Servers Down?

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Originally Posted by SabrielofLorien

I HOPE they are having a party!

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Best comment yet!

At a certain point in your life you will hit a highly stressful event.... and I am a true believer that you should throw a party!

There isnt a soul out there that thinks this was "planned". You got to know it has got to be a major stress factor on them.... so get it, understand it and go find something else to do.

For Turbine... throw a party and fix the problem. Just stressing over it wont make it go faster.... a party actually might.

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Originally Posted by Flout

Obviously today was not routine maintenance it was another add-on to get ready for f2p and (as it usually does in MMOs) it blew up in their faces. Now they are picking up the pieces and trying to decide what to do next. WOW went through this same process until they finally learned and started doing it better.

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As a 6+ year player of WoW (Beta and then subscriber)...this made me laugh :D Really, the only company I've done business with that consistantly hit or bettered their maintenance times was Mythic (Sadly - with WAR - it appears the only thing that goes right is maintenance :(!!!)

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Originally Posted by Ayrolen

lol. No. You'd have to actually login in as me anyway. I was just kiddin'. Farmville is a good time-waster though. I mean, it really has no point whatsoever, but it keeps me completely engaged for whatever reason. I blame it on my ADD. :D

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Bah I've got about 15 FB games on go atm due to bordem lol. Famrvile,frontiervil included. Trying to beat a fellow LOTRO players Bejewled Blitz score atm. But starting to get real tired so probs go to bed in a min.

Just hope servers are working when I wake up!

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Originally Posted by Frelorn

We are still here. As soon as we have an update, we will post it. :)

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We very much look forward to as specific a response as possible. Thanks for your post - it's a help. We really don't think you guys and gals bailed, but it's good to see some response.

I remember my years with Everquest and the downtime but the good thing there was at least you could chat to your guild mates or others in the login panel chat window.. They even had Gm's and mods in their who would keep us fully upto date...

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Originally Posted by Grinster

No, that is WoW. They have had multiple 24 hour maintenance patches.

This is a major upgrade moving to F2P, give them a break! :P

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To be fair, most of those 24 hour downtimes were them upgrading their servers to prepare for the next expansion. And they didn't do all the servers at once.


Honestly, I think the longest downtime I saw was 48 hours. Taking their launch servers that were horrendously overloaded by the popularity the game achieved, and giving them massive overhauls. They did credit us the 2 days though.

The worst server downtimes I experienced were in Ultima Online though, years ago. I played sometime after the first expansion, but before the second one. They'd go down at any time of day really. Typically with around a 1 hour rollback when they did. Sometimes you'd log out, the servers would go down after you logged out, you'd log back in and not be where you logged out, because of one of those rollbacks. Fun! IIRC, back then they had *daily* server maintenance in the mornings, and there were always big brawls before the servers went down because it wouldn't save anything done in the 30+ minutes or so before the servers shut down. You were never quite sure if your server would be up when you logged in, given the lack of communication back then. Pretty sure they've long since improved in most regards since those days, but it does go to show you how much we've improved since then. =p

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Originally Posted by Frelorn

We are still here. As soon as we have an update, we will post it. :)

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Way Kewl!

Everyone's had the experience of being asked "How much longer?"

I used to teach horseback riding and people would ask me, "How long will it take me to learn to ride?"

I'd tell them, "I can teach you to stay on the horse in 3 lessons. It will take the rest of your life to learn to ride one"


It takes as long as it takes and not one second sooner ...

This Is Now Really Really Bad!


You have forced the British Contigent to watch Repeats of Benidorm!!! NOOOOOOOOOO

Are They Done Yet??




Are They Done Yet??




Are They Done Yet???

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Originally Posted by Zaratus

To be fair, most of those 24 hour downtimes were them upgrading their servers to prepare for the next expansion. And they didn't do all the servers at once.


Honestly, I think the longest downtime I saw was 48 hours. Taking their launch servers that were horrendously overloaded by the popularity the game achieved, and giving them massive overhauls. They did credit us the 2 days though.

=p

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they told me on the phone that there wont be any credit given for a 24 hours downtime. i did ask, and they said no.

frontierville, hotel city and kingdoms of camelot are what i've been playing to pass the time. oh, and posting whenever the silly page will load. hit up facebook.com/keirsyn if you want a buddy or wutevs.

ps. *pokes Frelorn* update perdy pls!!!??

A few weeks ago I went to the dentist for my appointment. I got there 10 minutes early. and 55 minutes later I got to go in. The work took 5 minutes.

Sometimes it helps to realise on both sides (the worker and the waiter) that things are going as fast as they can, and to try go any faster would be unreasonable. And to expect people to go any faster would be unreasonable.

It doesn't mean that we have to like it. It doesn't mean it isn't irritating. Like very. I know I was really looking forward to playing. But in the end, sometimes the pie-filling is spoiled (decided to search for a good shire-based comparison ;), and nothing you can do will unspoil it. So you just have to wait for someone to deliver you another pie.

No more repeats for me - I'm off to bed.

Cya all in 11 hours Windfolians!

Thanks for the update, Frelorn, it's much appreciated! As much of a pain as it is to sit here, not being able to log on, reading all the rantings and ravings, I'm pretty sure it's a much bigger pain having to get the system up and running again.
Meanwhile I am making excellent knitting progress on my sock, have made a killer curry sauce to go with dinner, and am thoroughly enjoying "Imagination Movers" with my two year old. :D

Hearing anything specific, up to and including "don't come back for 12 hours" would be more useful than hanging on an indefinite string, waiting endless to even find out what is going on in hopes of being able to log on while there is still time in the day.

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Originally Posted by Frelorn

We are still here. As soon as we have an update, we will post it. :)

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Tell us the truth....

You are stealth beta testing the forums arn't you ;) :p

Wow, 11 hours and counting for routine database maintenance. Brutal.

Well for those that didnt see it, it might have been like me. The message section on my launcher has been black since friday, yet I was able to log in and play just didnt see messages. And the server being down 12hrs now should give us a have day credit(50cents ) for me. lol. Well maybe the drop rate will be really high when we can log. I need my lotro fix. Withdrawal symptoms setting in.

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Originally Posted by keirsyn

frontierville, hotel city and kingdoms of camelot are what i've been playing to pass the time. oh, and posting whenever the silly page will load. hit up facebook.com/keirsyn if you want a buddy or wutevs.

ps. *pokes Frelorn* update perdy pls!!!??

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"Server Maintenance UPDATE: 5:01pm Eastern(-4 GMT)
Today's maintenance has been extended. We will keep you updated via this notice. We appreciate your patience and understanding in this matter."

Hm, they changed the time on the ticker-tape. Happy? :D

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Originally Posted by ionie

wow, 11 Hours And Counting For Routine Database Maintenance. Brutal.

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Ok.... Who Let The Creep In Here ?? Lol J/k

I just realized, I have a lifetime subscription to Star Trek Online, but the game sucks so bad for my Klingon side, I've been checking the forums here and playing "Chess Titans" that came with Windows 7.

/sigh

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Originally Posted by SabrielofLorien

Hmmm

it's 4:30 Eastern and I wonder if they have all gone home?

Or

Maybe the supplier sent them the wrong memory chips or blades and they wont fit in the server slots...

Or

There was a massive power outage and they are using candles and waiting for the power to come back on?

Or

They are waiting for Server Tech Support to answer their call but they are number 6666 in the queue and they guy on the other end doesn't speak any of the languages on this end and cannot transfer the call to Level 2 because they don't have the right error code that will allow the call to transfer?

Or

They are having a big party to celebrate the upgrade and someone forgot to push the ON button?


I HOPE they are having a party!

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All the chinchillas got loose and headed into Boston. The devs are running around with butterfly nets and wire cages trying to get them all rounded up. I saw it on the news. Honest.

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Originally Posted by Katnaps

All the chinchillas got loose and headed into Boston. The devs are running around with butterfly nets and wire cages trying to get them all rounded up. I saw it on the news. Honest.

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Wait...but if the chinchillas are on the loose, what are they using to power the server for these forums??!!

Man, this is annoying. All last week I was plagued with my computer constantly rebooting and failing, had to go replace it, and I get windows installed and lotro download, and get hit with maintenance issues on their server. Ah well. I wish them luck in ironing out whatever problems they are having.

Wow, that Secret Pig Level must be a real booger to install.

*walks away whistling innocently

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