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[sprsk]

Oh yeah? Well here's good music from a good show.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=TZ5j9cnCA1I

I just wanted to say that we were BFF.

 

[DefectiveReject]

Obonyasumi- Nice :-{

Head of Games, could be an internal title from within Virgin, like Head of Music. But as its from Nintendo, i doubt Nintendo have an head of games!!

 

[Spencerr]

What's Obonyasumi?

 

[Stink]

This is just for Virgin Megastores.
They'll probably put some in other chains too.

There are over 80 Virgin Megastores in the UK, not counting the "XS" minibranches.

 

[thefro]

Obonyasumi- Nice :-{

Head of Games, could be an internal title from within Virgin, like Head of Music. But as its from Nintendo, i doubt Nintendo have an head of games!!

I'd think it'd be Head of Games Department, VP of Games Department, Director of Games Division, General Manager, region 2 Games Division, etc etc.

Still doesn't explain why there's no contact info, or anything identifying the company he works for in the signature. Every single corporate e-mail I've seen sent in all my years of IT has that stuff.

 

[Rocked]

It says they'll be contacting them to arrange the installation on the 14th, not that they're actually being installed then.

I remember my local GAME store had a clock counting down for Eternal Darkness. :lol

 

[DefectiveReject]

I'd think it'd be Head of Games Department, VP of Games Department, Director of Games Division, General Manager, region 2 Games Division, etc etc.

Still doesn't explain why there's no contact info, or anything identifying the company he works for in the signature. Every single corporate e-mail I've seen sent in all my years of IT has that stuff.

Yeah i picked up the From field etc in my first post!!

Anyway that Obonyasumi, is the festival of the dead or something, 2 days bank holiday today and tomorrow according to Google

 

[Spencerr]

PS. This looks just like an internal memo the department/grocery store I work at would have.

 

[Mr Toast]

Do you know how the phrase "give or take" is used?

No, I finished a maths degree without learning estimation.

There are other 'round numbers' close to/give or take 100 - eg 90 or 110.

 

[8bit]

Obonyasumi- Nice :-{

Head of Games, could be an internal title from within Virgin, like Head of Music. But as its from Nintendo, i doubt Nintendo have an head of games!!

If you google for "Head of Games" & Virgin Megastores, it turns up one James Cooke in that role at Virgin. That name looks as if it would fit in the whiteout space.

 

[Spencerr]

No, I finished a maths degree without learning estimation.

There are other 'round numbers' close to/give or take 100 - eg 90 or 110.

Give or take 100 means plus or minus 100...

 

[Mr Toast]

Give or take 100 means plus or minus 100...

Like I said, maths degree. Not english.

 

[thetrin]

Yeah i picked up the From field etc in my first post!!

Anyway that Obonyasumi, is the festival of the dead or something, 2 days bank holiday today and tomorrow according to Google

that depends on the company. Many of my students get 5 fays off for Obon.

 

[Spencerr]

Like I said, maths degree. Not english.

lol. Fair. I will now subject you to a lame math joke.

What's the anti-derivative of 1/(cabin) d(cabin)?

A house boat. LOLZ IF YOU GET IT YOU'RE A SUPER NERD

Spoiler

ln(cabin) + c ... Natural Log Cabin And The Sea = House boat, yes it's horrible

 

[Mr Toast]

lol. Fair. I will now subject you to a lame math joke.

What's the anti-derivative of 1/(cabin) d(cabin)?

A house boat. LOLZ IF YOU GET IT YOU'RE A SUPER NERD

Spoiler

ln(cabin) + c ... Natural Log Cabin And The Sea = House boat, yes it's horrible

:lol I love it!

 

[MrPing1000]

uk company usa date. Try again.

 

[SantaC]

sounds like we'll see a solid releasedate from Nintendo very soon.

 

[Jasoco]

uk company usa date. Try again.

Bingo. :lol

 

[Stevek211]

Fair enough thats pretty logical but for example my house phone has an American date on it I also can't changethat. Some pieces of kit sold here do use the American style...

 

[Nicktals]

There is a Liverpool in Illinois , New York, Pennsylvania, Texas and West Virginia as well (and even one in Canada!).
:lol

Oh, go to Hell.


Anyways, seems fake, but also seems like such a bizarre thing to fake. I mean, some places having a countdown clock seems reasonable, and assuming there will be some, they will probably have to start being talked about. Isn't that all this said?

 

[Ash Sparrow]

i need the Wii countdown clock for my house.

 

[Blue Geezer]

hmmm

so thats virgin then eh?

I will have to pop round to them today.

 

[Cosmonaut X]

Interesting. To address some of the other points mentioned:

I think its fake. Surely if anything was gonna go out about Wii, it’d happen in Japan firstly. As it’d get released there first.

Who says a promo campaign hasn't already been discussed with Japanese retailers? Just because this is the first mention of a pre-launch campaign doesn't mean other firms across other territories haven't been preparing for one.

Also, don’t Emails have a “Sent from” on, and why would it show the BCC on an email? Isn’t the whole point of BCC the fact that you don’t want to show who its gone to?

Dunno about this one. I'm sure I've seen emails that show an empty BCC field before.

And a big thing, the mail has the date in American style, yet its to British or should be said, ENGLISH stores.

Unusual, but not unheard of. The company I work for uses American format dating, and I'm sure others do as well.

Also if this is from Nintendo, which I’d guess it must be, haven’t Nintendo stated time and again its just Wii this time, Not Nintendo Wii or any other combination of words

There's nothing there to suggest it's from Nintendo, though. It appears that it's a mail from this company's management - specifically, the firm's Head of Games - going out to the stores on the list. Even if it was from Nintendo, I wouldn't be at all surprised if the use of "Wii" instead of "Nintendo Wii" wasn't observed across the board. Style guides are just that, after all.

Still doesn't explain why there's no contact info, or anything identifying the company he works for in the signature. Every single corporate e-mail I've seen sent in all my years of IT has that stuff

Good point, though the email is cut off just a line after the sender's title. Plenty of room for a sig below with any corporate/contact info. Given the care taken to blot out the names, email addresses etc. I'd be surprised if that info had been left in.

If you google for "Head of Games" & Virgin Megastores, it turns up one James Cooke in that role at Virgin. That name looks as if it would fit in the whiteout space.

Yup, tried that one myself.

Give it a few weeks & we'll find out whether the countdown clocks are a genuine scheme or not.

 

[JonathanEx]

It's hard to assume they will not happen. They've had countdown clocks to DS Lite recently, and tend to have ones every Christmas.

 

[impirius]

This confirms what I've suspected for a while... Wii will launch sometime after August 14th

 

[Smiles and Cries]

GAF does it again got me all hyped for nothing

 

[Scotch]

Nintendo invented time travel.

Ah yes. Nintendo will go back in time to launch the Wii before Xbox 360. Brilliant!

 

[Lé Blade Runner]

Bah - how I would like this to be true!

Darn it.

 

[__Andrea__]

SO where is the damn countdown? :lol

 

[MrPing1000]

Fair enough thats pretty logical but for example my house phone has an American date on it I also can't changethat. Some pieces of kit sold here do use the American style...

true it is possible that it's a uk company but the memo software they use won't let them put the date around the other way but it would be kinda odd.