I went back today. Wasn't too bad, really fucked up scheduling because we had a partial snow day during exams. I now have to study for my last hour exam which I am taking tomorrow morning, and then going on to my 2nd semester classes. Fucked up? Tell me about it.
Some games (GW, for example), allow people who have pre-ordered it to begin playing 24 hours before it is launched. So in that case "at launch" is the better phrase to use - ie, at launch being when the servers are open to everyone.
I don't see why you should be bothered about Sov's sig. I cleared my cache, cookies, everything, and yet it still loads faster than your avatar.