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Subject: Don't do it, Johnson!
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Please. God no. Please Bungie, make Microsoft STOP! I live in Singapore and every time some sort of Pre-Order bonus comes up, I don't even have the OPTION of getting them. And you know what, no matter how much I want it, I stay cool.

Not this time...No.

We get to play as god damned Johnson....as a -blam!- pre-order bonus. This time I can't control it! None of the participating retailers will be available in Singapore. None of Them!

Please Bungie, can someone put a stop to this madness or at least tell me that somehow... I, in Singapore, will be able to get Sgt Johnson.

*breaks down and cries*



PS: Yes, I just realized about the Pre-order bonus now.

  • 06.02.2009 4:35 AM PDT

That sucks.

  • 06.02.2009 4:37 AM PDT

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If Amazon is selected, then everybody's good!
They have been one of the first to put it up for pre-order, so perhaps they'll get the bonus too. And as its online, you'll be good to go :P

  • 06.02.2009 4:37 AM PDT

That's good.

  • 06.02.2009 4:39 AM PDT
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Posted by: BurntBiscuits
If Amazon is selected, then everybody's good!
They have been one of the first to put it up for pre-order, so perhaps they'll get the bonus too. And as its online, you'll be good to go :P


0.o

Thing I'm wondering, if its Amazon, won't they send me the American Region version of the game. Since games are region locked, I won't be able to play it.

  • 06.02.2009 4:41 AM PDT

There are two things on this forum that piss me off;
Idiots and group invites.
What's even worse, is that I can never seem to get away from either of them ¬_¬
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"I would have been your daddy, but the dog beat me over the fence."

Usually, Amazon have most of the regions. You may be unlucky, but seeming as Amazon have a US site and a UK site, maybe they'll have a Chinese site (Singapore isin China right? Geography has never been my strong point :S )

[Edited on 06.02.2009 4:43 AM PDT]

  • 06.02.2009 4:43 AM PDT
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That's what Ebay's for. If some special pre-order code comes out for a game, there's bound to be a large amount of codes for sell on there.

  • 06.02.2009 4:45 AM PDT

There are two things on this forum that piss me off;
Idiots and group invites.
What's even worse, is that I can never seem to get away from either of them ¬_¬
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"I would have been your daddy, but the dog beat me over the fence."

Posted by: Mojatche
That's what Ebay's for. If some special pre-order code comes out for a game, there's bound to be a large amount of codes for sell on there.


For massive prices, yeah. No one should have to pay more just because of where they live.

  • 06.02.2009 4:49 AM PDT

There, there.

I live in Malaysia. Look how worse off I am, my southern friend. Hell, I had to send my console to Singapore to get it replaced after it got the three red rings.

Zero support where I come from. And games cost big money.

  • 06.02.2009 4:58 AM PDT

There are two things on this forum that piss me off;
Idiots and group invites.
What's even worse, is that I can never seem to get away from either of them ¬_¬
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"I would have been your daddy, but the dog beat me over the fence."

Posted by: Hale 079
There, there.

I live in Malaysia. Look how worse off I am, my southern friend. Hell, I had to send my console to Singapore to get it replaced after it got the three red rings.

Zero support where I come from. And games cost big money.


Hell. Its only when you hear other peoples problems that you realise just how privilaged you are. I knew Bitain had its advantages, but I didn't think that gaming was so hard to do in parts of the world other than Britain, America and Japan...

Whenever I play on Halo online it has a map of the world and people who are playing and I'm suprised to find so few areas are lit up.

I feel for you, hopefully gaming will become more widespread. I'm planning on working in games and I would certainly support any group or campaign for widespread gaming.

  • 06.02.2009 5:07 AM PDT
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Posted by: BurntBiscuits
Usually, Amazon have most of the regions. You may be unlucky, but seeming as Amazon have a US site and a UK site, maybe they'll have a Chinese site (Singapore isin China right? Geography has never been my strong point :S )


Haha. Wow, your Geography is bad :D

Singapore is a country in Asia. We're a multi-racial society here. Not exactly my favourite place on Earth. I feel Singapore is like an Anti-Gamer territory.

We're definitely not in China :D

I know that Amazon can ship to Singapore but it'll probably be the American version. Even if its not, it'll cause me a lot more money for the shipping itself :)

  • 06.02.2009 5:09 AM PDT

There are two things on this forum that piss me off;
Idiots and group invites.
What's even worse, is that I can never seem to get away from either of them ¬_¬
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"I would have been your daddy, but the dog beat me over the fence."

Yeah, I know where Britain, Ireland, America and my house is. Otherwise, I fail :P

As for the shipping thing, I'm afraid I have no more ideas. There may be an Asian Amazon site (Not Chinese :P) but Google can't find it. Then again, I live in the UK so it might not be looking for sies in other languages.

Anyway, Singapore isn't exactly tiny. Search for game stores, you never know what you might find ;)

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  • 06.02.2009 5:19 AM PDT
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Posted by: BurntBiscuits
Yeah, I know where Britain, Ireland, America and my house is. Otherwise, I fail :P

As for the shipping thing, I'm afraid I have no more ideas. There may be an Asian Amazon site (Not Chinese :P) but Google can't find it. Then again, I live in the UK so it might not be looking for sies in other languages.

Anyway, Singapore isn't exactly tiny. Search for game stores, you never know what you might find ;)


I guess. Singapore is tiny though. Check a globe. You will see its name but you won't see any other graphical representation of it. However, sometimes there are rare occasions where you do get the pre-order bonus. I remember certain retailers here were giving out Golden Hammerburst codes out of the blue. I wouldn't count on it for ODST and it would be nice if some kind folk at Bungie gives me some sort of confirmation that I will be able to lay my asian paws on it.

  • 06.02.2009 5:40 AM PDT

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Erm, I don't think you actually get to play as Johnson - but instead he just fights alongside you at moments throughout the game. I just read the ODST info page thingy and it never actually said you could play as him... although, that would be sweet!

It'd be even better if you could choose to play as Johnson in matchmaking... but you know everyone would wanna be him. Forget Recon, hehe...

  • 06.02.2009 5:41 AM PDT
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Erm, I don't think you actually get to play as Johnson - but instead he just fights alongside you at moments throughout the game. I just read the ODST info page thingy and it never actually said you could play as him... although, that would be sweet!

You get to play as him, it's confirmed on the ODST project page that you can have him on your list of selectable characters.

  • 06.02.2009 5:43 AM PDT

Don't worry, It's gunna b k.

Im from SIngapore too (I'm not the only one!) and i did manage to get the pre order of gears of war 2 from challenger ( it's like circuit city ), and got a golden hammerburst, so you might want to start there.
and hello again to the rarely met singaporean on Bnet

@BurntBiscuits
thanks for acknowledging pain, i don't know about others but it's always lag here D:

[Edited on 06.02.2009 6:27 AM PDT]

  • 06.02.2009 6:25 AM PDT

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Posted by: BurntBiscuits
If Amazon is selected, then everybody's good!
They have been one of the first to put it up for pre-order, so perhaps they'll get the bonus too. And as its online, you'll be good to go :P


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Thing I'm wondering, if its Amazon, won't they send me the American Region version of the game. Since games are region locked, I won't be able to play it.


Not sure about the regional part of the question, but xbox's main site has a link for pre-orders and includes Amazon. A couple clicks from there and voila, I could pre-order through them.

  • 06.02.2009 6:48 AM PDT
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Okay, Im sure that the pre-order is going to come with a CODE to get Sgt. Johnson, so when the game comes out, buy ODST in your country, go to E-Bay, and buy a code that I guarantee somebody will selling! It might cost you extra, but If you really want to play as Johnson.....

  • 06.02.2009 6:54 AM PDT

halo 3 was not region locked, i dont see why odst would be

  • 06.02.2009 6:54 AM PDT