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Will you pre-order Black Ops II?
Yes, Xbox 360
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Yes, PS3
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Yes, PC
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 4% [ 1 ]
Rental
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 0% [ 0 ]
Maybe
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I will never touch COD
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BF:BC3 all the way
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Pssh. P4F forever
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Gender: Chinese
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Total Votes : 26
 
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Insevin
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Poll Notes: If you plan to buy for multiple platforms please choose your primary/favorite/preferred platform. No pre-order or plans to order game? Choose "Never touch COD". Plan to order later as non-pre-order? Choose the pre-order vote option anyway and choose your platform, or choose maybe. So undecided that even maybe is not a good answer? Choose Gender Chinese.

Vote cancel is enabled to delete or change your vote if you so desire. Will be updated as new poll concerns arise.

[WARNING] Do not Scam GameStop for Pre-Order Bonus

Among other things Gamestop is offering rewards for preorder of Blops 2. One bonus is a MW3 prestige token.

Gamestop does NOT allow you to cancel/refund orders after they send you your bonus!!

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Promotional Items
From time to time, GameStop.com will offer a special promotional item with a pre-order. Due to limited availability, these items are only available while supplies last.

Note: An order cannot be cancelled once the pre-order item or code has been supplied.
http://www.gamestop.com/gs/help/Pre-orders.aspx

However, if you do make a legitimate preorder and wish to redeem your prestige token and do not know how, go here: https://profile.callofduty.com/codprestige/profile
You will need to login first. The site usually does not auto redirect so copy this link and paste the URL in after you login.

I have some knowledge of how preorders work at multiple USA stores so if you have questions please contact me.

General advice:

Best Buy video games customer service is HORRIBLE and if they say "we will give you your bonus later at XYZ time" it is a LIE. They will have about 100 items and add a clause that says "limited supplies" then when 50,000 people place orders 99.9% of them don't get a reward. Typical scam.

Amazon is best, you can get your item delivered on RELEASE DAY for 99cents total shipping cost. Tax is only charged to certain states. No tax in FL I know that. Ships United Parcel Service Overnight Saver - UPS Overnight so not ideal for some people. Many games include $10 Amazon Credit after you buy. Examples: Mass Effect 3, Halo Anniversary, MW3 (towards MW3 edition headset only)

Gamestop is only good for preorder bonus. You will ALWAYS be charged tax in any state. If you do in store pickups they are usually dicks because they were up all night for midnight release. Advise caution.

OTHER STORES: If you find out that certain editions of games are sold out other reliable retailers are Walmart (often with $10 Walmart gift credit, Newegg, GoHastings. All are reasonable and I think Wally and Newegg offer free shipping on new releases/pre-orders.

Do not risk ebay unless you are desperate, or are buying the game used at least 1 week after release.

I have some knowledge of how preorders work at multiple USA stores so if you have questions please contact me.

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splintercellsz wrote:
Where is the "No Preorder"? I was left with the only one that seemed close to that. And you probally know which one I picked, lol.

That would be Never touch COD (just pretend it says Blops 2 instead of "COD") or if you plan to buy it at any point in time in the future just not preorder, then just choose Yes preorder, [platform here] option. If you don't know its maybe. Chinese is always an option for trolls. Vote cancel is also enabled for anyone who changes their mind.





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Insevin
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My vote: Maybe

The main reason would be so I could continue to play within the 13th MEU. Very Happy
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projekt3000
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Well, I think it's ridiculous to pre-order the game JUST to get a prestige token. Why not just prestige in one of the older COD games? Or just prestige again in MW3?

For games like this, I don't pre-order unless it was something like the Hardened Edition for MW3 because it came with a year subscription to Elite Premium as well as early and all access to the DLC.

However, I don't foresee something like that with BO2. Therefore, I probably won't pre-order considering I know my local Gamestop, Target, and/or Best Buy will have tons of copies.
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splintercellsz
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Where is the "No Preorder"? I was left with the only one that seemed close to that. And you probally know which one I picked, lol.
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splintercellsz wrote:
Where is the "No Preorder"? I was left with the only one that seemed close to that. And you probally know which one I picked, lol.

Yeah, I noticed that too, lol. Of course, I don't know what else will be offered with pre-ordering so that's why I put maybe.

Really Insevin, "Gender: Chinese"?
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splintercellsz wrote:
Where is the "No Preorder"? I was left with the only one that seemed close to that. And you probally know which one I picked, lol.

That would be Never touch COD (just pretend it says Blops 2 instead of "COD") or if you plan to buy it at any point in time in the future just not preorder, then just choose Yes preorder, [platform here] option. If you don't know its maybe. Chinese is always an option for trolls. Vote cancel is also enabled for anyone who changes their mind.
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Lol.

Don't get it? There is a thing that bronies believe that if they post pics of ponies on their profiles/etc that it makes them 20% cooler. The Blops 2 trailer featured horses/ponies. If you don't know what it is to be a brony then google it. I'm not one for the record, but have zero hatred for those who are. xD
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I pre ordered it, and look forward to it, though I will be buying it for both 360 and ps3 (my main group of friends play on xbox and i'll do ps3 for the clan)
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who the F*** said stay on p4f forever? thinking ranger lol

anyways in some ways black ops 2 does looks promising, because of its whole new gameplay style and i am assuming it' going to be like battlefield since the parts of the campaign was shown in E3. So technically we can't say anything about it yet.
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Bump if anybody is uncertain about the pre-order process at any online or in-store retailer! I will try to help!
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I pre-ordered mine a couple weeks ago. Got the Nuketown 2025 map Smile
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Bump. Game is out in about 11 days. What is the feel on it now. I preordered.
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