If you lived in the UK, you had to wait 24 hours for Sky Atlantic. If you lived in Australia, you had to wait even longer. For fans in India, Southeast Asia, or South America, the show might not air for weeks.

In the sprawling landscape of modern television history, few cultural events hit quite like Game of Thrones . When Season 2 aired back in 2012, the world was a very different place. Netflix was still primarily a DVD-by-mail service transitioning to streaming, HBO’s own streaming platform, HBO Go, was notorious for crashing under the weight of dragons, and the average viewer had a choice: pay the "Gold Price" (a hefty cable subscription) or pay the "Iron Price" (piracy).

Did you watch Season 2 via VODrip back in the day? Or were you one of the brave souls refreshing HBO Go at 9:01 PM? Let us know in the comments.