Got "Special" mail today.

Dejitaru Shuurajo · May 27, 2002, 04:51 PM

I'm in a pretty good mood tonight. Got home from work and there was a big manilla shipping envelope in the mailbox. Upon looking at the return address, I quickly saw that it was from a little game company from Madison, Wisconsin that you may have heard of, Raven Software. Inside the said envelope was a glittering jewel of coding known as Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast, but this is not just a game cd in a box. Oh, no. This copy has slighty elevated status, for it is signed by 19 members of The FLOCK!

Renegade[CSR] · May 27, 2002, 05:34 PM

***Zardon*** · May 27, 2002, 05:42 PM

ive a copy signed by darth vader and yoda

Vaporizer · May 28, 2002, 03:22 AM

Dyre Straits · May 28, 2002, 08:27 AM

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Originally posted by Dejitaru Shuurajo
I'm in a pretty good mood tonight. Got home from work and there was a big manilla shipping envelope in the mailbox. Upon looking at the return address, I quickly saw that it was from a little game company from Madison, Wisconsin that you may have heard of, Raven Software. Inside the said envelope was a glittering jewel of coding known as Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast, but this is not just a game cd in a box. Oh, no. This copy has slighty elevated status, for it is signed by 19 members of The FLOCK!

I remember how I felt when I got a surprise 'special' package a year and a half ago. I received a copy of Deep Space Nine - The Fallen with the autographs of all the members of The Collective inside the flap on the box.

Dyre Straits

***Zardon*** · May 28, 2002, 12:36 PM

yes its cool, always a buzz to get something special like that.

alewisa · May 28, 2002, 01:44 PM

I got a council tax bill

digitalwanderer · May 28, 2002, 01:50 PM

I got an offer for a free subscription to "InfoWorld" and two CD's from AOL. (Well, I got one and Dig got one...it's a looong story.

)

~~WyreTheWolf~~ · May 28, 2002, 05:58 PM

I recieved some special mail... upon looking at the return address... I realized this was no ordianry package! This contained my tax return check from the IRS!

I ripped it open to stare at the beauty of a 929.48 check from the federal government.... I thought about framing it ... But then ... REALITY came crashing down on me (read: the wife) YEAH! I get to go pay off bills (and buy a new processor for second rig... but she doesn't know that.)

Congrats on the signed copy of Jedi 2 Outcast!

Jeff · May 28, 2002, 06:04 PM

Posting stuff you don't want your wife to know isn't very good to post on a public forum

... especially one where she is a mod...

~~WyreTheWolf~~ · May 28, 2002, 06:16 PM

She was standing over my sholder while I was typing it. She knows that I was joking.

digitalwanderer · May 28, 2002, 06:39 PM

I have it easy...my wife never reads the boards. The technical stuff bores her to tears, she gets enough of that from me talking.

~~Crash Override~~ · May 28, 2002, 06:51 PM

my question is how in the heck do yall get this stuff? the most special thing I get is free smelly samples of cologne when im lucky :P

Dejitaru Shuurajo · May 29, 2002, 12:16 PM

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Originally posted by Crash Override
my question is how in the heck do yall get this stuff? the most special thing I get is free smelly samples of cologne when im lucky :P

Get a job in the game industry, like becoming a game or hardware reviewer or beta tester, and if that is not fesible for you. How about simply contacting someone on the development team and ASK if you can get a copy signed by them?

P.S. I was beta tester for years for every type of software, from games to accouting and I still do it, to help out those developers that need feedback from their user base.

***Zardon*** · May 29, 2002, 02:00 PM

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Originally posted by Crash Override
my question is how in the heck do yall get this stuff? the most special thing I get is free smelly samples of cologne when im lucky :P

lucky you, all I get is credit card bills or insurance letters, well I got a viagra pamphlet yesterday in the mail......... hey im only 31, NOT funny