Temporary Suspension of the Services Due to an Earthquake

[Masekase]

APRIL FOOLS WE STILL CHARGING YOU LOL

[Lijandra]

Read almost all posts. I can't describe l how I feel reading stupid things, provocations or nonsense jokes. I am italian and few years ago my country was hit by an earthquake that destroyed all the cities in the entire region. Play FF was my last thought. Wouldn't care if SE suspended the game for us...but if we had power necessity I hope they would. What hurts me is the thought you would joke about my friends dead and dying: does make you laugh my cousin was in the middle of disaster? This is offensive to life, is a lack of respect for those whom died and those suffering, whoever they are, even if you don't believe what you wrote in your post.

That being said:

すべての日本人の友人のために私は、ゲームを介して出会い、その家族や友人、私の心は、私の祈りと私の考えはあなたに専念しています。私たちは、すぐに回復する望んでいる明日は良いです。私はスクエアがあなたの国を助けるために私たちのお金を提示願っています。
誰がこのフォーラムにナンセンス書く人を許してください。彼らはこのようなひどいことには笑って、または戦いを引き起こすの書き込み時にはとにかくばかげている。
申し訳ありませんが日本かもしれない間違っているのが、私はイタリアだと私は、翻訳者によって助けられた。

For all the Japanese friends I met through the game, their families and friends: my heart, my prayers and my thoughts are dedicated to you. I wish your country will recover soon and that tomorrow goes better. I hope Square presents our money to help your country.
Forgive those whom write nonsense on this forum: in this tragic moment when they write such things to laugh or provoke fights is stupid anyway.
Apologize for my Japanese, maybe wrong, but I'm Italian and I had to use a translator.

[Fincat]

The miserable people in this thread make me wish the servers had been in one of those towns that was destroyed by the disaster. Then what would you be doing? Crying more, no doubt.

Everything we have in life is fleeting, and can be taken away at any time. Be glad you're alive and able to post your whining, and not one of the thousands of people who have been without food and water for the past 3 days.

Best of luck and quick healing to those in Japan. (To Mitia, the original WARCAT, I hope you and your family are well. "Chance time")

[Komori]

Look, like most people here. I'm not happy that the servers and games were shut down. But I would much rather some family, who's freezing, cold and probably trying to help nurse wounded friends and family have the little power they can by me not playing the game for a week or so. Would I have loved for them to have had a back-up plan so we could have continued playing to keep our mind off of this terrible disaster? Yes. But will I go pout and cry because I can't play an online game so that people can be helped and Japan won't face FURTHER problems? Not likely, as someone said before, if this is helping at least one japanese family then I'm fine with it.

[Qrushkil]

I do not intend what I say next to in anyway compare with the horrific devestation of Japan, our loss was a pittance compared to what the people of that ravaged land are going through. My heart and soul go out to the people of Japan.

Last summer, our house caught fire, burning to the ground in hours and taking almost everything we owned with it. All we had left were the clothes on our backs, and what few possessions we had on us at the time, which include my laptop and my oldest boys Xbox. All five of us play FFXI (Qrushkil, Yippie, Shadowstep, Alkeon, and Javon for those of you in Ramuh who may have seen us around) and we all took turns on the laptop and Xbox playing our games. SE provided us a measure of relief through a very hard time. Now they and the rest of Japan need our help as they pick up the pieces of thier devestated land. Be patient; SE is as loyal to its fanbase as we are to it's games. Give them as much support as you can, however you can; whether through donations or encouraging words, let them know the world is there for them. Give them the courage to go on, to keep hope alive in thier hearts.

I'd like to send out a big "Hiya!" to my peeps in Ramuh; hope you all are doing okay. I would also like to say "Hello" to my soon to be peeps in the Ramuh swallowing server Bahumet. Hope you guys got room for a few nuts, cause we got more than our fair share

Hope to see you all on the game real soon.

[Qrushkil]

I read just about anything lol. Stephen King, R.A.Salvatore, & True crime are my favorites with a few outside books here and there.

Just finished reading Stephen King's Under the Dome. If you have not read it yet, it is definitely worth the time.

[Anethia]

It's only been a day since the servers were taken offline and I'm already suffering the withdrawal symptoms. But I would rather see the people of Japan get the help they need from the power saved by me not playing than get my last 4 seals for my drg. Am I inconvenienced? Yes I am. But my inconvenience is small beans compared to the disaster our friends across the ocean have suffered and are still suffering. I think SE's decision was the right one (never thought I would say that) and I applaud them for thinking beyond the pocket book. Good work SE, our thoughts and prayers are with you.

To those of you complaining about the servers being offline, that's pretty selfish and uncaring. They are not even going to charge you for april and yet you still complain? How about taking that money your going to save and put it into a emergency relief fund to help with recovery efforts. Thats my plan and it should be yours too. Doing something useful with money, not something hurtful with your words.

[Delani]

Just finished reading Stephen King's Under the Dome. If you have not read it yet, it is definitely worth the time.

That was a good one. The beginning was mind-blowingly graphic. Very nice ending, and it really made you think! I like Dean Koontz too, even though he tends to do the "happily ever after" in almost every book he writes. The Frankenstein books were pretty decent.

[mystery]

I totally agree with the option to pay service fee and it being taken to help ppl in Japan. I have 3 accounts and would love to have them take my payment and apply it to a fund for the ppl in need

[Jalonis]

A week is fine, no big deal. This is an emergency of such a scale that standard disaster planning would have simply been too expensive for too little ROI. However, it has now happened. SE is an international business and needs to be prepared to move servers to a location that can support them if it looks like things aren't going to be operational at the end of the week.