Guess what I got by mail saturday

vovan · December 1, 2003, 18:44

Alright, so I am not sure if this belongs here, but I thought I'd share.

So, you remember there was this Rise of Nations beta? And a lot of fan-sites had a little competition where the fans could win a copy, and also there was some kind of official contest? Well, I, along with Comrade Tassadar, IIRC, won a copy from HeavenGames... But never got it... Till the day before yesterday, that is!

There it was sitting pretty in my mailbox.

It's been what, nine months?

Gotta love USPS. Like they say in those commercials in movie theatres nowadays: not the rain, not the snow, not the temporary loss of gravity, not the monsters made of rusty washing machines, not the black holes that suck in the entire known universe can stop the United States Postal Service from delivering mail on time. (or some such).

Dis · December 1, 2003, 18:54

the USPS is very good at delivering letter mail on average 1.6 days.

But Fed Ex is better for package mail.

vovan · December 1, 2003, 19:01

Yeah, yeah, I know. I haven't had any problems with mail before. But nine months?

I thought it was was hillarious.

Nubclear · December 1, 2003, 19:40

You could complain

When I get my new computer, I may decide to reinsatll RoN. But for now, my interest is dead in it

Alex · December 1, 2003, 20:11

you could upset Brian Reynolds asking him why they changed things in the final version, saying that you liked more the way it was in the beta...

Skanky Burns · December 1, 2003, 21:33

Now thats service for you!
Maybe the postie who delivered it took long service leave for 9 months and then finished his delivery round.

DrSpike · December 2, 2003, 06:31

Was the box opened and a little bit used when it arrived?

Adagio · December 2, 2003, 06:43

9 Months

Was it a difficult birth?

centrifuge · December 2, 2003, 11:19

I'd blame heavangames or microsoft (whoever was rsponsible for shipping the game) not the usps. The usps workers are too damned crazy

Asmodean · December 3, 2003, 15:20

So it has really been under way for nine months??

As in the post stamp is dated nine months ago??

If so that is truly amazing. Even our postal service here in Denmark is faster than that

Asmodean

vovan · December 3, 2003, 15:22

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Originally posted by Asmodean
So it has really been under way for nine months??

As in the post stamp is dated nine months ago??

Yup. The thing says it'd been mailed back in May.

Asmodean · December 3, 2003, 15:40

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Originally posted by vovan

Yup. The thing says it'd been mailed back in May.

*Asmodean has trouble getting 12 minus 5 to equal 9*

Asmodean

vovan · December 3, 2003, 15:56

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Originally posted by Asmodean
*Asmodean has trouble getting 12 minus 5 to equal 9*

I meant March.

child of Thor · December 3, 2003, 17:14

maybe you should write a letter to someone senior at USPS, praiseing them on their perserverence

Its probably been bugging the hell out of a couple of the end delivery guys..........

vovan · December 3, 2003, 18:22

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Originally posted by child of Thor
Its probably been bugging the hell out of a couple of the end delivery guys..........

I don't know if someone should get a raise or a kick in the butt for this.

MariOne · December 4, 2003, 10:01

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Originally posted by Skanky Burns
Maybe the postie who delivered it took long service leave for 9 months and then finished his delivery round.

Maybe he was Tom Hanks...