Hope they're just doing maintenance or something. Trying to get on the boards is giving me a DB error and game is giving me a mapserver error.
Yep, same here.
Same. Can't log into game or boards.
I was able to access the message boards once, but now I'm timing out on that, too. This could mean anything.
Yeah, kicked out of game, can't reach the server status page.
Time to go make some masks...
Back on board...not into game.
edit: back in both...
Quote from: Lithy on September 18, 2012, 04:11:35 PM
Yeah, kicked out of game, can't reach the server status page.
Time to go make some masks...
Sheesh. I was putting mine in the mail tomorrow. Really! I promise!
This is nerve-wracking.
Edit: False alarm. I'm loading in to the War Zone now.
I was dinking around on beta and got a mapserver for 20 out of every 25 seconds.
Tried a different character (since the first one keeps complaining that they're still logging out) and was able to get in. However, bringing up friends list doesn't give me options for server/global/ignore. Interesting, sounds like something crashed somewhere.
Did this sound like a DDoS attack to anyone else?
Did a certain message board catch wind of what's been going on?
Quote from: TimtheEnchanter on September 18, 2012, 04:19:36 PM
Did a certain message board catch wind of what's been going on?
If it's the message board I think you're talking about, I certainly hope not. That kind of publicity we don't need or want.
I got in but global is down including Wentworths.
Quote from: eabrace on September 18, 2012, 04:21:26 PM
If it's the message board I think you're talking about, I certainly hope not. That kind of publicity we don't need or want.
Indeed. It's a scary thought.
All sorts of possibilities right now, including this being a follow on 'response' to TonyV 'direct' campaign.
The more I am seeing of NCSoft right now, the less I like them.
Globals are back up
Quote from: Paindancer on September 18, 2012, 04:30:15 PM
All sorts of possibilities right now, including this being a follow on 'response' to TonyV 'direct' campaign.
The more I am seeing of NCSoft right now, the less I like them.
Either that, or Gozer just opened the 6th seal.
Chalk my post up to paranoia.
THere is no paranoia. There is only Zuul!
"what has been seen, cannot be unseen"
Ooops.. wrong board/zuul refrance. (bonus point to anyone who knows it however)
Quote from: Paindancer on September 18, 2012, 04:41:17 PM
"what has been seen, cannot be unseen"
Ooops.. wrong board/zuul refrance. (bonus point to anyone who knows it however)
Well, that particular line sounds like my buddy and I watching the Jets through the Rich Kotite years in the 90s. ;D
Later on,
Gate
Quote from: Paindancer on September 18, 2012, 04:30:15 PM
All sorts of possibilities right now, including this being a follow on 'response' to TonyV 'direct' campaign.
The more I am seeing of NCSoft right now, the less I like them.
"Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence."
Quote from: Codewalker on September 18, 2012, 05:33:13 PM
"Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence."
This. Someone in Austin probably spilled their coffee. Used to happen all the time. Nothing to see here folks.
Remember, folks, we are on BARE BONES staff right now. There is probably one poor guy trying to keep up all the servers and do whatever NCSoft wants him to do in order to close everything down on the 30th. Glitches will be and they will take hideous amounts of time to fix.
The conspiracy theorist in me says NCSoft is planning this to discourage us from playing out our last days and edge us towards another of their games.
The realist says, never ascribe to conspiracy what can be attributed to "don't give a damn."
Quote from: Victoria Victrix on September 18, 2012, 08:57:13 PM
The realist says, never ascribe to conspiracy what can be attributed to "don't give a damn."
And the realist in me says that from the comments left on Glassdoor, that poor schmuck who's manning the server farm is probably sympathetic to our cause. :)
I doubt having our servers close early at this point will make any of us be like 'WELL GUILD WARS 2 TIME", so I doubt it's malice, and just the fact that basically nobody is developing or maintaining the game anymore.
My intention wasn't to pass out tin-foil hats, in fact I would have made my post on the official forums but they too were down at the time. Technology never will be perfect and I remember when I ran an "educational WoW server" I too had random stuff happen. Good news is we're still up and running and can continue enjoying the game.
What seems odd to me though, is that seemingly the game AND the forums were down at the same time.
Quote from: eabrace on September 18, 2012, 08:58:16 PM
And the realist in me says that from the comments left on Glassdoor, that poor schmuck who's manning the server farm is probably sympathetic to our cause. :)
Given that some [Admin] keeps respawning Atlas 33 and saying "Long live AP33!" when s/he does it, I'm going to go with the above. 8)
I wish we knew who exactly was doing that, because they too deserve to have a dinner paid for them. Again it's the little things...
This is our City. These are our Admins, our Developers, our people. They--and you--are part of why I am so proud to call myself a member of this community.
Quote from: Teege on September 18, 2012, 09:19:25 PM
I wish we knew who exactly was doing that, because they too deserve to have a dinner paid for them. Again it's the little things...
Next time one of us is there when he says "Long Live AP33", quickly send a tell offering to buy him a round. (grin)
Quote from: Teege on September 18, 2012, 09:19:25 PM
I wish we knew who exactly was doing that, because they too deserve to have a dinner paid for them. Again it's the little things...
If they talk in the admin channel, it will show a character name, even if it's just a throwaway one they created. Type "/getglobalname theirname" to find out who it is.
If I could I would. AP33 has become one of many symbols we use and they realize what it means to us and take the time to keep it going. I think it's great!
Quote from: TimtheEnchanter on September 18, 2012, 09:10:00 PM
What seems odd to me though, is that seemingly the game AND the forums were down at the same time.
If they're on the same machine or in the same farm and something went poof there and there's a skeleton crew, it's not all that unsurprising.
Quote from: DrakeGrimm on September 18, 2012, 09:27:45 PM
This is our City. These are our Admins, our Developers, our people. They--and you--are part of why I am so proud to call myself a member of this community.
+1 for truth, Drake.