fix the phone lines

this is beyond a joke now.

ive been ringing since 11 am yesterday morning to activate via phone and everytime it cuts me off after 3 activation keys telling me my code is invalid, well it isnt.

and no1 from si has had the courtesy (the very least you people owe us ) to explain whether this is gonna be resolved?

help? im not going away

well.......?

Have you tried to activate the other ways?

You expect a reply on a forum within 4 minutes?

EDIT: Sorry I know you are frustrated. As Mike7077 said try activating the other ways if you can.

yer i do expect a reply seeing as i have been waiting for once since 11 am yesterday

the very very least they can do

I appreciate you're frustrated, but please refrain from swearing.

I can't help you with your problem by the way, but someone else might be able to.

Are you able to activate via the Internet at all?

i have refrained from swearing, just about

i have refrained from swearing, just about

There's a swear word in your thread title, and no amount of asterisks hides that fact.

i have refrained from swearing, just about

You haven't. Anyway, I've amended your topic title now.

MATE I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM, i thought it was me. I guess not, WTF?!

I know my code is correct but i get rejected everytime, WELL ITS NOT WRONG!

thanks for amending the title. that will fix everything

this really is a shambles

Btw, can anyone confirm that there isn't a limit of how many tries you can have to activate the game, cos if there is i won't be PLEASED!

NOBS.

Can you activate on the Internet?

Also there was a problem distinguishing the i's and 1's and o's and 0's on the activation code.

I feel your pain.

I am activated - however, I feel your pain.

When I couldn't activate via internet, I tried the phone option and got a dead-line; however, that was yesterday at peak activation time.

Later I found I could really activate via the internet even though I was misled into thinking that I could not.

i cant activate on the internet no and my code is right, i have checked and checked again

i appreciate you are trying to help im just extremely frustrated. this is getting ridiculous

Btw, can anyone confirm that there isn't a limit of how many tries you can have to activate the game, cos if there is i won't be PLEASED!

NOBS.

OK, first of all, don't start name-calling. Secondly, there isn't a limit.

Can you activate on the Internet?

Also there was a problem distinguishing the i's and 1's and o's and 0's on the activation code.

my laptop has a great graphics card but no net so i want to play the game on the laptop and not on my pc with net, and btw i put my code through the link given by SI, so it's not a coincidence both me and robby have the same prob, the phone activation is hindered somehow.

OK, first of all, don't start name-calling. Secondly, there isn't a limit.

Sorry mate and good news on the no limit thing. At least i have a little patience now.

i cant activate on the internet no and my code is right, i have checked and checked again

i appreciate you are trying to help im just extremely frustrated. this is getting ridiculous

I quite understand. I'm sorry I can't help you, but I've just noticed that Marc says he's looking into it.

ok thanks Gills.

i appreciate you having the courtesy to acknowledge my request

i cant activate on the internet no and my code is right, i have checked and checked again

i appreciate you are trying to help im just extremely frustrated. this is getting ridiculous

Yeah, I understand how frustrating it is. I got the game yesterday and could not activate it until nearly midnight.

Hopefully you all get it working very soon.

any other people having this problem?

Hey, with regard to:

i cant activate on the internet no and my code is right, i have checked and checked again

What is happening? What error message do you get? Thousands of people were just being told that the application could not get an intenet connection and to check their internet connection - is this happening to you?

I am not sure about the capitals - the code is surely case-less?

Mine went through in lower case, but didn't go through in upper-case. HOWEVER; the major problem here (in my opinion) is the application doesn't give enough info to the customer as to what the connection problem is. Most people bashed their way through activation by ignoring the message and just kept retrying.

what is the phone number - I'm really loosing the rag with getting this game to work.

Thanks

Just to add, I have to admit when I did mine last night it didn't work in lower case, but it did work in capitals

it worked me in caps said i had wrong code when i did it in lower case

yep works for me in caps

id just like to say thank you to Marc for his efforts in getting this going.

You and only you have done SI proud

Doe any1 have the number so I can try that way because it just aint accepting my code online, cheers.

If the code is meant to be uppercase - like on the back of the manuals - why did the utility thing export the code in lower case?

It is almost like it was to slow people down in activating. I mean, if the code is case-specific, why give the opposite version?

I still maintain that the software should never have just told people that it couldn't get an internet connection (and to check their connection) when, in fact, it was a server issue.

It all makes me suspicious that it was known that there would be huge demand and there had to be various ways to slow down the activation process.

I mean, surely the activation process was dry-tested? Surely, it was pre-tested in relation to the servers being busy? I still don't buy the fact that someone badly programmed it or nobody noticed, etc. Busy servers were surely incredibly high on the list of discussions (prior to the game being launched) - surely someone asked what happens when the servers are busy.

I don't buy the fact that it was all an accident.

Someone must know whether or not the key is meant to be upper or lower case and have known this at the point the key-checking tool was put online? This is surely critcal and couldn't possibly go wrong?

I hope whatever official statment that comes out on Monday covers all of this - if not, I will certainly make my own enquiries.

+1 to the happy camp. Please spread the word with this 'workaround'

Works, top man Marc.

It is pathetic that there HAS to be a workaround. People with pirated copies were able to use it, but those that purchased couldn't. PATHETIC SI!!!!!!!!

What is the phone line number?

Check on the game, click phone application and it gives you the number when u select UK

Not really a workaround the letters are in capitals on the manual.

Check on the game, click phone application and it gives you the number when u select UK

it then asks for a 16 digit code, the code i have from the manual has letters in it. any further help?

Anyone have an answer to this ?????

I have a 25 digit code with letters in it, yet on the phone I'm being asked for a 16 digit code ???

Antmurf,

entering your key code from the booklet, generates the 16 digit code. Don't ring the number before you have selected phone activation first on the soft anchor page.

If you have already done this, I can't help anymore I'm afraid!