Quote Originally Posted by RAIST View Post
please... for the love of all that is good.. enough with these threads about how long things will be down. How about taking some time and looking into what all is going on over there and show a little common sense. I've even compiled a list of sources where you can get some real-time information on the subject (link in my sig). But here's a short list:

over 10,000 people dead, over 500,000 people have been evacuated from areas causing a housing problem, almost 7000 buildings destroyed, 1/3 of one reactor is verified to be gone, over 2/3 of another (in other words, they've lost a lot of electricity), something like 16,000 people still unaccounted for, and 1/3 of Tokyo is without power throughout half the day due to the rolling blackout schedule. There is a gas shortage, and they are having to ration sales...just a matter of time until this may spills over into other resources as well. Nearly every manufacturing facility has halted production or shut down operations completely. Their stockmarket has taken serious hits the past couple days and that's probly going to cause a long term backlash in the world market.

In short... Japan is more or less FUBAR atm, and getting an online game back up and running is NOT that high a priority atm, even for a company like SE that relies heavily on it's games...it has to protect all of it's core assets first. FFXI and FFXIV are not what keep SE afloat--they may be a part of it, but only a small portion.

Give it time people.

Raist
Raist, this is a forum about FINAL FANTASY 11 THE ONLINE GAME. Therefore - I think if common sense is going to dictate anything, it's going to be that threads about this online game and how long it's going to be shut down and not playable will continue to be something players discuss and are interested in. Why players talking about this always turns into such a issue is what truly defies common sense lol

Yes - there was a MAJOR Earthquake in Japan. Yes it is "estimated" 10,000 people could be dead. It is a horrific terrible tragedy. But that doens't change the fact this is a forum about Final Fantasy 11, an online video game. This is an online video game forum. So naturally the video game is going to be discussed, and the fact the servers have been suspended is of course going to be a popular topic of discussion.

If it bothers people that a video game is being discussed at a time like this, then really the last place you should be is on a video game forum. That is common sense lol