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I just went and preorder yesterday(May 13th) and registered i've been downloading for almost 15 hours and im only at 55%. Good thing i got in right before cut off.

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Yes, the download is what, 12.5 gigs?

Well they certainly got the "Massive" right in MMO.

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The more I hear about this game, the more glad I am that Ihave nothing to do with it. If the starting zones can't handle all of the pre-order customers willing to pay EXTRA for early access, what's going to happen when they open the doors to everyone? Or are they planning on telling retail customers they can't start playing until the people who bought the game before them level up?

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I dont know man....for me anyway im using this preplay period to determine if I will will actually buy the full game I dont mind paying the $5 for the extra 10 days and if i dont like it then i dont have to waste the $50 it will cost me to buy the full game.

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I have a very fast connection and still its showing 1d 13hours. Of course it's at 67% after 8 hours so I imagine its not a accurate representation. I didn't know it was a limited number though, lucky I got a craving for cinnabon yesterday and went to the mall!
And like Drew said, I like the idea I can spend 5 bucks to trial there game. If it sucks like vanguard Im only out a fin

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I hate to say I told you so, but I told you so...........I predicted doom and gloom because they released the game as a gold candidate 3+ weeks ago? And I knew that there would be massive patches and glitches, and poor download times coming.

I leveled a character into his teens in the closed beta and the game was okay. I was pretty excited to play the game but with all of the glitches and issues, which I expect in beta, but nevertheless dampened my spirit for the game.

I was charged the $5 early entrance fee, I may just use that to see if the game has improved and not go retail and let the game cook for a few months.

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It makes sense and I don't really think it's fair to blame Funcom for it.

I'd be more pissed if I paid $5 for early access and wasn't able to play because everyone who pre-order (and who doesn't pre-order nowadays when bonuses are offered) rush online and clogged the servers for 3 days. Granted the early-access does come with 10 days game time but still...

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"Your Harddisk is about to crash... thats why it sounds like a jet engine better make backups before its too late...."

How does that mean my hard disc is going to crash?....

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This doesn't bode well for FunCom. Pre-Orders were sold with deceptive advertising promising a 3 day advance. Apparently many retailers weren't on the ball and haven't even provided the pre-order keys to their customers yet... and then FunCom pulls the rug out from under them?

I don't know. After the fishy "open beta" this just seems like another big miss when it comes to customer relations.

It's a PR disaster imo.

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I get a kick out of the melodrama hehe. "It's a conspiracy to cheat me out of $5!!!1!"
And in reply to Drew:
If your getting a loud grinding noise out of your PC you may have a hard drive thats going bad (hard drive is the part that stores all your data, games, pr0n, etc) or you need to take a spray air can to the inside of your puter and blow out all the dust and pot smoke.
If you find it is your fans there are alot of silent fans available and there pretty cheap, like 15 bucks on average. If its your hard drive (again the big silver or black box inside) then you need to get anything important backed up and take it in to be cloned onto a new drive.
Yaaaay for free tech support

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