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Enh, maybe it's automatic, built into the game, and they didn't take the holliday into account? FEH.
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I used to have a server auto-reboot on a specific pattern, and once it fell on an American holiday. When it did not come back and was not noticed by me until I came in two days later, I received a directive that it should not do that anymore. Even tho we are not a 24/7 company.
As to doing it on an American Holiday, not everyone in game is in America.
As they did when they brought i14 live, they did not want to open the servers until world-wide they were ready (one server had an issue and it delayed the release about 3 hours IIRC).
Just an opnion.
Sometimes, I impress my boss. Sometimes, I impress myself. The rest of the time, I scare people. I can live with that.
They should have server maintenance at 6 am to 8 am EST on any week day they want. Problem solved.
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I'm suprised to see maintenance today, and being a veteran, it ticks me off. I guess the devs don't see this as an actual holiday.
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It's Memorial Day, not Veterans Day. Now, if you were an undead Vet, I can see you getting worked up over this.
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Having friends die kinda makes this day important to me. But you are right, by just saying i'm a vet does not convey the appropriate meaning of this day to me.
But as usual you had a funny reply.
Freedoms up!
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How long do these usually last?
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Which?
The maintenance window or the whining that the Devs kept their regular schedule, even though some people have the day as a holiday?
Maintenance window is 2 hours so it should be back any time now if not already.
Whining - hours and days and years - at least it seems that way.
Many posters here are being US-centric again. This isn't the first time nor will it be the last time they do maintenance on a US holiday.
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Thanks. Usually don't have to run into these maintenence things so I didn't know. People complain. Oh well. If you dont like it you can always just read a different post! 
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Pretty suprised the servers went down on a holiday; you know, when most people aren't working and have time to actually play.
Also less than impressed because I've just re-subbed because for some totally unexplained reason the "pay for 10months sub and get 12months playtime" which I subbed to during the offer period wasn't honoured. Classy guys, really classy. (No problem with my card or bank, I've already checked.)
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Well I just got my 9 month early this morning, so I don't think you get the rewards until the date that it would occur.
Servers back up, peeps. Thread over.
Why do people say that we are US centric when we are posting on a US board, last I looked I wasn't on the UK, French or German boards.
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Enh, maybe it's automatic, built into the game, and they didn't take the holliday into account? FEH.
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It's not "built into the game." As noted earlier in this thread, they changed maintenance for the last holiday or two so they didn't do it on the holiday itself.
Now, this time they didn't announce that they'd be moving maintenance to accommodate the holiday, so we really had no reason to expect it.
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The fact that a maintenance schedule was changed for a previous holiday does not preclude its scheduling from being "built into the game." In fact, since the game client provides messages to warn you that the game is shutting down for maintenance at the same time every day, it's quite likely that it is built into the game.
Anyone who's built a software system before knows that you don't want to do this sort of a scheduled task manually. If you do, a lot of "scheduled maintenance" won't occur because someone will have forgotten to coordinate the shutting down of servers, starting maintenance, and then hand-holding them through the reboot process every day that it must be done.
Scheduled maintenance is exactly that: scheduled. It must happen at the same time every day. Consequently, most systems are designed to consult a resource that tells them when to go offline for maintenace. This resource is not entirely static; it can be modified (as we've seen in the past). In most more complex systems, the resource contains rules that handle exceptional cases and prevent conflicts with other external systems.
What has likely happened here is that either (a) scheduled maintenance needed to happen, and so the schedule was not modified, or (b) someone forgot to modify the schedule for the holiday.
In the end, however, (and this is to everyone crying doom) we do not know what happened, except that the servers are down, during the normally scheduled maintenance time, and that [i]this is just a game.[i] It's not a bombing. It's not the apocalypse. It's not the end of the world as we know it.
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They should have server maintenance at 6 am to 8 am EST on any week day they want. Problem solved.
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Sure thing. I assume you will be paying the techs overtime to come in at 3AM?
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You know, here in the States, we get a few holiday weekends to really kick back and relax. I had my coffee poured and was really looking forward to playing before having to run around and do the stereotypical BBQ thing today with family. And CoH/CoJ decide that an optimal time to do server maintenance is on the holiday??? Times like this make me glad that within the next 6 months there will be some healthy competition in this marketplace for MMORPG superhero fans. Then CoH/CoJ can do server maintenance all day for as much as I'll care...Happy Memorial Day NCSoft!
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See this is funny because you seem to really think that a brand new MMO will somehow have less downtime and make better choices about when to have it.
"Null is as much an argument "for removing the cottage rule" as the moon being round is for buying tennis shoes." -Memphis Bill
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you know coh is becoming a real pain in the a@#! It's always something! They dont let the players know what's going on and one would think with everyone home for the holiday they would have the servers up. I think it's time to start looking for a new game
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[/ QUOTE ] wikked how's this for an idea....you mind our own business and delete your account. Like everyone else I'm venting....no one asked for your imput or goodbyes...
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Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't realise that I'm not allowed to have an opinion and vent about how I am sick if the moronic posts like your's.
You don't like what I have to say? Put me on ignore. Just like I do with every crybaby whiner who screams on here about how if the devs don't do what they want they are quitting.
sincerly,
the guy who doesn't give a cr** if you leave or stay.
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you know coh is becoming a real pain in the a@#! It's always something! They dont let the players know what's going on and one would think with everyone home for the holiday they would have the servers up. I think it's time to start looking for a new game
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Bye.
[/ QUOTE ] wikked how's this for an idea....you mind our own business and delete your account. Like everyone else I'm venting....no one asked for your imput or goodbyes...
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Calm down.
YOU are the one that said it's time to look for a new game - he simply said a farewell. No "Don't let the door hit you on the way out" or "can I have your stuff" or "then QUIT ALREADY".
Orc&Pie No.53230 There is an orc, and somehow, he got a pie. And you are hungry.
www.repeat-offenders.net
Negaduck: I see you found the crumb. I knew you'd never notice the huge flag.
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you know coh is becoming a real pain in the a@#! It's always something! They dont let the players know what's going on and one would think with everyone home for the holiday they would have the servers up. I think it's time to start looking for a new game
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Bye.
[/ QUOTE ] wikked how's this for an idea....you mind our own business and delete your account. Like everyone else I'm venting....no one asked for your imput or goodbyes...
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Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't realise that I'm not allowed to have an opinion and vent about how I am sick if the moronic posts like your's.
You don't like what I have to say? Put me on ignore. Just like I do with every crybaby whiner who screams on here about how if the devs don't do what they want they are quitting.
sincerly,
the guy who doesn't give a cr** if you leave or stay.
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Now, kiraI, if wikked had posted this instead of "bye" your post might of been appropriate
Orc&Pie No.53230 There is an orc, and somehow, he got a pie. And you are hungry.
www.repeat-offenders.net
Negaduck: I see you found the crumb. I knew you'd never notice the huge flag.
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They should have server maintenance at 6 am to 8 am EST on any week day they want. Problem solved.
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Sure thing. I assume you will be paying the techs overtime to come in at 3AM?
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Only good thing about that is it would make sure I'm off the game at 3AM
Orc&Pie No.53230 There is an orc, and somehow, he got a pie. And you are hungry.
www.repeat-offenders.net
Negaduck: I see you found the crumb. I knew you'd never notice the huge flag.
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How long do these usually last?
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Which?
The maintenance window or the whining that the Devs kept their regular schedule, even though some people have the day as a holiday?
Maintenance window is 2 hours so it should be back any time now if not already.
Whining - hours and days and years - at least it seems that way.
Many posters here are being US-centric again. This isn't the first time nor will it be the last time they do maintenance on a US holiday.
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