Spent several hours earlier getting all the work/studying I needed to do done, especially so I could play Shogun 2: TW tonight, since it's been ages since I had a chance to play it, and I still haven't got round to finishing a campaign yet. Then I log into Steam, all ready and excited to play it, only for it to tell me I'm not allowed to until it's downloaded a 5.2GB patch. At ~120KB/s. So that's my plans for the evening ruined

Well I agree that the endless eight is among the worst fan trolls of history.
Gotta agree with this one. I watched 4 full episodes of that arc then fast-forwarded thru the 5th before I rage-quit the show. I deliberately avoid spoilers on any show I watch, so I took the full force of that trolling. Wow, that ticked me off. This is the rare case where I wish I had read the spoilers so I could have just skipped the arc altogether. I might have enjoyed the rest of the show, but I'll never know now.
Nah you're not missing much, but definitively watch the movie if you haven't you will love it. It was made from what I think is the best book of the series.
Agreed, the movie is amazing (Though I personally thought the most recent books (9-11) were the best, Disappearance comes very close), and anyone who hasn't seen it definitely should, even if you didn't particularly enjoy the TV series.