Please take into consideration the fact that some, if not MOST, people plan their day around when they can play--for instance, had I known ahead of time that servers were going to be down TWO HOURS longer than expected, I wouldn't have rushed through my shower, and I would have saved some of my cleaning just so I'd have something to do. Not everyone plays more than this game, OR is okay with finding stuff to do on the internet. My hubby is perfectly fine playing Team Fortress 2, but I don't have any other games, and prefer to not watch TV.
It would just be nice to know if maintenance is going to be a lot longer than 30 minutes past schedule; I think it's very rude of the devs to not let us know something...& really, maintenance is only ONE day a week; how hard is it for one of them to keep an eye on it and let us know something? Really, now... think of things from other's perspectives instead of just your own.