[Mariana]

I come to check the latest in speculation and you clowns are talking about pushing adoring fans off dive rock?! :stare:

All is quiet on Mike's secret front by the way.

yes we are, yes we are

[neen]

I can't help but feel like they filed the new trademark just to watch us go bonkers. :ahhh:

[Astargoth Rockin' Design]

The timing's certainly interesting. It means they either A ) recently realised they need more time and have to delay the announcement or B ) are getting ready to announce it soon. Either way, it's reassuring to know that our logic with the trademarks was correct. (Surely I wasn't the only one who was paranoid? )

[Julia Schwalbe]

i hope jeremy soule does the music, he adds so much to the game.

[Myles]

What are the possible motives for the filing?

A: they can't meet the use in commerce deadline (unlikely, given how low of a bar that is)
B: they can only meet the use in commerce deadline by announcing extremely early in the development phase (possible)
C: the trademark classifications have changed and Zenimax wanted the extra "features" that have been added (likely regardless of A and B)

Therefore, we are stuck with the possibility that B applies, and the near-certainty C does.

Translation: Zenimax "had" to file for this new trademark to gain extra protections. Whether or not they are announcing, the circumstances are such that the new application was all but inevitable. The Oblivion history proves that much. If there are secondary motives, we have only circumstantial evidence pointing towards a possible motive (expiration impending), while we have equally circumstantial evidence pointing towards the Use in Commerce being met by the middle of July (GI). Occam sez "Zenimax wants every last trademark protection they can get. Find out when the International Class 009 and 041 descriptions were updated before worrying further."

[Katey Meyer]

I come to check the latest in speculation and you clowns are talking about pushing adoring fans off dive rock?! :stare:

All is quiet on Mike's secret front by the way.

Hey, had you been gone so long that you missed where Zenimax filed for a new Skyrim trademark? For the same classifications as the game itself... thus our whole deadline to announce or lose the trademark is kinda moot. Just wanted to loop you back in if you aren't reading all the other posts about it.

[Code Affinity]

Hey guys! Look what I found!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0

[Euan]

Hey guys! Look what I found!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0

that is cruel and unusual! why would you do such a thing!

[Rik Douglas]

2008 called, it wants is crappy jokes back :rolleyes:

[Brιonα Renae]

Just trying to have fun while waiting

[Nick Jase Mason]

That's why you save first.

How would I reload if I was dead. This is real life we're talking about, Jim! Not some video game!

WOW i didnt know there is a difference between real life and videogames

Difference? Ha, that's crazy talk!

Is this real life or the Elder Scrolls plays us as a game?
Anyhow July I believe something will be announced. I hope.....

[Stacyia]

hmm is it just me or will they have to take the boards down to put the new TES:V section up? and if they do will they take it down when they announce it? might a key to look for us who dont have a subscription to GI

[Eoh]

They shouldn't need to.

[Saul C]

hmm is it just me or will they have to take the boards down to put the new TES:V section up? and if they do will they take it down when they announce it? might a key to look for us who dont have a subscription to GI

Not if the forum software is any good, they shouldn't. I work with forum software on a day-to-day basis and, given that this software is designed with some sort of quality (which it seems to be), they shouldn't ever have to interrupt the forum as a whole to accomplish anything other than the most major of tasks - server transfer, for example. Other than that, they should be able to do all sorts of things without ever revealing what they're up to to the general user base.

[Jose ordaz]

hmm is it just me or will they have to take the boards down to put the new TES:V section up? and if they do will they take it down when they announce it? might a key to look for us who dont have a subscription to GI

They didn't when they made the New Vegas forum, and I was on the forums when they did it, so I see no reason why they'd have to take the forum down to make the TES V section.

Hey guys! Look what I found!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0

It boggles my mind how people who post these things don't realize "Hey, by posting this I will lose all reputation and credibility in this thread and make absolutely nobody laugh in the process." :shakehead:

[Lynette Wilson]

I speculate hereforth thy following:
TES V shalt be thy mostest awesomest game in many, many years.

[Emily Jeffs]

So... whats everyones plans to deal with the sudden rush of excitement for that magical moment? Its quite dangerous you know...

[Davorah Katz]

So... whats everyones plans to deal with the sudden rush of excitement for that magical moment? Its quite dangerous you know...

Stab the adoring fan repeatedly, then resurrect him and do it again, is that ok? (jk)

I really hate this forum, mostly because you guys seem to find the important stuff right when I'm away :sadvaultboy:

I dearly hope that we'll get an announcement soon, I've read every post since my last (why must fate be so cruel that the new trademark is found mere posts after mine :cryvaultboy: ) And I am slightly more swayed towards the August cover being what we all want (Where's Waldo 2 )

[FirDaus LOVe farhana]

i too was browsing the Fallout section when the New Vegas forum spontaneously appeared before my eyes on a refresh...i wouldn't look for the forums to be down...what i would look for is more admin attention at the bottom of the page.


my plan is to do exactly what i did with the New Vegas forum addition: a single "w00t" post, followed by nothing but lurking, lurking, lurking...

[Glu Glu]

It boggles my mind how people who post these things don't realize "Hey, by posting this I will lose all reputation and credibility in this thread and make absolutely nobody laugh in the process." :shakehead:

Calm down, it's a joke. I've done it on other games I've been waiting for and they got a laugh. The ES:V crowd is tense >.<

[Marie]

Calm down, it's a joke. I've done it on other games I've been waiting for and they got a laugh. The ES:V crowd is tense >.<

It's the most told joke ever, and it was barely funny when it was fresh.

[zoe]

It's the most told joke ever, and it was barely funny when it was fresh.

I thinks its annoying and aggravating at the same time lol

[JD bernal]

Calm down, it's a joke. I've done it on other games I've been waiting for and they got a laugh. The ES:V crowd is tense >.<

You know why we're tense? Because we've been waiting for this game for more than 4 years. Posting rickrolls and fake links here is tantamount to going to the Duke Nukem Forever forum and making a topic saying "RELEASE DATE ANNOUNCED OMG" and posting a rickroll. It's not in the least bit funny or clever and it will just make people pissed off at you.

[gemma king]

Calm down, it's a joke. I've done it on other games I've been waiting for and they got a laugh. The ES:V crowd is tense >.<

1: The Astley thing was never funny. Ever.
2: Are you really surprised that the TES crowd is tense at the moment? You new here?

[luis dejesus]

Calm down, it's a joke. I've done it on other games I've been waiting for and they got a laugh. The ES:V crowd is tense >.<

We are dying for an TES:V , a little joke like that makes us want to RAGE! ( not the game kiddies )