Curse

SotiCoto · Sep 28, 2007, 01:53 PM // 13:53

I checked a thread several pages ago on this very board... and it claimed release dates and issue numbers on issues of the UK edition of PC Gamer and some other similar magazine that both supposedly had bonus Minipets included.

According to that thread... the PC Gamer was #180 and was allegedly supposed to be out yesterday..... but having ran just now all the way from Moorgate to Liverpool Street to find WHSmiths and check for PC Gamer, I found that they had Issue #179 for October and no mention of Guild Wars on the cover wrap of that...

Could anyone confirm absolutely in WHICH issues of WHICH magazines in the UK the minipets are supposed to be... and WHEN those magazines come out?

I'd rather not keep repeating today's run until I see results.

Kahlindra · Sep 28, 2007, 01:58 PM // 13:58

Don't worry- according to the PC Gamer forum there has been a delay with the people who put the magazine together, and it will be a couple of days late. The website is www.pcgamer.co.uk, and the thread is in the 'mag discussion' part of the forum. I've just been running around town like a mad person too. At least it wasn't sold out! Just late.

SotiCoto · Sep 28, 2007, 02:06 PM // 14:06

But what confuses me is that Issue 179... the one in the shops... is marked as the October issue. If that was the wrong one then why would a November issue come out at the end of September?

Am I going to have to wait until 25th of October for the right issue?

[I can't view that web-site due to work filters against gaming sites.... though it misses this one, conveniently.]

Kahlindra · Sep 28, 2007, 02:27 PM // 14:27

They're always labelled a month in advance. I'm not sure why that is, but all magazines do it. So the one that comes out in a couple of days is the right one.

Hengis · Sep 28, 2007, 02:30 PM // 14:30

Phew...

Having spent a very wet lunchtime walking around all the newsagents within reach of where I work in Westminster, I was beginning to think they had all sold out already!

SotiCoto · Sep 28, 2007, 03:44 PM // 15:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kahlindra

They're always labelled a month in advance. I'm not sure why that is, but all magazines do it. So the one that comes out in a couple of days is the right one.

... So... bare with me if I'm giving the impression that I haven't got two braincells to rub together...

.... You're saying Issue #180 ... with the Mini-pet... the NOVEMBER issue.... will come out in a few days? It being September... end of... coming toward October?

Just so I'm totally 100% clear here.

And can I expect the same for the PC Zone one that was supposed to come on..... the 11th of October, wasn't it? Will that be a November or December issue... and will it come late as well?

Lady Ana Stacia · Sep 28, 2007, 04:16 PM // 16:16

my bad misread the post

fowlero · Sep 28, 2007, 04:40 PM // 16:40

says on Guild wars euro site that it was supposed to be on the shelves on the 27th, today if i'm still awake. dunno whats happening either, i looked for one myself.

This is the link:

http://eu.guildwars.com/events/in_ga...ts/mini_promo/

kirby2096 · Sep 28, 2007, 05:52 PM // 17:52

Just treat the month stated on the magazine as the date it should be taken off the shelves. When October rolls around, all those unsold mags are bundled away for disposal.

onerabbit · Sep 28, 2007, 06:34 PM // 18:34

i just hope it isnt an 18 .. or i gotta wait for the mother pick me up a copy

Bouldershoulder · Sep 28, 2007, 07:35 PM // 19:35

Wait wait wait, my PCGamer mag at my store is the Orange Box issue. Is this the one with the GW mini pet in it?

I live in Italy, and that link says there is a mag out with a card for one of those minipets that I never knew existed, so I might not even want a Destroyer anymore. :P

Anphobia · Sep 28, 2007, 07:50 PM // 19:50

I only seem to post here when I'm drunk...

...but every time I do it's regarding information that seems to be so hard to get. Sucks.

vergerefosh · Sep 28, 2007, 08:56 PM // 20:56

Current PCZone issue is November I believe, the one coming out on 11th October is the December one is the logical follow up to that.

Hopefully they won't be 18's, as otherwise have to wait till 4 days after Zone's out before I can pick them both up

Kahlindra · Sep 28, 2007, 10:24 PM // 22:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by kirby2096

Just treat the month stated on the magazine as the date it should be taken off the shelves. When October rolls around, all those unsold mags are bundled away for disposal.

What Kirby said.
The wonders of Sale Or Return.

btw I only read that the UK one is a few days late because of the cover-mounters, other countries probably have different dates.

Midnight Harmony · Sep 28, 2007, 10:57 PM // 22:57

I'm still not clear on the PC GAMER promotion here, is it a code where you are guaranteed a random minipet, or does the code just enter you into a lottery for the chance to win one? Can anyone clarify this for me?

Shanaeri Rynale · Sep 28, 2007, 11:17 PM // 23:17

chance to win one. 1000 for each mag I beleive.

poozle · Sep 29, 2007, 09:04 AM // 09:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shanaeri Rynale

chance to win one. 1000 for each mag I beleive.

If thats the case (which I REALLY don't think it is from reading the page) then there is NO WAY I'll be buying the magasines, £6 or £7 for a CHANCE to win a minipet, no way.

NoXiFy · Sep 29, 2007, 01:49 PM // 13:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by poozle

If thats the case (which I REALLY don't think it is from reading the page) then there is NO WAY I'll be buying the magasines, £6 or £7 for a CHANCE to win a minipet, no way.

I don't know how much that is American, but I do 2nd that. The magazines are a little over priced... it [email protected] 10dollars + tax (which is really high in NY) to buy the issue... might as well just go to a game gold site and buy 100k for 6 bucks.

Saphatorael · Sep 29, 2007, 01:57 PM // 13:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by poozle

If thats the case (which I REALLY don't think it is from reading the page) then there is NO WAY I'll be buying the magasines, £6 or £7 for a CHANCE to win a minipet, no way.

Don't forget that you actually buy some lecturing material too, reading it could make it worth its cost?

SotiCoto · Sep 29, 2007, 04:32 PM // 16:32

...... You mean for that cost you don't actually necessarily even get a Mini-Pet IN the magazine but just a small chance of one?

That is bloody ridiculous....
Other promotional offers have had guaranteed pets, haven't they?