anyone want to bet on how long the game will be down for?

[helbafx]

the way stuff keep getting worst and worst for japan i hate to say it but i figh we be lucky if the game get turn back on by the end of may. so anyone know of a game that like ff11 to waste time till it get turn back on let me know thank. and i hope stuff get better for them all and i wish u.s.a will do more for japan along with the rest of the world. they do so much for everyone else now it our turn to help them out when they need it the most.

[Chronofantasy]

Yes, you can waste time on the forums. :D Compete for the most posts and talk about all your FFXI fantasies. ^^

By the way Helbafx, you're from Quetz server right? If you are then I know you!

[Tsukino_Kaji]

Do we get some kind of spread?

[annewandering]

So do we count from Sunday or today? I say Monday it will be up. And on Monday I will go for another time. ^^

[Vivivivi]

I'm sure when power is regularly restored, so will FFXI be.

[annewandering]

Yes, Vivivivi but how many days will that be? How about a guess for fun? ^^

[helbafx]

i been over there to japan last year. i think of japan like it home. the people there are so nice and friendly so i just really hope stuff get well for them soon. but what i saying is stuff is getting worst by the day. so the people that really think game going to be back on anytime soon it not liking to happen anytime soon and who care a about a game when there is lives at risk if i could go over there right now an help. so anyone know of a good online game for PC?

[Vivivivi]

Yes, Vivivivi but how many days will that be? How about a guess for fun? ^^

9,999 :D get it!?

[helbafx]

i say we count from Sunday. i think it won't be back up till the end of April atleast.

[Selzak]

Gonna guess between- a week from Friday to that following Monday.

[Knighhtmare]

I'm betting they will be down exactly one month.

[Coldbrand]

Until I don't suffer from constant melancholy and boredom.

[NightDagger]

I am going to say that in mid April they will be able to power the Servers back up, but at that same time they are going to have difficulties with the FFXI Servers themselves & be another delay while they are trying to figure out why the "dirty" power messed them up. ( they may want to get more people on their FFXIV servers,, and this would be a good excuse!!)

Just a thought, I would prefer to see hydro restored to Japan by beginning of April & we can play again but .....

[Tsukino_Kaji]

Until I don't suffer from constant melancholy and boredom.Now THAT belongs in the withdrawls thread.

[annewandering]

9999 God brew! So fix it then :D

[JagerForrester]

I try not to worry about such things. The game will return when SE gets the green flag. If I had to take a guess how long, 3 months.

[magnius]

4-6 weeks.

[Rorschach]

i say 3 weeks from march 13.

[NotAzure]

I would wager that it's going to depend on the power situation. Until the country is no longer subject to rolling blackouts to conserve power, it is unlikely that the servers will go up.

Given their comments on the pushback of the version update, I'm inclined to think we're not going to see the game up and running until the middle or end of April - at absolute best. If this situation in Fukushima continues to worsen, or the wind shifts southwards... it could very easily be longer.

Now it's possible that we'll see the servers come back sooner than that, but I remain doubtful.

[RAIST]

hopefully shortly after they stop the rolling blackouts they will get the green light. Some things in the works that may make that situation a little better in the next couple days... just hang in there. Maybe we'll hear from SE this weekend or Monday morning.

Raist

[svengalis]

I would say the servers are going to be down at least another week.

[Niklz]

This month should be officially dubbed "March Madness".


...or has it been used already I'm not sure.

[NightDagger]

hopefully shortly after they stop the rolling blackouts they will get the green light. Some things in the works that may make that situation a little better in the next couple days... just hang in there. Maybe we'll hear from SE this weekend or Monday morning.

Raist

On TEPCO's site they say the rolling blackouts will be happening until atleast the end of April^^

[RAIST]

true.. but not putting a lot of stock in TEPCO's pressers lately...just gotta wait it out and see what happens. I would hazard a guess that if it does indeed resort to that long, SE will put a different plan in action somehow. At least, I HOPE....

Raist

[Kailea_Nagisa]

I would guess no less then 2 weeks to almost a month, depending on the status of Japan later in the month.

[Amanie]

well they could rationing power to ease the stress on their damaged grid. the rolling blackouts could also be used to repair parts of the grid.
if its strict rationing then who knows.

however, if SE is conserving power by choice, which it looks like, they can turn the servers on until their designated black out time comes. when we had rolling black outs over here in california, things were rather normal until the black out came for 1-4hrs at designated times.

[rog]

Betting on forever.

[RAIST]

If the block was isolated, that could work. But every block that is getting blackouts has a portion of Tokyo in it, as well as surrounding wards. Even if the servers are up, a node could be down preventing access to the internet. Too many variables at play to guarantee stability I guess.

Raist

[Rocman]

It will be up by sunday or monday.