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Emergency Shutdown - I Was There (Jita)
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The Greenmachine Greenmachine
Green's Bicycle Shop
#1 - 2013-06-12 02:51:38 UTC  |  Edited by: The Greenmachine Greenmachine
All was well in the small town of Jita....

Until Suddenly... "We are initiating an emergency shutdown, See you in 20 minutes! Toodles!"

I slowly hovered my cursor over my minimized local jita chat thinking one thing... "This can't be..."

I pulled the chat up only to see the slaughterhouse of slaughterhouses of evechat. My eyes even started bleeding from the spam that was exploding off my screen...

I saw last minute scams being put together to maybe... just maybe catch one of the fools now watching the massacre that was taking place.

As the clock slowly counted down, the spam only grew more intense. It was so bad I could only see flashes of white light passing by my eyes. Blinking started giving me a headache, but I couldn't take my eyes off it. It was too holy, perhaps a once in a character life event something like this occured.

BUT

In the final 10 seconds I had a sudden thought.

"What would be the last post I would see before the cluster was shutdown???"

The moment came closer, closer..... so close. It was only moments away!

5

4

3

2

1

With my eyes only a milimeter from the screen I looked at the bottom of the chat and there I saw it...

"Penis"



*Sigh*
Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
#2 - 2013-06-12 02:54:12 UTC
The last thing this thread will see is a lock.

Since the cessation of their usefulness is imminent, may I appropriate your belongings?
Erotica 1
Krypteia Operations
#3 - 2013-06-12 02:55:30 UTC
That reminds me, everyone please wait to send me isk for a few minutes. If your space man's firs t name begins with an "A" wait one minute, "B" 2 minutes, etc to promote order when things get back up. Last time something like this happened, everyone sent isk at once and that was a mess.

See Bio for isk doubling rules. If you didn't read bio, chances are you funded those who did.
Mc Scam
Doomheim
#4 - 2013-06-12 02:59:38 UTC
I did what every responsible sc.. person would do and told everyone to make sure they have a looong skill in the queue just in case.
Alexila Quant
Versatility Production Corporation' LLC
#5 - 2013-06-12 03:02:19 UTC
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DJ JazzyJeff
Menace 2 Sobriety
#6 - 2013-06-12 03:02:40 UTC
Ahh yes, its such a glorious moment when the servers are about to go down and you happen to be in one of the main trading hubs. When I lived in Japan my playing time was always right in the middle of the downtime so I was always able to witness all the crazy spam that would ensue minutes before shutdown. Its like the countdown to newyears ever time. People start verbally berating scammers with a passion, the random shuttle duels, last minute confessions, and there is always that one that talks about how he is going to go rub one out during the downtime.

I didnt realize how much I missed the last seconds until downtime until now. Always a good laugh. Thank you CCP. And as always keep up the good work.
Pubie McPuberton
The Unicorn Spotters
#7 - 2013-06-12 03:04:20 UTC
I were minding my own business mining some ice whilst watching the finale of Game of Thrones and when I alt tab to eve I see a notice telling me it had shut down.

I truly hope it is up soon so as I can continue mining ice, also hope the anomaly is still there!
DJ JazzyJeff
Menace 2 Sobriety
#8 - 2013-06-12 03:08:35 UTC
Pubie McPuberton wrote:
I were minding my own business mining some ice whilst watching the finale of Game of Thrones and when I alt tab to eve I see a notice telling me it had shut down.

I truly hope it is up soon so as I can continue mining ice, also hope the anomaly is still there!


If I worked at CCP I would find where your ship was and turn the anomaly into a wormhole and have your autopilot to enter it as soon as you logged back in just for a laugh.

This, however, is why I cannot be trusted with a position of power.
Pubie McPuberton
The Unicorn Spotters
#9 - 2013-06-12 03:16:42 UTC
DJ JazzyJeff wrote:
Pubie McPuberton wrote:
I were minding my own business mining some ice whilst watching the finale of Game of Thrones and when I alt tab to eve I see a notice telling me it had shut down.

I truly hope it is up soon so as I can continue mining ice, also hope the anomaly is still there!


If I worked at CCP I would find where your ship was and turn the anomaly into a wormhole and have your autopilot to enter it as soon as you logged back in just for a laugh.

This, however, is why I cannot be trusted with a position of power.


I hear wormholes have some really good ore's
Avett Brother
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#10 - 2013-06-12 03:18:54 UTC
I was there. Just moved there myself. Outfitting a Venture when lights when out.

Thirtyplus Corporation If you are 30 years of age or older and would like to join a Corporation with like-minded individuals for a fun, casual gaming experience then look no further!Check out my BIO for details.
Xceldiian
Bermuda Inc.
#11 - 2013-06-12 03:23:27 UTC
I was kicked 2th from server and 15 minutes stuck in the new jump animation, could open setting but the yuit button wasn't working... anybody else had similar problems?
Lux Marquis
Shipyard Trading Co.
#12 - 2013-06-12 03:34:24 UTC
The Greenmachine Greenmachine wrote:
All was well in the small town of Jita....

Until Suddenly... "We are initiating an emergency shutdown, See you in 20 minutes! Toodles!"

I slowly hovered my cursor over my minimized local jita chat thinking one thing... "This can't be..."

I pulled the chat up only to see the slaughterhouse of slaughterhouses of evechat. My eyes even started bleeding from the spam that was exploding off my screen...

I saw last minute scams being put together to maybe... just maybe catch one of the fools now watching the massacre that was taking place.

As the clock slowly counted down, the spam only grew more intense. It was so bad I could only see flashes of white light passing by my eyes. Blinking started giving me a headache, but I couldn't take my eyes off it. It was too holy, perhaps a once in a character life event something like this occured.

BUT

In the final 10 seconds I had a sudden thought.

"What would be the last post I would see before the cluster was shutdown???"

The moment came closer, closer..... so close. It was only moments away!

5

4

3

2

1

With my eyes only a milimeter from the screen I looked at the bottom of the chat and there I saw it...

"*****"



*Sigh*


I saw the same thing right at the end and couldn't stop laughing. Then randomly I had these thoughts:

It's going to be hard to stop playing.
I don't think I can last that long.
Oh well, CCP has always left me satisfied and smiling.

Blink
Erotica 1
Krypteia Operations
#13 - 2013-06-12 03:36:36 UTC
Xceldiian wrote:
I was kicked 2th from server and 15 minutes stuck in the new jump animation, could open setting but the yuit button wasn't working... anybody else had similar problems?


I can't say that I do, perhaps try hooked on phonics?

See Bio for isk doubling rules. If you didn't read bio, chances are you funded those who did.
Tul Breetai
Impromptu Asset Requisition
#14 - 2013-06-12 03:47:27 UTC
Good for you op. You care way too much about trivial, ordinary things. I hope your epeen can handle it.

There's nothing worse than an EVE player, generally considered to be top of the food chain in the MMO world, that cannot smacktalk with wit and coherency.
The Greenmachine Greenmachine
Green's Bicycle Shop
#15 - 2013-06-12 16:32:15 UTC
I logged in today to see things back to normal. my eyes are still a little stingy but im sure some quafe will help
Ramona McCandless
Silent Vale
LinkNet
#16 - 2013-06-12 16:37:28 UTC
Xceldiian wrote:
the yuit button wasn't working...





If you get an electric toothbrush, some baby oil and one of those electric gas-oven igintion thingies you can make your yuit button do INCREDIBLE things

"Yea, some dude came in and was normal for first couple months, so I gave him director." - Sean Dunaway

"A singular character could be hired to penetrate another corps space... using gorilla like tactics..." - Chane Morgann
Erotica 1
Krypteia Operations
#17 - 2013-06-12 16:38:04 UTC

Where was everyone else when this happened?

See Bio for isk doubling rules. If you didn't read bio, chances are you funded those who did.
Ramona McCandless
Silent Vale
LinkNet
#18 - 2013-06-12 16:53:05 UTC
Erotica 1 wrote:

Where was everyone else when this happened?


I was in work, generally spewing guff on the forums.






I have witnesses

"Yea, some dude came in and was normal for first couple months, so I gave him director." - Sean Dunaway

"A singular character could be hired to penetrate another corps space... using gorilla like tactics..." - Chane Morgann
Ramona McCandless
Silent Vale
LinkNet
#19 - 2013-06-12 16:53:26 UTC
The Greenmachine Greenmachine wrote:
I logged in today to see things back to normal. my eyes are still a little stingy but im sure some quafe will help


Its better than Optrex I hear

"Yea, some dude came in and was normal for first couple months, so I gave him director." - Sean Dunaway

"A singular character could be hired to penetrate another corps space... using gorilla like tactics..." - Chane Morgann
Tom Gerard
Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
#20 - 2013-06-12 16:54:20 UTC
This is a young Tom Gerard in the making.

Question is... when did I have sex last to make that happen?

Now with 100% less Troll.
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