How some "lucky" people got their hands on Gears 2 early

[Kantham]

http://forums.epicgames.com/showpost.php?p=25591268&postcount=24

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2008/oct/18/suspect-charged-in-game-thefts/

This is how people were playing early. Fortunately, they've been tracked down. All gamertags have been recorded for banning purposes, so if you bought one, you better not play it.

[Iron Archer]

I played mine on Nov 6th, since Amazon sent my order out on Nov 5th.