EPTGAME in Sweden also have a similar offer right now. So far, no stores seams the have any keys in stock, but the onlien store should have, I'll try to get a hold of them and come back with more info! (Thanks to OneBk for the find)
UPDATE again:
Talked to custmer service. They don't have any keys yet. Delivery date isn't final, but they asume tomorow for the online store, and thursday for the local stores. They also said that they will try to send e-mails to everyone that pre-order in the online store as soon as they get them to the head office.
UPDATE "third":
On April 27 2010 23:36 Whrom wrote:
@webhallen.se
"Förbokningserbjudande. Till de kunder som förbokar StarCraft 2 ingår access till Betatestet av spelet, kod samt instruktioner mailas ut inom 24 timmar efter du förbokat ditt exemplar. Om du redan har förbokat spelet kommer din kod således att mailas ut enligt ovanstående tidsram. Mycket nöje!"
@webhallen.se
"Förbokningserbjudande. Till de kunder som förbokar StarCraft 2 ingår access till Betatestet av spelet, kod samt instruktioner mailas ut inom 24 timmar efter du förbokat ditt exemplar. Om du redan har förbokat spelet kommer din kod således att mailas ut enligt ovanstående tidsram. Mycket nöje!"
I know this post locks sloppy right now, just want to get this in the OP ASAP, thanks Whrom! I'll clean it up later!
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Hi all!
This is my very first thread on TL, so hopefully this is a good contripution to the site. If you are curious about who I am, I posted this in the 10 commandments thread: + Show Spoiler +
Hi TL and friends!
The ten commandments are read, and hopefully remembered And as such I'm making my first ever post in this thread as declared.
A Little about me then. 27 year old guy from Sweden with the normal work/school/girlfriend/family/friends/workout kind of live. I have always loved games, especially RTS, RPG and Fighting games.
I played SC:BW around my 18-21 years a lot over LAN with my roommates at collage, I think it was right about the time the last couple of balance patches came out, and we learned that making a ton of workers rocked by watching replays of Hasudrone, and the strongest player among us kept reading Zerg guides by Yellow (player names could be of, long time ago you know, who was FerenzTheFox?). Probably none of us was very good, but we had a lot of fun!
Ever since SC2 was announced I've been exited, ans so has some of my buddys that remember the good old days. The last couple of weeks my interest really sored and I finally maned up and got the courage to sign up to this wonderful site.
I knew TL from my past SC days but never really got into the site or the community like I have now. I've been lurking, reading a lot of the SC2 discussion threads, watching beta streams and VODs and now after the TLI (Yeah! Go TheLittelOne for being plain entertaining and awesome! Go White-Ra for winning and being so good with me beloved Toss!) I even started catching up and the Day[9] Dailys. And so far, I'm having a great time!
So thanks for having me, hopefully I'll live up to this community, and I have some post, questions and discussions toughed up to start of my TL career while I work and my abysmal SC:BW skills in wait for SC2 beta or release.
Thanks!
P.S. I don't want to use this as a excuse, but I'm dyslectic so sometimes my spelling will sadly be terrible, and whenever I can I will try to use a spelling program as support. D.S.
The ten commandments are read, and hopefully remembered And as such I'm making my first ever post in this thread as declared.
A Little about me then. 27 year old guy from Sweden with the normal work/school/girlfriend/family/friends/workout kind of live. I have always loved games, especially RTS, RPG and Fighting games.
I played SC:BW around my 18-21 years a lot over LAN with my roommates at collage, I think it was right about the time the last couple of balance patches came out, and we learned that making a ton of workers rocked by watching replays of Hasudrone, and the strongest player among us kept reading Zerg guides by Yellow (player names could be of, long time ago you know, who was FerenzTheFox?). Probably none of us was very good, but we had a lot of fun!
Ever since SC2 was announced I've been exited, ans so has some of my buddys that remember the good old days. The last couple of weeks my interest really sored and I finally maned up and got the courage to sign up to this wonderful site.
I knew TL from my past SC days but never really got into the site or the community like I have now. I've been lurking, reading a lot of the SC2 discussion threads, watching beta streams and VODs and now after the TLI (Yeah! Go TheLittelOne for being plain entertaining and awesome! Go White-Ra for winning and being so good with me beloved Toss!) I even started catching up and the Day[9] Dailys. And so far, I'm having a great time!
So thanks for having me, hopefully I'll live up to this community, and I have some post, questions and discussions toughed up to start of my TL career while I work and my abysmal SC:BW skills in wait for SC2 beta or release.
Thanks!
P.S. I don't want to use this as a excuse, but I'm dyslectic so sometimes my spelling will sadly be terrible, and whenever I can I will try to use a spelling program as support. D.S.
I did some research today about the GameStop "pre-order and get a beta key" offer that has been posted about the last days. This is what I found out:
- Beta keys will be available for pre-order customers in Sweden!
- They don't have any keys right now, but the internal word to employs is that they will most likely be shipped to the local stores next week
- The offer is legit for both normal and collector editions pre-orders (even tough GameStop in Sweden is careful about CE pre-orders, they never now how many they actually get)
- You can only pre-order "on site" at a local store
- They take a small fee (20SEK for me), you can pre-order without a credit card, and the fee works like a deposit, you get it included in the full game price when it's relesed, so their is no extra cost at all
- The beta keys will be handed out at the stores when they arrive (hard copy keys)
- They will try to call all customers that pre-order when the keys arrive, if they have the time (which they won't if they get a lot of pre-orders)
- They do not know if the offer is limited or not
How I found this out:
I was really wondering about this GameStop thing that their was so much discussion about, so I decided to do some research. The GameStop homepage in Sweden dose only have information about that SCII is available for pre-order, but no information about any beta keys. So I actually called my local store, explained what I knew about the North American offer, and asked if they had any information. After talking with the store manager I found out the information above.
I also called one more store in a different region to see if they could confirm, and I got the same exact answers, so I feel pretty sure that this is legit.
Of course I ran straight to my local store and pre-order, and got the same information in the store that I got over the phone.
I also must praise my local store in Örebro for great service! Not only did the research the subject for me and confirmed that the offer of beta keys will be active, they also promised to call me on Tuesday with more information. They where absolutely certain that they will have beta keys, the information is communicated internally, they just don't have a delivery date, even tough they expect next week.
I'm really thank full and impressed with the customer service, and I also now, that if this turns out to be a botch, it's not the guys at my local stores fault
I've worked as a reseller myself, sometime information, and promises, change real quick in big organisations.I'll update this thread when I get more information, hopefully I'll have a key next week!
To find your local GameStop store in Sweden go here:
http://gamestop.se/storelocator.asp
I also urge all Europeans to call the stores in your country! They couldn't say with any certainty, but this seams to be a centralised offer that will go out in most places real soon.
Thanks!
Update to clarify my information about Collectors Edition:
I actually weren't allowed to pre-order the CE in my local store in Örebro. They said this was because they didn't want to promise something that they couldn't keep and that they never really know how many CE they get for each store. So I just pre-ordered the normal game and the CE will most likely be handed out on a "first served" basis. I didn't ask if this meant that pre-order customers had first pick on these CE or not.
On the other hand, when I talked to Eskilstuna on the phone during me research, they said it was possible the pre-order the CE. So maybe it's different polices in different stores. So make sure to ask if you pre-order.
.I actually weren't allowed to pre-order the CE in my local store in Örebro. They said this was because they didn't want to promise something that they couldn't keep and that they never really know how many CE they get for each store. So I just pre-ordered the normal game and the CE will most likely be handed out on a "first served" basis. I didn't ask if this meant that pre-order customers had first pick on these CE or not.
On the other hand, when I talked to Eskilstuna on the phone during me research, they said it was possible the pre-order the CE. So maybe it's different polices in different stores. So make sure to ask if you pre-order.
April 27 Update:
Added info about no credit card requierment, and that the booking fee counts towards the full retail price. Also info about simillar offer from GAME
And now also http://webhallen.se
Added info about no credit card requierment, and that the booking fee counts towards the full retail price. Also info about simillar offer from GAME
And now also http://webhallen.se
