Temporary Suspension of the Services Due to an Earthquake

[Babyj]

THIS IS A GAME!! There is positively NOTHING you can say to prove that shunting down the servers was wrong, cause it wasn't. case closed.

About being prepared for this kind of disaster... ARE YOU STUPID!?!?

point 1: Not cost effective to put redundant game servers in multiple countries for an international game. maintenance is easier if the servers are in the same place.

point 2: NO ONE goes over board to make sure a GAME (sorry if you have no REAL life) will still be running in case of disaster.

one more thing to point out is that the power plant aren't only no giving out power. there liable to EXPLODE and give off radiation fall out

read this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12733393

How is it stupid to prepare for the worst? I live where it is cold I went and bought a coat for when it snows. If I lived near a nuclear reactor I am buying an anti-radiation suit. So please tell me when you live somewhere that natural disasters can happen how is it stupid to have contingency plans?

[JagerForrester]

Honestly I'm tired of reading posts about "I send my condolences to the ppl of japan etc etc."

It's annoying. If you want to show true sympathy for those lost and in danger then start a fund raiser or post something valid to the cause. Not "I feel bad for the ppl in Japan."

Reason 1: Most ppl in Japan are unable to read the forum d/t electricity.
Reason 2: Many of the affected people don't even play ffxi and would be unable to read the forums that are FFXI specific.
Reason 3: Lastly, if any of the ppl that are affected by this disaster CAN get online to check stuff. They wont be hitting the ENGLISH forums.

Have your sympathies. Just don't post them to make you feel better inside.

But when they do check the English Forums, SE mainly, they're going to see how many heart-felt players they have that really care about their well-being and the recovery of their country. Sure they won't read them all, especially the ones that are hate/upset posts and the replies to those. But it's better to let them know you care than not letting them know you care at all. I'd rather see you show your reaction than replying you don't want to read ours.

[Sleven]

On a thread like this. I want to read about what our community of friends(FFXI subscribers) have actually done to help others. Not their emotional response to something. I personally lack the means to assist them so knowing there are ppl out there doing what they can for the better of other is truely uplifting. But when I have to sift through miles of dribble about how sad they are this is happening but yet do nothing to help it just gets annoying.

[Dracaunt]

How is it stupid to prepare for the worst? I live where it is cold I went and bought a coat for when it snows. If I lived near a nuclear reactor I am buying an anti-radiation suit. So please tell me when you live somewhere that natural disasters can happen how is it stupid to have contingency plans?

It's risk management. Sometimes it's too costly to prepare for the absolute worst, because the absolute worst might happen once every few hundred, or even thousand years. Take for example The Thames River barrier in London, it will protect against high tides, but not against the floods that happen in that have a 1/3,000 chance happening (that figure was pulled randomly out of my head, I did it as a case study for a geography module like 2 years ago). It's not built to prepare for the absolute worst because it would cost more to built and far more to maintain. Sometimes it's not economically feasible. Japan is pretty much built to withstand strong earthquakes, but not something of this magnitude.

From your analogy, it would be like you buying a coat in your local shop and then trying to cross the Arctic during the coldest period with it. You don't buy a coat in the chance that a super-arctic bizzard is going to cover your area and kill off a large chunk of the population inhabiting the area. The odds of it happening are in the 1:1000's ratio. It would cost too much for you to buy equipment for that, for something that will probably never happen in your area, maybe never.

They have contingency plans for these kind of things, and we can see them being put in place, they did not have infrastructure to withstand this kind of thing. There was a video of a flood barrier with the flood water just going over it carrying boats like they weren't even there.

[JagerForrester]

Well can't always get what you want. Sorry to say. People are free to express their concerns, as did you.

[Babyj]

It's risk management. Sometimes it's too costly to prepare for the absolute worst, because the absolute worst might happen once every few hundred, or even thousand years. Take for example The Thames River barrier in London, it will protect against high tides, but not against the floods that happen in that have a 1/3,000 chance happening (that figure was pulled randomly out of my head, I did it as a case study for a geography module like 2 years ago). It's not built to prepare for the absolute worst because it would cost more to built and far more to maintain. Sometimes it's not economically feasible. Japan is pretty much built to withstand strong earthquakes, but not something of this magnitude.

From your analogy, it would be like you buying a coat in your local shop and then trying to cross the Arctic during the coldest period with it. You don't buy a coat in the chance that a super-arctic bizzard is going to cover your area and kill off a large chunk of the population inhabiting the area. The odds of it happening are in the 1:1000's ratio. It would cost too much for you to buy equipment for that, for something that will probably never happen in your area, maybe never.

They have contingency plans for these kind of things, and we can see them being put in place, they did not have infrastructure to withstand this kind of thing. There was a video of a flood barrier with the flood water just going over it carrying boats like they weren't even there.

Okay, I get that, about cost and time efficiency for something to work out. But, not having prepared for the worst cause it is unfathomable does not make sense. If it can happen it will, I mean Japan has some of the smartest people on earth and have none of them ever read/heard/experienced Murphy's Law? And I know that sounds rude and insensitive, but sometimes it takes hard truth. Also to the people that think I do not care about the people of Japan, please understand I do care but I know there is nothing I can do about the issue, so I do not see a point of getting upset about what is happening.

[Naturebeckles]

How is it stupid to prepare for the worst? I live where it is cold I went and bought a coat for when it snows. If I lived near a nuclear reactor I am buying an anti-radiation suit. So please tell me when you live somewhere that natural disasters can happen how is it stupid to have contingency plans?

It's not stupid and my IT friend confirmed it for me. All smart companies have an IT contingency plan. My friend is part of such a plan for the company he works for.

[Naturebeckles]

But when they do check the English Forums, SE mainly, they're going to see how many heart-felt players they have that really care about their well-being and the recovery of their country. Sure they won't read them all, especially the ones that are hate/upset posts and the replies to those. But it's better to let them know you care than not letting them know you care at all. I'd rather see you show your reaction than replying you don't want to read ours.

Right! If you don't want to read something... then DON'T READ IT.

[Miera]

I am completely shocked to hear of all the natural disasters going around lately, I have heard of some heart wrenching strories that came from Japan. It breaks my heart. I hope that everyone is safe and I wish I could do something to help, it truely sucks. I wish many families and friends out there to be safe and to hang in there.

[Haruka-Ash]

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

what a freaking moroon dude i lost 4 ppl in japan already and im burning to go to japan and find the only one left there u think this game is their life? come on dude wake up and see the reality of this tragedy stupid kid
if they shut down the server is to save electricity and if a wuake hist america the game will run w/o i bet it
so go soak ur head on a toilet or something