He might be talking about someone else than himself, eh?
Well, I guess sort of, but I went to high school long before everyone carried phones and pretended to write using a num pad. So I had a rash assumption that if "anyone else" was "anyone other than my friend X," Sammual would have written it that way to start with.
Plus, I thought you were being snarky, which your followup suggests was a mistaken impression.
Re the billing question, I pre-ordered with TGN tokens, so my relevant card transaction was back when I bought the tokens to pre-order for the GC2 Twilight beta. IIRC, there were some CC oopsies during other Stardock game betas and the folks in Michigan were very helpful about working things out.
Not mine.
Which may be because I haven't actually pre-ordered yet.
On the other hand, I wouldn't mind being charged in advance, since I don't want outstanding stuff "standing by"; I'd be much happier if I had the opportunity to pay in advance.
I seriously sympathize with what you say about the practical business of wanting to spend your money or know it's in the bank. But there is a bit of geek drama to be had with the way Stardock have been working it, at least since the Dark Avatar beta. When the bits go gold, there's a shameless swarm of slavering fanbrats counting coup about having their card billed, getting their key email, and starting their download of the RTM version. It can be fun if your real life is slow that day.
