Temporary Suspension of the Services Due to an Earthquake

[Daigotsu]

they probly cant get diesel fuel to deal with the rolling blackouts.....
lets face it a server farm doesnt consume that much power
doubt they are doing it for humanitarian reasons

Uhm, servers take a LOT of power. The game Second Life for example, requires as much power to run for a year as the COUNTRY OF BRAZIL. So, maybe they use a bit more than you think.

Well now, time to pray for those of us who believe in God... after disasters always come hard times so I hope our Japanese friends will find courage and strengh to overcome this.
I'm all with them, I don't care about FFXI in this case, it's just a game after all... it was the best thing to do, they need power to supply hospitals first.

And for those who are looking for something to do... go play outside, take a walk, go to the movies! You know... the things we used to do before video games and MMORPG were invented? ^^

... and I'm from Canada, so North America as well... we're not all selfish please don't think we're all heartless

Uhm, maybe those of us that pray should pray for everyone, not JUST the people who believe in a god?

Gonna stop you here.

You've never personally met a single person who died @ pearl harbor.

There is a player in my LS that is in his 70s, which means it is technically possible to have met someone who died in Pearl Harbor.

[fxp7]

you realise how many Hard drives and Clusters make up a Single World server? X that by trhe remainaing servers for XI then add the XIV servers + the POL Server cluster the average Consumer Machine will use 100~250 Watts of power durring use. Server class hardware consumes much more power. compare a server class HDD to a Consumer cflass HDD you'll see the server Class HDD consumes upto double or tripple.

you though with your post.. have no clue how much power likely YOU use up to run your system. <You can have this> <Boot To The Head!>

You got a point here.

In my opinion, however, placing all the servers at the same place looks like a bad IT approach for any worldwide service (regardless of where that place is). If they had active distributed servers, at least half of them would be fully operational by now. That would also facilitate the execution of a disaster recovery plan (less servers to be redirected) and, in the worst case, the outage would be partial. It's no rocket science.

Given the current situation in Japan, shutting down the servers wasn't just the right thing to do - it was the OBVIOUS thing. Anybody with minimum common sense understands it.

Staying away from FFXI for a few weeks will not hurt, not a big deal for me. But I think SE should also learn something from this episode. I'm pretty sure they're losing much more than us.

[Nauthima]

All people looking at here, nice to meet you.
I am a Japanese. 　I am in the stricken area of the big earthquake now.
People learn me in great regret for the cooperation to stopping of the
server by Japanese electricity shortage now.

With all a sole feeling, please watch an original animation of FFXI which I made.
And I ask for mercy to the victim.

EP1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUroyx1ezuc

EP2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KjSj0TCzCc

EP3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxvHZOhWNaE

Final EP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arODrDNcmbQ

I want to have an adventure from now on in all of you and the Vana'diel.^^
Thank you

I loved your videos, they were very heartwarming. It felt nice to watch something that makes you feel better during this crisis.

[davidwbean]

my best wishes go out to the people of japan i would like to donate the monies from the billing cycleof april from FFXI&FFXIV if anyone knows where i con do this thank you it may not be much but i would like to help out the best i can

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[Silentlucidity]

@davidwbean and anyone else wanting to donate,

If you are in the U.S. you can donate $10 by texting REDCROSS to 90999. More info and other ways to donate at RedCross.org.

I have to say, as much as it pains me to see the few people responding immaturely, I do love seeing so many others banding together to defend Japan in this horrible situation and do what is right.

As soon as they make me question my faith in humanity, the rest of you restore it.

[Umbrion]

lol, this is just too funny

[Cream_Soda]

Uhm, servers take a LOT of power. The game Second Life for example, requires as much power to run for a year as the COUNTRY OF BRAZIL. So, maybe they use a bit more than you think.

Uhm, maybe those of us that pray should pray for everyone, not JUST the people who believe in a god?

There is a player in my LS that is in his 70s, which means it is technically possible to have met someone who died in Pearl Harbor.

With the maturity level of his posts, I'm going to say it's possible, but run this situation 1000 times and 999.9 times, he's not going to be anywhere near that age.

[Mandze]

Keeping everyone at SE, as well as all the Japanese players that I met over the years through this game, in my thoughts and prayers this weekend. I'll be donating my monthly fee to the Red Cross too.

[Manicora]

There is a player in my LS that is in his 70s, which means it is technically possible to have met someone who died in Pearl Harbor.[/QUOTE]

Only pointing this out, If they died in Pearl Harbor, you never met them, they have been dead a very long time, Probably before your Father and Mother were born

[Aerroenu]

My thoughts, prayers, April's subscription and other donations (via Red Cross) to the victims of the earthquake and tsunami.

Oh, and my condolences to the folks upset at Square-Enix's decision to comply with Japan's government's request of conserving energy during this energy uncertainty. Don't worry - you'll survive it.

All people looking at here, nice to meet you.
I am a Japanese. 　I am in the stricken area of the big earthquake now.
People learn me in great regret for the cooperation to stopping of the
server by Japanese electricity shortage now.

With all a sole feeling, please watch an original animation of FFXI which I made.
And I ask for mercy to the victim.

EP1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUroyx1ezuc
EP2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KjSj0TCzCc
EP3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxvHZOhWNaE
Final EP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arODrDNcmbQ

I want to have an adventure from now on in all of you and the Vana'diel.^^
Thank you

ごめんあさい！ m(_ _)m
私はYahoo! Babelfishの訳者を使用しています。 (>_<)

それは英国のフォーラムで掲示するためにあなたの勇気があった.
ささやさんの勇敢な努力をありがとう! ^^
ささやさんのFFXIのアニメを共有するためにありがとう!
私はFFXIのアニメを作り常にたいと思った。
ささやさんのFFXIのアニメを見ることは私をその願いに続くように促す!
私は日本のあなたの系列、友人および人々を完全な回復望む。
おねがいします、私達の愚かなヴァナ・ディール人を許可しなさい許可してはいけない!
ささやさんと皆さんの理解し、支える多くがある!