TalonBot
11-12-2008, 05:22 PM
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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.wowinsider.com/media/2008/11/realmstatusdown.jpgBlizzard's been on shaky footing this week with all the downtime, from their forum issues (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/11/12/official-forums-temporarily-set-to-read-only/) to in-game mail problems (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/11/12/blizzard-sends-in-game-mail-explaining-today-s-problems/), and even their main site has had trouble (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/11/07/worldofwarcraft-com-down/). But there's good news for those affected by the outages (everybody?): we're all getting an extra day of playtime (http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=12665776606&sid=1). Tyren says that they believe the problems are now fixed, and that players will recieve a free day of gameplay sometime within the next two weeks.
Personally, I wasn't affected much, but free gametime is free gametime. The real test will be this evening and this weekend -- if Blizzard can keep their realms up even under the pressure of so many people checking out the expansion, it'll be a feat. But odds are that, considering how many players are likely to try checking out Northrend (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/11/08/analyst-wrath-will-sell-five-million-copies) in the next few days, the shakiness is not quite over.http://www.wowinsider.com/media/feedlogo.gif (http://www.wowinsider.com)Blizzard gives out a day of compensation for the downtime (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/11/12/blizzard-gives-out-a-day-of-compensation-for-the-downtime/) originally appeared on WoW Insider (http://www.wowinsider.com) on Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.wowinsider.com/media/2008/11/realmstatusdown.jpgBlizzard's been on shaky footing this week with all the downtime, from their forum issues (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/11/12/official-forums-temporarily-set-to-read-only/) to in-game mail problems (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/11/12/blizzard-sends-in-game-mail-explaining-today-s-problems/), and even their main site has had trouble (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/11/07/worldofwarcraft-com-down/). But there's good news for those affected by the outages (everybody?): we're all getting an extra day of playtime (http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=12665776606&sid=1). Tyren says that they believe the problems are now fixed, and that players will recieve a free day of gameplay sometime within the next two weeks.
Personally, I wasn't affected much, but free gametime is free gametime. The real test will be this evening and this weekend -- if Blizzard can keep their realms up even under the pressure of so many people checking out the expansion, it'll be a feat. But odds are that, considering how many players are likely to try checking out Northrend (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/11/08/analyst-wrath-will-sell-five-million-copies) in the next few days, the shakiness is not quite over.http://www.wowinsider.com/media/feedlogo.gif (http://www.wowinsider.com)Blizzard gives out a day of compensation for the downtime (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/11/12/blizzard-gives-out-a-day-of-compensation-for-the-downtime/) originally appeared on WoW Insider (http://www.wowinsider.com) on Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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