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William Dalgleish

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Join date: 20 May 2006

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08-09-2006 09:47

I want to know what the public thinks, because this is what I think, I have played several online games similar to SL and I know they all did matience and everything, but to me I just feel that SL is down too often, most of the other games did their matience at 3 am and I notice when I try to log on it says SL is undergoing matenice, so I jsut wanted to get a feel of what other people think, is Second Life down too much?

Suzanna Soyinka

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Join date: 25 Nov 2005

Posts: 292

08-09-2006 09:50

From: William Dalgleish

I want to know what the public thinks, because this is what I think, I have played several online games similar to SL and I know they all did matience and everything, but to me I just feel that SL is down too often, most of the other games did their matience at 3 am and I notice when I try to log on it says SL is undergoing matenice, so I jsut wanted to get a feel of what other people think, is Second Life down too much?

I was okay with the wednesday updates back when they actually fixed stuff and added new features that weren't bugged.

But lately it seems like every new update introduces a huge slew of new bugs that require more downtime between patch days...so I sort of agree...the downtime is getting a but much lately.

Schwanson Schlegel

SL's Tokin' Villain

Join date: 15 Nov 2003

Posts: 2,721

08-09-2006 09:52

I am not opposed to the weekly updates, but I think LL should seriously consider changing the hours that they do these updates. 2-7 AM PST would probably make alot more sense.

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Xceptopec Wolfstein

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Join date: 12 Jul 2006

Posts: 153

08-09-2006 09:53

Yes!

Gemini Enfield

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Join date: 17 Dec 2005

Posts: 9

08-09-2006 09:55

No!

Sorako Lightworker

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Join date: 13 Dec 2005

Posts: 30

08-09-2006 09:57

Maybe!

Jessica Elytis

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Join date: 7 Oct 2005

Posts: 1,783

08-09-2006 09:58

Down too much? No.

Needing more testing on new features to prevent downtime more? Yes.

Needing more time to test new features to prevent all the bugs? HELL YES!!!

~Jessy

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William Dalgleish

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Join date: 20 May 2006

Posts: 29

08-09-2006 10:02

Yep, I agree with Jessy, I also just wish they didnt take so long, there are like 100 lindens... lol

Cal Prefect

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Join date: 5 Jan 2005

Posts: 160

08-09-2006 10:06

Too much? I dont know...
EVE Online id down an hour every day, and that seems to work just fine. The game functions smoothly, and is pretty much bug/lag free.
Sl used to run pretty smooth as well back in the day, but I'm starting to get pretty fed up with all these useless updates that require 3 other downtimes and other subpatches to work properly.

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William Dalgleish

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08-09-2006 10:11

From: Cal Prefect

Too much? I dont know...
EVE Online id down an hour every day, and that seems to work just fine. The game functions smoothly, and is pretty much bug/lag free.
Sl used to run pretty smooth as well back in the day, but I'm starting to get pretty fed up with all these useless updates that require 3 other downtimes and other subpatches to work properly.

Yeah, but I dont know about the lag and bugs... how many updates have we had where SL had to be shut down because the bugs where horrible and everyone was crashing, also I think lag is horrible...

Mick Mercy

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Join date: 12 Jan 2006

Posts: 7

Fed up with it

08-09-2006 10:13

I am from the UK so it cuts into my play time every week and as i am paying $195 a mth it really pisses me off.
I wouldn't mind so much but the updates are just making the game worse, why won't they fix what they have first, before bringing in new things that we don't need and why don't they make sure the updates work properly first?

Please LL make the updates at least fortnightly if not longer.

Schwanson Schlegel

SL's Tokin' Villain

Join date: 15 Nov 2003

Posts: 2,721

08-09-2006 10:14

From: Mick Mercy

fortnightly

How long is that?

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Cal Prefect

Dark Avenger

Join date: 5 Jan 2005

Posts: 160

08-09-2006 10:16

From: William Dalgleish

Yeah, but I dont know about the lag and bugs... how many updates have we had where SL had to be shut down because the bugs where horrible and everyone was crashing, also I think lag is horrible...

I've personaly had never any problems with EVE, expect from huge battles where there are like 200 ppl camping the same gate, which of course will generate lag...
But this is not about EVE anyway, the question is abuot SL, and frankly, as long as the updates need so much post configuring and downtimes without offering any meaningful features, I guess yeah, they are too often, in my opinion at least.

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Marianne McCann

Feted Inner Child

Join date: 23 Feb 2006

Posts: 7,145

08-09-2006 10:17

From: William Dalgleish

I want to know what the public thinks, because this is what I think, I have played several online games similar to SL and I know they all did matience and everything, but to me I just feel that SL is down too often, most of the other games did their matience at 3 am and I notice when I try to log on it says SL is undergoing matenice, so I jsut wanted to get a feel of what other people think, is Second Life down too much?

For me, it isn't so much that they are down, as they seem to be down for all the wrong reasons. It seems to be all bug fixes that introduce more bugs then they stomp out, new features that cause more trouble for people (focus, snapshot), and other such things.

I'm good with bug fixes, and I can think of a lot of them I hope will be fixed when I log in later today - but I simply *expect* more troubles.

Mari

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Mick Mercy

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Join date: 12 Jan 2006

Posts: 7

08-09-2006 10:18

From: Schwanson Schlegel

How long is that?

two weeks

Tangwystyl Gwynneville

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Join date: 14 Jun 2006

Posts: 32

08-09-2006 10:21

I'm fairly new.. I think right after I joined there was an update that made us users carry more of the load..

This has really messed with some peoples ability to play.. Some friends lag so bad they have to reboot the game at least 20 times a night.. and 5 of those aren't by choice.. They crash..

As much as LL charges for tier and land and such.. You would think they could afford servers to carry the load so we could enjoy a more lag free game..

I know saying it outloud wont change a thing, but had to grr.. lol..

William Dalgleish

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Join date: 20 May 2006

Posts: 29

08-09-2006 10:21

Yes, I think we all think that the updates arent needed, I really liked the old snapshot thing, this new one when you want to upload it, it is all blurrry, and why does it matter when I right click it does some speical feature, IT JUST CAUSES MORE BUGS AND LAG

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Ghoti Nyak

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08-09-2006 10:22

I think there aught to be MORE downtime.
Get all the people with a low tollerance for downtime to bugger off elsewhere.

-Ghoti

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Tangwystyl Gwynneville

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Join date: 14 Jun 2006

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08-09-2006 10:23

lol.. reading ghoti's post.. and .. then her sig..

They don't go together well lol...

William Dalgleish

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08-09-2006 10:23

From: Ghoti Nyak

I think there aught to be MORE downtime.
Get all the people with a low tollerance for downtime to bugger off elsewhere.

-Ghoti

Well, thats dumb, the main time when I can play SL is in the morning, and I get more busy with work stuff as the day goes on, and all the updates take place in the morning... and if your paying for this game, im sure you would wnat to play it more than wait for it to be up again....

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Ghoti Nyak

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08-09-2006 10:26

From: Tangwystyl Gwynneville

lol.. reading ghoti's post.. and .. then her sig..

They don't go together well lol...

I fail to see how getting overactive complainers to hush and world peace do not go together.

-Ghoti

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Allen Marx

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Join date: 14 Apr 2006

Posts: 49

Naw

08-09-2006 10:27

Oh, of COURSE Second Life isn't down too much! 30 minutes of gameplay a week is fine for us all right? RIGHT?!?!??! *eye twitches*

William Dalgleish

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Join date: 20 May 2006

Posts: 29

08-09-2006 10:27

From: Ghoti Nyak

I fail to see how getting overactive complainers to hush and world peace do not go together.

-Ghoti

We arent overactive complainers, we are simply the general public discusssing a big problem that makes us upset... lay off

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William Dalgleish

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08-09-2006 10:28

From: Allen Marx

Oh, of COURSE Second Life isn't down too much! 30 minutes of gameplay a week is fine for us all right? RIGHT?!?!??! *eye twitches*

30 minutes a week? its like 3 hours a week

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Rune Noodle

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Join date: 25 Feb 2006

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08-09-2006 10:28

From: William Dalgleish

Well, thats dumb, the main time when I can play SL is in the morning, and I get more busy with work stuff as the day goes on, and all the updates take place in the morning... and if your paying for this game, im sure you would wnat to play it more than wait for it to be up again....

Same here, I usually have other things to do later in the day and I don't get to play as much as I'd like. I pay $9.95 a month to play and I feel like I'm wasting it because I'm not on as much as I'd like.

I liked it when it was every wednesday and things weren't as buggy.

Is SL Down Too Much?
William Dalgleish Registered User Join date: 20 May 2006 Posts: 29	08-09-2006 09:47 I want to know what the public thinks, because this is what I think, I have played several online games similar to SL and I know they all did matience and everything, but to me I just feel that SL is down too often, most of the other games did their matience at 3 am and I notice when I try to log on it says SL is undergoing matenice, so I jsut wanted to get a feel of what other people think, is Second Life down too much?
Suzanna Soyinka Slinky Slinky Slinky Join date: 25 Nov 2005 Posts: 292	08-09-2006 09:50 From: William Dalgleish I want to know what the public thinks, because this is what I think, I have played several online games similar to SL and I know they all did matience and everything, but to me I just feel that SL is down too often, most of the other games did their matience at 3 am and I notice when I try to log on it says SL is undergoing matenice, so I jsut wanted to get a feel of what other people think, is Second Life down too much? I was okay with the wednesday updates back when they actually fixed stuff and added new features that weren't bugged. But lately it seems like every new update introduces a huge slew of new bugs that require more downtime between patch days...so I sort of agree...the downtime is getting a but much lately.
Schwanson Schlegel SL's Tokin' Villain Join date: 15 Nov 2003 Posts: 2,721	08-09-2006 09:52 I am not opposed to the weekly updates, but I think LL should seriously consider changing the hours that they do these updates. 2-7 AM PST would probably make alot more sense. _____________________
Xceptopec Wolfstein Registered User Join date: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 153	08-09-2006 09:53 Yes!
Gemini Enfield Registered User Join date: 17 Dec 2005 Posts: 9	08-09-2006 09:55 No!
Sorako Lightworker Registered User Join date: 13 Dec 2005 Posts: 30	08-09-2006 09:57 Maybe!
Jessica Elytis Goddess Join date: 7 Oct 2005 Posts: 1,783	08-09-2006 09:58 Down too much? No. Needing more testing on new features to prevent downtime more? Yes. Needing more time to test new features to prevent all the bugs? HELL YES!!! ~Jessy _____________________ When your friend does somethign stupid: From: Aldo Stern Dude, you are a true and good friend, and I love you like the brother that my mom claims she never had, but you are in fact acting like a flaming douche on white toast with a side order of dickknob salsa..maybe you should reconsider this course of action and we go find something else to do.
William Dalgleish Registered User Join date: 20 May 2006 Posts: 29	08-09-2006 10:02 Yep, I agree with Jessy, I also just wish they didnt take so long, there are like 100 lindens... lol
Cal Prefect Dark Avenger Join date: 5 Jan 2005 Posts: 160	08-09-2006 10:06 Too much? I dont know... EVE Online id down an hour every day, and that seems to work just fine. The game functions smoothly, and is pretty much bug/lag free. Sl used to run pretty smooth as well back in the day, but I'm starting to get pretty fed up with all these useless updates that require 3 other downtimes and other subpatches to work properly. _____________________
William Dalgleish Registered User Join date: 20 May 2006 Posts: 29	08-09-2006 10:11 From: Cal Prefect Too much? I dont know... EVE Online id down an hour every day, and that seems to work just fine. The game functions smoothly, and is pretty much bug/lag free. Sl used to run pretty smooth as well back in the day, but I'm starting to get pretty fed up with all these useless updates that require 3 other downtimes and other subpatches to work properly. Yeah, but I dont know about the lag and bugs... how many updates have we had where SL had to be shut down because the bugs where horrible and everyone was crashing, also I think lag is horrible...
Mick Mercy Registered User Join date: 12 Jan 2006 Posts: 7	Fed up with it 08-09-2006 10:13 I am from the UK so it cuts into my play time every week and as i am paying $195 a mth it really pisses me off. I wouldn't mind so much but the updates are just making the game worse, why won't they fix what they have first, before bringing in new things that we don't need and why don't they make sure the updates work properly first? Please LL make the updates at least fortnightly if not longer.
Schwanson Schlegel SL's Tokin' Villain Join date: 15 Nov 2003 Posts: 2,721	08-09-2006 10:14 From: Mick Mercy fortnightly How long is that? _____________________
Cal Prefect Dark Avenger Join date: 5 Jan 2005 Posts: 160	08-09-2006 10:16 From: William Dalgleish Yeah, but I dont know about the lag and bugs... how many updates have we had where SL had to be shut down because the bugs where horrible and everyone was crashing, also I think lag is horrible... I've personaly had never any problems with EVE, expect from huge battles where there are like 200 ppl camping the same gate, which of course will generate lag... But this is not about EVE anyway, the question is abuot SL, and frankly, as long as the updates need so much post configuring and downtimes without offering any meaningful features, I guess yeah, they are too often, in my opinion at least. _____________________
Marianne McCann Feted Inner Child Join date: 23 Feb 2006 Posts: 7,145	08-09-2006 10:17 From: William Dalgleish I want to know what the public thinks, because this is what I think, I have played several online games similar to SL and I know they all did matience and everything, but to me I just feel that SL is down too often, most of the other games did their matience at 3 am and I notice when I try to log on it says SL is undergoing matenice, so I jsut wanted to get a feel of what other people think, is Second Life down too much? For me, it isn't so much that they are down, as they seem to be down for all the wrong reasons. It seems to be all bug fixes that introduce more bugs then they stomp out, new features that cause more trouble for people (focus, snapshot), and other such things. I'm good with bug fixes, and I can think of a lot of them I hope will be fixed when I log in later today - but I simply expect more troubles. Mari _____________________ "There's nothing objectionable nor illegal in having a child-like avatar in itself and we must assume innocence until proof of the contrary." - Lewis PR Linden "If you find children offensive, you're gonna have trouble in this world " - Prospero Linden
Mick Mercy Registered User Join date: 12 Jan 2006 Posts: 7	08-09-2006 10:18 From: Schwanson Schlegel How long is that? two weeks
Tangwystyl Gwynneville Registered User Join date: 14 Jun 2006 Posts: 32	08-09-2006 10:21 I'm fairly new.. I think right after I joined there was an update that made us users carry more of the load.. This has really messed with some peoples ability to play.. Some friends lag so bad they have to reboot the game at least 20 times a night.. and 5 of those aren't by choice.. They crash.. As much as LL charges for tier and land and such.. You would think they could afford servers to carry the load so we could enjoy a more lag free game.. I know saying it outloud wont change a thing, but had to grr.. lol..
William Dalgleish Registered User Join date: 20 May 2006 Posts: 29	08-09-2006 10:21 Yes, I think we all think that the updates arent needed, I really liked the old snapshot thing, this new one when you want to upload it, it is all blurrry, and why does it matter when I right click it does some speical feature, IT JUST CAUSES MORE BUGS AND LAG _____________________ William Dalgleish - -
Ghoti Nyak καλλιστι Join date: 7 Aug 2004 Posts: 2,078	08-09-2006 10:22 I think there aught to be MORE downtime. Get all the people with a low tollerance for downtime to bugger off elsewhere. -Ghoti _____________________ "Sometimes I believe that this less material life is our truer life, and that our vain presence on the terraqueous globe is itself the secondary or merely virtual phenomenon." ~ H.P. Lovecraft
Tangwystyl Gwynneville Registered User Join date: 14 Jun 2006 Posts: 32	08-09-2006 10:23 lol.. reading ghoti's post.. and .. then her sig.. They don't go together well lol...
William Dalgleish Registered User Join date: 20 May 2006 Posts: 29	08-09-2006 10:23 From: Ghoti Nyak I think there aught to be MORE downtime. Get all the people with a low tollerance for downtime to bugger off elsewhere. -Ghoti Well, thats dumb, the main time when I can play SL is in the morning, and I get more busy with work stuff as the day goes on, and all the updates take place in the morning... and if your paying for this game, im sure you would wnat to play it more than wait for it to be up again.... _____________________ William Dalgleish - -
Ghoti Nyak καλλιστι Join date: 7 Aug 2004 Posts: 2,078	08-09-2006 10:26 From: Tangwystyl Gwynneville lol.. reading ghoti's post.. and .. then her sig.. They don't go together well lol... I fail to see how getting overactive complainers to hush and world peace do not go together. -Ghoti _____________________ "Sometimes I believe that this less material life is our truer life, and that our vain presence on the terraqueous globe is itself the secondary or merely virtual phenomenon." ~ H.P. Lovecraft
Allen Marx Registered User Join date: 14 Apr 2006 Posts: 49	Naw 08-09-2006 10:27 Oh, of COURSE Second Life isn't down too much! 30 minutes of gameplay a week is fine for us all right? RIGHT?!?!??! eye twitches
William Dalgleish Registered User Join date: 20 May 2006 Posts: 29	08-09-2006 10:27 From: Ghoti Nyak I fail to see how getting overactive complainers to hush and world peace do not go together. -Ghoti We arent overactive complainers, we are simply the general public discusssing a big problem that makes us upset... lay off _____________________ William Dalgleish - -
William Dalgleish Registered User Join date: 20 May 2006 Posts: 29	08-09-2006 10:28 From: Allen Marx Oh, of COURSE Second Life isn't down too much! 30 minutes of gameplay a week is fine for us all right? RIGHT?!?!??! eye twitches 30 minutes a week? its like 3 hours a week _____________________ William Dalgleish - -
Rune Noodle Registered User Join date: 25 Feb 2006 Posts: 9	08-09-2006 10:28 From: William Dalgleish Well, thats dumb, the main time when I can play SL is in the morning, and I get more busy with work stuff as the day goes on, and all the updates take place in the morning... and if your paying for this game, im sure you would wnat to play it more than wait for it to be up again.... Same here, I usually have other things to do later in the day and I don't get to play as much as I'd like. I pay $9.95 a month to play and I feel like I'm wasting it because I'm not on as much as I'd like. I liked it when it was every wednesday and things weren't as buggy.

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