So much for the grid being back up on time
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Victorria Paine
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Join date: 13 Jul 2007
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08-22-2007 13:07
From: psimagus Hax I confess, I don't even know how all the server networking stuff happens - it's just a sort of voodoo to me. I pays my money, and I assume LL sacrifice the requisite chickens  But it can't be impossible to schedule these things at different times of the day. This happened last Wednesday at the same time, it happened the week before that, one evening (might have been Wednesday - I wasn't keeping count,) at the same time. This is a bad time of day for me. I know I'm a small cog in the machine, but there are a lot of other small cogs who find it a bad time. If this field needs manuring (and I have little conception of the the technical whys and wherefores,) it would be more equitable all round to spread the s**t a bit while doing it. Even with a limited understanding of server technology, I know that these events could be easily rescheduled to spread the inconvenience instead of dumping it on everyone in my timezone. I agree with you, but LL seems dead-set on doing things between 9 and 5 Pacific time as a matter of their corporate practices. When CCP would do updates, they would take EVE Online down for 24 hours (and sometimes go longer) typically from Noon Iceland time to Noon (or whenever they got done) Iceland time, so everyone was more or less equally impacted. But then again, CCP also actually staffs their server teams on weekends when they have peak user capacity and other industry standard practices that LL ignores for the most part. I agree that doing things during the day Pacific Time screws Europeans, but I wouldn't expect LL to change that scheduling any time soon. |
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Shawnee Morigi
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Join date: 19 Aug 2007
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Latte and conversation?
08-22-2007 13:10
QUOTE=Nicolle Mougin]ohnonononononooooooo
it is still down ohmg what am i gonna do NOW??????????[/QUOTE]
Well, I guess we could all pretend we were in SL, pretending we were having latte and converstation somewhere....
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Bradley Bracken
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Join date: 2 Apr 2007
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08-22-2007 13:10
From: Sally Silvera actually just realised the blog doesn't say on which day they're opening back up  Thanks for the heads up. I've now scheduled my Outlook to send me a reminder at 13:15 SLT every day for the next two weeks. I wont miss it now! |
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Pandora Pienaar
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Join date: 13 Aug 2007
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08-22-2007 13:11
firstly... Hi all, yes im a newbie, lol. also my first post !
being a new citizen and not having the experience of these "downtimes" like some of you guys have, i wonder how long are they usually? are they usually just an hour or so off schedule? Also does this happen quite frequently?
Either way im itching to get back inworld, im truly addicted and i need my fix! lol.
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Shir Dryke
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Join date: 28 Jul 2007
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08-22-2007 13:11
Oh-la-la another issue. My bet is that
a) it will come back up in 45 minutes, meaning I get to see "grid online" just before I leave;
b) I read tomorrow from the blog that it was down for 4-5 more hours.
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Solomon Devoix
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08-22-2007 13:11
Now pushed back to 1:15 PST...
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Zaphod Kotobide
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08-22-2007 13:13
Smoke em if ya got em folks. Fact is, we don't know when we're gonna be back up  All fine by me, I actually am getting some work done for a change.
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Xal Dryke
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Join date: 24 Jul 2007
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Just make it 14:00 and get it over with
08-22-2007 13:13
The 15 minute ETA rule is getting a little old over the past hour and a half.
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Shir Dryke
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Join date: 28 Jul 2007
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08-22-2007 13:13
Pandora, first of all, welcome. Second, the downtimes mostly last a few hours more than said. There have been incidents with more. At least my time (yesyes, I know, short time) experience says so.
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Alicia Sautereau
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Join date: 20 Feb 2007
Posts: 3,125
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08-22-2007 13:13
go watch another movie or 5... From: someone [Updated 13:05] We have identified yet another issue which would affect inworld email delivery. We are currently fixing it and resuming testing. |
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Bradley Bracken
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Join date: 2 Apr 2007
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08-22-2007 13:13
From: Pandora Pienaar firstly... Hi all, yes im a newbie, lol. also my first post !
being a new citizen and not having the experience of these "downtimes" like some of you guys have, i wonder how long are they usually? are they usually just an hour or so off schedule? Also does this happen quite frequently?
Either way im itching to get back inworld, im truly addicted and i need my fix! lol. Seriously Pandora, they are rarely back up in time. My experience has been they come back usually about an hour after they scheduled though I'm never surprised when it takes longer such as today. Lately, I admit they've done a better job. The past two or three updates I believe were pretty much on time, as I recall. That is more of an exception rather than a rule. |
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Shawnee Morigi
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Join date: 19 Aug 2007
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time of posting?
08-22-2007 13:14
Why do the posts here say 8:14 p.m. or so? I'm EST and it's 4:13 -- and I thought SL was PST?
Where does the posting time come from?
(Newbie question)
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Beezle Warburton
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Join date: 10 Nov 2006
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08-22-2007 13:15
From: Shawnee Morigi Why do the posts here say 8:16 p.m. or so? I'm EST and it's 4:13 -- and I thought SL was PST?
Where does the posting time come from?
(Newbie question) You set the timezone in UserCP under Edit Options.
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Brenda Connolly
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08-22-2007 13:15
From: Shawnee Morigi Why do the posts here say 8:14 p.m. or so? I'm EST and it's 4:13 -- and I thought SL was PST?
Where does the posting time come from?
(Newbie question) In your user CP, check what the forum time is set at. You can choose whatever timezone you wish.
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Xal Dryke
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08-22-2007 13:16
From: Shawnee Morigi Why do the posts here say 8:14 p.m. or so? I'm EST and it's 4:13 -- and I thought SL was PST?
Where does the posting time come from?
(Newbie question) Somewhere in the UK by the looks of the times. |
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Shawnee Morigi
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time
08-22-2007 13:16
thanks...at least I'm learning while offline.
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Pandora Pienaar
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08-22-2007 13:16
From: Shir Dryke Pandora, first of all, welcome. Second, the downtimes mostly last a few hours more than said. There have been incidents with more. At least my time (yesyes, I know, short time) experience says so. thank you for the welcome shir, lets keep our fingers, toes and eyes crossed that its sooner rather than later.lol.
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Shir Dryke
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08-22-2007 13:16
Anyone noticed this?
[UPDATE] Thank you for your comments. We greatly appreciate your continued patience during downtime. Please note that in the near future, and thanks to Het-Grid, downtime will occur less frequently. Don’t know about Het-Grid? Check out Breaking News in this month’s newsletter.
Hmmm... you guys deliver, then I believe. Maybe.
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Bradley Bracken
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Join date: 2 Apr 2007
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08-22-2007 13:16
From: Solomon Devoix Now pushed back to 1:15 PST... Nope, now it's 1:30. LMAO. The absurdity of this actually makes it enjoyable. |
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Larrie Lane
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08-22-2007 13:16
From my experience, I would say that from 08.00 GMT time onwards is best, that is the time I see most weekdays the least people online.
Normally from 18 to 25 thousand max and slowly drifts upwards after midday.
Evenings there is normally well in excess 35 thousand plus online.
So, I agree, why shut down at a peak time?
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Oryx Tempel
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08-22-2007 13:17
Hi Pandora, Welcome to SL! Patience is a virtue, young grasshopper. |
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Marty Starbrook
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Join date: 10 Dec 2006
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08-22-2007 13:17
now this is taking the piss ......... i have been at work all day ...wanted to settle for a couple of hours of SL ..
And ever 15 minutes is ANOTHER 15 minutes .... nows its 1.30, 9.30 BST
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addax Vodopan
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08-22-2007 13:17
From: Xal Dryke Somewhere in the UK by the looks of the times. nope add an hour mate - its 9.17pm in the UK I'm sure LL and co just mess with the time zones to cover up the fact they've been down over 5 hours so far ! 2-3 hour job my bottom lol |
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bladyblue Bommerang
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Looks to be open now
08-22-2007 13:18
From: addax Vodopan nope add an hour mate - its 9.17pm in the UK
I'm sure LL and co just mess with the time zones to cover up the fact they've been down over 5 hours so far !
2-3 hour job my bottom lol My visitor script just sent me a offline. Someone is in - so we may be up now |
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Bradley Bracken
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Join date: 2 Apr 2007
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08-22-2007 13:19
Should we take bets on if it goes to 1:45?
I know gambling is illegal but the grid monkeys are too busy to notice right now.
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