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Xplorer Cannoli

Cache Cleaner

Join date: 18 Sep 2005

Posts: 1,131

03-21-2008 12:07

No blog announcement that I can see. Tried to purchase a few items and 2 out of 5 completed, with 1 actually taking the funds and not giving the item.

I hate to make these posts because I know the effect it will have on the economy. But you have to juggle the fine line between allowing people to attempt to purchase and getting peeved or telling people to be cautious about their spending today.

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Bradley Bracken

Goodbye, Farewell, Amen

Join date: 2 Apr 2007

Posts: 3,856

03-21-2008 12:17

Yep. I have a message in my in box from someone saying they just made purchases and didn't receive their items. I'll have to take care of them when I can log in.

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Bradley Bracken

Goodbye, Farewell, Amen

Join date: 2 Apr 2007

Posts: 3,856

03-21-2008 12:17

Yep. I have a message in my email from someone IM'ing me saying they just made purchases and didn't receive their items. I'll have to take care of them when I can log in.

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My interest in SL has simply died. Thanks for all the laughs

Avion Raymaker

Palacio del Emperador!

Join date: 18 Jun 2007

Posts: 980

03-21-2008 12:26

I'm not sure if it's related, but I even had a rental box refuse someone's money, for the first time ever. It did seem to know to give it back though. This is, however, confusing to the resident. If they weren't paying attention to their Linden balance, it just looks in-world like they paid but got no time added for it.

From: xplorer

I hate to make these posts because I know the effect it will have on the economy. But you have to juggle the fine line between allowing people to attempt to purchase and getting peeved or telling people to be cautious about their spending today.

I say we're better off yelling about it. I'll risk the short term losses if it increases the chance for a fix.

Isablan Neva

Mystic

Join date: 27 Nov 2004

Posts: 2,907

03-21-2008 12:39

I'm getting delivery failure IM's as well.

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Phil Deakins

Prim Savers = low prims

Join date: 17 Jan 2007

Posts: 9,537

03-21-2008 12:40

I had one not long ago when I was in. Money received - no item delivered. I was there at the time, so I dealt with it straight away. Nothing in my email since then.

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EliteData Maximus

Technical Geek

Join date: 3 Oct 2007

Posts: 298

03-21-2008 12:43

im seeing textures load up grey on newly rezzed objects and grey textures on relogged avatars in addition to the events described above.

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Kiboe Munro

Registered User

Join date: 16 Jun 2007

Posts: 338

03-21-2008 12:45

yep, taking me forever just to log in, so

Stormy Dyrssen

Out of the loop

Join date: 21 Nov 2007

Posts: 832

03-21-2008 12:46

The blog annoucement will show up later tonight after most people have already tried and failed!

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Elinah Iredell

Registered User

Join date: 14 Aug 2006

Posts: 269

03-21-2008 12:46

I tried to upload a texture and it wouldnt rez at all just blank gray.

Lisa

Isablan Neva

Mystic

Join date: 27 Nov 2004

Posts: 2,907

03-21-2008 12:47

Forums not happy either.

Looks like the Sunday afternoon meltdown is two days early this week.

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EliteData Maximus

Technical Geek

Join date: 3 Oct 2007

Posts: 298

03-21-2008 12:50

looks like some forgot to pay their bandwidth bill on time - lol

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MoxZ Mokeev

Invisible Alpha Texture

Join date: 10 Jan 2008

Posts: 870

03-21-2008 12:51

Yep, money transfers stale for me....must be all the bots.

Prawnyloks Parker

"Prim Fiddler"

Join date: 6 Oct 2006

Posts: 420

03-21-2008 12:54

This just in on the blog...

From: someone

We are aware of multiple issues affecting the whole of Second Life and are working to resolve them as quickly as possible.

Please refrain from uploading textures or making any transactions for the time being. You may notice problems with logging into Second Life, grey textures/avatars, inability to Teleport, failing transactions.. among other things.

We will update this blog as soon as we have information to update with.

I'll always send out new copies if there's a failure like this.

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http://slurl.com/secondlife/nuclear/236/240/21 (main store)
or http://slurl.com/secondlife/huntsman/162/112/115

Ciaran Laval

Mostly Harmless

Join date: 11 Mar 2007

Posts: 7,951

03-21-2008 12:55

Just crashed after experiencing what appeared to be extreme lag and with a message about netscape, which I've never seen before.

And now I can't login.

Ceera Murakami

Texture Artist / Builder

Join date: 9 Sep 2005

Posts: 7,750

03-21-2008 13:09

Well, I just managed to get in, drop an IM message on a friend, and get back out again. Took 2 to 3 times the normal delay to log in.

Nice time to go read a book, or something...

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Nyoko Salome

kittytailmeowmeow

Join date: 18 Jul 2005

Posts: 1,378

03-21-2008 13:22

CONFIRMED :\ just had a customer call with payment 'timed out', vendor did not respond at all, but money transferred to my account and i had to issue a refund.

not uncommon the past month, since the last major round of grid updates/ip subnetting madness

this happens just for short periods of time, but is majorly irritating when it does... :\

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mcgeeb Gupte

Jolie Femme @}-,-'-,---

Join date: 17 Sep 2005

Posts: 1,152

03-21-2008 15:38

This has been happening the past several months and been getting worse. Even if its not in the blog there is still a chance it could happen.
I wouldn't avoid purchases, just go over profiles to make sure that if one does fail, the store has a good policy for when this does happen. Especially if its an expensive purchase and you don't want to wait more than a day for your item to be sent to you.
Its simple enough for me. I got paid for the item, I will make darn sure that it will be sent even if I need to do it manually. It's copy only and it doesn't matter how many I send. It's the best way to keep customers.

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http://joliefemmedesigns.blogspot.com/

3Ring Binder

always smile

Join date: 8 Mar 2007

Posts: 15,028

03-21-2008 15:39

it's in the blog. now.

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it was fun while it lasted.
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mcgeeb Gupte

Jolie Femme @}-,-'-,---

Join date: 17 Sep 2005

Posts: 1,152

03-21-2008 15:42

From: 3Ring Binder

it's in the blog. now.

Copy and pasted from last weekend.

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http://joliefemmedesigns.blogspot.com/

Ray Musketeer

Registered User

Join date: 22 Oct 2005

Posts: 418

03-21-2008 17:48

Though I like screwing up cause I'm lazy and I like the bottom view

, SL is scewing up and it aint fun. Every couple of days these warnings come out killing all sales. Those that depend on a healthy economy may be feeling the same as I. I would rather they close the grid even if it took a day or more and plug the leaks.

They can pretend that its not such a big deal but I beg to differ. We work very hard for the trickle of shoppers we are getting these days and the pontetial sales are stymied by what?

What exactly keeps screwing the asset servers up? We are never offered reduced fees for the constant disruptions yet we are expected to lose time, energy and $ from no fault of our own with no recompense.

It's not only money, I can't reach friends unless I want to wade thru "hippoes" or make a notecard with all my friends list and search under people and even my partner linked to my profile is often never showing in friends even when its "working", seldom can talk in group chat, conversations cut short or constantly interupted by people crashing and the lag monster has the hiccups.

My attitude has been taking a nosedive and I really hate it that I get to post some negative bs that doesn't help as well.

Plug the leaks LL, please.

Macha Morigi

Miss Aligned

Join date: 15 Sep 2007

Posts: 168

03-21-2008 18:09

What Ray said... thanks for saving me the typing, Ray

These last few days it's been impossible to build...textures reverting (overnight!!), prims going oddly out of alignment / rotation, horrendous lag, ghost prims in the sandboxes, scripts behaving oddly.... It's just so frustrating. I take things into inventory, and rez them the next day only to find half the work I did the day before has been undone (and yes, I do name each copy of my builds with the date so I know when I've definitely saved something.)

Not only that but my customers are having issues rezzing things they've bought from me - they drop the rez box and only half the build appears.. Now THAT has never happened to me before. This has happened three times this week to three different people, so I doubt it's a coincidence.

Ah well, never mind...now it's the weekend, meaning everything will be twice as badas it was on Wednesday.

At least my ironing will get done this weekend.

Ray Musketeer

Registered User

Join date: 22 Oct 2005

Posts: 418

03-21-2008 20:36

yw Macha,

wished it was something like how great sl's been running lately though lol.

Advice: Avoid Purchases for the time being
Xplorer Cannoli Cache Cleaner Join date: 18 Sep 2005 Posts: 1,131	03-21-2008 12:07 No blog announcement that I can see. Tried to purchase a few items and 2 out of 5 completed, with 1 actually taking the funds and not giving the item. I hate to make these posts because I know the effect it will have on the economy. But you have to juggle the fine line between allowing people to attempt to purchase and getting peeved or telling people to be cautious about their spending today. _____________________ Region Names for a Themed Shopping Experience: New Region: Gifts Accessories, Art, Avatars, Cars, Clothes, Clothing, Fashion, Fashions, Furnishings, Furniture, Gadgets, Games, Gifts, Hair, Jewellery, Jewelry, Mall, Men, Money, Music, Pets, Shoes, Shopping, Skin, Skins, Something, Women, X Attractions: Explore our new park at HOME New Racetrack at CAR WEAPONS Region Now Open!
Bradley Bracken Goodbye, Farewell, Amen Join date: 2 Apr 2007 Posts: 3,856	03-21-2008 12:17 Yep. I have a message in my in box from someone saying they just made purchases and didn't receive their items. I'll have to take care of them when I can log in. _____________________ My interest in SL has simply died. Thanks for all the laughs
Bradley Bracken Goodbye, Farewell, Amen Join date: 2 Apr 2007 Posts: 3,856	03-21-2008 12:17 Yep. I have a message in my email from someone IM'ing me saying they just made purchases and didn't receive their items. I'll have to take care of them when I can log in. _____________________ My interest in SL has simply died. Thanks for all the laughs
Avion Raymaker Palacio del Emperador! Join date: 18 Jun 2007 Posts: 980	03-21-2008 12:26 I'm not sure if it's related, but I even had a rental box refuse someone's money, for the first time ever. It did seem to know to give it back though. This is, however, confusing to the resident. If they weren't paying attention to their Linden balance, it just looks in-world like they paid but got no time added for it. From: xplorer I hate to make these posts because I know the effect it will have on the economy. But you have to juggle the fine line between allowing people to attempt to purchase and getting peeved or telling people to be cautious about their spending today. I say we're better off yelling about it. I'll risk the short term losses if it increases the chance for a fix.
Isablan Neva Mystic Join date: 27 Nov 2004 Posts: 2,907	03-21-2008 12:39 I'm getting delivery failure IM's as well. _____________________ http://slurl.com/secondlife/TheBotanicalGardens/207/30/420/
Phil Deakins Prim Savers = low prims Join date: 17 Jan 2007 Posts: 9,537	03-21-2008 12:40 I had one not long ago when I was in. Money received - no item delivered. I was there at the time, so I dealt with it straight away. Nothing in my email since then. _____________________ Prim Savers - almost 1000 items of superbly crafted, top quality, very low prim furniture, and all at amazingly low prices. http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seymour/213/120/251/
EliteData Maximus Technical Geek Join date: 3 Oct 2007 Posts: 298	03-21-2008 12:43 im seeing textures load up grey on newly rezzed objects and grey textures on relogged avatars in addition to the events described above. _____________________
Kiboe Munro Registered User Join date: 16 Jun 2007 Posts: 338	03-21-2008 12:45 yep, taking me forever just to log in, so
Stormy Dyrssen Out of the loop Join date: 21 Nov 2007 Posts: 832	03-21-2008 12:46 The blog annoucement will show up later tonight after most people have already tried and failed! _____________________ ~"The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit." ~ -- Somerset Maugham
Elinah Iredell Registered User Join date: 14 Aug 2006 Posts: 269	03-21-2008 12:46 I tried to upload a texture and it wouldnt rez at all just blank gray. Lisa
Isablan Neva Mystic Join date: 27 Nov 2004 Posts: 2,907	03-21-2008 12:47 Forums not happy either. Looks like the Sunday afternoon meltdown is two days early this week. _____________________ http://slurl.com/secondlife/TheBotanicalGardens/207/30/420/
EliteData Maximus Technical Geek Join date: 3 Oct 2007 Posts: 298	03-21-2008 12:50 looks like some forgot to pay their bandwidth bill on time - lol _____________________
MoxZ Mokeev Invisible Alpha Texture Join date: 10 Jan 2008 Posts: 870	03-21-2008 12:51 Yep, money transfers stale for me....must be all the bots.
Prawnyloks Parker "Prim Fiddler" Join date: 6 Oct 2006 Posts: 420	03-21-2008 12:54 This just in on the blog... From: someone We are aware of multiple issues affecting the whole of Second Life and are working to resolve them as quickly as possible. Please refrain from uploading textures or making any transactions for the time being. You may notice problems with logging into Second Life, grey textures/avatars, inability to Teleport, failing transactions.. among other things. We will update this blog as soon as we have information to update with. I'll always send out new copies if there's a failure like this. _____________________ PP Designs - The Home of Low Prim Designs - low prim prefabs & furniture http://slurl.com/secondlife/nuclear/236/240/21 (main store) or http://slurl.com/secondlife/huntsman/162/112/115
Ciaran Laval Mostly Harmless Join date: 11 Mar 2007 Posts: 7,951	03-21-2008 12:55 Just crashed after experiencing what appeared to be extreme lag and with a message about netscape, which I've never seen before. And now I can't login.
Ceera Murakami Texture Artist / Builder Join date: 9 Sep 2005 Posts: 7,750	03-21-2008 13:09 Well, I just managed to get in, drop an IM message on a friend, and get back out again. Took 2 to 3 times the normal delay to log in. Nice time to go read a book, or something... _____________________ Sorry, LL won't let me tell you where I sell my textures and where I offer my services as a sim builder. Ask me in-world.
Nyoko Salome kittytailmeowmeow Join date: 18 Jul 2005 Posts: 1,378	03-21-2008 13:22 CONFIRMED :\ just had a customer call with payment 'timed out', vendor did not respond at all, but money transferred to my account and i had to issue a refund. not uncommon the past month, since the last major round of grid updates/ip subnetting madness this happens just for short periods of time, but is majorly irritating when it does... :\ _____________________ Nyoko's Bodyoils @ Nyoko's Wears http://slurl.com/secondlife/Centaur/126/251/734/ http://home.comcast.net/~nyoko.salome2/nyokosWears/index.html "i don't spend nearly enough time on the holodeck. i should go there more often and relax." - deanna troi
mcgeeb Gupte Jolie Femme @}-,-'-,--- Join date: 17 Sep 2005 Posts: 1,152	03-21-2008 15:38 This has been happening the past several months and been getting worse. Even if its not in the blog there is still a chance it could happen. I wouldn't avoid purchases, just go over profiles to make sure that if one does fail, the store has a good policy for when this does happen. Especially if its an expensive purchase and you don't want to wait more than a day for your item to be sent to you. Its simple enough for me. I got paid for the item, I will make darn sure that it will be sent even if I need to do it manually. It's copy only and it doesn't matter how many I send. It's the best way to keep customers. _____________________ http://slurl.com/secondlife/Neuntoter/72/192/ http://joliefemmedesigns.blogspot.com/
3Ring Binder always smile Join date: 8 Mar 2007 Posts: 15,028	03-21-2008 15:39 it's in the blog. now. _____________________ it was fun while it lasted. http://2lf.informe.com/
mcgeeb Gupte Jolie Femme @}-,-'-,--- Join date: 17 Sep 2005 Posts: 1,152	03-21-2008 15:42 From: 3Ring Binder it's in the blog. now. Copy and pasted from last weekend. _____________________ http://slurl.com/secondlife/Neuntoter/72/192/ http://joliefemmedesigns.blogspot.com/
Ray Musketeer Registered User Join date: 22 Oct 2005 Posts: 418	03-21-2008 17:48 Though I like screwing up cause I'm lazy and I like the bottom view , SL is scewing up and it aint fun. Every couple of days these warnings come out killing all sales. Those that depend on a healthy economy may be feeling the same as I. I would rather they close the grid even if it took a day or more and plug the leaks. They can pretend that its not such a big deal but I beg to differ. We work very hard for the trickle of shoppers we are getting these days and the pontetial sales are stymied by what? What exactly keeps screwing the asset servers up? We are never offered reduced fees for the constant disruptions yet we are expected to lose time, energy and $ from no fault of our own with no recompense. It's not only money, I can't reach friends unless I want to wade thru "hippoes" or make a notecard with all my friends list and search under people and even my partner linked to my profile is often never showing in friends even when its "working", seldom can talk in group chat, conversations cut short or constantly interupted by people crashing and the lag monster has the hiccups. My attitude has been taking a nosedive and I really hate it that I get to post some negative bs that doesn't help as well. Plug the leaks LL, please.
Macha Morigi Miss Aligned Join date: 15 Sep 2007 Posts: 168	03-21-2008 18:09 What Ray said... thanks for saving me the typing, Ray These last few days it's been impossible to build...textures reverting (overnight!!), prims going oddly out of alignment / rotation, horrendous lag, ghost prims in the sandboxes, scripts behaving oddly.... It's just so frustrating. I take things into inventory, and rez them the next day only to find half the work I did the day before has been undone (and yes, I do name each copy of my builds with the date so I know when I've definitely saved something.) Not only that but my customers are having issues rezzing things they've bought from me - they drop the rez box and only half the build appears.. Now THAT has never happened to me before. This has happened three times this week to three different people, so I doubt it's a coincidence. Ah well, never mind...now it's the weekend, meaning everything will be twice as badas it was on Wednesday. At least my ironing will get done this weekend.
Ray Musketeer Registered User Join date: 22 Oct 2005 Posts: 418	03-21-2008 20:36 yw Macha, wished it was something like how great sl's been running lately though lol.

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