Is anyone else taking a vacation from work for GTA IV?

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#1 MM87
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I'm on vacation from work from the 28th of April until May 6th and my friends, family and coworkers all can't believe I'm taking a vacation to play a videogame. It's a good thing I'm out of high school cause school vacation is this week and it would have been awful if vacation was the week before GTA came out.
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#2 zero9167
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lol

no im not

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#3 nitroracer82
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Well I do make the sched and thought about taking a day off but no, I probably wont. lol
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#4 fLaMbOaStiN
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I put my 2 weeks in at my job 2 weeks ago lol.. Not because of GTA but because the people i worked with were/are dicks.. Anyways, it works out for me i guess, cuz now i got a bunch of time to play GTA4 until i find a new job haha
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#5 mattius1989
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from the 28th to the sunday.
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#6 elmafia
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just found out that im free from school thursday and friday. guess I can play some gta then :)
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#7 War_Martyr
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Heh...my day off is on the game's release....it's proof that game was made for me.
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#8 Aaron89
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I wish I could take a week off of class, but unfortunately...
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#9 silentlord833
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I'm working this weekend, and taking tues, and wed, off, I guess thats kinda like taking time for the game, but I am not actually using vacation/sick time for the game, I'm just putting in the hours on other days. I don't blame you for doing that though, I took a week off when Halo 2 came out.
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#10 NeoGen85
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Haha. I remember when the Burning Crusade came out for World of Warcraft. There were people in my guild who actually quit their jobs to play it. If a game can make you quit your job; or is even part of the reason you definitely have your priorities wrong. Have fun though!

Blah. I won't take any days off for GTAIV, but that's not too bad compared to quiting. As long as the HR woman continues to do her thing, I don't mind going to work.

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#11 ag3ntz3rox0x
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wow a vacation to play gta4. obsessed?
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#12 elektrixxx
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I quit my job.
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#13 Awful_Cleric
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I took the 29th and 30th off of work.

Because the only work I'll be doing those two days is for the mafia!!

It's more fulfilling and the hours are better than my real job.

That and I spend less time trying to hide the bodies in liberty city.(I live in a small town not many stashing options)

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#14 chex81
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no, im working

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#15 2headedhawaiian
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Yes, I just don't know when, at this point.

I think I'm actually going to pre-order both versions, and wait for reviews. Then I'll just go pick whatever one up I want a day or so later.

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#16 IIJCII
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Taking the whole week off? Damn that is hardcore. My regular days off are Tuesday and Weds. And I get out of work just in time Monday night to get to my local midnight release. See how things are going but I may be calling out sick on this coming Thursday 2 full days may just not be enough.
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#17 Osiris786
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Haha I put in my two weeks notice this week, not for the game but it works out nicely. It seems like everyone is quitting their jobs haha.
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#18 basskill2000
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no offense to anyone who does this, but what are you thinking? wasting benefit time for a game. Yea I am excited about it too, I will be getting mine the day it launches, and probably play it all night, But I am not taking days off for it. there are priorities to keep in line. gaming is second unless I become a game tester. :D have fun anyways should be a great game.
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#19 The_Dark_Jester
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Well I wanted to but my girlfriend said no. Not that it matters though as I will have Mon.-Thur. off so I will have plenty of time to play then. Only thing that sucks is Fri.-Sun. are all 15 hour days...
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#20 silentlord833
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I can see the headlines now: "World Economy Brought to it's Knees Due to Video Game Release."

And then Later on: "Houser Named King of Planet Earth, New York now Known as 'Liberty City', Statue of Liberty Gets Face Lift."

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#21 deactivated-63f6895020e66
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No, I'm reserving my vacations for Gears of War 2. Two weeks of playin' GoW2 online... can't wait.

Nevertheless I will be spending a lot of time with GTAIV, for sure.

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#22 iboo01
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I Wish

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#23 Al_CaPope
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i'm at uni... got a 9-6 day on tuesday... already emailing lecturers saying i can't make any of the lectures! :P
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#24 shotputking
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taking 3 days off for NGII, and probably a week off for Gears 2... but none for GTA.
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#25 Expo_Smacko
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I have off the 28th but not the 29th. But I am not going to take off extra to make more play time.
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#26 deactivated-586291ff5899b
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I did take the day off for it - first part of the morning will be spent waiting for my local Gamestop to open as they are not having a midnight opening - so I'll be there for 9:30 to get my copy, hopefully home and playing before 10 AM as I only live about 3 miles away from the mall here.
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#27 MM87
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Well I wanted to but my girlfriend said no.The_Dark_Jester
I sure hope your joking about that. What's she your boss?
no offense to anyone who does this, but what are you thinking? wasting benefit time for a game.basskill2000
I have 42 vacation hours and a floating holiday and on July 1st I can only carry over 40 hours and no floating holidays as it's my anniversary at my job and I'll be getting another 80 vacation hours and 3 more floating holidays.