Final Fantasy XIII US Official Site Launching Early?

[Kitmitsu]

It isn't long until Square-Enix open it's three new official Final Fantasy XIII sites. 14 hours 57 minutes in fact from the time of writing this. However it looks like either Square-Enix America are thinking of opening their site early or they can't keep time. The European and Japanese sites are set to open at 16:00 GMT but the North American site is opening in 6 hours at 03:00 EST.

That obviously doesn't seem like a logical time for them to launch their site, so either they've made a mistake with their countdown, or they've made an even bigger mistake choosing to launch their site when most people are asleep.

http://finalfantasy-xiii.net/forums/../images/uscountdown.jpg

Official US Final Fantasy XIII Site (http://na.square-enix.com/ff13/)

[pseudocognition]

What could it meaaaan D:?

...ooh. I might get to wake up to the smell of hot fresh new FFXIII trailer!

Mine says 11 hrs. Time zone cookies maybe? They might want it to be released at say, XX:XX in each time zone rather than simultaneously around the world.

[elektr1k]

Either that, or the US site is somehow inferior to the others.

[Jaxxia]

Mine says 12 hours. For me, that means it will launch 8am.

[chocobosmoogles]

Mine says

01d 23h 20m 10s


ZOMG!!! NOEZ :(

[Neal]

What could it meaaaan D:?

...ooh. I might get to wake up to the smell of hot fresh new FFXIII trailer!

Mine says 11 hrs. Time zone cookies maybe? They might want it to be released at say, XX:XX in each time zone rather than simultaneously around the world.
Wtf. :wtf: Weird. Mine says 6 hours.

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh50/fenristh/ffxiiicountdown.jpg

[chocobosmoogles]

Wait, our time zones are VERY different.

Don't the japanese get to see it first????

Maybe we don't have to wait as long. :o

[Neal]

Wait, our time zones are VERY different.

Don't the japanese get to see it first????

Maybe we don't have to wait as long. :o
It's a countdown, timezones shouldn't mean anything.

[BlackPeaceNow]

Says 12 hours and 4 minutes for me. That's 8AM tomorrow.

[pseudocognition]

The most stupid part about this whole thing is, whatever their reasoning was for the countdown differences, the entire world can just pop over to whichever website gets it first. Bwa ha ha.

^ Mine counts down to 8AM as well, but I've got 11 hrs left...

[Saki Liu]

OMG Aliens have taken over!!!!
Mines says 11 hours, right on time. Shit, ill be at school when it all comes out... Im skipping idc.

[Neal]

I think you've figured it out :wtf: Mine's counting down to 8am tomorrow as well.

Mine says

01d 23h 20m 10s

I dont get this though. :aldo:

[chocobosmoogles]

It's a countdown, timezones shouldn't mean anything.


DAMMIT! I HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL AT 8AM TOMORROW!!:nag:

...OR DO I?:shifty:

[pseudocognition]

DAMMIT! I HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL AT 8AM TOMORROW!!:nag:

...OR DO I?:shifty:

Just say you have to go to the bathroom and run fast as hell to the nearest computer. That's my plan :D In fact, I'm going to go check my schedule now...

[Neal]

Just get on the school PCs, we'll hopefully have them for stream and download shortly after they go live.

[boomiko]

mines at 12 hours too il probly watch it during school or something... but maybe their will be snow

[chocobosmoogles]

Just say you have to go to the bathroom and run fast as hell to the nearest computer. That's my plan :D In fact, I'm going to go check my schedule now...

I swear to god! My school has actually blocked off keywords:
"FINAL FANTASY" in their safety filter.

anything related gets blocked. :'(:'(:'(:'(:'(

[Kitmitsu]

They really want to confuse everyone don't they....never the less, they're still opening the US site earlier than the other two if the countdown is correct. Anyone got a time sooner than 6 hours?

[Saki Liu]

mines at 12 hours too il probly watch it during school or something... but maybe their will be snow

Lets hope for a Snow day!!!!

[boomiko]

I swear to god! My school has actually blocked off keywords:
"FINAL FANTASY" in their safety filter.

anything related gets blocked. :'(:'(:'(:'(:'(

haha ur school sucks!!! mine just blocks off anything that has "fun" or "games" in the website title or description:lol::lol:

[Saki Liu]

I swear to god! My school has actually blocked off keywords:
"FINAL FANTASY" in their safety filter.

anything related gets blocked. :'(:'(:'(:'(:'(


really? thats sad. We cant go on facebook or myspace because of the stupid Seniors last year. Damn them and their stupid choices!!!

[pseudocognition]

mines at 12 hours too il probly watch it during school or something... but maybe their will be snow

Are you in the Ohio/Illinois/Michigan/Wisconson area by any chance? My grandma lives there. Megatons of snow DX. I might be getting snow out in CT too, yay~

I swear to god! My school has actually blocked off keywords:
"FINAL FANTASY" in their safety filter.

anything related gets blocked. :'(:'(:'(:'(:'(

Haha, same thing happened to me. I went to Livejournal one too many times and suddenly it was blacklisted. Went to Photobucket once or twice then BOOM. Banned. But... blocking this site! Crap.

[chocobosmoogles]

Lets hope for a Snow day!!!!

YES!! SNOW DAY!!

If you think about the irony...Snow Villiers. I'm from TX, in the Dallas area. So snow is likely.

I'm going to wake up everyone with my sorround sound.
Everytime a new FFXIII trailer gets released I download it and transfer it to my PS3, than voila :D

I watch it first on my 47" Sony Bravia. :wub: With, 5.1 Sorround.

[BlackPeaceNow]

Lets hope for a Snow day!!!!

IRONICALLY, my school got out early today because of ice, and right now it is icing like mad, and the chances of school being held tomorrow are slim :cookie:

EDIT: YES!! SNOW DAY!!
I'm from TX, in the Dallas area. So snow is likely.

Are you getting ice right now? Its been all retarded all day here XD (Fort Worth right here)

[boomiko]

Are you in the Ohio/Illinois/Michigan/Wisconson area by any chance? My grandma lives there. Megatons of snow DX. I might be getting snow out in CT too, yay~.

no im in TN so i have to pray for the snowstorm to dip like 50 miles but i'll atleast get a delay on icy roads yay

[chaosblade77]

It uses your system clock. I went a day ahead and the trailer box popped up. No trailer though, they haven't uploaded it or it's named improperly and they will fix it when they are ready.

[Kitmitsu]

I just changed my timezone. The site will open in 20 minutes for me XD. I have a feeling it won't work. Congratulations Square-Enix on some really poor coding.

EDIT: Damn you beat me to it >_<

[pseudocognition]

IRONICALLY, my school got out early today because of ice, and right now it is icing like mad, and the chances of school being held tomorrow are slim :cookie:
*curses you*

Lucky. All I'm getting is 1-4 inches of snow overnight, then freezing rain. But our Board of Ed is weird, if epic snow is predicted in the afternoon of a school day, they'll cancel that entire day, even if the snow is supposed to start around 4 or 5. But if it is snowing or there is snow on the ground, not even a delay. o_O

[JRoscoe]

Um, I'm in New Zealand and it's not even showing a countdown. It shows the trailer window and the option for SD or HD, but nothing loads after that.

[Saki Liu]

I just changed my timezone. The site will open in 20 minutes for me XD. I have a feeling it won't work. Congratulations Square-Enix on some really poor coding.

EDIT: Damn you beat me to it >_<

Even though Im super Jealous of you right now, im actually crossing my fingers that you'll get all the info first so everyone can see... preferablly me!!!

[pseudocognition]

The site will open in 20 minutes for me XD. I have a feeling it won't work. Congratulations Square-Enix on some really poor coding.

Oh, Square Enix. Getting our hopes up like you always do, then crushing them like you always do. But we will kiss your feet once you do deliver like we always do.

To bed, then. I bet the only "correct" clock in this situation is the one corresponding to the time zone in which the game is being developed. That means I can get some sleep and not miss anything. Muhaha.

[boomiko]

Oh, Square Enix. Getting our hopes up like you always do, then crushing them like you always do. But we will kiss your feet once you do deliver like we always do.

To bed, then. I bet the only "correct" clock in this situation is the one corresponding to the time zone in which the game is being developed. That means I can get some sleep and not miss anything. Muhaha.
ur probly right about the time zone thing **sigh**:(

[Nex]

Still about 14 hours for me, same as the European countdown. The Japanese website won't update on any of my fucking computers so I don't know if that ones the same. I'm still seeing the same Japanese site they released weeks ago.

Note that I'm pretty much in the same timezone as Japan.

[eatlimegreen]

I just changed my timezone. The site will open in 20 minutes for me XD. I have a feeling it won't work. Congratulations Square-Enix on some really poor coding.

EDIT: Damn you beat me to it >_<
You don't need to change the timezone just change the flash player settings from loop to play, and the box for the trailer will appear.

[Saki Liu]

.... This is a lot more interesting then Homework!!

Who will view the trailer first? It rests upon Square-enix's hands...

... wow, that was my dorky moment of the day :D

[Kitmitsu]

You don't need to change the timezone just change the flash player settings from loop to play, and the box for the trailer will appear.

I know <3 We were doing that a couple of days ago. I was just testing the unlikely possibility that something might happen if I change my timezone to trick it.

[chaosblade77]

Nobody can see it yet, since it seems like they haven't uploaded it. Might get it an hour early or something at best as they prepare for it, but not several hours before.

[Rade]

Does this trailer box look big enough to have a HD video in? The US site won't even load for me -_-

[Saki Liu]

Does this trailer box look big enough to have a HD video in? The US site won't even load for me -_-

not really, it's the same size as the SD one for me!!!

[Neal]

Me too. Hopefully they will update it or something. :aldo: Its probably more like high quality and low quality.

[eatlimegreen]

I know <3 We were doing that a couple of days ago. I was just testing the unlikely possibility that something might happen if I change my timezone to trick it.
Oh.. Sorry

[chocobosmoogles]

not really, it's the same size as the SD one for me!!!

I'm most certain it will be 720p video format.

And SD will be a flash one?

Oh, that's why we have the FULL SCREEN.

[pseudocognition]

Now that we've discounted the US counters... The JP site's still got 13 and a half hours, that's 11 tomorrow. Urgh phail. A morning trailer would be better than coffee and cinnamon rolls combined.

Good night everybody!

[Adam Blade]

lol SE. At least mines correct.

[boomiko]

probably 720p but how do we get it to see it on somthing that can actually show 720 to its best unless we have a big monitor or are hooked up to a tv cuz theres no download sectoin

[Saki Liu]

Now that we've discounted the US counters... The JP site's still got 13 and a half hours, that's 11 tomorrow. Urgh phail. A morning trailer would be better than coffee and cinnamon rolls combined.

Good night everybody!

9am for me!!!

[Milyc]

I think the US site launchs first, since it is the only one that doesn't say anything about a trailer or a revelation, like the JP and EUR ones do.

So it may open a tad early, and then the trailer comes out simultaneously on all three sites.

[Nex]

I think when you click HD the whole box will get bigger, just like the old official site with the E3 08 trailer.

Just over 13 hourss left, it'll be 5am for me.

[JRoscoe]

Ugh, 4am Thursday for me ~! But I'll be up anyway lol.

[Sadistic]

Right now the JAP site says 13 h 14 m for me, that's 2am tomorrow morning. Hmm, the US site...

[Milyc]

It will 2pm for me. A very good time.

[Saki Liu]

Ugh, well I gotta get my homework done. i'll check back later... in the middle of the night... Only for Final fantasy XIII. This game is seriously taking over my life.

... Hope it all goes well!!!!

[Fantasy Ranger]

Mmm... lets see the JAP one has 12 hrs,44 min EU 12 hrs 14 min? And the US one is!? Huh? Damn Square Enix, manage your websites properly! Anyway no school for me for 1 week cause of Chinese New Year in Malaysia!! Woohoo!

[Cassette Assassin]

Damn.

I'm going to be asleep when the trailer opens. >_<

[chocobosmoogles]

NO SCHOOL TOMORROW! DALLAS AREA!! :wub:

[Rokuro]

They might be fixing the U.S. site, last I checked it was about 9 and a half hours, but I checked ten minutes later and it had added an hour to the timer.

[Hisakata]

NO SCHOOL TOMORROW! DALLAS AREA!! :wub:
WOO! Same here! Cept I'm in Plano 8D

[monkeybananayum]

For me the timers have 11 hours, except the NA one, which has 8 hours. :blink: So for me the NA one should be open at 8 am.

I don't have school or anything, so I'll be here for the trailer.

And I really tried not to get my hopes up, but if this isn't the jump festa trailer, i'll be disappointed. *crosses fingers*

[dnegative]

Trailers will most likely be uploaded before the deadline

[lauryrg]

Maaan, I missing in all 9 hours. I don´t understand anything.

[RadicalDreamer]

All three timers showing the same time for me. :cool:

[Xion]

previously it was counting down to 7AM est, now its suddenly 11AM est? -_-'

[Rokuro]

All 3 are counting down to 9am here

[Neal]

http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/6885/1seccz3.jpg

Countdown reset to 8 hours :aldo: I'm going back to bed. :wtf:

[JRoscoe]

All 3 sites have synced up their times for me now, and are counting down to 5am (NZ), like they always have.

[Sabin]

I've not have a problem with the US site at all. 5 hours left, 17pm today it is for me.

It's been counting down 17pm 2008 28/1 all the time.

[Paskoww]

Same here...

but since a few minutes the NA Site doesnt load completely.

After 100% it stays black!

[DarkWan]

Same here...

but since a few minutes the NA Site doesnt load completely.

After 100% it stays black!

Agreed, I mean they have to wait and then make sure that the three sites able to start showing us the trailer so the whole world can see it at once at the same time even if we are different in timezone!

[pseudocognition]

Morning everybody!

Four more hours... 8D Guess it' still 11 AM for me. Back to bed.

[OmiVersusXIV]

yea 4 me its goint to be 8 o clock just ten minutes before skoo starts

[pseudocognition]

Nice, I took a nap and now it's 9:30. An hour and a half to go! And SNOW DAYYYY!

[chocobosmoogles]

Nice, I took a nap and now it's 9:30. An hour and a half to go! And SNOW DAYYYY!

The gods have blessed us. I'm from ELLIS.

[pseudocognition]

The gods have blessed us. I'm from ELLIS.

I know, right? This is the first damn convenient series of coincidences I've experienced in a long while. Totally better than the occasional school day where all of my teachers neglect to check homework. Lulz. I'm sitting here with delicious breakfast pastries and hot coffee and mmmm. Life is good.

[Lulzparty]

40 minutes left for me

[Kitmitsu]

I'm gonna close this thread now so please continue discussion before the trailer is released in here: http://finalfantasy-xiii.net/forums/showthread.php?p=148848#post148848