I assume when Brad says "midday" that his point of reference is Eastern Standard Time (US) since Stardock is located in Michigan, is this correct?

So I suppose we shouldn't be concerned if we can no longer see the elemental beta in our gamelist, or in the registration having reinstalled impulse recently.

Get me a copy while you are in there and i will cover your bail money...rofl!

Not to be stupid but how is Stardock distinguishing Beta testers from pre orders? I pre ordered, tested the last two betas and reported some bugs, does that make me a beta tester? I can wait until tomorrow afternoon, granted it won't be easy, but was just curious how the pecking order is determined

If you were in the beta at all that would make you a beta-tester. As to how they know you had to get it through impulse and i am certain it left an electronic trail to follow.

Ooops,I quoted the wrong poster in my response.Meant to quote and answer this:

Not to be stupid but how is Stardock distinguishing Beta testers from pre orders? I pre ordered, tested the last two betas and reported some bugs, does that make me a beta tester? I can wait until tomorrow afternoon, granted it won't be easy, but was just curious how the pecking order is determined

Stardock folks,

any way I can pay with paypal and still play tomorrow (after the beta-testers of course)?

I will pay with an instant payment, no need for preorder charge AFTER release.

If you no longer have access to that address you'll want to contact sales@stardock.com immediately. The game will be linked to the address it was ordered for, so if you can't update it in time you'll need to have support merge it to the correct one on Monday.

Ahh, so should I be led to assume that the delay for pre-orders that weren't beta testers is primarily a billing-related deal?

I've had this preordered, and have been waiting, for a year and a half now. You shoulda' pre-ordered earlier! Surely two more days won't kill you ; )

I'm eager to chat with the devs on Monday, so I'm trying to get it preordered for early access.

But yeah, like you say, it's not really a big deal.

Just FYI you CAN pre-order, just not by using paypal. Use a CC

How long ago do we have to have pre-ordered to get the early download?

I ask because I preordered on thursday or friday, but if the game comes out tomorrow afternoon that would be PERFECT for me since this a three day weekend for me.