I began the download last night. I had to register yet another NC Soft account because for the life of me I couldnt remember what my two old account usernames or passwords were. I had one for GW and one for COH.

I followed the links and was rather chuffed to see the game downloading...then I watched in horror as the Aion desktop icon changed to state "Aion; N America". I was like "whoa there lil' buddy. I dont wanna play with no cotton pickin' dang yankee's. I want proper British umbrella holders drinking Pims and Tea with their little pinkies held out. Cancelling the download and following another altogether different link I managed to find the EU version.

Satisfied that I had triumphed over Colonialism and was a true PC genius I decided to let it download at its paltry 86kbps (even when I switched off the firewall), and so went to watch TV for a bit. I fell asleep! When I awoke at 2am I discovered the PC was off. Ruddy Vista and its "power off" features!!!

I have left strict instructions with eldest son on what to do (and most importantly what not to do) before I left for work. The game is 5Gb, so at this rate it might be finished by the time I get home tonight.