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*possibly* Temp Shutdown of FFXI(XIV) servers
By Artemicion 2011-03-13 01:36:53
Caitsith.Slyshen said: Eh, to be honest everyone. If I could, I would be over there helping anyone I possibly could. I wish there were more people out there that gave a crap. My ignorant post made me seem like someone who I'm not and I apologize for it. Though that doesn't make a difference anymore and I'd hate for you guys to get the wrong idea about me. Too late? Oh well, at least I know how I really feel about all of this. I was up all night watching the news in distraught over what happen. My heart goes out to all those people, its really *** up that while we are in our warm houses typing away on a keyboard on some damn forum, some people are fighting for their lives and living in complete darkness.
Apology accepted. You have your heart in the right place, but fingers on the wrong keys. I'm sure we'll let it go lol.
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By Diabolos.Mesheef 2011-03-13 01:37:46
Unicorn.Moldtech said: Question, since the earth shifted its axis by 10cm. doesn't that mess with our seasons? Did we just travel through time in a sense? :o
Back a few years ago when Chile was hit by a 8.8 magnitude the time shift was 1.26 milliseconds.
I wouldn't worry about changing the clock by more than the hour for Time Change if need be.
By Artemicion 2011-03-13 01:37:51
Lakshmi.Jaerik said: You'd be surprised, but quite a number of users rate down nearly every post they read that isn't from themselves or one of their friends.
Rate downs are far more common than rate ups, which probably says quite a bit about the personalities of FFXI players, at least those represented here.
I've shared my thoughts on the rating system in countless other threads so I won't rehash them here, but suffice to say, I wouldn't dwell too long on a rate-down unless there's so many, it gets your post auto-reported.
Curious: what is the default threshold of negative rates to auto-report a post?
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By Phoenix.Ingraham 2011-03-13 01:37:51
Shiva.Khimaira said: Icelord said: Post deleted by moderator
How do you walk with that stick up your ***?
I wanted to pretend it was a weird parody of people who actually think that way, but he didn't put it in quotes to imply that. I would know, my shitty sense of humor works similar.
Life is eerily simpler when you pretend everyone's just out to troll each other.
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By Titan.Prefalin 2011-03-13 01:38:11
Pandemonium.Spicyryan said: Titan.Prefalin said: Pandemonium.Spicyryan said: Artemicion said: Artemicion said: Safety of your fellow man > Your characters and items protected > Your $13 > Your need to play a video game.
With that in mind, I'm perfectly fine with the choice of having the servers shut down if need be.
Curious now, why was I rated down here?
Was I misunderstood or is someone legitimately upset they might not be able to log in for a few days?
Curious why the rate down system is still around and which people are dumb enough to think is is a good system. ohai spicy :D
Gute nacht darling, how are you? aus Kaffee und Anruf der Aufgabe ist langweilig
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By Titan.Lillica 2011-03-13 01:38:58
Someone in Jeuno just shouted... "If the code still runs in the CMOS, we will get stones added everyday"
WOW
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By Fenrir.Snick 2011-03-13 01:39:21
Pandemonium.Spicyryan said: Fenrir.Snick said: Pandemonium.Spicyryan said: What makes me aggravated are emo apathetic people who say ***about not caring about anyone else besides themselves. Why do I have to care about everyone on the planet or just myself?
Can't I choose who I care about? :c
I'm only half serious in this post, btw.
I am more going on about people who care about no one but themselves. Why must you assume that means care about everyone? I was under the impression you were generalizing.
My bad.
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By Titan.Prefalin 2011-03-13 01:41:00
Titan.Lillica said: Someone in Jeuno just shouted... "If the code still runs in the CMOS, we will get stones added everyday"
WOW i think i know who it was c.c
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By Siren.Kalilla 2011-03-13 01:41:13
Artemicion said: Artemicion said: Safety of your fellow man > Your characters and items protected > Your $13 > Your need to play a video game.
With that in mind, I'm perfectly fine with the choice of having the servers shut down if need be.
Curious now, why was I rated down here?
Was I misunderstood or is someone legitimately upset they might not be able to log in for a few days?
My main post got ratted down three times. For what? Posting about SE informing us?
Yea, makes sense doesn't it.
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By Titan.Prefalin 2011-03-13 01:44:22
Siren.Kalilla said: Artemicion said: Artemicion said: Safety of your fellow man > Your characters and items protected > Your $13 > Your need to play a video game.
With that in mind, I'm perfectly fine with the choice of having the servers shut down if need be.
Curious now, why was I rated down here?
Was I misunderstood or is someone legitimately upset they might not be able to log in for a few days?
My main post got ratted down three times. For what? Posting about SE informing us?
Yea, makes sense doesn't it. they were upset servers may be shut down :(
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By Caitsith.Crunkie 2011-03-13 01:45:07
Siren.Kalilla said: Artemicion said: Artemicion said: Safety of your fellow man > Your characters and items protected > Your $13 > Your need to play a video game.
With that in mind, I'm perfectly fine with the choice of having the servers shut down if need be.
Curious now, why was I rated down here?
Was I misunderstood or is someone legitimately upset they might not be able to log in for a few days?
My main post got ratted down three times. For what? Posting about SE informing us?
Yea, makes sense doesn't it.
I'll rate you up!~
BTW, how are you!
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By Siren.Kalilla 2011-03-13 01:47:01
Caitsith.Crunkie said: I'll rate you up!~
BTW, how are you!
Not bad :) Busy with RL things and missing caitsith. Been catching up on the news before I went to bed.
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By Caitsith.Crunkie 2011-03-13 01:48:40
well that is good to hear, message me sometime and tell D i say hi! have a good night!
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By Gilgamesh.Joltx 2011-03-13 01:49:00
If they do shut the servers down, you may want to clear your dboxes now, just in case they decide to do the major update/merger before putting them back up
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By Asura.Daleterrence 2011-03-13 01:50:53
Gilgamesh.Joltx said: If they do shut the servers down, you may want to clear your dboxes now, just in case they decide to do the major update/merger before putting them back up
That's good advice actually.
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By Leviathan.Hohenheim 2011-03-13 01:52:00
If the servers need to be shut down to save power, then they need to be shut down. Not much anyone can do about it, and not being able to play ffxi for a relatively small period of time will be ok.
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By Siren.Kalilla 2011-03-13 01:55:33
Asura.Daleterrence said: Gilgamesh.Joltx said: If they do shut the servers down, you may want to clear your dboxes now, just in case they decide to do the major update/merger before putting them back up
That's good advice actually.
I like the suggestion.
Only issue I have with that is, the warning isn't long enough. If they are going to shut down the servers (probably will decide in the next few hours), then they will be very soon.
That means that players would not have the appropriate time window to make sure they are ready. Not everyone plays everyday, and certainly not everyone during the time the news was announced. Although that would be highly convenient so the community does not have the update later on, chances are it is out of the question.
But, better be safe then sorry!
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By Shiva.Darkmacabre 2011-03-13 01:57:27
Kinda pissed about this. I understand and I suppose it needs to be done. As long as it's not permanent or months long I'm cool with it. At least it gives me time to play other games and/or pack my ***and gtfo of US's westcoast which might also get ***.
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By Siren.Clinpachi 2011-03-13 03:04:42
I have to admit that I'm really disappointed in this community right now. While a select few good people have mentioned good wishes... Sometimes you have to realize there IS a world out there and that right now Japan is in a pretty bad state of emergency.
I don't care if I'm paying $12.95 for a character and I'm not getting my "service" that i am paying for at this moment, if anything i hope the fee helps rebuild or fix something in the SE office if needed or anything at all to help.
If the servers go down its to help conserve power the country needs until the nuclear crisis is averted and alleviated which could take some time. I would anticipate anywhere from a few days to a week or so of downtime on FFXI and FFXIV and i would encourage people during this game to maybe take a step back and be grateful for what you have be it in game or out.
These replies I've been seeing on here as of late regarding the possible downtime soon are outright outrageous and you guys should genuinely be ashamed.
Troll on if you really need to but now is an actual moment in time where i wish anyone in japan or from japan my condolences and i hope everything turns out ok in the end.
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By Carbuncle.Kerokun 2011-03-13 03:05:31
Better for SE to shut down the servers properly than have an improper shutdown. You know what that's like: You just leveled WAR to 90, you set your 4 macro trays, and then you enjoy and test for the next several hours. You go to bed, AFK all night, wake up, only to find out that your power had flickered.
"Dear Gawd, when did I save last!?"
The servers are down tomorrow, so you can't check which macros saved; you return to the game a couple weeks later, but something doesn't seem quite right. Where are your AF3+2 sets? Where's your Ukonsavara 90? In fact, you have no jobs at 90. It occurs to you: the servers rolled back to 2007.
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By Shiva.Khimaira 2011-03-13 03:06:24
Carbuncle.Kerokun said: Better for SE to shut down the servers properly than have an improper shutdown. You know what that's like: You just leveled WAR to 90, you set your 4 macro trays, and then you enjoy and test for the next several hours. You go to bed, AFK all night, wake up, only to find out that your power had flickered.
"Dear Gawd, when did I save last!?"
The servers are down tomorrow, so you can't check which macros saved; you return to the game a couple weeks later, but something doesn't seem quite right. Where are your AF3+2 sets? Where's your Ukonsavara 90? In fact, you have no jobs at 90. It occurs to you: the servers rolled back to 2007.
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By Shiva.Darkmacabre 2011-03-13 03:07:53
Carbuncle.Kerokun said: Better for SE to shut down the servers properly than have an improper shutdown. You know what that's like: You just leveled WAR to 90, you set your 4 macro trays, and then you enjoy and test for the next several hours. You go to bed, AFK all night, wake up, only to find out that your power had flickered.
"Dear Gawd, when did I save last!?"
The servers are down tomorrow, so you can't check which macros saved; you return to the game a couple weeks later, but something doesn't seem quite right. Where are your AF3+2 sets? Where's your Ukonsavara 90? In fact, you have no jobs at 90. It occurs to you: the servers rolled back to 2007.
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I lol'd.
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By Bahamut.Paulus 2011-03-13 03:12:40
I'm glad Charlie Sheen is out of the news though. Was getting sick to my stomach hearing about that guy. "Can't is the cancer of happen." That was so stupid it made sense.
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By Titan.Lillica 2011-03-13 03:14:28
If they take the servers down for this anyone think they might just say two birds one stone and merge the servers that were on the list during the downtime?
I used to be a sysadmin and from that point of view I was just thinking it would make sense to do it that way, less downtime/bitching.
Quote: @FFXI_EN: As a result of the earthquake, we temporarily may have to shut down the servers hosting FFXI and FFXIV. (1/3) Quote: @FFXI_EN: We will give you as much advance notice as possible under the rapidly changing circumstances. (2/3) Quote: @FFXI_EN: If the servers are shut down, we will provide updates in the Information section of our official websites http://bit.ly/efRi9c (3/3)
Just thought you all should be aware of the possibility.
Update:
Quote: To the SQUARE ENIX community:
As you know, Japan has been hit with a terrible disaster this week. We have received and greatly appreciate all the kind words of concern from our fans and players.
As a result of the earthquake, we temporarily may have to shut down the servers hosting FINAL FANTASY XI and FINAL FANTASY XIV.
We are now analyzing the situation and studying very hard what we can do to fulfill our social responsibilities under the unusual circumstances, and to mitigate the inconvenience to our players. According to our best estimate at this point, we will temporarily have to shut down the servers shortly. We will give you as much advance notice as possible under the rapidly changing circumstances. If the servers are shut down, we will try to provide updates in the Information section of our Official Website below.
FINAL FANTASY XIV , The Lodestone: http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com/
FINAL FANTASY XI Official Website: http://www.playonline.com/
We sincerely apologize and appreciate your understanding.
Sincerely,
SQUARE ENIX Update:
Quote: @FFXI_EN: Due to the earthquakes that have occurred in Japan, we have decided to temporarily suspend the game servers.(1/5) #FFXI Quote: @FFXI_EN: To accommodate the suspension of services, players will not be billed for the FFXI service throughout the April billing cycle.(2/5) #FFXI Quote: @FFXI_EN: Please see the official announcement for more details. http://bit.ly/gr1YgH (3/5) #FFXI Quote: @FFXI_EN: We will continue to operate the official websites and the forums to provide updates on the current situation.(4/5) #FFXI Quote: @FFXI_EN: Additional information regarding this matter will also be posted on the Information section as it becomes available.(5/5) #FFXI Quote: Due to the continuous earthquakes occurring in the eastern regions of Japan since Mar. 11, 2011, the power companies in Japan have encouraged everyone to cooperate by conserving as much energy as possible as it is feared there will not be enough power supply. Based on the current situation, we have decided to shut down the game servers temporarily, and therefore to suspend services of FINAL FANTASY XIV, FINAL FANTASY XI, and PlayOnline temporarily.
The services will be temporarily suspended for at least a week starting on Mar. 13, 2011 3:00 (PDT). We will provide an update regarding the reinstatement of the service as additional information becomes available. In connection with the temporary suspension of services, players will not be billed for any PlayOnline service throughout the April billing cycle. Additional information regarding this matter will also be posted as it becomes available.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and thank you for your understanding of this unusual situations.
[Date & Time]
A week starting from Mar. 13, 2011 3:00 (PDT)
[Affected Service]
- FINAL FANTASY XIV
- FINAL FANTASY XI
- PlayOnline
* Additionally, the following services are currently unavailable:
- Friend List Plus
- FINAL FANTASY XI Linkshell Community Beta Version
- PlayOnline Friend List Application
- Community Site Link Registration: Owner Menu
* Please be advised that we will continue to operate the official websites, FINAL FANTASY XIV Lodestone, forums, and the SQUARE ENIX Support Center to be able provide our customers with updates on the current situation.
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An excerpt from the Caution posted on
TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY (TEPCO)’s home page:
A big earthquake occurred in the northern part of Japan at 2:46PM of March 11th 2011. Because TEPCO's facilities have been seriously damaged, power shortage may occur.
TEPCO appreciates customers' cooperation in reducing electricity usage by avoiding using unnecessary lighting and electrical equipment.
We are taking all measures to restore power, however, we expect extremely challenging situation in power supply for a while. We kindly ask our customers to cooperate with us in reducing usage of power.
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