PC Gamer UK ~ Minipet issue?

SotiCoto

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Drazach Thicket

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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

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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

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Drazach Thicket

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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

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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

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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

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Drazach Thicket

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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

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my bad misread the post

fowlero

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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

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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

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

Bouldershoulder

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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

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

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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

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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

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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

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

poozle

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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.

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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.

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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

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Drazach Thicket

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...... 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?

Free Runner

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In one of the mags the Asura mini pet was among the mini pets you can get. So they have probably added the Asura Miniature so that you are guaranteed a mini pet.

vergerefosh

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And what then for those of use that already have an asura? Would have made more sense to have it guaranteed to get a mini, and then if not one of the "rare" ones then a destroyer would have been better

Commander Ryker

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Quote:
Originally Posted by SotiCoto
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.]
It's a special GW Edition, not a monthly issue.

poozle

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Commander Ryker
It's a special GW Edition, not a monthly issue.
I found it today in WH Smiths and can tell you it is NOT a special GW Edition in the UK (it is actually mainly about "The Orange Box").

The offer... There are 5000 (I think, could have been 1000) cards with minipet codes on, some magazines have them in, most don't..... Thats it, Noone is guaranteed anything, worst offer ever, I can't help but feel this is a bit of a joke, considering I reakon 1/2 of the codes will be ditched by people who don't play the game, and a lot of the rest will probably used... to sell the mini on for an insane cost. I really want some of these for my collection, but theres no-way I'm spending £6 on the magazine without a guarantee of a minipet, even if it wasn't one of the best.

And to the person who was one about reading the magazine, I already get other PC Gaming magazines, don't really need to duplicate the "data". (Oh, and this is for the PC Gamer November issue, hoping that PC Zone is different but I HIGHLY doubt it...).

unienaule

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The reasoning behind only 1000 of the rare mini codes is that the other areas that got them only got a few of each, too. It's not like they handed them out by the truckload over in Taiwan either.

fowlero

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oh dear.

first of all, its designed to be a nice bonus. i recognise most people bought it with the aim to get a minipet but its the magazine your buying.

also learn to read the T&C's before you run to the checkout, on the back of the carboard box it says:

(star from the front page bit)* Requires a valid Guild Wars account NO PURCHASE NECESSARY

and the rest doesnt really matter...

Edit: also for those with heads buried in tears you can still enter by post until the 25/10/07. Send something to "Guild wars golden ticket" at some address that i managed to rip off when i opened it. Read the terms in the mag and it'll probs say.