Why are so many people saying they've already played Skyrim? : V

» Tue May 08, 2012 7:14 pm

As the title says. What gives?

» Wed May 09, 2012 10:25 am

They got it, or most probably pirated it early.

» Tue May 08, 2012 11:08 pm

It's out in various countries.

» Tue May 08, 2012 7:16 pm

its available in Australia as its 11/11/11 for them

» Wed May 09, 2012 6:31 am

They're pirates who come from the future, yarr.
Not really. Australia is 14 hours ahead of the US.

» Wed May 09, 2012 7:14 am

Sad truth is that a bunch of people (from all over the world) took over Bethesda's HQ. They are all sitting there playing, refusing to share with the rest of us.

» Tue May 08, 2012 11:46 pm

Got it in the mail a day early from a game pre-order, no pirating here

» Wed May 09, 2012 10:52 am

Some pirated it (probably not the ones saying they have it already)
People are only looking at the fact that some have got it early because they live in a different region where it's already 11.11.11.
While this is the case as well, theres already a pirated version of it, but it looks as if people are refusing to see that or acknowledge that. Funny.

» Wed May 09, 2012 1:21 am

They're pirates who come from the future, yarr.

NOOOOO!

» Wed May 09, 2012 7:26 am

As the title says. What gives?

Time zones.

» Wed May 09, 2012 9:33 am

Why are these leaked pirated copies allowed to remain up? I don't understand.

» Tue May 08, 2012 7:19 pm

Australia.

/thread.

» Wed May 09, 2012 1:52 am

It is tomorrow in Paris, Rome, Moscow, Tokyo and Sydney. It will be tomorrow in about an hour in London. I won't get to tomorrow for another nine hours. Geography and time zones svck. I keep telling Bethesda that MY time zone is the only one that matters, and they never listen. Tsk, tsk, Bethesda.

» Wed May 09, 2012 5:05 am

Some online shops start sending out copies a day or several earlier than they really ought to, that's how I got my PS3 version today (well, yesterday - it's nine minutes past midnight here). I'm obviously not complaining

- and it's actually the first time I've had it happen myself as far as I can recall.

» Wed May 09, 2012 12:52 am

11.11.11 doesn't start at the same time in every country you know ^_^

;

» Tue May 08, 2012 10:43 pm

i bought mine on the 10th, the shop broke street date

» Wed May 09, 2012 4:46 am

Why are these leaked pirated copies allowed to remain up? I don't understand.

Torrents allow anybody in the world to upload data to other people so it's kind of hard to track down that kind of minuscule activity, and pointless since so many people are doing it, take down one and there's another thousand across the globe. Not to mention some countries don't have laws against doing this.

» Wed May 09, 2012 8:51 am

Why are these leaked pirated copies allowed to remain up? I don't understand.

Wow, right with you. Bethesda should have some of their people take a look at the torrents on Arrrrr Ye Matey!. Get that s[three-letter word that means "to strike"] off the internet, and see if you can snag the pirates in some legal trouble.

» Wed May 09, 2012 2:02 am

Likewise, I bought it from a shop in Australia that released it on the 10th.

» Wed May 09, 2012 8:44 am

I'll add Sweden to the list of countries who got it at least a day early. :tongue:

» Wed May 09, 2012 5:54 am

ITT:

We learn about timezones, and about the futuredwellers (aka Aussies, etc.).

Prepare to get your head asploded.

» Wed May 09, 2012 4:35 am

Torrents allow anybody in the world to upload data to other people so it's kind of hard to track down that kind of minuscule activity, and pointless since so many people are doing it, take down one and there's another thousand across the globe. Not to mention some countries don't have laws against doing this.

There are major sites though, and its spelled out pretty clearly what the torrents are.

» Wed May 09, 2012 8:28 am

Streets acted like dikes and broke the street date.

So, now all the fans that decided to wait have to wait because a bunch of retailers are jerks.

» Wed May 09, 2012 10:58 am

Because Shopto.net delivered my pre-order one day early :celebration:

» Wed May 09, 2012 2:20 am

There are major sites though, and its spelled out pretty clearly what the torrents are.

Then I guess my second point comes to mind, those torrent sites are probably located in countries that don't have strict copyright laws making it next to impossible to remove all of them.