Can we have an update on the situation.

[RAIST]

hehe.. ikr. Backups is my pet peeve.. and it's driving me nuts just thinking that they may have slocked off in that department.

nuts... we rolled to anew page... go back one.

Raist

[Gadanae]

MEEEE... TEEEE... ORRRRR!

I'll be on the banks with all the INT/MAB gear I can equip....

Raist

/applaud. Major lolage.

[Crocker]

Tepco Update for ya its been a week now and all they have done is sprayed water at it.
They are now trying to hook up external generators to get the plants internal devices working like the pumps.
So at this rate the game will be down awhile longer. My estimated guess another 1-3 weeks, unless SE has other plans to get it up faster.

[windrider]

Back-up servers in California/Europe (Do you need it?) (Can I have it?) I love Japan and wish nothing more than for this disaster to not have happened, but for a company to not have an emergency back-up plan when something like this happens is kinda strange. They already lost over 70% profit this quarter on FFXIV being a failure and having to make it free. Now with both games shutdown for an unknown amount of time who knows what the outcome is going to be if there is little profit margin. If there were back-up servers everything could keep on rolling like it was with little to no service interruption and still have monthly fees and etc. coming in. It would also allow the people in Japan affected by this disaster to concentrate on there situations and not have to juggle to much with company issues by having it fall on the teams in EU and NA.

I agree with this, kinda weird how a successful company like SE with platform based games and online games didnt have a backup plan or additional servers outside Japan. They knew how unstable the envoirment with quakes etc was around the area, with all the additional funds the government used to make buildings safer from quakes and flooding. And yet they didnt invest any money in setting up alternate back-up servers in a more stable EU country like french, germany or UK, countries that dont suffer the effects of quakes/flooding on the magnitude that Japan does (dont even think of sticking them in America) waste of time/effort with their unpredictianl weather patterns like tornados oh and yes quakes there as well.

[windrider]

Tepco Update for ya its been a week now and all they have done is sprayed water at it.
They are now trying to hook up external generators to get the plants internal devices working like the pumps.
So at this rate the game will be down awhile longer. My estimated guess another 1-3 weeks, unless SE has other plans to get it up faster.

Wow only 1-3 weeks, i think you are forgetting about general population damage, try more like 1-2 months

[Eligia]

I've learned from this thread that there is a country named French.

[Runespider]

Suprised this hasn't been posted officially here already.

Below is an update regarding the temporary suspension of the FINAL FANTASY XIV, FINAL FANTASY XI, and PlayOnline services.

Originally, we announced that the services will be temporarily suspended for about a week starting on Mar. 13, 2011 10:00 (GMT). However, due to ongoing issues with the lack of energy, we have decided to extend the suspension until Mar. 22, 2011 (JST). We will re-evaluate the situation on Mar. 22, 2011 (JST) and provide everyone with another update regarding this matter.

We deeply apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and thank you for your continued understanding of this unusual situation.

[Date & Time]
From Mar. 13, 2011 10:00 (GMT)

[Affected Service]
- FINAL FANTASY XIV
- FINAL FANTASY XI
- PlayOnline

* The following services, normally accessible from the official PlayOnline homepage (http://www.playonline.com/), will be unavailable during this time.

- Friend List Plus
- FINAL FANTASY XI Linkshell Community Beta Version
- PlayOnline Friend List Application
- Community Site Link Registration: Owner Menu

* Additionally, the following types of support will also be temporarily unavailable:
- PlayOnline Password Recovery
- PlayOnline Account Cancellation
- All activities requiring the confirmation of personal information

http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/pol...ews20547.shtml

[Kailea_Nagisa]

Rule 1 in business: The customer is always right.
Rule 2 in business: If the customer is ever wrong, refer back to Rule 1.

This way of thinking is going out the door as of late, and can never be applied to MMORPGs, sorry the customer is not always right.


You keep wanting an update, and "fall back to" "we need to know what is going on" well I fall back to this.... SE said "at least a week" could people give them that for gods sake?

Ok there is your update now look......
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However, due to ongoing issues with the lack of energy, we have decided to extend the suspension until Mar. 22, 2011 (JST). We will re-evaluate the situation on Mar. 22, 2011 (JST) and provide everyone with another update regarding this matter.
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They will give us more info on the 22nd no need to start up on SUN about not getting new info.

[NightDagger]

Well from the response that POL just released it is pretty clear that SE is not moving their servers. They would not be saying anything about the rolling blackouts affecting them if they were moving he servers. They are just waiting & hoping that they will have the power fully restored & can start running their company again.

Now on another note they DO have power for 4-5 hours each day. IF they wanted to move the servers they could utilize this time to send the current data to a remote location & get the servers running from there. This would take some time but if they were able to run for 4 hours twice a day doing this, they could effectively get the system up & running in just over a week. this is just a thought not anything factual but I do know it could work.

[Randwolf]

Now on another note they DO have power for 45 hours each day. IF they wanted to move the servers they could utilize this time to send the current data to a remote location & get the servers running from there. This would take some time but if they were able to run for 4 hours twice a day doing this, they could effectively get the system up & running in just over a week. this is just a thought not anything factual but I do know it could work.

I believe the Japanese are probably some of the most technologically capable people in the world. However, I'm going to have to question the belief that they can squeeze 45 hours out of a day.