Nearly perfect timing!

[thistlechaser]

I decided to come home for lunch to see if UPS had left me a package, and as I approached my driveway I spotted a UPS truck! He was leaving though! Did he leave me the package? Had it needed a signature and a note wasn't good enough? Should I chase him down and shake him back and forth and demand my package?

Instead I decided I'd pretend to be a sane adult and parked my car and checked if the package was on my doorstep. And it was! So yay, my whole lunch hour to install it!

I put the DVD in and... nothing. Okay, maybe it didn't like the DVD-RW drive, so try the DVD-R drive. Nothing. Ack!

So clever, clever me went into Windows explorer and into the DVD that way. I picked the most likely thing to click on, but I had looked too fast and missed the 'Windows Installer' icon. Heh. But setup.exe seemed to work, too!

The installer took a surprisingly long time (20-ish minutes?), then I got to register and now it's checking 14,000 files. I just hope it will do the download without me having to click 'ok' at any point, because I doubt it'll finish checking before I have to go back to work.

If all goes well, it'll be finished when I arrive home tonight! Eee!

Edit: Woo, checking went fast (about 20 more minutes?), now downloading 257 files. Gotta go back to work soon though. :(

Comments

[kelen.livejournal.com]

Yay! Glad you got it!!!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Thanks! *hurries your shipment on*

[fealu-bryne.livejournal.com]

*whines*

Thistle, I hate you. Now I want something I can't have. GRARRR. I hate money!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Sorry~! :)

[fealu-bryne.livejournal.com]

Okay, so I'm caving with much fastness. Mrph.

Saying, by some offchance we managed to sell off some old textbooks and got enough money... is the expansion needed? Is there any sort of trial period for friends? What server/realm/world do you play in? I need info. Since... DDO is falling apart... and I need an obsession. -_-;

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I answered your other questions in that other comment, all except one: The server/world I play on is Midgar. Once you have the game, poke me and I'll get a worldpass for you so that you can come onto my server. :D

[loneguardian.livejournal.com]

Neener, my install only took 10 minutes~ XD But then again, I have a monster for a computer. *pets it* I was shocked it only comes in DVD format tho... And the box is impersonating you with its compensation issues. ;3 *flees!*

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I call my computer "the new computer", but in truth it's 2-3 years old now! That's pretty old.

And the box is impersonating you with its compensation issues. ;3 *flees!*

*beats you!* ;)

[loneguardian.livejournal.com]

Mine's 1-2 years old I think o.oa But it's a 2.6G processor, so it was close to top of the line then.

For your peace of mind, there is no 'click ok' buttons for the download itself, it should be done when you get home. :3

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Yay! I started the download right before walking out the door though. :D Hopefully it'll finish downloading (and then checking again, I think?) and be all ready for me to try!

Have you logged on with it yet? Been to the new areas?

[sylf.livejournal.com]

Well, it *should* just hang on "Version update complete! OK to continue..." and you can zoom off from there when you get back. :>

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

*wiggles* Want to be home now! *sobs* Hold me, Sylf~!

[sylf.livejournal.com]

Not on your HP.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

But would you hold me on my MP? Aspir me, Sylf! Aspir me now!

[loneguardian.livejournal.com]

You can't access any new areas until the whole thing goes live anyway, installed or not, so you aren't missing any excitement. From speculation, it should go live tonight at about 11EST. Granted SE doesn't fuck up again and put in more delays. :x

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Oh, here's the comment you mentioned last night! Heh. Just saw it this morning.

[sylf.livejournal.com]

I have to install my DVD-RW when I get home. *laughs* Maybe I'll leave from work early... xD

Hopefully it'll be there when I get back, too.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

*cheers you on for leaving early* I might try to sneak out a little early myself, though I shouldn't...

[sylf.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm lucky in the sense that my job doesn't really have designated hours... though sometimes I'm in the lab for 10~12 hours, which kind of sucks.

But not today! Mwahaha, I'm leaving after class. xD

[southern-hell.livejournal.com]

Lucky! This is what my tracking page says:
Items not yet shipped:

* 1 of: Final Fantasy XI: Treasures of Aht Urhgan [CD-ROM]

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

So sad. ; ; Hope you get yours soon!