I honestly have no issue with people claiming threads a few weeks, even a month before a game releases. It allows the OP to do a nice job like what Skull did with the OP. Also including a Meta predictions and constant update. By having an active thread it cuts down on the chances of other people creating threads at the same time. I really don't like when people just show one review site and make it a thread, usually positive, or negative in nature. So I'm all for these types of threads.
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