when battlefield 3 was released 3 days before the release date to some poeple; there were hardly any spoiler threads on the UK forums, there were people posting that they got the game but there was hardly any threads discussing spoilers etc... there's nothing to worry about
U.S and japan get most games earlier than any other country anyway and now what? netherelands get the game? meh, those guys can have fun with it being a couple of days earlier good for them

how does one spoil an fps?

"THERE'S GUNS"
-"omfg really?"

HAH! I bought the game in a Gamemania store today

QFT lol "omg guys you have to pull the trigger to kill!"..."no wai!! he just ruined it for us!!"

As did I, and I am wielding my first Iron Sword as we speak ...

yes game mania at leuven!

You're a cruel, cruel man. You play (illegaly) while I have to think about exams and the fact that MAYBE I'll find time for Skyrim the next weekend... *rages internally*

Also, people, SPOILER! There are iron swords!

I m not actually playing it, I bought the PC version. I 'm just staring at the map trying to spot some loot

That's nationalistic folk etymology, nothing else.
Alfheim, on the other hand, is thought to have been a small kingdom located somewhere along the G?ta ?lv on what's now the Swedish west coast, possibly in Bohusl?n (which belonged to Denmark-Norway up until the mid 17th century).

Also, "viking" is not a Norwegian word, since there was no Norwegian language back then. It's Old Norse. The Danes were vikings just as much as you were.
And it was not used as a name for those who lived along the creeks/vikarna and fjords. Viking was originally a verb, not a noun, and was most likely used to mean "to plunder/practice piracy".
The word probably stems from the fact that viking ships were able to navigate in creeks/vikar and other very shallow waters, something which most ships back in those days could not.
The Swedes were also, technically, vikings since we went a-viking, but we were usually called varangians. Vikings went west, varangians went east.
When you were pillaging and colonizing the British Isles and other parts of western Europe, we were pillaging and colonizing Russia (in fact, the word Russia comes from the Rus people of eastern Sweden and southwestern Finland) and the Byzantine Empire.

Edit: Oh, and Swedes/Svear was just one of the Swedish tribes. There were also the Geats, the Gutes, etc. But the Swedes eventually conquered the other kingdoms and created Svea rike/Sverige/Sweden.

Although wrong of stores to sell the game early i dont see the big problem that everyone has over this really,only bethesda should be concerned about this,people complaining about spoilers etc seem to have a real problem,if you dont search for caps/vids/spoliers then you wont be coming across any, have some self control people!
I have seen no stores in UK selling this so categorising europe seems a bit harsh,and either way we normally receive games 3 days minimum after US and i have no problem waiting and i have never had a game spoilt by US users posting footage etc as i simply dont look for it till i get my copy anyway.
Bit of a boo-hoo moment all this i believe,bethesda is the only wronged party im my view,not the consumers who will still get to play on the specified release day anyway.

Ah, the luxury of having a degree already permits me to gloat a little ... but good luck on those exams!
Remember, academic deeds before daedric dungeons

True, but I am from danish and dutch blood. So I'm a mix. How come? Some random viking had intercourse...

''I work at a dutch gamestore called ''gamemania'' I had more then 25 people asking if they already could complete their pre-order. My colleague almost gave some away. but Luckily I was working at that time. My store is staying legit. Except all the Kids toys stores that are giving copies away already.''

I tried my best, but my country is kind of corrupt on keeping The release date legit.

HAHA Where did you get that information? Silly goose! Swedes and danes are as much, if not more vikings then norwegians! Its pretty unbelievable how someone can live in a country that almost only is made out of mountains.. O_O



(that was a joke)

And viking isn't a norwgian word btw... It's from an old language called Old Norse in english and the word was ''víkingr'' wich basically meant expedition over seas...

i've bought the pc version today, the store seller did warn me i couldn't play due of steam.
yet console versions do work

No their not this happens every year with most games that are released and i am pretty sure not a single one of them has ever been sued over it.

Yep... It happened with BFBC2 if i rememer correctly... I got it 1 day early!

I tried to get it from Target today on my lunch break. I picked an older guy in the electronics dept and played dumb and asked for Skyrim on PC and he asked if I saw it on the shevles and I said "No but could you check if you have some in the back?" He said sure and went to look in the back but when he returned he said "Sorry it's not released yet".

Can't blame a brotha for tyrin.

I guess this must mean Dutch r cooler then the others.

Hey guys, Here's an interesting question. WHY is the release date so strictly enforced? you'd think that the faster and the more you could sell the better?

Actually They werent prosttutes, but Got sixual intercourse without even wanting it. I am half danish and half dutch.. apparently my great great great father.etc Is a viking raider.

Just imagine...
You have baked a BEAUTIFUL and DELICIOUS cake that your friends can taste on friday... you wake up on thrusday to find your friends sharing the cake with everyone and eating it up.. they leave some crumbles and a little piece of the cake left.. the next day one of your friends show up and grabs the last piece... wouldn't be THAT fun would it?

Like almost every person still things that the dutch farmers are walking on wooden shoes.

oh my god, u r talking about pormography, some moderator should ban u for like life!