Temporary Suspension of the Services Due to an Earthquake

my heart goes out to the ones lost (execpt those that work for sony. Personal grudge.) and i understand the shutdown.

but i thought the servers were hosted somewhere in the US O-o but i think the game should be suspened more than a week. like till things are a-Ok down there in Japan.

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Originally Posted by Vie

Saying if I had the money I'd go help does not make it right for you to think you have the right to prioritise your playing time over the power needs of a country Naturebeckles. You and other posters on here just don't seem to get that even though it was not an immediate disruption, it is a necessary one. My point to you and others was your sense of what is a priority ion this life and as for making you look a complete idiot, if I'm quoting I can't make you look anything, I can only point out what was already in your words

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What makes you think I'm prioritizing my right to play over the needs of a country? It's not just MY right, but the right of millions who do business with a "global company". I'm not even upset about not being able to farm or do dynamis or level my smn for a while. What bothers me is that I don't get to spend time with my friends from literally around the world for an untold amount of time. When somebody else on here said SE should be using servers they have in other countries to keep it going, I agree with them. What is wrong with that? As I said, this game is stress relief for a lot of people. I saw Japanese players on the game yesterday when I was playing. Obviously, they also use it to escape the reality of this tragedy in their own country. I didn't know until today that Japan relied so heavily on nuclear power for their electricity. And knowing that one facility has a reactor meltdown with two more reactors threatening to meltdown is a big enough deal for me to be like... "oh damn... I guess I understand why!" That doesn't negate the fact that a "global company" shouldn't have a backup plan.

I mean for god sakes... some of you are seriously judgmental at others just for not feeling what you do.

At first I was a little disappointed when my friend told me the servers were down for the week. maybe longer. However I completely understand and definitely agree its the right move by SE. The power is better spent towards recovery an saving lives then my few hours of playtime. My condolences to all the people in Japan. I'm go donate my monthly fee for April since its the least I can do.

FOR GOD SAKES SE PLEASE READ AND COMPLY WITH WHAT I'M ASKING YOU TO DO IN THIS POST.

We have to log into FFXI forums with our account info, so please, take ANYONE else who even TRIES to whine about not being able to play this game for a week, possibly more, AND GET RID OF THEM FROM FFXI FOREVER. Thank you.

I honestly mean this, people like this are exactly like bugs when they hit your windshield. Their brains are in their ass. Please for the the love of God, get rid of these selfish, pig-headed, morons.

I think it would be an awesome thing if when they do turn the servers on.... "oops, you're Umbrion? sorry we lost your account info.... <click>". And the same to any other idiot who is angry with SE for placing human life over someone's game addiction.

Thank you.

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Originally Posted by sasaya

All people looking at here, nice to meet you.
I am a Japanese. 　I am in the stricken area of the big earthquake now.
People learn me in great regret for the cooperation to stopping of the
server by Japanese electricity shortage now.

With all a sole feeling, please watch an original animation of FFXI which I made.
And I ask for mercy to the victim.

EP1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUroyx1ezuc

EP2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KjSj0TCzCc

EP3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxvHZOhWNaE

Final EP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arODrDNcmbQ

I want to have an adventure from now on in all of you and the Vana'diel.^^
Thank you :)

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I watched all 4, very good.

My heart goes out to all of those who lost someone in this tragedy.

As to those complaining about not being able to play, most MMOs may have servers in multiple countries, but the game is located on a central server. If you haven't participated in a server transfer of the magnitude that it would require to shift everything for a game this size, then you really should stop and think for a moment. When you're transferring something onto say, a flash drive, it takes extra power to do the transfer, as well as the power that the server normally takes to run. Now, in the middle of that, turn your computer off suddenly. You data will be corrupted on at least one end, and possibly on both, which makes it unable to be recovered. This is meant to simulate the blackouts that they are having EVERYWHERE in Japan due to the power plants being damaged. So, you can either suck it up and go deal with people in person, or whine and cry about not being able to play when a server transfer could destroy your character.

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Originally Posted by Gadanae

FOR GOD SAKES SE PLEASE READ AND COMPLY WITH WHAT I'M ASKING YOU TO DO IN THIS POST.

We have to log into FFXI forums with our account info, so please, take ANYONE else who even TRIES to whine about not being able to play this game for a week, possibly more, AND GET RID OF THEM FROM FFXI FOREVER. Thank you.

I honestly mean this, people like this are exactly like bugs when they hit your windshield. Their brains are in their ass. Please for the the love of God, get rid of these selfish, pig-headed, morons.

I think it would be an awesome thing if when they do turn the servers on.... "oops, you're Umbrion? sorry we lost your account info.... <click>". And the same to any other idiot who is angry with SE for placing human life over someone's game addiction.

Thank you.

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Oh shut up. and kiss it ( Y )

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Originally Posted by Daigotsu

My heart goes out to all of those who lost someone in this tragedy.

As to those complaining about not being able to play, most MMOs may have servers in multiple countries, but the game is located on a central server. If you haven't participated in a server transfer of the magnitude that it would require to shift everything for a game this size, then you really should stop and think for a moment. When you're transferring something onto say, a flash drive, it takes extra power to do the transfer, as well as the power that the server normally takes to run. Now, in the middle of that, turn your computer off suddenly. You data will be corrupted on at least one end, and possibly on both, which makes it unable to be recovered. This is meant to simulate the blackouts that they are having EVERYWHERE in Japan due to the power plants being damaged. So, you can either suck it up and go deal with people in person, or whine and cry about not being able to play when a server transfer could destroy your character.

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Well that makes sense then.

You have to remember that a lot of us don't know how a bunch of this stuff works. this doesn't make what we're feeling wrong... but knowing this helps us open minded people understand things better. Thanks for sharing.

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Originally Posted by Naturebeckles

Oh shut up. and kiss it ( Y )

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This is th mentality i'm talking about. Thank you for proving me correct that your idiocy surpasses your intelligence.

As for you not being able to "chat with your friends' on the game because the servers are down.... here's a tip.... do like I do and talk to your REAL LIFE friends instead.... if you even have any, you probably play the game too much and have lost touch with anyone that was your frend in real life.

So you can't chat in a game.... POOR YOU. My heart bleeds purple kool-aid for you.

I understand the stress relief issue, it's as much an escape for me as anybody. But again you say

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It's not just MY right, but the right of millions who do business with a "global company".

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That doesn't negate the fact that a "global company" shouldn't have a backup plan.

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you are looking at it in a very business minded way. I'm not judging you, I just do not understand how when something like this happens in the world, regardless of how much news coverage I had seen(I know you said you had no TV, internet for the news maybe?) the first thing that enters peoples minds is how this affects them and their so called rights, tbh I couldn't care less right now when or if I may be able to start playing FF again, The only thing that should matter is that Japan does what it has to do do get through this awful, awful time, regardless of whos nose is put out of joint

Before I put my full reply, note that this may sound offensive....

I assumed all of the people complaining were Americans, because of the tendency to whine when things don't go our way, to open our mouth and insert our foot without knowing what we are talking about, and then to get upset when people ask us what is wrong with us.

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Originally Posted by Gadanae

This is th mentality i'm talking about. Thank you for proving me correct that your idiocy surpasses your intelligence.

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Then just block me then. I think you're equally mentally ill for not even TRYING to understand that not every human being on earth is going to feel the exact same way about something like a server shut down. And that you suggest SE should shut down every account that doesn't agree with you makes you just as much as a piece of trash. So block me, jerk!

one thing i've learned over the years is this: for every kind and nice person you meet..there are 10 that are assholes,pricks,simple minded fools who only care about themselves, and bully's to people. now that being said the nice people in this world are outnumbered by the assholes...so we just have to bear with it and ignore them and focus on doing what we can to help those in japan whether it be by preying,donating, or otherwise. that being said one last thing for those of you who"CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT FINAL FANTASY AND FEEL THAT SE SHOULD BOW DOWN TO YOU AND TAKE AWAY PRESIOUS POWER FROM STUFF THEY NEED IT FOR TO KEEP YOU HAPPY!"

do the world a favor and do this:
Shut down your computer,take a hammer and bash your monitor in, set your tower on fire, then yourself as well. because the less people like you in this world, the more the nice people like me and others can help those who need it without people like you getting to them first.-_-;

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Originally Posted by Vie

I understand the stress relief issue, it's as much an escape for me as anybody. But again you say

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you are looking at it in a very business minded way. I'm not judging you, I just do not understand how when something like this happens in the world, regardless of how much news coverage I had seen(I know you said you had no TV, internet for the news maybe?) the first thing that enters peoples minds is how this affects them and their so called rights, tbh I couldn't care less right now when or if I may be able to start playing FF again, The only thing that should matter is that Japan does what it has to do do get through this awful, awful time, regardless of whos nose is put out of joint

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Oh, I do agree with you. The more I learn about the power situation, the more understanding I am about the whole thing.

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Originally Posted by Naturebeckles

Oh shut up. and kiss it ( Y )

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MMMM I think she has a valid point... The only thing I'd think you would do if you did have the money you would fly to Japan would probably be to picket outside SE office and demand XI be turned back on. You express concern but show your crap view of business during a major national disaster to Japan... You think SE is the ONLY company who has closed its doors or services because of this?

Major Sony factories are closed, Toyota, Toshiba practically all Japanese companies are down and out and not providing a "service" get over yourself, shut the **** up and step outside for once.

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Originally Posted by Krystal

one thing i've learned over the years is this: for every kind and nice person you meet..there are 10 that are assholes,pricks,simple minded fools who only care about themselves, and bully's to people. now that being said the nice people in this world are outnumbered by the assholes...so we just have to bear with it and ignore them and focus on doing what we can to help those in japan whether it be by preying,donating, or otherwise. that being said one last thing for those of you who"CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT FINAL FANTASY AND FEEL THAT SE SHOULD BOW DOWN TO YOU AND TAKE AWAY PRESIOUS POWER FROM STUFF THEY NEED IT FOR TO KEEP YOU HAPPY!"

do the world a favor and do this:
Shut down your computer,take a hammer and bash your monitor in, set your tower on fire, then yourself as well. because the less people like you in this world, the more the nice people like me and others can help those who need it without people like you getting to them first.-_-;

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/applaud. Naturebeckles..... take a hint.

Good luck to everyone in japan.

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Originally Posted by Gadanae

This is th mentality i'm talking about. Thank you for proving me correct that your idiocy surpasses your intelligence.

As for you not being able to "chat with your friends' on the game because the servers are down.... here's a tip.... do like I do and talk to your REAL LIFE friends instead.... if you even have any, you probably play the game too much and have lost touch with anyone that was your frend in real life.

So you can't chat in a game.... POOR YOU. My heart bleeds purple kool-aid for you.

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You don't know anything about my life, so don't pretend that you do. I'm blocking you as you seem unable to do so and apparently enjoy the drama.

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Originally Posted by Naturebeckles

Oh, I do agree with you. The more I learn about the power situation, the more understanding I am about the whole thing.

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Get your facts straight before you open your complacent mouth.

And people wonder why I look at society as a whole w/ pessimism.


Good luck to those of you in Japan. SE take however long you all need.

What ever you have to do to help with the situation in japan is fine! and you know what we all need a little vacation from this game anyway! my prayers are with you in japan

That's good to hear Naturebeckles, see my frustration is at people immediately seeing how it inconvenienced them and not seeing the big picture, maybe a few other posters could take a leaf out your book and actually find out about what Japan is dealing with before they address their own "needs" :)

Good call to do the socially responsible thing and conserve resources for where they are most needed. Know that our prayers, thoughts, and good wishes are with you.

Well how I see it is Its not the North American players fault that this happened and I do understand whole heartedly on why they shut it down I really do but, did they need to shut down the North American and EU servers as well. And I do have friends in Tokyo that was in the earthquake so i am not being a complete selfish person, but there are servers in Japan California and German(I think) why shutdown the ones that are not pulling the power from Japan.

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Originally Posted by Naturebeckles

You don't know anything about my life, so don't pretend that you do. I'm blocking you as you seem unable to do so and apparently enjoy the drama.

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Cool! You're blocking me! Did you expect me to cry about it? While you're at it why don't you block everyone else that is flaming you at this moment for being a self-centered tool? Pretty soon you'll get down to only seeing your own posts!

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Originally Posted by Gadanae

/applaud. Naturebeckles..... take a hint.

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what can i say? i'm blunt and to the point.:)

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Originally Posted by Moink

MMMM I think she has a valid point... The only thing I'd you would do if you did have the money yo fly to Japan would probably be to picket outside SE office and demand XI be turned back on. .

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No, I wouldn't. I would seriously dig in and help people. As Vie said, I was speaking from a business minded standpoint earlier. I also did not fully understand how much Japan relies on nuclear power for their electricity, and so obviously the one facility having such bad reactor issues will have a major impact. It's all understandable. That's why I would go and help if I had the money too. I do feel bad for the people over there. But sympathy for people isn't the only human feeling and businesses (well, at least American ones) don't usually operate from a sympathy standpoint. they normally only care about money. It speaks a lot to me that SE is willing to not get paid from its paying customers for a month. I'm sure all the executives are in meetings right now decided how to best deal with this and get things up and running again. they are a BUSINESS after all...

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Originally Posted by Krystal

what can i say? i'm blunt and to the point.:)

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You're the same noob who thinks people care about /mentor status.

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Originally Posted by Babyj

Well how I see it is Its not the North American players fault that this happened and I do understand whole heartedly on why they shut it down I really do but, did they need to shut down the North American and EU servers as well. And I do have friends in Tokyo that was in the earthquake so i am not being a complete selfish person, but there are servers in Japan California and German(I think) why shutdown the ones that are not pulling the power from Japan.

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seriously................do you think before you type?

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Originally Posted by Krystal

seriously................do you think before you type?

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Yes, Yes I do.

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Originally Posted by Naturebeckles

You're the same noob who thinks people care about /mentor status.

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lmao. wow.....and here i thought trolls like this only existed on FA and SF!XD do you really think ANYTHING you say will piss me off? lmao.....i'm cracking up right now because you are pathetically trying to attack ANYONE who sides with others who don't like you. for the record:

THAT POST WASN'T DIRECTED TOWARDS YOU DUMBASS!

rofl....i still can't get over how stupid people can be at time....LMAO!!! i can't stop laughing!XD

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Originally Posted by Umbrion

This will upset a lot of people and i am one of them, hope your feed back center is ready to work double over time.. and i hope when a quake hits North America you shut down the game again just to see the response from are friends over the ocean

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As a FFXI player from Louisiana, I'd like to chime in about this.

When we got knocked down by a couple of hurricanes several years back that got International attention, and I was finally able to log back into FFXI when things started to get back to normal, I was surprised to see that SE had left an automated message and deactivated my account (and payment) for the month that I was unable to play.

I think you're assuming things here.

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Originally Posted by Krystal

lmao. wow.....and here i thought trolls like this only existed on FA and SF!XD do you really think ANYTHING you say will piss me off? lmao.....i'm cracking up right now because you are pathetically trying to attack ANYONE who sides with others who don't like you. for the record:

THAT POST WASN'T DIRECTED TOWARDS YOU DUMBASS!

rofl....i still can't get over how stupid people can be at time....LMAO!!! i can't stop laughing!XD

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Glad you get such a laugh out of yourself.

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Originally Posted by Babyj

Well how I see it is Its not the North American players fault that this happened and I do understand whole heartedly on why they shut it down I really do but, did they need to shut down the North American and EU servers as well. And I do have friends in Tokyo that was in the earthquake so i am not being a complete selfish person, but there are servers in Japan California and German(I think) why shutdown the ones that are not pulling the power from Japan.

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Without sounding like the judgmental jerks on here, I will repost a message from another person that will explain why so you understand:

most MMOs may have servers in multiple countries, but the game is located on a central server. If you haven't participated in a server transfer of the magnitude that it would require to shift everything for a game this size, then you really should stop and think for a moment. When you're transferring something onto say, a flash drive, it takes extra power to do the transfer, as well as the power that the server normally takes to run. Now, in the middle of that, turn your computer off suddenly. You data will be corrupted on at least one end, and possibly on both, which makes it unable to be recovered.

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Originally Posted by Naturebeckles

they are a BUSINESS after all...

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And you're an idiot if you think what they did and they way they have compensated players for this disaster is anything less than heartless. FFXI is not "need" it's a want and because of that, the luxury of playing XI is disabled.

It's also not one reactor, its two that are having problems. Also they have 55 reactors that supply power to 30% of that country... all of which have gone into a shutdown mode until the aftershocks and tsunamis quiet down.

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Originally Posted by Babyj

Yes, Yes I do.

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well if you did...then why did you even post that? seriously....people have died and are still dying because of this quake..can't you feel it? the pain and the sorrow? then again i suppose those not in touch with nature wouldn't be as spiritually attuned as i am.>.>

but anyways. point is this: don't make self-centered posts like that and think of others before you type.

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Originally Posted by Krystal

well if you did...then why did you even post that? seriously....people have died and are still dying because of this quake..can't you feel it? the pain and the sorrow? then again i suppose those not in touch with nature wouldn't be as spiritually attuned as i am.>.>

but anyways. point is this: don't make self-centered posts like that and think of others before you type.

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The server can be shut down for two months if it needs to be, but did you really just type that? >.>


Also, whoever said "It's my RIGHT to play FFXI." is an extraordinarily ignorant individual.

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Originally Posted by Selzak

The server can be shut down for two months if it needs to be, but did you really just type that? >.>

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Yes. She so spiritually attuned that she feels the suffering in japan, but turns around and judges people that she's obviously not attuned to.

FFXI Servers down Day 1: EMO complaints about no FFXI and made up theories on how SE can fix this to accommodate their needs.

I'm hoping by Day 7 all the emotionally imbalanced players will be running with scissors (hopefully blind-folded up and down stairs) because their stress relievers are off-line.

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Originally Posted by Laotian_king

FFXI Servers down Day 1: EMO complaints about no FFXI and made up theories on how SE can fix this to accommodate their needs.

I'm hoping by Day 7 all the emotionally imbalanced players will be running with scissors (hopefully blind-folded up and down stairs) because their stress relievers are off-line.

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I just lol'd