Plea to Extend the Pre-Order keys till Wednesday

There are many many of us who took this weekend off work to play G.W. with our friends and guild mates. Many of us also went out-of-our-way to help spread the good word of Guild Wars, and bought the Collectors Edition to express our gratitude to Arena Net. Unfortunately, many of us (the core "fan" club) can't play this weekend because our retail kit has not arrived. Further, in a private chat /w tech support person they said explicitly that they are "short" of the Collectors Editions and that major retailers didn't get their copies till last Thursday or Friday (this confirms what Best Buy told me). So, this isn't a retailer's fault -- it is Arena Net's fault for not getting their distribution channels in-line. The result is that loyal people who have been spreading the word of guild wars are left hanging -- it is very poor behavior on Arena Net. It gives me a bad taste in my mouth. I took Friday, Sat, Sun, and Mon off so I could play with my buddies -- but I can't. I've been locked-out the whole time; even though I _paid_ for the game months ago.

So this is a PLEA to the Guild Wars Staff. Please, Please, Please re-enable the pre-order keys to Tue or Wed to get the distribution channel time to catch up. Pretty please? We've done you huge favors by spreading the word, please don't leave us addicted players hanging. If you support this petition -- even if you are already playing, please post with "+1" to keep this at the top of the list. Let Arena Net _know_ about their problem so that they fix it.

i can't play as well for now...
at least until monday night when i suppose my retail version will arrive.

i also posted an e-mail directed to marketing and public relations support:

hey there all you guys at Anet support...

i preordered guildwars about at february and just got the retail package shipped from EB games to my brother who lives in the US...
i sent it to him because i live in israel and it would take longer for it to get here...

my problem is that the retail package would only get to him on monday and untill then i can't play.
i played yesterday with my preorder key and now i can't anymore.

i'm sure that many other clients who bought the game and didnt get the retail package still ca'nt play.

my main concern is that i recruited some new people to my guild yesterday and im afriad they will quit if they see theyre guild leader not appearing for two days.

it would be very pleasent for me and for all those people who didnt get theyre shipment yet if you could extend the preorder key acces period for a couple more days or so...

thanks alot,
omer karjesky

Same goes for me. I preordered guild wars in january and my game hasn't came in yet and I agree and support what the other guys are saying.

i didn't get an answer but since its support there should be one tomorrow...

i'll write it here for you.

same for me i'm with you guys

very true, im signin in

Sure I'll sign.. But what is the deal with all the pre-order gameplay thingy, I dont get it. Dont you still get the game like everyone else? Whats special with the pre-order gameplay?

/sign

would have to agree with "the man"...wait...

I hope they do extend the pre-order key...*sigh*

This is going to be a long wait.

Me, too. I finally decided to pre-order after debating with myself over two betas. Then I worked like a dog to clear the weekend. Now I find the game won't arrive until Monday or Tuesday.

Delayed gratification is over-rated.

Dalia

Thank you all for responding. I still have some hope that Arena Net will take heart and help us.

I think I might be desperate enough to go out to gamestop and buy me another copy of guildwars because the first one is taking too long to ship here and I'm dying to play.

/sign

my best friend hasnt been able to play yet and i feel for him :[

Thats what I did, and I'm selling my other copy to a friend.

hmmm... now all I need to do I find some guy to sell it to. but who?...