Preloading for Skyrim has begun, are you gonna play immediately?

[Baresark]

Just a heads up. I would normally be doing this on the SPUF, but since that is down, here it is.

So, as a form of discussion. Are you gonna hit the ground running at midnight on this? Or do you have better plans? I know I'm going to a concert and I have to work the next day, so no midnight play for me.

Cheers

 

[Rancid0ffspring]

Huh? What?

Have I missed something?

What is this thread about?

 

[Baresark]

It's a thread pointing out that you can preload Skyrim on Steam now. Nothing special. It's a pretty big announcement for people looking forward to it.

 

[Robert632]

Ok, this may make me sound like a idiot or an asshole or something, but...why did you post this? Did we really need to know this? Is their any sort of discussion that can be gotten from your discussionless post?

 

[Scizophrenic Llama]

Huh? What?

Have I missed something?

What is this thread about?

For upcoming games, services like Steam will allow you to pre-load the game; meaning to download it slightly before release. It allows for people to download it and be ready the second the game is officially out, and gives the servers some breathing room as everybody won't be downloading all at the same time.

 

[Furioso]

A year ago, I made the mistake of getting a laptop for gaming, thinking it could be used for that and for school, which it did, now it can't play new games without overheating even though it meets the specs, and still I never regretted it until right now

 

[Rancid0ffspring]

Huh? What?

Have I missed something?

What is this thread about?

For upcoming games, services like Steam will allow you to pre-load the game; meaning to download it slightly before release. It allows for people to download it and be ready the second the game is officially out, and gives the servers some breathing room as everybody won't be downloading all at the same time.

Without sounding like a dick.....

This requires a thread?

 

[Baresark]

Just a heads up. I would normally be doing this on the SPUF, but since that is down, here it is.

Cheers

Threads without discussion value are frowned upon here... I'd edit your post quick before you get punished... us Escapists have a very twitchy report finger....

There ya go. Changed. Deal with it.

 

[Treeinthewoods]

Picking it up at 12:01 on Friday morning, home to play with the entire Friday off. This week is just dragging by...

 

[Baresark]

Huh? What?

Have I missed something?

What is this thread about?

For upcoming games, services like Steam will allow you to pre-load the game; meaning to download it slightly before release. It allows for people to download it and be ready the second the game is officially out, and gives the servers some breathing room as everybody won't be downloading all at the same time.

Without sounding like a dick.....

This requires a thread?

I changed it, discuss if you want. If you don't like the topic, I won's be insulted if you don't want to stay

 

[Baresark]

Just a heads up. I would normally be doing this on the SPUF, but since that is down, here it is.

So, as a form of discussion. Are you gonna hit the ground running at midnight on this? Or do you have better plans? I know I'm going to a concert and I have to work the next day, so no midnight play for me.

Cheers

Ah! much better.

Now, I am going to get the game at gamestop for the midnight release. had I not pumped $60 into the limited edition preview (and then cancelled that limited edition due to lack of funds) I probably would have invested in the game through Steam for the pre load.

Ah well, I'll enjoy freezing my bum off and then staying up until the sun start shining again playing the game.

Maybe I should be a vampire after all....

I was checking out and apparently you can also become a werewolf now. I haven't found specifics, but I think you can change back and forth at will.

 

[Baresark]

A year ago, I made the mistake of getting a laptop for gaming, thinking it could be used for that and for school, which it did, now it can't play new games without overheating even though it meets the specs, and still I never regretted it until right now

Did you get a cooler for it? And if you did, did it help? I would be interested in seeing the specs for it.

 

[Furioso]

A year ago, I made the mistake of getting a laptop for gaming, thinking it could be used for that and for school, which it did, now it can't play new games without overheating even though it meets the specs, and still I never regretted it until right now

I know a bunch of people that this happened to... and I can't for the life of me figure out why.

I have a gaming desktop and laptop and my laptop's fine.

What company is yours from?

It's a gateway, I have no clue how/if the companies make a difference, but the system will play nearly any game fine for a little while, then it starts getting large fps drops for a minute or 2 every now and then, with decreasing times in between as time goes on, when this happens the thing is really really hot, and I have it sitting on a cookie pan (grid of thin metal lines with a stand allowing for really great air circulation)

A year ago, I made the mistake of getting a laptop for gaming, thinking it could be used for that and for school, which it did, now it can't play new games without overheating even though it meets the specs, and still I never regretted it until right now

Did you get a cooler for it? And if you did, did it help? I would be interested in seeing the specs for it.

No cooler, but see above for the circulation thing I have going on, it does help a lot, not sure how to get all the specs but here's what I could find
Manufacturer: Gateway
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8400 @ 2.26GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.3GHz
Memory: 4090MB RAM
Hard Drive: 307 GB
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS

 

[GabeTheOptimist]

Nope. I wait until release so I can see what the game's about before purchasing. When you give into hype you can become disappointed, disappointment leads to cynicism, and cynicism leads to the dark side...where was I? oh yea right.

I don't buy games until I see the mechanics is a non-commercial environment.

 

[Argtee]

I pre-ordered it from Amazon, (not for PC) so it'll probably take an extra day or two to get to my house.

In that time however, I'll be even more prepared!

*stocks up on food and water*
I won't be leaving my house for a long time...

EDIT: I just realized...

I don't think I get mail on the weekends...

Spoiler: I believe this is appropriate

 

[Aethren]

My local Gamestop will be doing a 10pm-Midnight release of Skyrim, so I'll be getting it before the Steam pre-load.

 

[EHKOS]

Picking it up at 12:01 on Friday morning, home to play with the entire Friday off. This week is just dragging by...

Aww you're lucky. I have to wait until 2:35PM because that's when the mail gets here. I will be patiently waiting for the mailman....
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