Downtime Notice: Wednesday, July 17th 8:00 AM - 11:00 PM Eastern (-4 GMT)

[The_Apocalypse]

STILL Down :(

Supposed to be down until at least 9 pm eastern.

 

[bsrasmus]

Supposed to be down until at least 9 pm eastern.

At least they seem to be getting more realistic in their time estimates.

 

[Indyanna]

I think (and yes I don't know the exact technical problems) but wouldn't it been smarter if you guys split this maintenance between two Wednesdays instead of trying to shove it all in on one?

So everyone can complain twice as much?? Have you seen this thread! lol

 

[waxinglyrical]

Be fair to the SSG staff. Those other games have a highly skilled development staff. Actual game development professionals. How is SSG supposed to compete with that?

Damned by faint praise heh?

 

[Saleos23]

Probably upgrading from 5400 IDE to 10k SCSI, upgrading the 10MB switches to 100MB, blowing dust out the rack, cleaning the gunk off the mouse ball wheels, degauss the monitors, maybe run memmaker if there is enough time...

I think this is the year they finally switch from tubes to solid state. The game will boot up a lot faster, just won't sound as good. Still no "Lag" knob.

 

[Cordovan]

Sorry to report that we need additional time for the maintenance work. We are extending the downtime window an additional two hours to 11pm Eastern.

 

[Wazoo]

You are pretty close to losing 3 VIP customers!

 

[bsrasmus]

At least they seem to be getting more realistic in their time estimates.

Sorry to report that we need additional time for the maintenance work. We are extending the downtime window an additional two hours to 11pm Eastern.

I was afraid that I was speaking too soon. Sadly, I was.

 

[Frantik]

Sorry to report that we need additional time for the maintenance work. We are extending the downtime window an additional two hours to 11pm Eastern.

But that's good news, Cordovan, I can wake up early and play an hour or so before work

 

[Babygirl]

Sorry to report that we need additional time for the maintenance work. We are extending the downtime window an additional two hours to 11pm Eastern.

With this being said..... Perhaps a special something for everyone having to lose basically a day of play time? Also, I really hope the lagging in the game doesn't continue to be poor on a daily bases after this update.

 

[Fildur44]

Sorry to report that we need additional time for the maintenance work. We are extending the downtime window an additional two hours to 11pm Eastern.

So much trouble last month. And when ppl have vacation also. Bad timing. Hopefully you get this sorted and back on track again. Love this game.

 

[Toblakai]

You are pretty close to losing 3 VIP customers!

Because of a weekly downtime? Really? I could understand dropping because of other things like lag or whatever, but a scheduled downtime? For maintenance?

 

[TypicallyABadGamer]

Because of a weekly downtime? Really? I could understand dropping because of other things like lag or whatever, but a scheduled downtime? For maintenance?

13-hour downtime is a bit pathetic, and lately, it has only been getting longer and longer. With these more extended downtimes, there is no fix to latency or any other issues this game has been having. Why have 13-hour downtime if you fix nothing? It sounds like a way to annoy your community and make people quit the game.

 

[bsrasmus]

Sorry to report that we need additional time for the maintenance work. We are extending the downtime window an additional two hours to 11pm Eastern.

On a more positive note, I give praise to a limited increase in the transparency.

 

[bsrasmus]

Because of a weekly downtime? Really? I could understand dropping because of other things like lag or whatever, but a scheduled downtime? For maintenance?

I'm guessing it's because it's becoming predictable to many of us that we won't have access to the game one day of every week.

 

[FaceDancer]

Just a thought... has anyone tried blowing on the cartridge and putting it back in?

 

[Scarlett]

Okay folks you may as well assume you're not playing on Wednesdays at all anymore. This is reoccurring every week now.
You're much better off just posting a new thread on the forums when it ever does get activated.
EDIT: 'when ever it DOES get activated'

 

[bsrasmus]

Okay folks you may as well assume you're not playing on Wednesdays at all anymore. This is reoccurring every week now.
You're much better off just posting a new thread on the forums when it ever doesn't get activated.

We should also expect other occasional multi-day periods without access to the game. With "occasional" occuring gradually more frequently.

 

[EinarMal]

Monster Manual fix? Drat, foiled again. Hoping for Myth Drannor, then! I Want To Believe!

It was probably in there, but they had to drop it when they found the issues with 68.1

 

[Buddha5440]

snip...

But hey, they have time left over now, and can use it to fix my Monster Manual, right?

(yes, the enthusiasm is strong with this one...)

As is the tenacity... I'll save you from another GIF. I think one per post is enough.