[Kiril]

As a European beta tester and future player I can understand where Greymain is coming from they could have kept 5% of the griffon in reserve till the following morning and release them so the Europeans could get them, but I also understand that the time difference to Europe and through out Europe make it hard for sigil to do these things. SOE have a server farm in Amsterdam which might be used for the launch which would be great unless Koch Media is in charge of that aswell, which could explain delays and such.
One of the things that really annoyes me tho isn't the fact that the support for Europe is running hot and cold at times, its the replies mainly on the OVFs and kinda with Aadwens line "Europe has video game makers. They can make MMO's also" We also make TV shows yet you's still get them, and quite quickly and easily, games shouldn't be any different and for the main aren't for example the company I work with should be recieving copies of Supreme Commander from THQ 2 weeks before offical release. People qoute the fact the Europe is made up of lots of different countries and languages and such as excuses for the lack of information on the European front, but most Europeans are Bilingual at least. The EU has laws for games coming into the EU, and that means once the game passes the laws it can be sold at ease, in the one currency in most countries. SOE know this as they launched EQ2 expansions (not sure on the launch of EQ2) at the same time in Europe as the US because they are already a company in the EU its very very easy for them to sell in the EU, so you can understand the confusion of us Europeans when Sigil brought in Koch Media for European publishing when SOE are already here.
Europeans take up about 18% of the WOW population, US players take up 25% so I can understand the emphasis on US players to an extent, but (now this will be controversal) in general history of media (film, games, books etc.) the more hardcore has had bigger uptake in Europe, there are alot more artfarty people over here not looking for instance fixes which is the opposite in the generalized view of Americans on this side of the water. I know this reads like a rant, and it is, but it is a very sore point with me at the moment after reading lots of posts on the OVF with people asking for information and being treated badly by the flamers on the board. I know no posts in this thread or on these forums (which I think are great btw) are like that, its just LordOfLA's and Aadwen's posts, while I know were not intended in the way I read them did make me see red and sorry for that, and I only rant with and at the best people.