Here it is Again! Episode 3 World Premire: THE WAIT!!!

[Trixie]

Well... The Biggest Wait has arrived! The day all people in Europe Go crazy on one thread! Just for america to wake up and then Finally Release the game on time.
Let's Hope that no problems happen at Telltale HQ(somewhere!), Let's just hope. I will probbally make a revew on this fourm a couple of days after to let people Finish the game as it take around 30-35 mins for me!

[numble]

What time is it in Europe? I'm on Telltale Standard Time and it's closer to 0000 than 0100, February 8th.

[Jake]

Yeah right now in California it's 12:45 am (aka 0045) on the 8th. Most Telltale employees are asleep, and will wake up in about 7-8 hours or so and get working on launching the episode.

[THAiSi]

It's 10:00 AM on feb 8th in the netherlands now.

[Princess_Frosty]

08:58 in the UK right now, just arrived at work, hopefully it will only be 1-2 hours after I get home from work before I can play, which means I should be finished by about midnight.

[jp-30]

It's the 9th here in less than 2 hours. But, If I'm playing the game sometime over the weekend I'll be a happy lad....

[demache]

yup after refreshing my inbox 3 times i've decided to go do something slightly more productive instead=p

[Laserschwert]

Like going to work? I think I should do that about now...

Luckily the download will be available when I get home tonight... right? RIIIGHT??

[Phoonzang]

10:45 Here in Germany. I already set my email programm to a 10 min polling intervall so that I don't miss the long awaited email from TTG :).

So, how long is the window for the Season-1 buyers to download Ep3? I hope it's not to short so you miss it..

Phoo

[NHJ BV]

Yeah right now in California it's 12:45 am (aka 0045) on the 8th. Most Telltale employees are asleep, and will wake up in about 7-8 hours or so and get working on launching the episode.

I vote to move California to somewhere near Australia.

Any objections?

[aussievillian]

Ditto on moving California closer to Australia. Or better yet, just move the Telltale Team and servers to Australia.

I'm hoping it's released sometime before I wake up in the morning tomorrow so I can leave the download on, goto work and start playing when I finish at 3 in the arvo.

[ShaggE]

My sleep schedule's screwy, so I can't be here for the whole countdown this time :(

[Dangerzone]

i love this screencap.................so i have to post it again to rattle a few brains (its fun untill everyone figures it out :))

http://i15.tinypic.com/2ir26io.jpg

[Hero1]

I say synchronise California with Australian time.. 9:45pm on the 8th here..I'm going to bed..play episode 3 tomorrow..

[Mattb]

2 to 10 No win Aus this is painful :(

[Bera]

Time here in Finland is 13:37. So I think games in over 13 hours late! Is it so hard for Americans to understand that not everybody lives that side of globe..

[NHJ BV]

Time here in Finland is 13:37. So I think games in over 13 hours late! Is it so hard for Americans to understand that not everybody lives that side of globe..

Relax, they just give a date and it will be released sometime on that date, not at the first minute of that day. It'll be here late afternoon Eurotime, probably, if there aren't any last minute bugs.

[DoubtedEdwardo]

Anyone feel like teaching me to theme firefox while we wait?

[Bera]

It'll be here late afternoon Eurotime, probably, if there aren't any last minute bugs.
Hmm.. Last minute bugs. Nope. Game has been available to US&Canadian (gametap) members for two weeks so I think it is ready.

If someone download illegaly this game from net. It has been available 2 weeks.

If someone pay and is gametap (US or Canadian) member. It has been available 2 weeks.

If someone lives outside US and Canada and want to pay for this. Wait wait wait...

Sigh..

[Dilligaf]

Well, it's now 9.17pm in the grand land of Australia.. still no download link...


I think I'll go beat my head against a wall.... when i wake from my stupor, I might find a d/l link :p

[Mishakun]

Guys, guys... chill!

I'm sure you all have lives to attend to. :)

[tabacco]

Just a reminder to those who are waiting... once we start sending e-mails (we have NOT started sending yet), it will take a little while for everyone to receive theirs, due to the fact that our mail server can only send mail so fast. Just because you see someone here reporting getting their e-mail, you shouldn't start emailing support to say you didn't get one.

Also, in the meantime, please do not e-mail support asking when the game will be out.
(Nobody's done it yet, but I want to head that one off early)

[GozzoMan]

Anyone feel like teaching me to theme firefox while we wait?

Rather off-topic, anyhow: do you mean how to download and apply a theme or how to create your own theme?

In the first case: click "Tools" in the menu bar, then choose "Add-ons", select "Themes", and then click the "Get Themes" link in the bottom right. You'll be directed to the mozilla web page in which to search for a theme that suits you, browse them and click the green "install now" button on the page to install.

In the second case: http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Themes

Enjoy ;)

[Bruno83]

It's only been a few minutes till midnight in germany, when episode 2 was released.
So I will be checking my e-mails tonight

[NHJ BV]

Hmm.. Last minute bugs. Nope. Game has been available to US&Canadian (gametap) members for two weeks so I think it is ready.

Well, there was one for Episode 2, despite that one's release on Gametap two weeks earlier as well.

[LeChuck]

Aaaahhrrrgggrr it's 14.58 in Germany. I'm running around like a squirrel on crack, jumping up and down, hitting my head against the wall and on my keyboard waiting for THIS game!!
:D :D

Damnit, i'm Sam&Max addicted!!Maybe they should start a new program at the Betty-Ford-Clinics called"ASMA" (Anonymous-Sam-and-Max-Addicts)!:D
There you would have to play "Kings Quest" as long as you are cured!hehehe

Hopefully the game will be available before I ruin my left mouse button by clicking the receive button in OUTLOOK!:D

[taumel]

There's something i quite don't understand:

They release the game on gametap two weeks in advance - buhhh! How much is the game ready then? Are gametap users kind of a external beta tester circle? And if so if problems show up, do fixes make their way into the ttg release?

If that's not the case and the game is ready already on gametap i quite don't understand all the hassle because don't they have almost two weeks for packaging the game for ttg and updating the web services?

Just wondering...

[Trixie]

Gametap i think are Sponsering Sam and Max, giving them a Exclusive period of the game is their 'reward'

[taumel]

I know but that doesn't answer my question.

[Trixie]

well.... That's the answer!

[taumel]

I think you didn't understand what i was asking for.

[Udvarnoky]

You're right, the game itself is done weeks before the Telltale launch, but that's time probably spent making the other Sam & Max games on schedule. Launching the game is also probably a lot more than just a matter of packaging and updating the web page. So far they've managed to make it happen within the time interval they said it would.

Also, yes, I think that bugs which appear in the Gametap version may be fixed by the time the Telltale version rolls around. I think a bug involving an inescapable closeup of Max's face on Myra's set at the end of Situation: Comedy is one such example. (At least, I couldn't get it to happen again in Telltale's.) I wouldn't call Gametap's version "beta," though.

[fandangobr]

Greeting from Brazil to all!
As the game is ready, how about doing some automated thing next time? Something like IF TODAY > FEB 8th 0:00 THEN SEND E-MAILS!!! Show this to a programmer and he will know what to do ;-)
Don't we fans deserve it? I wish I wus in US so I could play it first on Gametap - even tried with US relaying server to "pretend" to gametap I wus in US but at the credit card time they cought me :-/
Can't wait to get my hands on ep3...

[demache]

Greeting from Brazil to all!
As the game is ready, how about doing some automated thing next time? Something like IF TODAY > FEB 8th 0:00 THEN SEND E-MAILS!!! Show this to a programmer and he will know what to do ;-)
Don't we fans deserve it? I wish I wus in US so I could play it first on Gametap - even tried with US relaying server to "pretend" to gametap I wus in US but at the credit card time they cought me :-/
Can't wait to get my hands on ep3...

aww so close but foiled at the last minute=p

[tabacco]

One big reason we don't automatically release the game right at midnight (even in our time zone) is that if there turns out to be a problem, everybody's asleep and there's nobody to answer support issues. Instead we wait and supervise the release process to make sure nothing goes wrong (at least, on our end).

[Emily]

Is it so hard for Americans to understand that not everybody lives that side of globe..

Is it so hard for people on the other side of the globe to understand that we can't control time zones? :p

Also - episode 3 launch today! Woo! *dances*

[Bera]

One big reason we don't automatically release the game right at midnight (even in our time zone) is that if there turns out to be a problem, everybody's asleep and there's nobody to answer support issues. Instead we wait and supervise the release process to make sure nothing goes wrong (at least, on our end).
Wery good point but that dont explain why you don't tell when game exactly is launched. Currently three timezones are living 9th day...

[tabacco]

Wery good point but that dont explain why you don't tell when game exactly is launched. Currently three timezones are living 9th day...

It'll be launched sometime during business hours (9-5) in our timezone (GMT -8).

[taumel]

@tabacco
Don't get me wrong i'm not moaning about the release time, i'm just wondering why it might be stress as packaging the game for sure isn't done by the game designers and so there should be time enough to set everything up correctly and just press the release-button once the time is right?

So do we get the same versions as gametap users or are issues that might show up fixed in between a gametap and a telltale release?

Hmmm packaging, testing, insulting your colleagues for their faults that actually you did, doing some web-fuzz, offering some content, communicating to those creepy users, setting up the webservices...this for sure isn't all done on just one day! :O)

[tabacco]

It's not actually as simple as just pressing the button. There are several scripts on our side that need to be supervised, and we have to coordinate the launch with Digital River as well.

As for the Gametap release versus our version, we fix issues if we find them in the two weeks, but the release on Gametap is considered final code. It's not beta in any way.

[Emily]

i'm just wondering why it might be stress as packaging the game for sure isn't done by the game designers and so there should be time enough to set everything up correctly and just press the release-button once the time is right?

If only it were that easy. :D

There are a lot of reasons that I'm not going to bore you with. You're just going to have to trust us - it takes a lot of work for us to make sure the launch goes right. It's not just a matter of someone pushing a button, and we're not sitting around twiddling our thumbs just to annoy the people who are waiting for the game.

(I know you guys are excited and that's great, we want you to be excited! But if I sound a little annoyed, it's because it can be stressful, when we're already working really hard to get the game out for you guys, to have people shouting "Why didn't you do it already? It can't be that hard!" ;))

[taumel]

@tobacco
May i ask how much time approximately is being spent on the coordination with Digital River?

@emily
Well, i dunno if i trust you right now...maybe a bit more after some further episodes or maybe even less... ;O)

I know it's not only pressing a button but between this and two weeks is quite some space.

Wish you and so us good luck! And who said i'm excited? I don't have a webcam here or do i? *critically looking around*

[tabacco]

Nope, sorry :)

[xChri5x]

doo do do do doo

[Sp0tted]

Hm... looks like the people at Telltale went into work early today.

Overtime for all!

/will download the game in about 13 hours when I get home.

[tabacco]

Hm... looks like the people at Telltale went into work early today.

Overtime for all!

/will download the game in about 13 hours when I get home.

I'm at work early every morning we have a launch :)

[cartwright]

@tobacco
May i ask how much time approximately is being spent on the coordination with Digital River?

@emily
Well, i dunno if i trust you right now...maybe a bit more after some further episodes or maybe even less... ;O)

I know it's not only pressing a button but between this and two weeks is quite some space.

Wish you and so us good luck! And who said i'm excited? I don't have a webcam here or do i? *critically looking around*

Oh come on! Why don't you just stop telling people when and how to do their jobs? You're really the insisting kind of guy, aren't you? I'm desperately waiting for the game myself, but hey: it takes as long as it takes, and I don't think anybody is slowing down the release process on purpose! Hang on a bit!

[[DKF] sapus]

Go Go Go :)

[DoubtedEdwardo]

In the second case: http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Themes

Enjoy ;)

Thanks GozzoMan, I didn't think anyone would actually answer me. I had a theme called Absract PC on FF1.5, but it doesn't work on FF2. I found that there is an updated version recently but it's not quite the same so I'm going to try and combine the two into my own uber-theme.

It is a bit off topic, but I thought that was the point of this thread, something to do while waiting for Sam and Max! More interesting than writing a 10 page lab report anyway.

[taumel]

@cartwright
No, not really, i was just interested in this. If you aren't then i suspect that's okay too.

[misskitty]

hi if they released it as soon as the 8th hit and there was loads of bugs we would all flip and be v annoyed so there just making sure we dont haved to suffer that

btw woooooohooooo get to play sam and max tonight heheh

also hello everyoneim new to posting on the forum

[Spoon]

Well, my opinion is that they're probably hiding a cow. ;)

[Jake]

They release the game on gametap two weeks in advance - buhhh! How much is the game ready then? Are gametap users kind of a external beta tester circle? And if so if problems show up, do fixes make their way into the ttg release?

GameTap users get a fully tested, 100% complete "1.0" release, of course. Sometimes, though, once hundreds of people have banged on the game for a couple weeks, we discover things that we missed in our own test process and fix them before the second release on our site.

The bigger issue which takes the most prep time, though, is that the games are packaged and distributed on our site in an entirely different way than they are on GameTap. Episodes need to be integrated with our shopping cart and activation/registration system, and get packaged up in installers, all of which needs its own separate round of testing independent of the GameTap release.

I wish it was as simple as us flipping an "on" switch and the episode releases itself (hopefully someday it will be), but for now theres a lot of manual monkeying around behind the scenes required to launch a new game.

I think games in over 13 hours late! Is it so hard for Americans to understand that not everybody lives that side of globe..

Ouch. The reason we don't deploy the game at, say, midnight pacific time, is that at that time, most of our company (and all of the people who we contract to handle shopping checkout, payment processing, and game activation) is asleep in bed or at home - because where we live that's midnight! We prefer to launch the games when everyone involved in making them - and in providing tech support for them - is wide awake and at their desks. That would definitely not be the case in the middle of the night, so any of our users who ran into a problem with their newly downloaded game would be out of luck on getting help for at least eight hours.

Well, my opinion is that they're probably hiding a cow. ;)

Also there's that issue.

[cookiejest]

It seems like an overcomplicated method. Why not just release it at one place at one time and charge a little extra?

[Haggis]

Well, my opinion is that they're probably hiding a cow. ;)
That's always a safe bet in any case where people are keeping you waiting for something.

But hey, I love you all at Telltale Games! I'm glad that I'll be playing the game this very week. But hey, if you want a tip... psst... just put the release date on your site as being a day later than the actual release date... that way, people won't have to be anxious on launch day, instead having a pleasant surprise when the game pops up a day early.

[matan]

But hey, if you want a tip... psst... just put the release date on your site as being a day later than the actual release date... that way, people won't have to be anxious on launch day, instead having a pleasant surprise when the game pops up a day early.

That would be very bad - it would work, and everyone would be happy for that one release, but on the next release, the grunting would start one day earlier... :D

[Haggis]

That would be very bad - it would work, and everyone would be happy for that one release, but on the next release, the grunting would start one day earlier... :D
Argh, I hadn't thought about that... okay, then you could for the next release, put release as being one day later, and then for the 2nd 2 days, and for the 100th release 100 days later... although people might recognize the pattern, so it would be better to do one day for the first release, 5 days for the 2nd release, 34 days for the 3rd release, etcetera, and 1138 days for the 100th release. There, that should do it! You know, I really should consider becoming a business consultant.

[taumel]

@Jake
I've no idea of gametap as i'm european so i wonder does gametap use automatic updates or do users have to redownload fixed versions (full version?, patches?) once they are ready. I suspect they also get these.

And a last one: Do you have something like a bugfix-freeze, so that you say we normally wait one week in order to collect user feedback and only major issues get attention afterwards or do you try to fix things till the last day(s) before you get things rolling on the ttg side?

Thanks for taking the time!

[spark]

Argh, I hadn't thought about that... okay, then you could for the next release, put release as being one day later, and then for the 2nd 2 days, and for the 100th release 100 days later... although people might recognize the pattern, so it would be better to do one day for the first release, 5 days for the 2nd release, 34 days for the 3rd release, etcetera, and 1138 days for the 100th release. There, that should do it! You know, I really should consider becoming a business consultant.


YES! Deffenetly! :eek:

[Bera]

Well I understand that release is done during US workin hours. However web pages don't contain this information. Right now about half of planet population is aldready living 9th day so I still think release is 'late'. And because there is lot of people waiting this I recomend applying more accurate release time to following releases... :)

[Oilers99]

Egads. I've already lived through eleven hours of February 8th, and I haven't had a chance to deal with mobs, moles or meatballs. In fact, I am so victimized by this concept of waiting that I bought Root Beer Tapper over XBLA. It's not even 3D, Telltale, you made me buy a non-3D game! Next time, I expect you to better meet my totally arbitrary and therefore all-important demands. I can't believe I have to wait. Geez, what am I in, the twentieth century? I want my gaming, and I want it now.

Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go elsewhere to mutter darkly and pout about how my life is so unfair.

...

;)

[JK1985]

Are we there yet?

[Phoonzang]

Grmbl, I'll have to go to work tomorrow quite early (and I'll have a lot to do, so no going tired out to work) so I'll have to go to bed in some 5 or 6 hours.... puh-leeeeeeeeease hae it released by then :)

Phoo

[taumel]

I almost bought the Texas Hold'Em yesterday but then noticed in the demo that you can bluff each opponent out pretty easily which makes it kind of boring after a few tries. The steering has some flaws and the game isn't placed in center in fullscreen mode and whilst beeing in windowed mode it's jerking. But beside of such issues the opponets are nice charcaters with funny dialogues during a game...uhhh and nice music too! :O)

I somehow guess that parts of this engine are also in Sam&Max?

[Maniac536]

Waiting patiently between classes for episode 3's release.

-Maniac

[Linque]

Oh today is another release day? Goody.

[Winckle]

I haven't finished the second episode yet! I will have 15 days of holidays to finish 2 episodes!
Good holidays in perspective!

[fajerkaos]

I like these threads :D

... And I dont mind waiting... in fact, i think it's fun.

[Derwin]

I think TTG deserves a snow day today... is it snowing in the Bay area right now?

Oh well, since it is not snowing, I guess I will come back in a few hours to see if I have a shiny email beckoning me to enlarge my... I mean download my Episode 3.

[Garfy]

It's snowing here in the UK, if that's any help :)

[tabacco]

It never snows in the bay area, unless there's some sort of really freaky weather anomaly. It's raining, though.

[Jordan]

lol okay im here and waiting!

[Wickywoo]

what are you doing looking out the window?

Get back to work! It's been the 8th for 14 hours now!

GAME NOW!

:)

[Jordan]

Email: refresh, refresh, refresh

[Derwin]

I think snow in the UK and rain in the Bay count.

I just thought of something to do while waiting for aforementioned epic email... enter that TTG contest:
http://www.telltalegames.com/community/blogs/id-166p

[Jordan]

I think snow in the UK and rain in the Bay count.

I just thought of something to do while waiting for aforementioned epic email... enter that TTG contest:
http://www.telltalegames.com/community/blogs/id-166p

i want a grickle book like a cheetah wants a root canal.

[Jordan]

www.allsp.com

ill be here, watching all of season 6

[maex]

I just watched the dancing sushi for the 10th time, please save me!

http://www.videosift.com/video/Dancing-Sushi-very-cute-and-funny-Japanese-kids-tv

[marsan]

@telltalegames:

"it's wonderful to be wanted" :D
- Liv Ullmann

[Matze]

www.allsp.com

ill be here, watching all of season 6

wow, all sp episodes online! didn´t know that nice website...

[Erwin]

Woo! Nice party going on here. :)

*waves*

--Erwin

[Matze]

www.allsp.com

ill be here, watching all of season 6

wow, all sp episodes online! didn´t know that nice website...



...that´s what i wanted to do...

[Matze]

@Jordan:

is there a website like allsp.com which provides all family guy episodes?
i didn´t see many episodes yet...

[Matze]

don´t tell me that it´s allfg.com...

[Matze]

no it´s not... hehe...

[ShaggE]

@Matze

www.quicksilverscreen.com

And the game isn't out yet? Oh joy, I won't miss the countdown after all :D lol

[Jordan]

@Matze

looks like i got beat to the chase...nice ShaggE

[dpolsrod]

It's 8:30 pm in Norway. Getting restless...

[Matze]

thankx ShaggE!

nice page!

[BeA9000]

After the two previous releases, why can't I ever learn to be patient about this... Well, I might as well go and unclog the sink in the kitchen while I am waiting...

Nice South Park page, by the way.

[Jordan]

lol, well is almost noon in california, so hold tight...this is usually around the email time

[Jordan]

@BEA9000

ty

[Woodoo]

Waiting time is over

I'm downloading it right now ;-)

[Jordan]

damn! i havent got the email yet!

[csmithrd]

Hopefully my email comes soon!

[Jordan]

refresh, refresh, refresh....

[Matze]

@telltale:

maybe you could answer me one question:
last time you released the second episode 23:45 (german time). i remember you said something about a bug or something you found on release day, which caused the late release, right? so, is this happening again (i hope not!) or may we await ep3 within the next... hmm... maybe 2 hours?

[Emily]

@Jake
I've no idea of gametap as i'm european so i wonder does gametap use automatic updates or do users have to redownload fixed versions (full version?, patches?) once they are ready. I suspect they also get these.

Every time you launch GameTap, it hits the server to look for updates and downloads them automatically. The user doesn't have to do anything to update their game.

And a last one: Do you have something like a bugfix-freeze, so that you say we normally wait one week in order to collect user feedback and only major issues get attention afterwards or do you try to fix things till the last day(s) before you get things rolling on the ttg side?

We do have "code lock", after which nothing NEW can happen to the game, just bug fixes. A few days (maybe a week?) after that, the finished game goes off to GameTap. I know that GameTap is also doing beta testing on the game at the same time (before we send them the final version), so that works into the equation, too.

Usually we don't have to make major fixes between when the episode launches on GameTap and when we release it, but it's nice to have the option if someone reports a nasty bug. But as Jake said, most of the time in between their launch and ours is spent getting our versions ready, not making changes to the game itself.

[Woodoo]

Why wait for the email? you can download it on the past purchases page...

[Matze]

aaaahhhh, the sending process started? hmpfh!?!! is that the truth?!?!?! don´t lie to me!! i will find you, if that´s a silly joke...

[tabacco]

E-mails are NOT being sent yet. Although I'd very much like to get all of them out in the next two hours, I'm not promising it, so don't go getting excited over that number.

[Woodoo]

Don't know if the sending process started.. but it's available on the past purchases page...

[Jordan]

Why wait for the email? you can download it on the past purchases page...

brilliant ty

[Matze]

how do i get to that page??

youre kidding, right?

[Jordan]

Log In using your email to the Telltale page
Click "Options"
Go to "past Purchases"
Enter your pass and order number and there should be a page with all the episodes including 3 with download links.

[dpolsrod]

how do i get to that page??

youre kidding, right?

http://www.telltalegames.com/mytelltale/purchases

I went there, and logged in, but no download. :(
Maybe you'll have more luck.

[Woodoo]

how do i get to that page??

Click on the "Options" Link (on the top right)

select "Past Purchases"
and then select "Redownload"

log in.. and download :D

[ShaggE]

Well, if Episode 2 was any indication, singing "99 Bottles of Beer On The Wall" may help it come faster :P

(Again, I don't know why I get so excited, since I still haven't had the means to buy the full season package, so I still have to wait until I either buy the standalone episode like before, or finally get myself to splurge the money for the whole package lol)

(Yes, even 38 bucks is a splurge in my case :P)

[Jordan]

playing- right .......NOW

[matan]

oh, cool... it's true. I thought you guys were joking.

[Jordan]

so- see everyone next month? later

[ShaggE]

Well.... that was anticlimatic. :P

[Matze]

Log In using your email to the Telltale page
Click "Options"
Go to "past Purchases"
Enter your pass and order number and there should be a page with all the episodes including 3 with download links.

thanks, but there are only the first 2 episodes. can´t download the third one...

[Emily]

Hi guys,

Getting it from the find my order page is fine, but please be aware that we are still getting information from Digital River and we are still doing some testing on the download process to make sure everything's working right. If you don't see a download button on your order yet or if something is funky, don't come complaining to us about it. ;) (When we start sending emails and announce that everything's ready, that's when you can start complaining. :D)

EDIT: Matze - that's probably because DR is not done releasing all the preorders yet. Their system has to go through and release every one and it takes time. It'll show up soon.

[Spoon]

No download here either. So you're joking, aren't you?

Edit: ahh ok

[Matze]

...so unlucky...

...wuuuuaaaarrrggghhhhhh!!!

[matan]

Okay fine. By the way, know that I find you telltale guys personally responsible for me flunking my exam next week! What a terrible time to release this game!!
:D

[Matze]

they´re not joking, i think...

[JK1985]

yes! We're there! Downloading...... :D

[ShaggE]

Off-topic: @Emily

What do you do at Telltale anyway? I ask because I don't recall your name in the game credits, so I always assumed PR or something.

[Matze]

ok, for all those who see a download link to adventure heaven:

HAVE A LOT OF FUN AND ENJOY THE FUNNIEST ADVENTURE OF THE LAST FEW YEARS!!

[Phoonzang]

...no luck here :(

[Emily]

What do you do at Telltale anyway? I ask because I don't recall your name in the game credits, so I always assumed PR or something.

My name is so in the credits! :p

I do PR and marketing. :)

[Spoon]

It seems they're all off playing. We're the last ones to wait here :(.

[Optimaximal]

In other words, she sits on the forums all day and makes tea for everyone :)

j/k, im sure your job is just as valuable as the PR/Marketing team at my workplace, what with their funky hairdos, pointlessly large budgets to spend on Apple Macs and endless breaking of our Business Intelligence server with excessive queries. ;)

[axelkothe]

thanks for the tip. downloading right now... (10% done)

[Emily]

I would kill for a funky hairdo and pointlessly large budget. :(

[dunkpork]

Funky hairdos are easy. Just go into a salon, and when they say "how do you want it cut", respond "Whatever you think looks good."

Almost guaranteed to result in something really funky looking.

[ShaggE]

My name is so in the credits! :p

I do PR and marketing. :)

Hahaha, sorry, I must have missed it while looking at the credits and going "Heehee, I know those people kinda sorta" and feeling important from corresponding with game-makey peoples :P (j/k)

[Phoonzang]

I think it's quite nice that TTG have somone like Emily. It's always nice to feel that the company is actually caring for the customers, and seeing how often she's in the forums and gives away information, this is really nice!

So, let's all give a big hand for Emily :)

Phoo

[Emily]

Funky hairdos are easy. Just go into a salon, and when they say "how do you want it cut", respond "Whatever you think looks good."

Yes, but GOOD funky haircuts require a big budget. ;)

So, let's all give a big hand for Emily :)

Aww, thanks. :o

[Derwin]

The whole TT team seems pretty spiffy. I see Dave, Emily, Jake, Tabacco, and others on these forums interacting all the time. It is very nice to know that either they:

A)Care a lot about their customers
or
B)Have a lot of free time, and figure they might as well waste it making it seem like they care about us

Regardless, I feel the love... and am currently downloading. Make certain you enter the correct password, otherwise no downloads show.

[BarfHappy]

Downloading now :D

[Phoonzang]

...gnnnnnnnnnnnnn! Still nothing! Even with the work-around :).

So, in what order are the email sent out? And are the emails somehow connected to your "past purchases"? Maybe you should send out/activate the download in order of timezone :) so everyone has his or her Sam and Max Epsisde for a nice game in the evenig :)

(Yeah, just kidding...)

Phoo

[ShaggE]

True dat, Derwin. (If you'll excuse my ebonics :P) If I were on the Telltale crew, I'd have given up on the forums long ago after the 10 millionth person asking why Max sounds different in Situation: Comedy :P

[dunkpork]

Yes, but GOOD funky haircuts require a big budget. ;)

Good funky?

Dang hippies... Get a haircut!

[Phoonzang]

True dat, Derwin. (If you'll excuse my ebonics :P) If I were on the Telltale crew, I'd have given up on the forums long ago after the 10 millionth person asking why Max sounds different in Situation: Comedy :P

Max sounds different in Situation comedy!?!

Didn't notice that. But since you mentioned it... why is that so :) ?

Phoo

[ShaggE]

Different voice actor.

[taumel]

*downloading* :O)

[Matze]

is there anybody from germany downloading?

[Porsmond]

Dam, looks like its not in my account yet, Noooooooooooo I've been looking forward to this all day, ahhhh the suspense is killing me now
Hope its up soon otherwise I'm going to go mad

[taumel]

Yep...from München! :O)

[Matze]

AM DOWNLOADING!!!

21:27 (9:27 pm) here in germany. telltale, that´s definetely a time a can live with!!

T H A N K S ! ! !

[Matze]

10%... wow!!!

[ShaggE]

Well, I've post-whored long enough, time to go drool over the teaser screens of Manhunt 2 and wish I had a 360 to play it on when it comes out :P

[Matze]

30%... downloading at 83 kb/s... thst´s ok!

hmpfh, is it even smaller than the other ones? hope it´s not shorter...

[Matze]

anyone left who can´t download?

[fajerkaos]

Soon finished :)

But damn... I just desided to go to bed early today, and not care about Sam & Max until tomorrow...
But now it will get tought.

[misskitty]

i cant yet either im still waiting :(

[Matze]

50%... i think i will drink the 3 beers i bought for &m at once beforde the download finishes...

[taumel]

*download finished*

See ya later...weeeeeee :O)

[Matze]

@misskitty: where are you from? europe?

[misskitty]

yep im in the uk

[Phoonzang]

is there anybody from germany downloading?

...not me :mad:

[misskitty]

where u from matze?

[starclaws]

im in uk - Still no download

[Matze]

i´m from germany

[misskitty]

im watching south park to amuse myself :P and getting drunk

[Matze]

seems as if the uk is the last one in the row...

[tabacco]

Just a reminder... if you're not able to download yet, PLEASE don't e-mail support asking what time it will be available. We can't tell you, and those emails just take our time away from actually getting the game out.

[NHJ BV]

I don't think I can see it yet, and I'm too lazy to dig through umpteen support pages full of passwords that I'll probably have to dig out of my email account somewhere. I'll wait for the email, the evening is still young :)

[Matze]

watching south park is a very good way to wait for s&m!

getting druck either!

[starclaws]

im watching south park to amuse myself :P and getting drunk


im watching cheers and thinking of playing some Oblivion. Just had a go of DIablo 2 and now wanna play a fun graphical adventure

hmmmmmmmm i wonder which one

[axelkothe]

Well, I've post-whored long enough, time to go drool over the teaser screens of Manhunt 2 and wish I had a 360 to play it on when it comes out :P

actually Manhunt 2 is only announced for PS2, Wii and PSP. No 360 version (yet)

[Matze]

97...98...99.......100% Finished!!!!!

[Derwin]

For those who cannot get the download off of the Past Orders page, what error are you getting? No orders were found?

[Phoonzang]

...third beer here, too. Why am I the one not being able to download :mad: . I grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!

[misskitty]

yep im gonna wait till e-mail toooooooooo

gonna enjoy my wine - not gonna play until tomorrow anyways me and the hubby play it together :P

[Matze]

ok, guys, see you next month!

HAVE FUN!!

[starclaws]

lol - i wont be playing it until tomorrow anyway - but im still anxiously refreshing email

refresh

refresh

refresh

refresh

refresh

:)

[tabacco]

For those who cannot get the download off of the Past Orders page, what error are you getting? No orders were found?

Not everyone will have a download link yet. The script that releases orders is still running.

[Phoonzang]

For those who cannot get the download off of the Past Orders page, what error are you getting? No orders were found?

Hm, no error, just that I see the first two episodes with a download link, but not for the third... :(


GNAAAAAAAAAAAAA, I'm going mad :)

[misskitty]

im refreshing too :P its bad isnt it :P we cant wait even a couple of hours heheh

[Matze]

first bug: the check box "run sam and max...". the text is too long!

hehe....

did i won any prize now?! maybe a signed all-episodes cd version? with a big sam statue? and a hidden cow somewhere in the box?

[Derwin]

Ok, thanks tabacco... just ensuring they were entering in the correct password.

Phoonzang, you should ask one of the Telltale employees to get on a chat with you, and then have them play it, with you telling them what to do. That way, you can play vicariously through them. It will be like a text adventure!

[Matze]

that wasn´t a joke! i want that special signed box, telltale! and the cow!!

[starclaws]

im refreshing too :P its bad isnt it :P we cant wait even a couple of hours heheh

Im very impatient

pretty soon i will start stomping my foot and scweam

[Phoonzang]

Not everyone will have a download link yet. The script that releases orders is still running.

So in what order are the orders processed? Would I get the link earlier if I'd rename myself to Aaron Aaamanatidis?

Phoo

[Phoonzang]

first bug: the check box "run sam and max...". the text is too long!?

Would you PLEASE put a Spoilerwarning for that :D !?!?!

Phoo

[ShaggE]

actually Manhunt 2 is only announced for PS2, Wii and PSP. No 360 version (yet)

PS2, you say.... hmmm... then the inevitable PC port may have low enough system requirements to run on my machine :D :D :D :D


(I refused to let myself get hyped any further until a release date is announced, so I came back here :P)

[starclaws]

Would you PLEASE put a Spoilerwarning for that :D !?!?!

Phoo

maybe its in response to making the game too easy

the first puzzles are

1. Getting the link
2. Running the link

:)

[tabacco]

So in what order are the orders processed? Would I get the link earlier if I'd rename myself to Aaron Aaamanatidis?

Phoo

They're processed in whatever order they come out of the database in, I would imagine. I'd guess that would be chronological, but you never know.

[alcaholjunkie]

So in what order are the orders processed? Would I get the link earlier if I'd rename myself to Aaron Aaamanatidis?

Phoo

I think it's done by order number rather than name. ^_^ (or else I would of had it sooner, but got it now XD lol)

[Phoonzang]

WOOOOHOOOOO! The link is there... I just startled my girlfriend with my scream of joy :)

[starclaws]

I think it's done by order number rather than name. ^_^ (or else I would of had it sooner, but got it now XD lol)

Its 2 hamsters running on a wheel that power a generator that powers a computer that selectively chooses the most impatient people - then puts them at the bottom of the list

Currently the hamsters are on a break!:P

[Phoonzang]

11%... i wish I had one of those 16Mbit DSL lines ....

[ShaggE]

No you don't, phoon. I have one, and I find that even though it has good speeds, the slightest of winds will knock the connection out every once in awhile... very frustrating.

[alcaholjunkie]

Its 2 hamsters running on a wheel that power a generator that powers a computer that selectively chooses the most impatient people - then puts them at the bottom of the list

Currently the hamsters are on a break!:P

And I suppose the server's connection consists of a flock of carrier pigeons too ;) lol

[Emily]

Currently the hamsters are on a break!:P

Yep. :)

http://home.comcast.net/~fovlet2/pipscrap01.jpg

[misskitty]

hey guys am i doing this right? im going to opions previous orders and all im seeing is sam an max season 1 bundle twice?

[starclaws]

Yep. :)

http://home.comcast.net/~fovlet2/pipscrap01.jpg



HAHA Emily - you had to ruin my joke by proving it true :)

That has actually made a bad day bareable by cheering me up - thanks

[Phoonzang]

99... 100! Im outta here :)

[Emily]

hey guys am i doing this right? im going to opions previous orders and all im seeing is sam an max season 1 bundle twice?

You have two orders. Did you mean to buy it twice? If not, send me a PM and I'll cancel and refund one of them for you.

[misskitty]

yeah i did by acciedent when i first ordered it froze so i didnt think it went through turns out it did :P a refund woiuld be cool please thank you

[starclaws]

anyone else still waiting

[NHJ BV]

Ah yes, the link is there. Downloading now at nearly 100 Kbps. Thanks a lot, Telltale! :cool:

[misskitty]

yep
i am :P

[starclaws]

yep
i am :P

sounds like you will get 2 when you do :)

[misskitty]

acvtually no :P im downloading now - helps if i selected my bundle and go into it to see optionsoppps

[starclaws]

acvtually no :P im downloading now - helps if i selected my bundle and go into it to see optionsoppps

eh what when where

[misskitty]

did u buy the bundle ? if so when you go into previous orders it just says sam and max season1 bundle you need to select re-download to get to episode options where i found episode 3 i probably hd it there for ages :P

[starclaws]

when i select redownload - it doesnt seem to find my order number

[misskitty]

hmm i dont know on that one - maybe emily can help
mine was already there

[starclaws]

nope i guess the hamsters have eaten my link and order :(

[misskitty]

i take it you dont have the e-mail with your order no anymore? if not looks like your gonna have to wait till e-mail :(

[starclaws]

mind you - checking my emails i didnt get the link for Situation comedy unily 22.45 so maybe im bottom of the list :D

[misskitty]

hehehe i got mine just before that we must be the last two :P one the situation comedy e-mail if you still have it should say your order no

[starclaws]

hehehe i got mine just before that we must be the last two :P one the situation comedy e-mail if you still have it should say your order no

yep tried that but it says it cant find the order

[misskitty]

hmm thats strange i take it your using right password - i know sounds stupid but u never know :P

well hopefully wont be too long before e-mail comes out - i take it your uk - where r u ?

[thylacine]

did u buy the bundle ? if so when you go into previous orders it just says sam and max season1 bundle you need to select re-download to get to episode options where i found episode 3 i probably hd it there for ages :P

Awesome, thanks for that... I assumed since the main page isn't updated yet, and I haven't received an email, that there was some delay.

Now only problem is, behind work's firewall the downloader doesn't work...

/wanders downstairs to wireless non-work ADSL setup...

[GozzoMan]

I'm downloading right now! Yeeehaw! :D

[starclaws]

im gonna go play something else and come back later - see you guys and enjoy the game

[genuineparts]

Oh Yeah.... Made my day!

*Hugs Emily, shakes Tabbacos hand, does the same with all the other from TTG,
nails a sign "Sam 'n Max DND' on the cellardoor, throws laptop and food in, nods at the masses and locks himself into the cellar*

*comes out*
Oh i forgot... :-/

THANKS

*locks himself in again*

[Emily]

yep tried that but it says it cant find the order

It does that if you use the wrong password (annoyingly).

I'll send you a password reminder.

For the record, we still haven't sent out the emails, so if you didn't get an email yet, that's normal. :D Everything's actually going smoother than it did with episode 2 (woo!), this is just a really time-consuming process.

[axelkothe]

For the record, we still haven't sent out the emails, so if you didn't get an email yet, that's normal. :D Everything's actually going smoother than it did with episode 2 (woo!), this is just a really time-consuming process.


I got my email just a minute ago, so you must've begun sending them ;)

[Jordan]

just finished the game- it was awesome

[jp-30]

LOL, just got my download link in the email...

[Keir]

haha - i'm desperate to get it so i can do it and be pining for the next one as soon as possible - something wrong there...

[Maratanos]

Huh. This appears to be later than I expected... Don't worry though... It's worth it. Episode 3 was quite fun.

[tabacco]

I got my email just a minute ago, so you must've begun sending them ;)

I think I yelled that fact at Emily about 2 minutes after she posted :)

It's pushed about 1/3 of the emails out to the mail server so far, although odds are good some of those are backed up in the mail server's remote queue.

[Mishakun]

Paraphrasing Max: "I got it, I GOT IT!"

[Keir]

good for you :D

[starclaws]

It does that if you use the wrong password (annoyingly).

I'll send you a password reminder.

For the record, we still haven't sent out the emails, so if you didn't get an email yet, that's normal. :D Everything's actually going smoother than it did with episode 2 (woo!), this is just a really time-consuming process.


Thanks for the email reminder Emily - i wasnt complaining - i just left the site and played something else a bit so i didnt get too obsessed with refreshing the email inbox :)

but i can say i got your email re my password (Thank you) and also my ep 3 link (Thank Telltale!!)

Thanks aain for your help - i know you and tabacco have helped me in the past and really promptly - so thanks again

[Rapp Scallion]

I don't have the opportunity to play the game until next weekend. Way too much school work, so didn't join in on the wait. And then I'm coming here to check my mail. I open my inbox. 5 new mails. None from telltale. Five seconds later I receive the mail with the download link! Luck? Well, since I can't play it, I guess not. But a little nice nevertheless. Well, now it's installed, and I can just double click the nice icon on my desktop when the weekend comes :) A nice little reward after a week of a serious amount of work. Just hope I'm not too tired to play it when I come home...

I'll be waiting with you the next time ;)

[Keir]

here's my lovely email :D

[Venom]

Still no Sam and Max to download for me ;-;

It seems everyone but regular Joes like me who are buying the episodes as they are released are getting drunk on the delicious fruits of Sam and Max.

[maximmortal]

I'm currently downloading episode 3 now, but it's taking FOREVER. I'm only getting 19Kbps at the most and I have a high speed connection. It's past midnight here. I want to go to bed, but I want to play! ARGH!

[TapamN]

The demo for ep.3 is a link to Situation Comedy's download.

It works fine if you fix the URL by hand, but... someone wasn't careful with the copy & paste!

The afflictied page:
http://www.telltalegames.com/samandmax/meatball