Btw, before the Beta/Pre-EGA forums were wiped, someone had a Poll up asking the Beta (weekend + General) testers when they pre-ordered, and a large sampling of people voted on the Poll.
About 55% of respondents answered July 21st.
The remaining 45% of non-July.21's were spread over the remaining 4 months (since this was early December for the poll), at about 8-12% each month. November had more than the other months, as did August. Nov being 2x Testing weekend month, so many who did not per-order -- did.
So, if you take the above info into the math or the fold, and with what I've read on S.R.'s Twitter page, and the known number of about 936,000 physical pre-orders and an estimated 400,000 digital pre-orders, i'd have to say that:
- December 13: Waves 1-5 of EGA dealt with 70% of July.21 Pre-orders. ~420,000 EGA accounts.
- December 14: Waves 6-10, to deal with remainiing 30% of July.21 P.E.'s. ~190,000 EGA accounts + remaining July orders (~80-100,000 EGA accounts) + first week of August (~ 50,000).
- December 15: Waves 11-15, to deal with remaining 150,000 from August, 200,000 from September.
- December 16: Waves 16-20, to deal with October 180,000 + November 220,000.
- December 16: December orders, totalling about 58,000. Bonus wave to account for last orders. Any PE's bought between end-of-day Dec.16 and Dec.19 evening, are given 1-day PE EGA.
This is based off what i've culled from Twitter account postings, VGchartz weekly and monthly totals, Deltas, and estimated digital pre-orders. So take with a grain of salt, but that's how I see it happening.
I've PE'd Oct.26. I'd be happy with Dec.20. I'll take Dec.16. But I'm not freaking out. Dec.20 is a certainty - if I get time before that, then great.
11.11.11 Squadron.