Oblivion: Who's got it?
Monday, March 20th, 2006 - 11:38am
You forgot one of the other obligatory threads, Certis... 
I plan on making the rounds with phone calls around lunch time to see which stores in my area have gotten it or plan to get it today. I'm hoping that every store in my area will have it as I'm only about 30 minutes form Bethesda's offices but that probably has no bearing as it's mostly likely shipped from somewhere else. This is the one time I'm actually regretting not having pre-ordered a game.. I'll just have to take my chances.
So.. who's got it and where did you get it?
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I was told over the phone yesterday by the Gamespot I ordered from that it should be available today. We'll see if that is the case, though, once 10 AM rolls around here on the west coast.
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Is this going to hit most places on Tuesday or Wed.? My PC copy is coming from Amazon so I suppose I'll see that on Friday at the earliest
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I may roll by Target after work then...
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It's supposed to hit most stores on Tuesday. But a lot of times EB's and Gamestop's pay extra to have games shipped early so they might have them around lunchtime today.
Mr T broke the speed of light in the A-Team van because he wanted to prove that quantum physics was a bunch of Jibba Jabba.
Well it looks like some people are already playing it!
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Stores here in my part of MD have not received it yet, but it's still the forenoon.
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I know GRAW was supposed to come out on the 9th, but it seems like every store started selling it on the 8th. Hopefully that trend will continue with this game. I pre-ordered it just to avoid the hastle that was "The Quest for GRAW".
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Canada's usually late getting shipments so I'm not crossing my fingers. GRAW ended up coming a couple days earlier than EB said it would be so I reaaaaaaly hope that's the case!
Good luck to everyone
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My local EB says tomorrow, so I would expect that's when most everyone will have it in.
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Yeah, but you're in Canada, that's like, somewhere over the border!
Exactly, so if we're getting it tomorrow, you guys should be too for sure!
Certis beat me to it. - Elysium
Well... darnit! My lame attempt at humor just tripped and fell facefirst down the stairs, onto a rake, slipped on the blood while standing up and fell into a well, drowning in stale mosquito-infested water!
New games in Canada generally must go through a defrosting process. Microwave once to clear the initial layer of ice, acetelyn torch to cut through the next tough layer, followed off with a couple solid hours of chipping away with an icepick.
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Don't worry, Swat, global warming will fix all that!
I'd type more but i've already lost 3 fingers on this post alone.. goddamned frostbite!
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Ok back on topic. Oblivvviioooooooooonnn!
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i preordered from best buy (my gf works there), but from the chatter on the elderscrolls.com forums, gamestops and eb's all around are getting them today
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That's the word. I posted this here: http://www.gamerswithjobs.com/node/22815?from=90&comments_per_page=30, but according to two phone calls I received yesterday, I should be able to pick the game up in a couple of hours from Gamestop. We'll see if that's the case or not.
souldaddy wrote:
Well, things are looking bleak for my area (northern VA) today. I called 4 EB's within a 5 mile radius. One said to call back around 5pm (but laughed when I said I didn't have a pre-order), one said to call back after 3pm, and the 2 of them said they won't be getting them until tomorrow. The guy that laughed said they had 75 pre-orders to fill and he had no idea how many copies they were going to get.
Mr T broke the speed of light in the A-Team van because he wanted to prove that quantum physics was a bunch of Jibba Jabba.
Blarg. I just called and got a different story than what I got yesterday, so it seems I will probably have to wait one more day after all. Bummer.
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Both EB and Gamestop are towing the 'can't sell it till Tues' line down here.
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Hold me.
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Same in Portland, Tuesday. I can hear the lie in your falsetto voice, faceless EB employee. I know you have it!
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I will probably make a couple stops to look for it after work, but I'm not getting my hopes up.
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This thread is making me sad. I'm going to bake chocolate chip cookies for all you guys so you'll cheer up.
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I wasn't going to buy it until my GalCiv2 refund occured, but now I'm tempted to at least try...
And if I haven't seen further, it's because those bloody giants blocked my sight.
I'm *supposed* to be getting it in the mail tomorrow before noon (ups usually delivers to my apt between 9 and 11:30am) but I haven't gotten a shipping confirmation yet, it still says the order is being processed. I'm aggravated. If it doesn't come tomorrow I just know that I'm going to be hoofing it around town trying to find a copy until whenever my order arrives.
Why?
Because I'm a sad, sad little man.
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I called Gamestop since we're inching toward the 2:00 CST time that they told me they should have the game in. The person who answered the phone stated that yes they will be getting it today and that it should be in sometime by 2 or 3. So, I was not outright denied, but won't believe them until I have Oblivion in my hands, or more appropriately, in my XBOX 360.
souldaddy wrote:
My local Gamestop has an employee currently picking up their allotted batch of Oblivion in Chicago, then he's turning right back around and heading back to Cedar Rapids so they can sell them tonight. They expect them in-stock around 5-6pm.
Booyah! I went by at lunch and dropped a reserve down.
Cory and Farscry:
If either of you actually get a copy today, perhaps you can post the name/phone number of the Gamestop branch where you acquired it? It may prove handy for a few of us whose local branches are holding to a Tuesday release. Chances are many locations have the game in stock, but are operating under the standard "street date is Tuesday" model.
Thanks in advance!
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The Westdale Mall Cedar Rapids Gamestop will have theirs on sale tonight. I imagine the Lindale Mall one will also have theirs (these guys usually get their games from the same shipment).
Do me a kindness and wait until after I get mine first, that way I don't have to wait until tomorrow if you get these guys in trouble.