Temporary Suspension of the Services Due to an Earthquake

[Gadanae]

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.

/majorlol'd. Mostly because I know it's true. XD

[GraveNET]

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.

Agreed - The amount of trolling last night in Jeuno as the servers were being shutdown was really nasty, not for nothing but the true nature of people really showed through. The "Elite" End game people last night shouting throughout the city about how they wish everyone over there would die really pushes the straw. When the united states had to deal with 9/11 half the country shut down. Everyone on this game right now is complaining because a "game" shutdown. When your family is sitting in the hospital bed on a respirator keep in mind guys you would rather power the "Video game" as apposed to life support.

Trolls Will Always Be Trolls - but to be this heartless over a video game-- just keep in mind if they do not get this resolved it will have world wide ramifications, and it will not be just your precious video game that's broken, it may be half the stuff you turn over that says "Made in japan"

For those of you that truly know who you are just assume your on my blacklist eternally and wish SE would take the time to parse their own logs after last night knowing they never will its just a shame I'll have to even see you in game again.
Keeping the Japanese people in prayers as they deal with this crisis - do what it takes to avert disaster the addicts will just have to find another drug or seek help. all you end gamers who's precious schedule was messed up by this - go tell mommy you have reschedule dynamis/abyssea and your Empy gear will just have to wait - be great-full if the servers even come back up.

Goodluck and God Bless, Wish the trolls were all over there knee deep in it,.

[JagerForrester]

I took some time to read most of the posts in this thread. Here's what I have to say.

Learn to live without.
This game should not run our lives, no matter how addicted we are to this game. This is not our life line, it is purely entertainment. If you put entertainment in front of your lives, you might as well live your life the way the affected people are living in Japan.

SE did what they could for the community to keep the game going, but the effects of keeping the game was not important for the future of Japan.
If the plants stop entirely because Japan tried to keep living in the condition they are in, we will find us right back into the same situation we are in now, no FFXI or FFXIV. In Square-Enix's fault, they did not plan on getting hit with an earthquake of this magnitude, and unfortunately they did not prepare for it. Or to say they were prepared for an earthquake, but not for this magnitude. They also did not predict this, like Katrina was not predicted. You can argue all you want that they saw physical evidence that these disasters were coming, but I excuse them for not being fortune-tellers and not being able to move the land away from the disaster.

I hope for the complainers and the understanding alike, that
Square-Enix should put their lives in front of ours and the company.
We, the gamers, will live on without the game, and will do whatever we can to have them come back, whether that's in prayers or volunteering to recover what was lost. I do think donating what we would pay for our April fee should go to the recovery of Japan, and so I will give my $13.95 to Japan. I hope all for the best for them and a safe recovery. My hopes are with you all.

[Gadanae]

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.

/em hands Naturebeckles scissors. "You'll need these in a week when they tell you the servers will be down for ANOTHER week".

[Selzak]

If the plants stop entirely because Japan tried to keep living in the condition they are in, we will find us right back into the same situation we are in now, no FFXI or FFXIV.

Hmm.... Nevermind, I've changed my stance. Turn the servers back on!

I trust the servers will come back up as soon as the energy situation is settled. For the players affected by the quake, it's actually a good thing for them to be able to go back to a comfortable place.

Square Enix is just being considerate of the government's call to scale back on power consumption. That's all this is. Well, that and a bunch of people who live through FFXI showing that they lack any perspective on reality.

[Karumac]

I was going to offer condolences, but I'd rather not be associated with a pair of trolls that flame any dissenters.

Instead I'm gonna say that while it is nice that SE is not charging me for April, that doesn't get me back all the free time I have to actually play during my spring break week.

Also: Don't give me the boohoo it's sad people are dead crap. Do not selfishly mourn that you will never see the deceased again, instead celebrate the lives and accomplishments of those who have passed on.

[Avalee]

My hopes and prayers go out to all who have suffered. May God be with you

[Kagato]

Wow. Guess people really DON'T have anything better to do than play FFXI.

[Keyln]

The decision to shut down servers must not have been an easy one, but it's understandable, considering the circumstances. Frankly, I'm surprised they were still up during and after the earthquake as long as they were. And I'm more (pleasantly) surprised that SE is giving us a full month for having the servers down for a week.

Now, if people are the giving type, one might take that 12.95 (or whatever money they're taking) and give it to the Red Cross/Church/insertfavoritecharityhere and call it a day. Or not, really it's the person's choice.

And really, the rhetoric in this topic needs to be cranked down a couple of notches or three. While the situation is rather dramatic, that doesn't mean we have to be.

[Krystal]

/em hands Naturebeckles scissors. "You'll need these in a week when they tell you the servers will be down for ANOTHER week".

ROFL!!! that's funny!XD nah...scissors are too easy...oh i got it! hand them authentic Great Katana swords from FFXI!XD that way they can run around blind folded and at the same time act out their lives...erm....i mean...act out what they do in the game!:P but if they wind up running themselves's through..well....um....*snickers* ya..i'm an evil (b*)witch to people who are heartless pricks....:P

highlight this: Replace the "w" with the "b" XDD