12 Hour Countdown

[Fumbles]

Its all going to matter on how Japan's power issues are.
The plants are stabilizing as many articles have told online and from the Governor.
Its just all a matter now of how the plants with power are doing and if the next cable being installed to power the others to stabilize them goes. (Which they said will be installed and hopefully working any day now.)
The main point I think that is keeping SE from launching the servers again is the lack of energy.
Japan is still issuing controlled rolling blackouts as of today due to a lack of energy to power everything.
With the other plants coming back up soon the rolling blackouts should slowly phase out.

But think about it, it would be a pain in the ass if they launched the servers, but had to shut them down again due to a blackout coming around in their area.

SE probably wants to launch the servers with intent to be able to keep them up and not have to shut them down.

Bad news, servers might not go up on the 22nd.
Good news, servers will be up soon.

Japan is recovering pretty quickly from this horrible disaster.

[Arconis]

Hope for the best, Prepare for the worst. Thats all we can do

[Zyeriis]

Definitely won't get more than that, and even that much would surprise me.

This makes me want to hope that they don't say the servers come back up in a day. You might have a heart attack. But...FFXI addiction...too...strong...

[breau]

No they didnt... they said they will look at the situation again on the 22nd

lol you been faster than me, wanted to say same^^
breau, alexander/bastok

[Nvr]

At least we will have an update on the situation tomorrow.

It sux that FF14 was what I would play when I was not playing FF11... both of them gone ;-;

[NightDagger]

Yes I agree that they probably did not fully shutdown the servers as they have NEVER lost their power. If you look at the grid they are on (I forget the JP site i was looking at) they have a few hospitals, government buildings & the train station within 2 blocks.

But on another note TEPCO is undecided if they will or won't be doing anymore blackouts. They have been able to produce enough power to keep everyone going (with saving electricity still) and have also just added some more available power a few hours ago.

It will be a coin flip whether SE is going to just flip the switch back on for us or wait it out until Friday (the last day of blackouts that TEPCO announced if they even happen). Japan is recovering a lot faster then anyone anticipated so it is safe to say that we will not be waiting 2+ months but only 1-2 more weeks (worse case scenario)

Just a little food for thought ^^

[Anela]

But on another note TEPCO is undecided if they will or won't be doing anymore blackouts. They have been able to produce enough power to keep everyone going (with saving electricity still) and have also just added some more available power a few hours ago.

Thank You for the update..^^

[HFX7686]

The people who make decisions like this, the guys in the suits, probably won't be at work at midnight. You likely won't see any notice until about 4-5am EST on the 22nd, which will be about 5-6pm in Japan. That's when they usually post their notices.

[NightDagger]

The people who make decisions like this, the guys in the suits, probably won't be at work at midnight. You likely won't see any notice until about 4-5am EST on the 22nd, which will be about 5-6pm in Japan. That's when they usually post their notices.

Yeah i have read numerous times that people are waiting for an update or servers back online at 12 a.m. JP. I dunno what job they have but man I don't work at that hour. With SE having everyone sent home to be with family & their international workers being sent home by their embassy it may be hard for them to predict when the servers will be back up just due to that fact. Unless they plan on just working with a skeleton crew i feel they will have to wait until power is fully restored so they are actually able to contact all their employees & have their international workers back in the country.

[etsunetsu]

as of the 21st blackouts have been canceled on tepco home page also the blackouts that were scheduled were never for area that would effect servers tokyo itself was immune to scheduled blackouts already.blackouts are only ever been scheduled for residential areas.