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The boot.ini's, we've found them

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CCP Explorer
C C P
C C P Alliance
#1 - 2012-12-06 20:09:40 UTC  |  Edited by: CCP Explorer
This is really the first part of a two part announcement, but we've found one of the missing boot.ini files and it was delicious: https://twitter.com/erlendur/status/276699221065875456 More later.

Jokes aside, then 5 and 6 Dec 2012 mark the 5 year anniversary of the Trinity expansion and the boot.ini incident. It is in hindsight one of the more hilarious bugs in the gaming industry. I hope you have all recovered and forgive us. Smile

Erlendur S. Thorsteinsson | Senior Development Director | EVE Online // CCP Games | @CCP_Explorer
Ifly Uwalk
Perkone
Caldari State
#2 - 2012-12-06 20:11:35 UTC
ell oh ell. Lol
GallowsCalibrator
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#3 - 2012-12-06 20:12:42 UTC
CCP Explorer wrote:
This is really the first part of a two part announcement, but we've found one of the missing boot.ini and it was delicious: https://twitter.com/erlendur/status/276699221065875456 More later.

Jokes aside, then 5 and 6 Dec 2012 mark the 5 year anniversary of the Trinity expansion and the boot.ini incident. It is in hindsight one of the more hilarious bugs in the gaming industry. I hope you have all recovered and forgive us. Smile


This is the most important question I will ever ask a dev on these forums - what kind of cake is that?

(I hope it's not a terrible one)
Alara IonStorm
#4 - 2012-12-06 20:15:28 UTC
The cake is a truth.
CCP Explorer
C C P
C C P Alliance
#5 - 2012-12-06 20:17:43 UTC
GallowsCalibrator wrote:
CCP Explorer wrote:
This is really the first part of a two part announcement, but we've found one of the missing boot.ini and it was delicious: https://twitter.com/erlendur/status/276699221065875456 More later.

Jokes aside, then 5 and 6 Dec 2012 mark the 5 year anniversary of the Trinity expansion and the boot.ini incident. It is in hindsight one of the more hilarious bugs in the gaming industry. I hope you have all recovered and forgive us. Smile
This is the most important question I will ever ask a dev on these forums - what kind of cake is that?

(I hope it's not a terrible one)
A layered chocolate cake with buttercream covered with fondant.

Erlendur S. Thorsteinsson | Senior Development Director | EVE Online // CCP Games | @CCP_Explorer
ShahFluffers
Ice Fire Warriors
#6 - 2012-12-06 20:18:50 UTC
CCP Explorer wrote:
GallowsCalibrator wrote:
CCP Explorer wrote:
This is really the first part of a two part announcement, but we've found one of the missing boot.ini and it was delicious: https://twitter.com/erlendur/status/276699221065875456 More later.

Jokes aside, then 5 and 6 Dec 2012 mark the 5 year anniversary of the Trinity expansion and the boot.ini incident. It is in hindsight one of the more hilarious bugs in the gaming industry. I hope you have all recovered and forgive us. Smile
This is the most important question I will ever ask a dev on these forums - what kind of cake is that?

(I hope it's not a terrible one)
A layered chocolate cake with buttercream covered with fondant.

The cake is a lie and you know it!!

How did you Veterans start?
GallowsCalibrator
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#7 - 2012-12-06 20:20:06 UTC
CCP Explorer wrote:
GallowsCalibrator wrote:
CCP Explorer wrote:
This is really the first part of a two part announcement, but we've found one of the missing boot.ini and it was delicious: https://twitter.com/erlendur/status/276699221065875456 More later.

Jokes aside, then 5 and 6 Dec 2012 mark the 5 year anniversary of the Trinity expansion and the boot.ini incident. It is in hindsight one of the more hilarious bugs in the gaming industry. I hope you have all recovered and forgive us. Smile
This is the most important question I will ever ask a dev on these forums - what kind of cake is that?

(I hope it's not a terrible one)
A layered chocolate cake with buttercream covered with fondant.


I approve of CCP's cakemaking skills.
Muestereate
Minions LLC
#8 - 2012-12-06 20:22:03 UTC
So they said they had some extra time on this expansion so they used it to bake cakes? Well I guess your not the first company to make people pay for malware. I'm not sure I see the humor yet :) but someone has a flair for the kitchen so lets all celebrate anyhow. Or is it to early?
GallowsCalibrator
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#9 - 2012-12-06 20:25:25 UTC
I'm assuming Part 2 will be a photo of various CCP employees with smashed cake crumbs and smears of fondant across their faces?
baltec1
Bat Country
The Initiative.
#10 - 2012-12-06 20:25:38 UTC
I didn't install the patch right away that day and as such, had great fun that day.

Happy Bootini day everyone!
Mortimer Civeri
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#11 - 2012-12-06 20:26:07 UTC
ShahFluffers wrote:
CCP Explorer wrote:
GallowsCalibrator wrote:
CCP Explorer wrote:
This is really the first part of a two part announcement, but we've found one of the missing boot.ini and it was delicious: https://twitter.com/erlendur/status/276699221065875456 More later.

Jokes aside, then 5 and 6 Dec 2012 mark the 5 year anniversary of the Trinity expansion and the boot.ini incident. It is in hindsight one of the more hilarious bugs in the gaming industry. I hope you have all recovered and forgive us. Smile
This is the most important question I will ever ask a dev on these forums - what kind of cake is that?

(I hope it's not a terrible one)
A layered chocolate cake with buttercream covered with fondant.

The cake is a lie and you know it!!

The confection has been verified by potographic proof.

"I don't know which is worse, ...that everyone has his price, or that the price is always so low." Calvin
GallowsCalibrator
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#12 - 2012-12-06 20:27:30 UTC
baltec1 wrote:
I didn't install the patch right away that day and as such, had great fun that day.

Happy Bootini day everyone!


Installed before 4am, didn't matter anyway due to hilarious drive allocation
Grimpak
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#13 - 2012-12-06 20:27:56 UTC
by the gods, 5 years already? I still remember the rage on the forums in that day. and the hilarious story of the guy who installed EVE on the main server of the company where he worked.Lol

[img]http://eve-files.com/sig/grimpak[/img]

[quote]The more I know about humans, the more I love animals.[/quote] ain't that right
GallowsCalibrator
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#14 - 2012-12-06 20:30:26 UTC
Grimpak wrote:
by the gods, 5 years already? I still remember the rage on the forums in that day. and the hilarious story of the guy who installed EVE on the main server of the company where he worked.Lol


... wait, what? That's almost Inception-level layers of screwup there.
James Amril-Kesh
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#15 - 2012-12-06 20:34:28 UTC  |  Edited by: James Amril-Kesh
I've always wondered, how exactly was this problem fixed? Seems like it would require a second computer.

Enjoying the rain today? ;)
Proletariat Tingtango
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#16 - 2012-12-06 20:36:31 UTC
Yeah that's definitely a thing I would celebrate and not try to bury deep in the sands of time.
DeltaPhalanx
Hordes Of Belial
#17 - 2012-12-06 20:37:10 UTC
James Amril-Kesh wrote:
I've always wondered, how exactly was this problem fixed? Seems like it would require a second computer.


The fix was detailed the linked blog about the boot.ini issue.

Also, cake! Om nom nom!
James Amril-Kesh
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#18 - 2012-12-06 20:37:20 UTC
Proletariat Tingtango wrote:
Yeah that's definitely a thing I would celebrate and not try to bury deep in the sands of time.

Seems the concept of a self-deprecating sense of humor is lost on a few people.

Enjoying the rain today? ;)
Grimpak
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#19 - 2012-12-06 20:37:36 UTC
GallowsCalibrator wrote:
Grimpak wrote:
by the gods, 5 years already? I still remember the rage on the forums in that day. and the hilarious story of the guy who installed EVE on the main server of the company where he worked.Lol


... wait, what? That's almost Inception-level layers of screwup there.

no ****, I'm still wondering to this day if it was really true or it was a troll.

[img]http://eve-files.com/sig/grimpak[/img]

[quote]The more I know about humans, the more I love animals.[/quote] ain't that right
Proletariat Tingtango
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#20 - 2012-12-06 20:38:20 UTC  |  Edited by: Proletariat Tingtango
James Amril-Kesh wrote:
Proletariat Tingtango wrote:
Yeah that's definitely a thing I would celebrate and not try to bury deep in the sands of time.

Seems the concept of a self-deprecating sense of humor is lost on a few people.


It's funny I'm just saying.

"Hey guys remember when we forced all those people to reformat their hard drives? Haha." isn't something I would want to assist in preserving in the collective memory of your subscriber base.
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