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The Final Countdown—Guild Wars 2 Launch Times

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Ashley

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August 28th, 2012—the day Guild Wars 2 launches—is fast approaching. Everyone here at ArenaNet is anxiously counting the days right along with every Guild Wars 2 fan. In just a few weeks, the servers will go live and each of us will be setting out on our adventures in Tyria!
As you may have seen, we host a countdown timer on the front page of our official website. The information below will give you specific details about times and dates based on whether you pre-purchased, pre-ordered, or are picking up a copy of the game on release day.
  • Pre-Purchase with 3-Day Headstart: Everyone who pre-purchased Guild Wars 2 will enjoy three full days of Headstart Access. The three-day Headstart Access will officially begin at 0:00 AM Pacific time (GMT -7:00) on August 25th. However, please note that in order to ensure that we’re fully prepared for that fateful hour we may bring servers online up to 3 hours prior. If you’re a player committed to getting in first to grab that character name of your dreams you’ll want to be keeping an eye on things during that time period.
  • Pre-Order with 1-Day Headstart: Those who pre-ordered Guild Wars 2 will be able to participate in one day of Headstart Access. The one-day Headstart Access will begin at 0:00 AM Pacific time (GMT -7:00) on August 27th. NOTE – Pre-Order code registration is now enabled.
  • For those players who have not pre-purchased or pre-ordered the game, Guild Wars 2 will officially launch at 0:00 AM Pacific time (GMT -7:00) on August 28th.
  • Download the Client today: If you’ve registered your pre-purchase or pre-order and created your Guild Wars account you can go to account management today and download the client. Be sure to update the client periodically to minimize your download at launch.
We look forward to seeing you in-game very soon!






https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/the-final-countdown-guild-wars-2-launch-times/
 
Looks like I will not be sleeping at all that night but instead spamming the login button at about midnight eastern time lol.
 
Yep, getting off work on the 24th at 7:30am pdt then sleeping all day until its time to get up and cook for the GW2 marathon. Now that it can possibly start at 9:00 pdt I can get even more time going on my 4 day weekend.
 
Yay, waiting around for three hours!

But seriously, there is no way I am risking missing out on my favorite character names.
 
Yeah I will be getting off at 730am EST on the 24th as well, probably cooking first then sleeping until late evening.
 
I'm going to have to load up on carbs a few hours before launch, and make sure I have plenty of Gatorade on hand. I even considered buying adult diapers, but I don't think I should get THAT intense.
 
Ultra CHEZ said:
I'm going to have to load up on carbs a few hours before launch, and make sure I have plenty of Gatorade on hand. I even considered buying adult diapers, but I don't think I should get THAT intense.
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I already started stocking up. Quick trip to the store this week coming up just to make sure. Phone is primed and ready to speed dial work and call in sick. Im ready baby.
 
Y'know.. I was thinking about this.. so they'll have to open up the login servers for everyone at 9:00 PST, if they intend to do this "possible early server opening." So they're going to have everyone hammering on the login server, regardless of whether or not their intended server is open for early access. So I guess we'll be stressing the server selection screen for 3 hours. Seems strange..
 
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