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MachoMyers · 05-20-2024, 12:16 PM

Living in Canada in those '02-'06 years so super rough. You either ordered the US version and paid extra shipping and duty to get it on release date or scheduled a 'trip' to a US border town. I did all of these things to get my hands on NCAA.

To think now you just have to press "Buy Now" and you have it.

Then there was the year I was home from College during the summer and forgot my PS2 Gameshark at school so I had two options for the rosters until I got back to school. Enter them all manually or make friends with a guy from my city on MaddenMania.com (remember?). Of course it was totally normal to message someone on a website, get a bunch of beers, go to their house across the city and swap memory cards and play games all night. I remember having to tell my girlfriend at the time what I was up to and was just meant with empty stares. What a time to be alive.

05-20-2024, 12:16 PM	#37
MachoMyers Old School OVR: 20 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: The Kingdom Posts: 7,671	Re: What is your EACFB pre-release ritual? Living in Canada in those '02-'06 years so super rough. You either ordered the US version and paid extra shipping and duty to get it on release date or scheduled a 'trip' to a US border town. I did all of these things to get my hands on NCAA. To think now you just have to press "Buy Now" and you have it. Then there was the year I was home from College during the summer and forgot my PS2 Gameshark at school so I had two options for the rosters until I got back to school. Enter them all manually or make friends with a guy from my city on MaddenMania.com (remember?). Of course it was totally normal to message someone on a website, get a bunch of beers, go to their house across the city and swap memory cards and play games all night. I remember having to tell my girlfriend at the time what I was up to and was just meant with empty stares. What a time to be alive.