So now we're debating on if something titled "So much for the grid being back up on time" is a complaint?
Yeah. Right. Sounds like he's happy to me...
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Meade Paravane
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08-22-2007 11:45
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Felowen Dodge
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08-22-2007 11:47
/yesyes
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Maggie McArdle
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08-22-2007 11:48
I always get confused.. What are we complaining about today? Is it that they don't take the grid down to fix things or that they keep it down to fix things? human nature......we want it all and we want it NOW!!... _____________________
There's, uh, probably a lot of things you didn't know about lindens. Another, another interesting, uh, lindenism, uh, there are only three jobs available to a linden. The first is making shoes at night while, you know, while the old cobbler sleeps.You can bake cookies in a tree. But the third job, some call it, uh, "the show" or "the big dance," it's the profession that every linden aspires to.
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Marianne McCann
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08-22-2007 11:48
Ah, but this would have been based not on chance, but on skill, so it would have been legal.  I'd wager you're right on tha... oh, wait...  Mari _____________________
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Alison Homewood
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08-22-2007 11:48
Suggest one measure for every time someone says in public, or private, "wana sex?". It must be that exact spelling tho ... it's the new ASL I raise a glass to the honourable lively Linden labs. The labs at Linden look like losing Lindens. So laise a grass to loondin libs... feck start again (takes a shot) I raise and gliss... |
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Rodion Laryukov
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08-22-2007 12:05
Surprise, another postpone.
If we would do this kinda "it'll be ready for you tomorrow"... "oops, still couple of days"... "hold on! you'll get it tomorrow" -things with our customers we would be out of business in a blink of an eye! The most important thing is to keep promises (in delivery time). The is something wrong with the management if deadlines are being overdued every single time. |
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Chris Norse
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08-22-2007 12:08
I have only played one other MMO for any length of time, missed time deadlines on maintenance days is pretty par for course in the industry.
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Christofer Warrior
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im headed to wow
08-22-2007 12:10
if we are still up for bets,,ill place one for about 8:00 pm ,These people whom run this game are obvious morons
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Gordon Wendt
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08-22-2007 12:12
if we are still up for bets,,ill place one for about 8:00 pm ,These people whom run this game are obvious morons I'd take that bet since I'm slightly more optimistic than that (while still being a pessimist nonetheless) but it would probably result in a ban as a form of gambling, even though the lindens are gambling for us as we speak with our "second lives" at stake. _____________________
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Xal Dryke
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Nothing new here
08-22-2007 12:15
I have only played one other MMO for any length of time, missed time deadlines on maintenance days is pretty par for course in the industry. Couldn't be more right on this one. I've played MMO's for years, all different companies, and it's almost rare that a "scheduled" downtime goes exactly as planned. In the big picture, these downtime's that make us all nuts, really are very small compared to the actual uptime. |
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Gordon Wendt
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08-22-2007 12:17
I think two of the quotes in my signature are very apt in a situation like this:
"Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate" - Abandon all hope all ye who enter here -Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy (1308-1321 AD) is a great reference to the SL grid. Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? - Who's watching the watchers? -Juvenal (1st-2nd century AD) applies greatly to LL. _____________________
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Rodion Laryukov
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08-22-2007 12:18
I play one other online-game and if I remember correct, it's uptime last month was about 99,96%.
I wonder what percentage is SL up every month. And surprise: "[Updated 12:15] We have completed deployment for the fix and are continuing testing." DON'T MAKE PROMISES YOU CAN'T KEEP. |
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Gordon Wendt
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08-22-2007 12:18
Couldn't be more right on this one. I've played MMO's for years, all different companies, and it's almost rare that a "scheduled" downtime goes exactly as planned. In the big picture, these downtime's that make us all nuts, really are very small compared to the actual uptime. I'm not sure I completely agree, I play WoW (World of Warcraft) and they are normally very good about getting their downtimes done on time, granted they have a much larger and (in my opinion) much more competent technical staff to deal with the upgrades and any unexpected events during them. _____________________
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Oryx Tempel
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08-22-2007 12:21
1. if grid returns on or before time, have a drink to celebrate. 2. if grid return late but on 1st "Delayed" notice, pour another to enjoy while you get back online. 3. if grid NOT back on for 1st delayed time start to get changed. 4. if grid not back on for 2nd delayed time go to pub. SL economy may be dodgy, world markets may be in turmoil, but my local is doing REALLY well! Ha ha! You forgot 5. Come back from pub, find SL still dodgy; drink, troll the forums, and buy random stuff on SLX. _____________________
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psimagus Hax
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Re: So much for the grid being back up on time
08-22-2007 12:22
And now it's 12:20pm, and still not back
 Time was (only a couple of weeks ago) they'd allow responses to the blog entries, but I guess that made the failure of LL to stick to any kind of a timetable entirely too visible. I guess I'd better just get used to wasting at least one evening a week kicking my heels and browsing SLExchange (without the ability to buy anything, of course,) until LL can be bothered to provide the half-decent service we pay them for. Why the entire grid has to go down at least once a week for more hours than are ever forecast, I don't know. But I'm frankly getting pretty ****ed off with it. |
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Rodion Laryukov
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08-22-2007 12:23
I have to correct my uptime percentage about this other online-game, it was 99,99% last month. And they increased my "playtime" 3 minutes for the time it was down.
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Meade Paravane
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08-22-2007 12:24
I'm not sure I completely agree, I play WoW (World of Warcraft) and they are normally very good about getting their downtimes done on time, granted they have a much larger and (in my opinion) much more competent technical staff to deal with the upgrades and any unexpected events during them. And WoW content is pretty much totally static, instead of pretty much totally dynamic like SL. That and the entire WoW population doesn't all play on a single 'grid' like the SL population does. _____________________
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Alison Homewood
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08-22-2007 12:25
I would counter with...
I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it. Groucho Marx Lower brow I admit, but hey - thats me! lol |
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psimagus Hax
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08-22-2007 12:26
Ha ha! You forgot 5. Come back from pub, find SL still dodgy; drink, troll the forums, and buy random stuff on SLX. Ha ha! You forgot 6. When Second Life goes to sleep, all its little friends go to sleep. SLX won't let you shop when SL is down |
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Victorria Paine
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08-22-2007 12:26
I'm not sure I completely agree, I play WoW (World of Warcraft) and they are normally very good about getting their downtimes done on time, granted they have a much larger and (in my opinion) much more competent technical staff to deal with the upgrades and any unexpected events during them. I agree that LL does a poor job when it comes to server stability when compared with most other online service providers. Blizzard is a bad comparison, because it's the ten ton gorilla of the industry, with money coming out of its ears. Still, LL can do better and really ought to -- it's been very shabby indeed, in fact, compared even to other service providers of a comparable size (e.g., Iceland's CCP). |
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Eric Boccara
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08-22-2007 12:45
well... Welcome to second life... They barely open at the time given Just get used to it.. you wil probably witniss it about every wednesday!
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psimagus Hax
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Re: So much for the grid being back up on time
08-22-2007 12:46
One thing that would help dramatically would be if LL didn't assume all its customers lived in CA. This time of night (UK, BST, GMT+1) is the only time of day I get to log on. So they always schedule these ****ing maintenance events exactly now
I've spent well over US$1000 on SL in the last month, so why do I feel like a second class citizen here? It may be ever so convenient in CA to schedule these reboots, with their randomly extended outages, for the same time every day. But I'm getting thoroughly pissed! This is not the level of service I expect from a halfway compentent service provider, and if any passing Linden happens to alight on this thread, I would urge them to take this suggestion on board - spread the s**t around a bit - don't always dump on the folk in Western Europe! Because our patience is a finite commodity, and the bottom line is - if you **** us around enough, we'll find someone else. Anyone else. Any other remotely similar provider who doesn't dump on us. I love what I've seen of SL, but my patience is wearing thin. It would be wearing less thin if I got to see more of it (and wasn't paying half-region tier fees for the privilege of seeing less of it.) |
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Fareyn Babii
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08-22-2007 12:48
HAHAHAHA...were any of us reaalllllly expecting this to be on time!? Uh uh!!!!...
im sure itll be down a few more hours till lunch is done officially and all breaks have been covered.. but then..itll be the afternoon coffee break..so i think we are screwed! |
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Rodion Laryukov
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08-22-2007 12:49
Yep, that's it. I'm outta here. TV is better anyway
I hope SL will be back online on friday when I am back home again from business meeting. And I've been in SL for a year soon, so even though I'm new to this forum I am not totally newbie concerning the Game. |
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Lexxi Gynoid
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08-22-2007 12:49
4. if grid not back on for 2nd delayed time go to pub. SL economy may be dodgy, world markets may be in turmoil, but my local is doing REALLY well! Pubs (bars) are actually illegal where I live. _____________________
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