Temporary Suspension of the Services Due to an Earthquake

[Mirage]

I have to lol when people compare this to 9/11. No, your little 9/11 wasn't even close to the magnitude of destruction this natural disaster caused.

Did 9/11 put two nuclear power plants out of commission? Did it destroy 70 thousand homes, and wipe an entire town off the map?

This is the biggest earthquake recorded in decades, and some of you retards are worried about OMG I CANT PLAY HERP DERP.

You should go shoot yourselves in the face.

[Vie]

But it's kind of like when a loved one dies and people grieve... if you try to live life normally after it happens, it kind of helps you deal with it because life doesn't stop and neither should you. This disaster is kind of like that. For many of us, living life as we normally do helps us deal with it.

So it's ok for you to tell people, who need this power to save lives, to get on with it so you can play a game, but you don't see that you should be turning this advice back on yourself? It is YOU who should be trying to live normally and YOU who needs to see life hasn't stopped, not for you anyway, for many in japan, sadly it has, get over yourself and try RL for a week, who knows, you might even like it

[Lollerblades]

My thoughts are with you all ~

[Gaspee]

This, I'm sure, was a very difficult decision to make. I fully support the suspension of services, and wish the staff of Square Enix and players of Japan all the best during this tumultuous time.

[Naturebeckles]

So it's ok for you to tell people, who need this power to save lives, to get on with it so you can play a game, but you don't see that you should be turning this advice back on yourself? It is YOU who should be trying to live normally and YOU who needs to see life hasn't stopped, not for you anyway, for many in japan, sadly it has, get over yourself and try RL for a week, who knows, you might even like it

Did you not read the part where I said I saw many Japanese playing on the game yesterday too? Or did you conveniently leave that part out so you can make it look like I'm a complete idiot? Did you also see that if I had the money, I'd go out there right now and help? Life doesn't stop... even for the many people in Japan. After they've picked up the pieces, they will be trying to keep living life as normally as they can. Don't pretend they won't be. As I read deeper into the power situation, I do understand why SE did what they did today. But it still doesn't account for their lack of a backup by having servers elsewhere or whatever. I'm sure SE isn't happy about not collecting April's fees from millions of customers next month. I'm not blaming SE and I'm not a moron. I just think there's a lot of us that think SE could have been better prepared or done something differently. After all, if our service had been interrupted IMMEDIATELY from the earthquake, I don't think ANY of us would be on here mad about the interruption. It's that our gaming life seemed uninterrupted for THREE DAYS AFTERWARDS. Unless you spend your life glued to the TV media's nonstop coverage (which I'm not because I don't have TV), then you don't really realize a lot of what's going on over there, so it's hard to understand why after three days of continued service, the servers have to be shut down. It's because of people on here who are posting news tidbits about the power and nuclear facilities that I'm beginning to understand why.

[Kagato]

At first, I was thinking "why, oh why do servers need to go down?"

Now, I remembered that my enjoyment for a video game isn't worth the survival and rebuilding of an entire culture of people. I'm sorry to admit this, but I was selfish for a little while and for me to even think in such a way was just pathetic.

Everyone in Square-Enix, and Japan in general, please take all the time you need.

[Naturebeckles]

At first, I was thinking "why, oh why do servers need to go down?"

Now, I remembered that my enjoyment for a video game isn't worth the survival and rebuilding of an entire culture of people. I'm sorry to admit this, but I was selfish for a little while and for me to even think in such a way was just pathetic.

Everyone in Square-Enix, and Japan in general, please take all the time you need.

Well, not all of them are taking time off. They're keeping the forums going and their website at least and the GMs I'm sure are still moderating this.

[Naturebeckles]

At first, I was thinking "why, oh why do servers need to go down?"

Like I said: After all, if our service had been interrupted IMMEDIATELY from the earthquake, I don't think ANY of us would be on here mad about the interruption. It's that our gaming life seemed uninterrupted for THREE DAYS AFTERWARDS. Unless you spend your life glued to the TV media's nonstop coverage (which I'm not because I don't have TV), then you don't really realize a lot of what's going on over there, so it's hard to understand why after three days of continued service, the servers have to be shut down."

What you and I felt was a natural human reaction. Now that people are sharing some of the stuff going on that directly affects the power, I'm feeling less upset about it. Don't beat yourself up over it. And ignore the people so quick to judge you and I just because we didn't feel the same thing they did at first news of the shutdown.

[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

[Ramsos]

People need to stop bringing up 9/11 in this discussion. 9/11 had nothing to do with actual FFXI game servers. SE isnt shutting down the servers due to there being a natural disaster in the area (even though it is a massive disaster), SE is shutting down the servers because they do not have the power to keep them running 24 hours a day right now.

So please, do the rest of us Americans a favor and stop with your ignorant compare/contrast using 9/11 because all it does is make us look foolish.