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SonicXtreme
October 10th, 2009, 06:13 PM
http://savygamer.co.uk/2009/10/mirrors-edge-dead-space-mercenaries-2.html

Read , Register , Win ...

Downloading all of em now , and it works , works brilliantly , only when you add all 3 to the basket.

Timo
October 10th, 2009, 06:15 PM
UK only, argh

Limited
October 10th, 2009, 06:26 PM
Your Purchases | Order Date: 10/10/2009 Purchase Confirmation (http://www.modacity.net/forums/q)
Discount - £14.97
Total £0.00

:D:D

Thanks alot, unlock code is just serial key right?

SonicXtreme
October 10th, 2009, 06:30 PM
yup :) , keep the keys

Limited
October 10th, 2009, 06:30 PM
Oops! Our records show you have already purchased Mercenaries 2: World in Flames™. Only 1 digital download purchase of a particular title is allowed. You will not be charged for Mercenaries 2: World in Flames™ at this time.

Sorry people, I tried to get another lot for you guys but didnt work :(.

How big are the downloads btw?

StankBacon
October 10th, 2009, 06:31 PM
sweet, just got em using a uk proxy.

they give you the cd-keys after you complete the order.

Pyong Kawaguchi
October 10th, 2009, 06:32 PM
Anyone know of a UK Proxy?

SonicXtreme
October 10th, 2009, 06:53 PM
Limited whats up on your end? the downloads are quite large , im getting 400 kb/s here , 4 hours 46 to go till all of em are downloaded , already got the mirrors edge CD

InnerGoat
October 10th, 2009, 07:06 PM
nice find, thanks :)

Limited
October 10th, 2009, 07:06 PM
Limited whats up on your end? the downloads are quite large , im getting 400 kb/s here , 4 hours 46 to go till all of em are downloaded , already got the mirrors edge CD
Havent even bothered to download yet, playing FIFA.

Pyong Kawaguchi
October 10th, 2009, 07:07 PM
Downloading now, 1.4mbps

sdavis117
October 10th, 2009, 07:19 PM
Anyone have a UK based proxy?

Dwood
October 10th, 2009, 07:21 PM
I need good proxy. :(

sdavis117
October 10th, 2009, 07:25 PM
If I never see a proxy again, I will be happy.

I might as well buy the actual game, unless someone in the UK who already owns one of these games wants to give me a code.

Bodzilla
October 10th, 2009, 07:26 PM
this is hilarious.

but dont these games have securom on them :/

Dwood
October 10th, 2009, 07:32 PM
Bleh the worst part is that it's still detecting me and I still can't log in/register.

If I never see a proxy again, it'll be too soon. :(

sdavis117
October 10th, 2009, 07:45 PM
I think the proxies I tried might have given my PC AIDS.

InnerGoat
October 10th, 2009, 07:53 PM
this is hilarious.

but dont these games have securom on them :/

I'll just roll back the system after playing them lol

StankBacon
October 10th, 2009, 08:07 PM
stop messing with shitty ip lists that don't work and use a web proxy.

www.docoja.com/blue/ (http://www.docoja.com/blue/)

sdavis117
October 10th, 2009, 08:37 PM
stop messing with shitty ip lists that don't work and use a web proxy.

www.docoja.com/blue/ (http://www.docoja.com/blue/)

Wow, that actually worked.

DL'ing them right now.

Kalub
October 10th, 2009, 08:42 PM
Still working?

sdavis117
October 10th, 2009, 08:43 PM
yeah

Kalub
October 10th, 2009, 08:46 PM
working... epic win goon sire

Pyong Kawaguchi
October 10th, 2009, 08:49 PM
Protip: In order for this to work, you need to add all of the games.

jcap
October 10th, 2009, 08:57 PM
Not anymore.

Kalub
October 10th, 2009, 08:59 PM
sux mr jcapcap

Dwood
October 10th, 2009, 10:00 PM
sux mr jcapcap

Indeed. It was either go see Surrogates or find a working proxy.

ThePlague
October 10th, 2009, 10:01 PM
:C

I wanted Dead Space

Kalub
October 10th, 2009, 10:04 PM
You can have my account with Deadspace on it if Mirrors edge blows ass. It's the only game I wanted and I won't even know until Monday/Tuesday.

InnerGoat
October 10th, 2009, 10:09 PM
Give deadspace a try it's probably the best of the bunch

ThePlague
October 10th, 2009, 10:18 PM
You can have my account with Deadspace on it if Mirrors edge blows ass. It's the only game I wanted and I won't even know until Monday/Tuesday.
:D

PM me when you figure it out

Arteen
October 10th, 2009, 10:35 PM
You can have my account with Deadspace on it if Mirrors edge blows ass. It's the only game I wanted and I won't even know until Monday/Tuesday.
Mirror's Edge is awesome, but flawed and not for everyone.

Cortexian
October 10th, 2009, 11:26 PM
If anyone got any extra ones, I'd love to give these games a try.

Apparently they fixed the glitch, and I can't find any working UK proxies anyways.

Siliconmaster
October 10th, 2009, 11:26 PM
Damn. Missed this by a few hours. : (

n00b1n8R
October 11th, 2009, 12:19 AM
FUCK

I need to check the techtalk section more often :smithicide:

Disaster
October 11th, 2009, 12:24 AM
FUCK

I need to check the techtalk section more often :smithicide:
yeah, same here :smith:

SonicXtreme
October 11th, 2009, 03:49 AM
Back after last nights download"a"thon , all the games work fine , just been playing Mirrors Edge , for those who are playing Dead Space , if its your first time round on it , play it on medium or hard , gives the best effect , and gives you the time of your life.

FireDragon04
October 11th, 2009, 04:45 AM
Damn, missed this one, i was up untill 4am too, just didn't check the forum. Cheapest i've figured out you can get them for is £3.74 now. As they are £4.99 just apply the 25% off code "VoucherCodes.com25%" and your good to go for £3.74. I won't be using that but its a damn good price, still sucks i missed it for the best price of all FREE.

Timo
October 11th, 2009, 04:56 AM
Got mine thanks to Jelly :]

I can't believe how cheap they are though. Here, Mirror's edge is five times the price :|

Shock120
October 11th, 2009, 05:42 AM
Damn. Missed this by a few hours. : (:smith: me too.

Pyong Kawaguchi
October 11th, 2009, 06:04 AM
I got them, which is good, but I wonder what exactly caused this?

SonicXtreme
October 11th, 2009, 07:36 AM
No idea , all i can say about it , is that you can definately expect someone to get fired for this mistake , they lost out on potential money.

Dwood
October 11th, 2009, 09:04 AM
No idea , all i can say about it , is that you can definately expect someone to get fired for this mistake , they lost out on potential money.

Not really. They just let people download it for free.

StankBacon
October 11th, 2009, 09:09 AM
.... which means lost sales.

Dwood
October 11th, 2009, 09:11 AM
.... which means lost sales.

Not necessarily. I won't get the games unless they're free. I am therefore not a potential buyer.

=sw=warlord
October 11th, 2009, 09:40 AM
Not necessarily. I won't get the games unless they're free. I am therefore not a potential buyer.
You may not but if someone had been just searching the site to buy it and finds theres a glitch to get it for free then the company just lost that sale.

Ganon
October 11th, 2009, 10:09 AM
dwood take an economics class and look at some supply and demand graphs ok

Jelly
October 11th, 2009, 10:36 AM
Not necessarily. I won't get the games unless they're free. I am therefore not a potential buyer.
You're still a potential buyer.

sdavis117
October 11th, 2009, 10:52 AM
EA is full of insecure idiots who feel that they need to chew someone's head off for every dollar in the world that isn't in their pockets.

Of course who ever did this is going to get fired.

Amit
October 11th, 2009, 11:31 AM
It's sad to know that a person made a great many of you happy, but will soon be sacked for it.

Arteen
October 11th, 2009, 12:08 PM
I really doubt anyone will get fired for this, unless this is one of a few screwups.

Jean-Luc
October 11th, 2009, 12:14 PM
EA is full of insecure idiots who feel that they need to chew someone's head off for every dollar in the world that isn't in their pockets.

Of course who ever did this is going to get fired.

Uh...no shit somebody is going to get fired. Toss the stupid "EA are jerks" mentality out and what do you have? You have a company who potentially lost thousands of dollars because of an employee error. Why the fuck should it matter if it's EA or any other company? You screw up like that, YOU GET FIRED.

jcap
October 11th, 2009, 12:24 PM
No one would get fired for this.

A company always accounts for extremely minor losses like this. It's barely pocket change.

The glitch was probably left over from some other promotional deal they had. It was probably something like "Buy 3 games at $15, get one for free of equal or lesser value!" (-$15)

Limited
October 11th, 2009, 03:10 PM
No one would get fired for this.

A company always accounts for extremely minor losses like this. It's barely pocket change.

The glitch was probably left over from some other promotional deal they had. It was probably something like "Buy 3 games at $15, get one for free of equal or lesser value!" (-$15)
Whole system was broke, I managed to get a discount of £44.95 ($71)

Cojafoji
October 11th, 2009, 03:33 PM
stop messing with shitty ip lists that don't work and use a web proxy.

www.docoja.com/blue/ (http://www.docoja.com/blue/)
creepy domain name. DO ME.

ThePlague
October 11th, 2009, 08:44 PM
Anyone want to let me borrow/have their account? I reallyreallyreallyreally want to play Dead Space.

Kalub
October 11th, 2009, 09:41 PM
I'll sell you mine so I can feed my WoW addiction.... >_>

ThePlague
October 11th, 2009, 11:18 PM
I have no monies...

Kalub
October 11th, 2009, 11:32 PM
Neither do I :saddowns:

Kalub
October 12th, 2009, 01:11 PM
wts gaemz account $25