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Unscheduled Downtime Extension – July 15, 2015

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Arist en Daire
EDENCOM Section 7
EDENCOM DEFENSIVE INITIATIVE
#6081 - 2015-07-16 00:47:42 UTC
Mourn LeBlade wrote:
I once worked over 48 hours straight on a circuit cut-over. Nobody thanked me because it was my job, and I was paid well to do it. Failure was not an option. As a paid professional your paycheck should be its own reward. Unless it's volunteer work, there is no need to prostrate yourselves and say thanks to those fixing what shouldn't be broken. The world has certainly changed. Trophy Generation.



That may very well be -- and it is certainly true - that I have put in inordinate amount of time on fixing outages. In one situation - where the com circuit went from South Korea to Japan - and was considered to be one of the most vital circuits we had - it was down for 3 days. The US Air Force guys in Japan were the controllers on the circuit. I had just finished a 12 hour shift and briefed the oncoming shift and shift supervisor - when I was called by the Army general's staff - directing that I, not my people, but I take over the control of the circuit and was not to go home until it was fixed. The problem was still in Japan, the Air Force techs were the only ones able to physically work on it - but I was still stuck at work.

I've had many another time that I had to work inordinate amounts of time to repair outages. And yes, it was never expected for someone to say "Thank you" --- but it was nice to be recognized for my efforts - or to have my people recognized for their efforts.

It is never - I repeat "never" in appropriate to tell someone thank you for doing their job.

Celly Smunt
Neutin Local LLC
#6082 - 2015-07-16 00:58:14 UTC
Vox Anon wrote:
Bob Donovitch wrote:
Kaivar Lancer wrote:
ITS UP



We don't care about your state of sexual arousal....


also incorrect



you should have ask them "What are you wearing right now?"


*wink*

o/
Celly Smunt

Don't mistake fact for arrogance, supposition for fact, or disagreement for dismissal. Perception is unique in that it can be shared or singular. Run with the pack if you wish, but think for yourself. A sandwich can be a great motivator.

Awkward Pi Duolus
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
#6083 - 2015-07-16 01:08:44 UTC
Just curious - what happened? :)
Malcolm Muutaras
Wan Futuristics
#6084 - 2015-07-16 01:16:39 UTC
Awkward Pi Duolus wrote:
Just curious - what happened? :)

A dog walked into Eve's server room and did a sprinkle Big smile
Lucius Saturninus
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
#6085 - 2015-07-16 01:18:30 UTC
Has there been any talk of naming this event? For future reference. Something like "The Aegis Flaw of 2015"?

I've been playing since 2011 and never seen anything like this.

And I guarantee you every meeting before down time for the next month is going to end with someone saying to make sure they don't have to order Castello's Pizza tonight. lol



Celly Smunt
Neutin Local LLC
#6086 - 2015-07-16 01:19:15 UTC
Malcolm Muutaras wrote:
Awkward Pi Duolus wrote:
Just curious - what happened? :)

A dog walked into Eve's server room and did a sprinkle Big smile



wait.. a dog?
I thought they fixed some typos and stuff...

:(

o/

Don't mistake fact for arrogance, supposition for fact, or disagreement for dismissal. Perception is unique in that it can be shared or singular. Run with the pack if you wish, but think for yourself. A sandwich can be a great motivator.

Malcolm Muutaras
Wan Futuristics
#6087 - 2015-07-16 01:30:47 UTC
Celly S wrote:
Malcolm Muutaras wrote:
Awkward Pi Duolus wrote:
Just curious - what happened? :)

A dog walked into Eve's server room and did a sprinkle Big smile



wait.. a dog?
I thought they fixed some typos and stuff...

:(

o/

Lool yep a dog
Kairoh Shinaab
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#6088 - 2015-07-16 01:49:01 UTC
CCP Falcon wrote:
[img]http://i.imgur.com/2P4UoRb.gif[/img]


UPDATES:

13:00 UTC - AFTER SEVERAL FAILED STARTUPS, WE ARE CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING A STARTUP ISSUE
13:30 UTC - INVESTIGATION IS STILL ONGOING - NO FURTHER ETA ON UPTIME FOR TRANQUILITY
13:37 UTC - STARTUP FAILED AGAIN - INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING
14:00 UTC - INVESTIGATION IS STILL ONGOING
14:30 UTC - WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF REBOOTING AFTER FAULTFINDING AND CHANGES
15:00 UTC - FURTHER ATTEMPTS TO START UP HAVE FAILED - INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING
15:30 UTC - INVESTIGATION STILL ONGOING - NO ETA ON SERVER UPTIME
16:00 UTC - A FURTHER FAILED STARTUP AFTER A NUMBER OF CHANGES - INVESTIGATION ONGOING
17:00 UTC - INVESTIGATIONS STILL ONGOING - NO ETA ON SERVER UPTIME
17:30 UTC - WE ARE CURRENTLY FAULTFINDING - NO ETA ON SERVER UPTIME
18:00 UTC - AFTER TESTING ON SINGULARITY WE WILL BE REBOOTING TQ TO TEST A FIX
18:30 UTC - WE ARE CURRENTLY STILL FAULTFINDING ON TQ - NO ETA FOR UPTIME AT THIS STAGE
19:00 UTC - WE ARE CURRENTLY TESTING A FIX FOR THE ISSUES ON TQ - NO ETA FOR UPTIME YET
19:30 UTC - TRANQUILITY IS STILL CURRENTLY BEING EXPERIMENTED ON - WE WILL CONTINUE TO UPDATE
20:00 UTC - PIZZA HAS BEEN ACQUIRED AND WE ARE CURRENTLY REFUELLING OUR DEVS!
20:30 UTC - DEVS REFUELLED - TESTING HAS RESUMED!
21:00 UTC - WE ARE CURRENTLY REBOOTING TQ AND WILL BE TESTING A FIX OVER THE NEXT 30 MIN
21:30 UTC - TESTING IS CURRENTLY ONGOING - NO ETA FOR UPTIME
22:00 UTC - WE ARE DEPLOYING A NEW BUILD TO TRANQUILITY FOR TESTING
22:40 UTC - TRANQUILITY IS NOW BACK ONLINE AND ACCEPTING CONNECTIONS!


Now THAT's how issues should be communicated to players. Wish other companies would take note!
Baltich Sidatious
LiCH - The Ghost Fleet
#6089 - 2015-07-16 02:06:43 UTC
Finaly,

200...

300...

Sailent Mardonus
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
#6090 - 2015-07-16 02:18:05 UTC
So, do we get any goodies in exchange for the downtime?
Caboosette
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#6091 - 2015-07-16 02:23:04 UTC
Sailent Mardonus wrote:
So, do we get any goodies in exchange for the downtime?


The ability to play now. ;)
Sailent Mardonus
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
#6092 - 2015-07-16 02:31:41 UTC  |  Edited by: Sailent Mardonus
Ooh, maybe they can do extended downtimes once a day now so we can REALLY be appreciative of when we do get to play!

And maybe they can sometimes charge us double so we can REALLY be appreciative of when we only have to pay the normal rate.

Twisted
Valdor Hag
Fairlight Corp
Rooks and Kings
#6093 - 2015-07-16 02:52:28 UTC
Think about the positives that may have occurred as part of this extended DT. Some nerds have no finger nails left Shocked and the World's population is probably going to show a increases in 9 months time. All of this, due to EVE having an extended down time isn't that just awesome! Big smile I call that a Win/ Win,as longs as I'm not the DAD Cool
Shinta Kobi
Percussive Diplomacy
Sedition.
#6094 - 2015-07-16 03:04:06 UTC
Nuuuuu! You CCP peeplz!!!11 You cannot leave half-eaten pizza on a server. The cheese melts and drips inside and causes the server to crash! Sad I blame the pizza delivery guy.
Buck Tudd Russell
West Empire Holdings
#6095 - 2015-07-16 03:09:28 UTC
Valdor Hag wrote:
Think about the positives that may have occurred as part of this extended DT. Some nerds have no finger nails left Shocked and the World's population is probably going to show a increases in 9 months time. All of this, due to EVE having an extended down time isn't that just awesome! Big smile I call that a Win/ Win,as longs as I'm not the DAD Cool


But... Muh ISK per Hour!ShockedWhat?UghCry
Maki Nomiya
ACME HARDWARE
Exxitium
#6096 - 2015-07-16 03:46:54 UTC
Lucius Saturninus wrote:
Has there been any talk of naming this event? For future reference. Something like "The Aegis Flaw of 2015"?

I've been playing since 2011 and never seen anything like this.

And I guarantee you every meeting before down time for the next month is going to end with someone saying to make sure they don't have to order Castello's Pizza tonight. lol






Hehe I've been playing since 2005 and this is just not so often these days - Progress !!

We used to call this "Patch Day" and why there are many other games installed on my PC that get used on days like this :D
Zhilia Mann
Tide Way Out Productions
#6097 - 2015-07-16 04:16:17 UTC
Maki Nomiya wrote:
We used to call this "Patch Day"


Indeed. At least this one hasn't nuked any boot.ini files.

Kids these days. Next time just get some cheese instead of spewing all over the forums.

digitalwanderer
DW inc
#6098 - 2015-07-16 04:27:21 UTC
Seems it's taking forever to launch
digitalwanderer
DW inc
#6099 - 2015-07-16 04:35:10 UTC
Yup, says no connection could be made to the server at this time.....It's not DT yet I believe?
digitalwanderer
DW inc
#6100 - 2015-07-16 04:48:32 UTC
Seems to be normal now.....Starts up normally and I tried it several times.


Might be some temporary glitch in the internetz...P