CURSE St Louis!

zorbop · November 5, 2003, 21:25

I live in st louis, Missouri. Not a single store in the entire city sells conquests! I thought it was supposed to be out by the 4th in america, but nieither EB, best buy, gamespot, circute city, comp usa, or any local hardware stores sell conquests. Are other people having this problem in other cities? or is it just st louis...

Swissy · November 5, 2003, 21:45

Your best bet would have been to go to Gamestop and put down a small deposit last week, then the manager would have been forced to order it for arrivial today

Terser · November 5, 2003, 21:52

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Originally posted by zorbop
I live in st louis, Missouri. Not a single store in the entire city sells conquests! I thought it was supposed to be out by the 4th in america, but nieither EB, best buy, gamespot, circute city, comp usa, or any local hardware stores sell conquests. Are other people having this problem in other cities? or is it just st louis...

I live near Sedalia, Missouri Zorbop. I knew Conquests wouldn't arrive in my neck of the woods anytime soon so I preordered it from Gamestop.com months ago.

I'll have it--and the preorder CD--in my grubby mitts tomorrow if UPS package tracking is correct(which it usually is).

volsang · November 5, 2003, 22:46

It wasn't in Madison, Wisconsin the 4th either. I was told that the 4th was the day of shipping and it didn't nessarily mean it was in the stores at that time. Didn't have this proble m with CIV 3-vanilla and CIV 3-PTW. I was under the impression that it was like a music release and that it would be in the stores on Monday only they couldn't sell it until Tuesday. Guess, I was wrong. Next year if there is another Xp, I will be ordering online.

G'Kar · November 5, 2003, 23:21

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Originally posted by volsang
I was under the impression that it was like a music release and that it would be in the stores on Monday only they couldn't sell it until Tuesday. Guess, I was wrong. Next year if there is another Xp, I will be ordering online.

That's the way it's supposed to work, but apparently Atari et al were a little slow.

MrWhereItsAt · November 6, 2003, 08:02

You should remember that the release date was supposed to be later, and that you guys are just very very lucky to get the game so soon thanks to some magic somewhere along the chain. No being ungrateful now, y'here?

Some of us have to wait another two weeks.

Shogun Gunner · November 6, 2003, 11:07

- right mouse click
- Abandon City
- Do you really want to abandon St. Louis
- YES

Beta · November 6, 2003, 13:45

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Originally posted by Shogun Gunner
- right mouse click
- Abandon City
- Do you really want to abandon St. Louis
- YES

Priceless!

(btw - I pick up my copy at EB games here in Toronto this afternoon.

)

(and btw - it was pre-ordered and paid for.)

vmxa1 · November 6, 2003, 14:25

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Originally posted by Shogun Gunner
- right mouse click
- Abandon City
- Do you really want to abandon St. Louis
- YES

LoL

Shogun Gunner · November 6, 2003, 17:32

I just picked up Conquests from EB at Dulles Town Center (Washington DC). The guy at the store said its been selling very, very fast. I did not pre-order and was lucky to pickup the second to last copy.

zorbop · November 6, 2003, 21:28

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Originally posted by Shogun Gunner
- right mouse click
- Abandon City
- Do you really want to abandon St. Louis
- YES

that is terrific.

Theseus · November 6, 2003, 22:25

zorbop,

I grew up in St. Louis (Creve Couer and Ladue, Dad at Barnes).

Abandon.

T

Shogun Gunner · November 7, 2003, 00:04

I was born in St. Louis! My dad was in a graduate program at Washington University when I was born. Don't remember too much, but I've always been a St. Louis Cardinal fan.

justjake73 · November 7, 2003, 15:49

RELEASE DATE 11/4/03 + Two Days Shipping = 11/6/03

I got it at Gamespot yesterday - they hadn't yet put them on the shelf.

Stuie · November 7, 2003, 16:42

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Originally posted by volsang
I was under the impression that it was like a music release and that it would be in the stores on Monday only they couldn't sell it until Tuesday.

Game Software releases never work like that. The "release" date is the date distributors get the software. It is then up to the individual retailer to distribute the product to their own outlets.

Some stores (Gamestop, EB) have really good distribution systems because they are geared to software. Others (Best Buy, Compusa, etc.) are slower because the distribution system has multiple layers and is not software specific.

pedrojedi · November 8, 2003, 14:32

All you guys are very lucky getting the game within 1 week of the release. Europeans, well, just 2 weeks waiting, and that's it.

Now, down here in Brasil...

G'Kar · November 8, 2003, 17:34

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Originally posted by Shogun Gunner
I was born in St. Louis! My dad was in a graduate program at Washington University when I was born. Don't remember too much, but I've always been a St. Louis Cardinal fan.

Well that's what I'm doing now; maybe this post is a message that I need to make a kid now.

heysewa · November 8, 2003, 22:41

Got it friday at a gamestop on manchester in STL suburb

Shogun Gunner · November 10, 2003, 21:18

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quote:
Originally posted by Shogun Gunner
I was born in St. Louis! My dad was in a graduate program at Washington University when I was born. Don't remember too much, but I've always been a St. Louis Cardinal fan.

Originally posted by G'Kar
Well that's what I'm doing now; maybe this post is a message that I need to make a kid now.

Hi Dad,

It's me -- your son! What? You don't recognize me? Well maybe its because I've time travelled 20 years into the past. You see, it's 2023 and I wanted to thank you for doing such a great job raising me.

However, we have to talk about mom...I mean your girlfriend. Here's a hint, try not to embarass her at the party this weekend. If you don't listen to me, you will be hearing about this for the rest of your life -- trust me.

There's so much I could tell you - I don't know where to begin. However, I would remiss in my duties to not warn you about that 2015 Subaru Outback you bought. What a piece of crap. You know how hard it is to get laid in that thing???? Oh, that's right, you do. I've been following you around recently in your 2002 Subaru Outback...

Well, father like son... By the way, the Cardinals have sucked since 2010

Anyway, I must go now. We have a Civ8 multi-player game going on with 200 civs back in 2023! I'm stuck with Iceland, but I'm going to try and make the most out of it. The damm patch was 4.7 gigs and took 3 minutes to download!!! The patches keep getting bigger and bigger...taking longer and longer to download -- Who's got that much time? I just don't believe technology can keep progressing like it has...oh wait a minute... I think I remember you saying that all the time when I was growing up! You sounded like such a geezer.

Well, I must get going. I just got accepted to the graduate program at Washington University in St. Louis. I know you are going to be so proud. By the way, I met a girl and I think she's the one... Don't worry, I have condoms with me...hmmm...somewhere around here....

Your loving son.

Mad Bomber · November 11, 2003, 12:37

I stopped by Best Buy on the 4th and they told me it was a 6:00 PM release, had to go to work that day, but I picked up my copy on the 5th. (Columbus, OH)