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

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Jame Jarl Retief
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#21 - 2012-12-06 20:38:47 UTC
I always pictured that morning of the Boot.ini effect as CCP all lined up, and the general in front saying "What we do today will echo in gaming history for eternity!" You know, "Gladiator" style?

The cake does look fantastic though.
CCP Explorer
C C P
C C P Alliance
#22 - 2012-12-06 20:39:50 UTC
GallowsCalibrator wrote:
I'm assuming Part 2 will be a photo of various CCP employees with smashed cake crumbs and smears of fondant across their faces?
I think players who frequent the test servers have an idea of what we might be up to, but it will surface soon... Big smile

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Grimpak
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#23 - 2012-12-06 20:40:55 UTC
James Amril-Kesh wrote:
I've always wondered, how exactly was this problem fixed? Seems like it would require a second computer.

think you could do it with command line safemode.

[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
fukier
Gallente Federation
#24 - 2012-12-06 20:42:38 UTC  |  Edited by: fukier
I remember when this happened...

you killed my brothers computer!!!

He had by accident the previous day deleted his windows xp partition on his HP Pavillion and when he DL the expansion and restarted his comp it died...

Though on the plus side he got a new compu for chanukah!

so thank you i guess...
At the end of the game both the pawn and the Queen go in the same box.
Sirinda
Ekchuah's Shrine Comporium
#25 - 2012-12-06 20:43:02 UTC
*sniff* They won't give us the boot. *sniffles*
fukier
Gallente Federation
#26 - 2012-12-06 20:44:11 UTC
CCP Explorer wrote:
GallowsCalibrator wrote:
I'm assuming Part 2 will be a photo of various CCP employees with smashed cake crumbs and smears of fondant across their faces?
I think players who frequent the test servers have an idea of what we might be up to, but it will surface soon... Big smile



ok cool so do we get to choose which one we want?

or do we get one of each

pretty sure i am going for the crystal ball...

At the end of the game both the pawn and the Queen go in the same box.
CCP Explorer
C C P
C C P Alliance
#27 - 2012-12-06 20:44:50 UTC
James Amril-Kesh wrote:
I've always wondered, how exactly was this problem fixed? Seems like it would require a second computer.
... by not deleting the file. The details are in the devblog I linked but essentially instead of deleting the file (which failed and we deleted a file with same name in the root folder instead) and copying a new file in its place we simply overwrote the file.

For those affected (mostly laptop users with a recovery partition) then Customer Support worked with them to restore their systems. In the end it was remarkably few who were affected.

Erlendur S. Thorsteinsson | Senior Development Director | EVE Online // CCP Games | @CCP_Explorer
Vertisce Soritenshi
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#28 - 2012-12-06 20:45:41 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

I can't say that "hilarious" is the correct word considering that there were quite a few people who's PC's got hosed that day. Some people clever enough to fix the issue quickly...others would have had to format and reinstall their OS if they didn't know hot to properly fix that problem.

Just saying...choice of words may not have been the best in this case. Glad you guys learned your lesson and it has not happened again though.

Bounties for all! https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=2279821#post2279821
CCP Explorer
C C P
C C P Alliance
#29 - 2012-12-06 20:46:38 UTC
Proletariat Tingtango wrote:
Yeah that's definitely a thing I would celebrate and not try to bury deep in the sands of time.
It's proven impossible to bury this; and as they say: when you can't beat them, join them and embrace them. Smile

Erlendur S. Thorsteinsson | Senior Development Director | EVE Online // CCP Games | @CCP_Explorer
CCP Explorer
C C P
C C P Alliance
#30 - 2012-12-06 20:49:30 UTC
Vertisce Soritenshi 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

I can't say that "hilarious" is the correct word considering that there were quite a few people who's PC's got hosed that day. Some people clever enough to fix the issue quickly...others would have had to format and reinstall their OS if they didn't know hot to properly fix that problem.

Just saying...choice of words may not have been the best in this case. Glad you guys learned your lesson and it has not happened again though.
It was only hilarious in hindsight when we had helped those affected. But other words I could have chosen? Embarrassing, stupid, epic, ...

Erlendur S. Thorsteinsson | Senior Development Director | EVE Online // CCP Games | @CCP_Explorer
baltec1
Bat Country
The Initiative.
#31 - 2012-12-06 20:49:48 UTC
CCP Explorer wrote:
Proletariat Tingtango wrote:
Yeah that's definitely a thing I would celebrate and not try to bury deep in the sands of time.
It's proven impossible to bury this; and as they say: when you can't beat them, join them and embrace them. Smile


Indeed
Ranger 1
Ranger Corp
Vae. Victis.
#32 - 2012-12-06 20:50:58 UTC
Vertisce Soritenshi 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

I can't say that "hilarious" is the correct word considering that there were quite a few people who's PC's got hosed that day. Some people clever enough to fix the issue quickly...others would have had to format and reinstall their OS if they didn't know hot to properly fix that problem.

Just saying...choice of words may not have been the best in this case. Glad you guys learned your lesson and it has not happened again though.

It may not have been hilarious at the time, but it certainly is now. Smile

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James Amril-Kesh
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#33 - 2012-12-06 20:51:42 UTC
CCP Explorer wrote:
James Amril-Kesh wrote:
I've always wondered, how exactly was this problem fixed? Seems like it would require a second computer.
... by not deleting the file. The details are in the devblog I linked but essentially instead of deleting the file (which failed and we deleted a file with same name in the root folder instead) and copying a new file in its place we simply overwrote the file.

No... I get that part, I was asking about how one would recover from having the boot.ini file deleted.

Enjoying the rain today? ;)
CCP Explorer
C C P
C C P Alliance
#34 - 2012-12-06 20:51:43 UTC
baltec1 wrote:
CCP Explorer wrote:
Proletariat Tingtango wrote:
Yeah that's definitely a thing I would celebrate and not try to bury deep in the sands of time.
It's proven impossible to bury this; and as they say: when you can't beat them, join them and embrace them. Smile
Indeed
This video is always funny. Big smile

Erlendur S. Thorsteinsson | Senior Development Director | EVE Online // CCP Games | @CCP_Explorer
Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
#35 - 2012-12-06 20:53:00 UTC  |  Edited by: Unsuccessful At Everything
NERF CAKE, NOT CANE!

Edit: Fixed for relevance.

Since the cessation of their usefulness is imminent, may I appropriate your belongings?
CCP Explorer
C C P
C C P Alliance
#36 - 2012-12-06 20:55:12 UTC  |  Edited by: CCP Explorer
James Amril-Kesh wrote:
CCP Explorer wrote:
James Amril-Kesh wrote:
I've always wondered, how exactly was this problem fixed? Seems like it would require a second computer.
... by not deleting the file. The details are in the devblog I linked but essentially instead of deleting the file (which failed and we deleted a file with same name in the root folder instead) and copying a new file in its place we simply overwrote the file.
No... I get that part, I was asking about how one would recover from having the boot.ini file deleted.
If Windows didn't recover on its own (which it did in the vast majority of cases) then you needed an install disk and to re-install on top of the existing install to re-instate the boot.ini file. This did preserve settings and installed software in most cases. There were exceptional cases with special setups where a full re-install was required or other methods were required (such as connecting the hard disk to another computer and re-creating the boot.ini file by hand).

Erlendur S. Thorsteinsson | Senior Development Director | EVE Online // CCP Games | @CCP_Explorer
Mirajane Cromwell
#37 - 2012-12-06 20:56:34 UTC
Sirinda wrote:
*sniff* They won't give us the boot. *sniffles*

I wouldn't be so sure about that... look in-game market Special Edition assets section and apparel under it.. there's Boots.ini shoes now for women and if you click the 3D view you'll see funny text. Blink

Oh, by the way, there's also item called "Key Pass to Open the Door blueprint". Anyone know yet where you can find one of those? Lol All the other materials seem to be available on market except for "Villard wheel"...
Xercodo
Cruor Angelicus
#38 - 2012-12-06 20:57:06 UTC  |  Edited by: Xercodo
Unsuccessful At Everything wrote:
NERF CAKE, NOT CANE!

Edit: Fixed for relevance.


V sig V

edit: ninja edited!

The Drake is a Lie
Mr Pragmatic
#39 - 2012-12-06 21:02:08 UTC
lol, CCP sold malware, sweet.

they also sell lag! What else can ccp sell us with malicious intent.

CCP your the best. <3

Super cali hella yolo swaga dopeness.  -Yoloswaggins, in the fellowship of the bling.
Ranger 1
Ranger Corp
Vae. Victis.
#40 - 2012-12-06 21:02:13 UTC
CCP Explorer wrote:
baltec1 wrote:
CCP Explorer wrote:
Proletariat Tingtango wrote:
Yeah that's definitely a thing I would celebrate and not try to bury deep in the sands of time.
It's proven impossible to bury this; and as they say: when you can't beat them, join them and embrace them. Smile
Indeed
This video is always funny. Big smile

So, was that CCP Guards first walk on (or should I say "fly by") role in a CCP video? If so, is it true he was much taller before this video? Smile

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