while we on the SoA subject. i plan on pre ordering the digital download now. i never pre order a download before so my guess is i can download it now then wait till it come out on server or so? ( my dsl is not the fastest reason while iam asking o.o.)

also i wanna buy 1 for my hong Kong friend too. do i get some kinda number/code to give to her then can download it from the main SE site?