Temporary Suspension of the Services Due to an Earthquake

[Marivell]

I didn't noticed yeah... you're right.... :/

There goes my optimism.....

The few they say about Daii-chi is what I mentioned earlier, about the explosion that breeched the roof of reactor #4.... that's the latest official news we had from that plant.

I heard on tv a little earlier this morning that they called in a U.S specialized team... was about time, I think. I hope that altogether they can avoid the worst, now. For the sake of all.

Hang in there, please.... hang in there.

[Dreamers]

For once, I wish I were wrong and had just missed something

[RAIST]

Radiation levels spiked rapidly about an hour ago...evacuated workers. Waiting for more news... no more reporting radiation levels in microSeiver ratings (sp?), now reporting in milliSeiver ratings.

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[Neika]

as if the earthquake and tsunami weren't enough

[Zyeriis]

I doubt this is entirely the right place to ask, however, as this thread is about the server shutdown following the earthquake/tsunami, I figured this would be a good place to ask. Does anyone know if the free from payment cycle in April will be in effect for people who have been away from ffxi for months, upon reactivating their account. Or does this only apply to those who had active accounts at the time of the servers being shut off? I'm on the fence about reactivating when the servers go back up because I can't say I was particularly happy with ffxi at the time I quit (2 weeks after the level cap raise to 80) but a free month would tip things in the direction of reactivating.

On a different note: I hope things get back to normal as quickly as possible in Japan. Both for selfish reasons and for sympathetic reasons alike. I say this in an awkward attempt to make those who are saying offensive things about the situation slightly more aware of the situation and what they are saying. It is quite easy to get irritated over something beyond your comprehension (or control) such as a double-natural disaster because you become so slightly disadvantaged by it, that part I can understand. The part I cannot understand is such people can say such offensive things, knowing full well that they are in fact offensive. I have no claim to say that I, personally, have any clue as to what it is truly experience such a disaster but, at the very least, know not to make a mockery of such a thing. I sincerely doubt that level of thought has once nor will cross your minds, even upon reading this but, I tried, much like you should to be more considerate.

[RAIST]

they probably just aren't going to run billing in April, or maybe they'll run it but then credit it back so it clears any flags for non-payment that the system might automatically do.

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[Zyeriis]

Well that's mostly what I'm wondering, the actual specifics. From past experience, SE has always done things like "this only applies if you have had an active for the past 3 months". A good example is anniversary ring.

[Dreamers]

This is just speculation, but I would assume the not being billed for the April billing cycle would only apply to existing accounts, or those people who had paid for the month of March but are not able to play. You would have to ask somebody at SE, but I would guess a new account/reactivated account would be charged for April.

[Midnite]

Im so sorry for japans loss, i hope things get better.

[RAIST]

some corrections on the radiation levels... was actually 600-800 microSv, but had spiked to 1 millSv and raised concern. Facility was not completely evacuated, a core group is still on-site. Stumbled on an interesting link to a custom twitter page running 3 feeds. Those wanting regular updates may want to bookmark it:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/103709/perma...ke/jishin.html

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