So apparently some scammer joined the MeFight Borderlands group and started phishing. He's gone, but as the group's owner, I do apologize for that, and I have set the group private to prevent this from happening again. I have also given officer status to those who warned me as well as anyone who has recently posted in the MeFight Borderlands thread. If you would also like to be an officer, please let me know.

According to this developer post on the official Gearbox forums, the release time has been confirmed as midnight eastern standard time on Monday, October 26th for the US and Canada and internationally by Friday, October 30th.

http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com/showpost.php?p=1577004&postcount=185

However, I guess Steam doesn't unlock the game until noon PST - lame.