Shut up about the servers.

[RAIST]

Implementation plan of rolling blackout on and after Tue, March 15, 2011

(press release from power company)

REGARDLESS OF SOCIAL/POLITICAL/ECONOMIC DEBATE, THIS HAD TO BE DONE TO PRESERVE THE DATA, PURE AND SIMPLE.

No matter what anyone thinks/feels/wants... this would have been forced upon them anyway. They HAVE to maintain the integrity of the data. Even IF they had a failover network running on their own private network, eventually the forest would have fallen out of synch with servers and Network devices in various zones shutting down for 3 hours at a time. From a shear technical/practical point of view, it just was not a good idea to keep them up and risk everything going FUBAR with the game.

This is going to be a problem until at LEAST Friday night in the US time frame. We just have to sit tight and wait for an announcement from SE. They just had more explosions at the power plant ffs, and radiation levels are increasing at the site. Until they can stabilize the environment, they have to focus on ESSENTIAL needs for the community, which means various manufacturing sites and things like SE have to shut down services.

Give it time people.

Raist

[Dale]

Forums such as this can be run off a PC in your house. Do you know how much energy it takes to run the game servers? Also I'm not even sure if the forums or the POL site are run on a server in Japan, maybe thye are, or maybe they were able to move them to a server in California. And before you ask, there is a big difference between moving forums to a different server and moving all the game servers.

Now see look at this, a well informed answer not drenched in a pompous state of internet morality

[Icestein]

It was just a simple question which you answered. No need to get rude about it lol

You're being incredibly ignorant about the whole situation. You're suggesting that Square enix has more of a responsibility to keep the server online to appease a relatively small amount of players over providing even the smallest relief on a strained energy crisis. Watch the news. It's bad. It's much worse than our collective craving to play a game.

[Randwolf]

First, since you directed this post at my quote i'm going to assume you aiming this at me.

I never said they made a bad decision. Nor was i whining. Read a post before responding. Your answer will make more sense when you do

Unfortunately, I did. Your post pretty much is "I don't see how shutting down the servers helps." You come across just like everyone else encouraging the servers go back up with an agenda that meets your needs. Now I hear the new excuse that Japanese players need an escape from reality. Yes, I read you post.

[Randwolf]

How has this got to do with the current situation? It was horrible what happened in Haiti but ffxi wasn't affected by that.



I think you mean servers going down. and how exactly is calling those people out trolling?



Clearly you don't know why the servers have been turned off.

Sorry, your original message reads as though those who have responded to the people demanding the servers up in the negative are as much trolls as those who have demanded the servers up.

[Wenceslao]

I can't believe some people, One of the biggest disasters has occured in Japan and all you people can say is 'I don't see why I should suffer!' and 'Well there's no reason to be down for that long!', SE shut down the servers to help the power station in Japan which is on the verge of a nuclear meltdown, if you don't know the consequences of that then you clearly need to go back to school.

This is a game, Peoples lives are far more important then you levelling a job or obtaining pixels for your virtual character. If you can't go without a game for at least a week, then you have a serious problem.

And to the people who are trolling over this. You're just as pathetic.

Well said! i can't agree more with you! Amen!

[Dale]

Unfortunately, I did. Your post pretty much is "I don't see how shutting down the servers helps." You come across just like everyone else encouraging the servers go back up with an agenda that meets your needs. Now I hear the new excuse that Japanese players need an escape from reality. Yes, I read you post.

Just because I didn't see how shutting down the servers would help doesn't mean i was whining lol?

And the Japaneese players probably do need an escape from reality at the moment. I know i sure would if a tsunami just swept across my house. That's not an excuse, just an observation. I think you grasping at straws here. If you want a good reason to get tough with me i'll give you one, no need to imagine them

[Dale]

You're being incredibly ignorant about the whole situation. You're suggesting that Square enix has more of a responsibility to keep the server online to appease a relatively small amount of players over providing even the smallest relief on a strained energy crisis. Watch the news. It's bad. It's much worse than our collective craving to play a game.

I never suggested any such thing, and I"m not craving anything lol

Lighten up, all I said was SE is a global company and needs to take taht into consideration. I clearly stated that if it shutting down the servers did actually help than it was the right thing to do. You are way too eager to attack people, and exagerate what people say to defend your attacks. Chill out lol

[MrWigglles]

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[Avidon]

I'm confused.
How is SE responsible for my entertainment?
If we were employee's for SE and we just went through a disaster such as the one they did, would you rather be sitting in an office with the power going out every few hrs to make sure people can play a video game, or would you rather spend time with your family, make sure loved one are ok, or do what you can do to help your neighbors?
So to say they hold responsibility for our enjoyment is BS. They are responsible to their families first. You dont mean anything to them during these times.
And the same would be said if the roles were reversed.