**Official MLB 2K8 "Who's got it? Where is it? Where'd you find it?" Thread**

[wsu_gb23]

Quote: Originally Posted by boomhauertjs

Circuit City is supposed to e-mail me when the game becomes available. Don't know whether that will occur instantaneously (more likely tonight). I'll stop there on my way home from work. It should be in by then (4:30).

I wouldn't trust circuit city e-mailing you. Don't get me wrong, I really like circuit city, but the last time I had them e-mail me when NBA 2K8 was in stock and that didn't happen until like a week after I already picked up the game from circuit city. However, I did get the game on release day.

[DannyMac910]

I called GameStop and it's in today! I'm locking myself in my room for the rest of the day.

[porkchop]

just uh... waitin' for lunch to roll around and I'll go scoop it up. Not that I'll actually be able to play the thing until at LEAST 7 pm, but hey at least I'll have it in my hot little hands...

[BigH2k6]

Quote: Originally Posted by BoA

that's a temporary at fix at best, and can actually further damage it

The towel trick is temporary, yes. But what I was talking about is the X-clamp replacement fix. What I was saying about the towel trick is that, if the 360 works after doing the towel trick, that indicates that it can be fixed by the X-clamp replacement fix. The x-clamp replacement fix replaces the flimsy x-clamps which hold the heatsink of the GPU and CPU by pressure by actual machine screws which prevents the flexing of the motherboard when the 360 gets warm. It is the flexing of the board that causes the solder on the GPU to slighty come undone causing GPU error.

I've had great success with fixing my 360 and a friend's.

See here for details on the fix : [HTML]http://www.llamma.com/xbox360/repair/ring_of_light_x-clamp_fix.htm

[ehh]

I got my automated call from GS unusually late last night but my cell was roam-only so who knows what time it actually came in.

They said I should be able to pick it up after 2pm EST. I coulda sworn up until the last few years every store would have a game on the release date as soon as their store opened. The last several sports games I've gotten haven't been available until late afternoon.

[thornie]

Quote: Originally Posted by ehh

I got my automated call from GS unusually late last night but my cell was roam-only so who knows what time it actually came in. They said I should be able to pick it up after 2pm EST. I coulda sworn up until the last few years every store would have a game on the release date as soon as their store opened. The last several sports games I've gotten haven't been available until late afternoon.

When I was younger I worked at a Sam Goody (haha remember those?) Any way, on Monday nights when the store was closed we would put all the new music and games up on the new release racks, so they were already up for sale as soon as the gates opened in the morning. It amazes me that it's not done this way anymore.

[Metsui]

Just checked my local Wal-mart. No dice. They didn't have it in the back either. The stock guy had The Show for PS3, PS2, and PSP on his cart by the display but no 2k8 yet.

[timisone]

Just talked to my local gamestop, he said about an hour. Going go to circuit city, walmart and by then it should be an hour. Hopefully Circuit city has it and i dont have to go through the rest. Wish me luck