Here's a pro tip:

The surest way to get the download started faster is dedication and.... willing it.... [squints eyes]

bare with me it'll make sense...

First start out with a glass of dirty water.... it needs to be good and dirty. If you got some spare radioisotopic material, that's ideal. Just swish it in, but make sure you take it out before consuming. Real important you don't choke now.

Now, if you already took a shower today, you need to quit that, it wont help with concentration. Deodorant is a defenite no. Brushing your teeth, well, that's acceptable - if you use your sleeve. Just buff off the plaque.

Some dirt might also set the mood as well as some gunpowder. Just go ahead and sprinkle over you, the keyboard and well anywhere that just feels right.

Now with the room ambience,

If you have some spare concrete or large rocks then, just go right ahead bring em on in; arrange them a little randomly BUT please be a bit creative - it's your room, we got to make it inviting right? I would say, that maybe singe some elements of furniture or walls but hey, we don't want to go blowing ourselves up with that gunpower we got crazy with, heh, that would be nuts. So, just go ahead and sprinkle some charcoal here and there... make some happy black spots with it too - whatever feels right. Heck maybe go a little crazy and demolish a few things in your room.

Now, it's time to get serious, go ahead and sit down in front of the computer.....

Open your steam library

then open your steam store

wait 5 seconds

Open your steam library

then open your steam store

wait 5 seconds

Open your steam library

then open your steam store

wait 5 seconds

Repeat as neccessary until it populates. Eventually, if you do it enough it will show up - given enough time. Proceed to download. While waiting for it to complete the transfer, lets try staying in that frantic post apocolyptic mood by doing.....

Open your steam library

then open your steam store

wait 5 seconds

Open your steam library

then open your steam store

wait 5 seconds

.........



/long nod and winks.

yw

Interesting idea for getting mentally prepared, but I think, when I wait for the game to install, I will just run around my room or doing some weird dance while hyperventilating.

The obsession is palpable, gaming forums freak me out sometimes haha

Speaking of getting mentally prepared, my Fallout beer arrived today

OCD

Agh beer!

Great topic reminded me I need to buy mucho beer to be be prepared.

Take a breath.

Drive to gamestop at 10pm: because they make you exchange your receipt for a new one for some reason.

Drive home and watch something extremely funny to take your mind off of game. Take a breath.

Drive back to gamestop at 11:55pm.

Stand in line

Stand in line

Get to counter, Take game

Walk nervously back to the car trying not to get run over by all the other idiots peeling out to get home.

Get in car, take a breath:

Drive as carefully as possible, taking back roads and barren streets to avoid any collision hazards, drunk drivers and antsy bored police.

Make it home, drive into driveway, park car in garage. Take a breath.

Walk inside home, lock doors, go to bathroom, go pee.

very, very, very carefully walk downstairs to t.v. room.. This is the last hazard, one false step and you break your neck. Take a breath.

Fiddle with game wrapping for about five minutes before grabbing scissors.

Turn on console, put in game, wait nervously for it to start installing. Take a breath

Sit on couch.. Take a deep long sigh. You've made it. You're still alive.

Start flipping through game guide while game installs.

Game installed.. deep, deep, deep sigh of relief.

Pass out from all the stress.

Wake up and play the game.

Wake up at 6am with my wife on Tuesday morning and see her off to work.

Crank volume and become enthralled.

Edit: Forgot to put in pre-game dump.

My wife just rolls her eyes when I proudly wear my Nuka Cola shirt and I get compliments from FO fans when we go out. Sad thing is, I'm almost 50, bald and excited lol.

Indeed. Surely none of the readers out there are seriously considering my 'tips'. Then again, there's quite a fervor for this game. Uhg.

Quote this and let me know how it tastes! Not that I'll ever get it here in Oz..

Mine as well, knocking on the half century and im excited, have booked 2 days off work and I've just spent bundles on Amazon so that I can post gameplay on my Youtube channel.

I keep getting reminded I'm not a teenager anymore - sad thing is, I know