The lotto winner.... number ZERO? Are you serious???

[Jax-chan]

SE just posted this on JP Lodestone:



It's basically just:
"We know there is an issue and we're reviewing and investigating the data and it will take some time."
according to a Japanese friend.

[DaddyHrothgar]

SE just posted this on JP Lodestone:



It's basically just:
"We know there is an issue and we're reviewing and investigating the data and it will take some time."
according to a Japanese friend.

I feel like that's all they can say at the moment. It's been only a few hours, so they need to discuss what happened, and how to go about it.

[sagacious]

SE just posted this on JP Lodestone:



It's basically just:
"We know there is an issue and we're reviewing and investigating the data and it will take some time."
according to a Japanese friend.

Take some time? Oh hell no, I had to wait and I refuse to wait any longer I want my mansion now. I don't feel like playing until this problem is resolved

[Jax-chan]

[Lecru]

SE just posted this on JP Lodestone:



It's basically just:
"We know there is an issue and we're reviewing and investigating the data and it will take some time."
according to a Japanese friend.

[Jax-chan]

Beat me to it (friend was still typing her full translation). Is that on NA?

Edit: nvm, I'm assuming Google Translate xD

[forsakee]

Beat me to it (friend was still typing her full translation). Is that on NA?

welp still thanks for going through the effort of translating

[EvanLydian]

public class SmallIndieCompany {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        int participants = Integer.parseInt(args[0]);
        int winner = (int)(Math.random()*participants+1);
        if (winner > participants) {
            winner = participants;
        }
        System.out.println(winner);
    }
}

Apparently I now qualify for a job at SE. Shouldn't be too different in whatever language XIV is written in.

[Aeika]

The wording is confusing.
Does that mean someone won and it just doesnt show, or that no one won still?
From the complaints about "I was the only person and still lost" I assume the latter.

[Jax-chan]

The wording is confusing.
Does that mean someone won and it just doesnt show, or that no one won still?
From the complaints about "I was the only person and still lost" I assume the latter.

The most sensible explanation is that it's a silly programming error where they included the default "0 ticket" in the lottery by accident (which would be the winner if no one entered) so instead of there only being one entrant, there were actually 2: Ticket 0 and Ticket 1, so the actual chance of winning was 50%.