My work has it in place that you have to request off no later than 14 days prior to the time you want to take. Literally nothing about cancelling time off and such.

Technically since the date is pushed by two weeks, I can still rescind my time off and put in for the 3rd to 17th... but then what if there's another delay lol...

I was really looking forward to the late November release, because it was before my family hobbles together under one roof and eventually gets tired of one another/makes me unable to even sleep in my own house.

It'll always be there, but I wanted to be ahead of any spoilers, because so many folks can't contain themselves.

Also, for all the folks deriding the folks who are upset that their time off may not align with the expansion, saying things like, "It's a first world problem. It's just a video game lol." I've spent my whole life getting ridicule like that from the same folks who get upset when inclement weather delays a sports function(same babies who get piss faced drunk and whine all night after). This is a big event for something we truly enjoy. Wanting time off for it is understandable, and time off is the most valuable thing we have.