neat.



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Yep. HL:Source is ready to go... unfortunately I'm on my way to a midterm right now and then a full day of class... and I've got homework for tomorrow... ugh not gonna be fun.

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Reply to silverpig

Started playing this morning. Totally rocks! I'm on the airboat part, which is pretty fun.

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Reply to ksoth

They had it out here last week in Ottawa Canada $60.00 Retail.

I have not purchased it and wont for a while probably. I hear Steam comes in the package so you don't have to download it all. Steam updates will soon drown out that little add-in.

I hope most of the cheating fook wads go off to Half Life2 and leave Day Of Defeat alone. As I also heard a new version of DoD is available with HL2.

If they have better net_code with HL2 that also supports the new version of the yet to be seen Day Of Defeat then I will snap up a copy of HL2 but I never botherd playing the first HL on those little maps. DoD has always held my attension due to the strategy aspect of the game and not directly because of the first person shooter in a sterile HL enviroment.

In any event after Steam opens the game up to the players the reports will come in. I am sure 60% wont have a P.C able to run it and of the 40% that do have the power to run it correctly they wont have the connection to play it unless they fixed the net_coding to slow the connection hacking down because it will have 10X's greater impact on the normal players ability to even play.

If I buy it to play and like it I am going to purchase my ISP's 5 MB cable modem over my 3 MB current modem. No extra monthly bill just a one time purchase of the new Extra High Speed Modem. Thier Gold Package.

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