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Being a doormat or not has nothing to do with this. Good for you that you aren't btw.
But there are 2 types of people. People who want respect and people who earn respect.
I guess you're the one who wants respect. Well if we look at BB yes, they lost some respect from the gaming community, so all they can do is try to earn some respect back. How? Well, we'll just have to wait and see.
This is the first game I have ever known to have such long maintenance times, weekly. Usually with no updates. And today, with almost no warning too.
Perkuno & Icegirl,
That's enough bickering now, you are off-topic.
Thank you,
Sinister-King
I heard the dude that makes announcements was on vacation, that's why it didn't get posted.
Is this the end of the christmas event by the way?
Oh but it is a retail game. It's in shops and they accept money from their playerbase. This creates a certain (and legitimate) expectancy of quality.Quote:
Originally Posted by Perkuno
Maintenance is most if not all Wednesdays at this time, so it can't still be a surprice - altho I agree that a message as usual would have been nice :)
If you heard that dude was on holiday (I'm a Brit not a Yank so it isn't vacation to me) then someone must of told someone who possibly told someone else. My point is someone from BB must of told someone he was on holiday, so they could easily of told that someone beforehand maintenance was going to happen. So that's not even a valid excuse for themQuote:
Originally Posted by QuIzTiD
Chat moderator said it. I doubt it too, but from that source it shouldn't be an outright lie. It could be, but shouldn't.Quote:
Originally Posted by Monkey_Boi
As long as they fix my zone I don't care lol
You said it yourself "Chat moderator." Too many people take what they say as fact, the simple fact is they are "CHAT" Moderators, meaning they "MODERATE" chat. They are not BB devs. It always makes me giggle when I hear of people who call for a MOD in help and ask a tech related question (The Nephew sits there giggling away so I get told lots by him)Quote:
Originally Posted by QuIzTiD
If there is only one person with the ability to make announcements something is seriously broken. That shouldn't be the problem though, there are other Admins and it's not unreasonable (for regular players and the Mods themselves) to expect Mods to be kept informed of certain things, it would certainly ease a lot of tension all round if this were the case.
There is still no official announcement so while it seems likely this is the end of the Xmas Quests... we don't know.
Dantesama posted their vacation info here, no lie:
http://forum.thesettlersonline.com/t...light=vacation
Yeah, they may not know alot. But they shouldn't be spreading rumours or lies atleast.Quote:
Originally Posted by Monkey_Boi
Don't you just love playing the guessing game though? Come on we get 2 games rolled into 1 for the same price. Lmao :D :D :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Iolanthe
hey at least give players sme compensation from this new year start..
there should simply be a protocol in place where technical support notify of outages prior to the event (unless of course with a system crash), if it required that someone with the department that runs the maintenance be given access to make announcements, then surely that is doable to overcome a forum mod being unavailable due to holidays /sick leave etc.
I would expect programmers are capable of making timed announcements so they can release information of planned outages even if they are on holidays.
& to people saying shut up complaining that this is a beta version, the point of a beta is to air out problems for the commercial release...this is clearly a problem albeit primarily a communication error rather than a programming error.
Hello QuIzTiD,Quote:
Originally Posted by QuIzTiD
I assure you, MODs wouldn't lie about such things.
Please read: Vacation: 21 Dec-2nd Jan :).
Thank you,
Sinister-King
No announcement of what is probably the end of x-mas maintenence. Why not let people plan their moves leading up to a maintenence? The players would prefer it that way. Please let us know in the future.
It could have been a security issue actually, like hackers... Giving them no time to announce. I wouldn't put it below them covering it up saying it's some kind of normal maintenance instead.
Okay wading into this thread, I've looked an looked. An usually I only hear about maintenance through threads like this.
Is there a place I can look, from time to time, on any maintenance info coming down the line? Is there a sticky somewhere I'm not seeing?
So they actually couldn't find someone to take care of it? :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Sinister-King
Not sure if people are actually mad for being offline for a day ...
... or haggling for some over-compensation.
http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/...PNG?1307468855
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chinney,
Your comment is rude and off-topic.
Sinister-King
So BB does not like any form of legitimate discussion or complaint's. I am a 57 y/o retired professional and expect to be treated as such. Not moderated because i say something that does not cause offence but simply is inconvenient.
Sinister-King. I am not impressed, to whom do I complain !
Who is in charge of this fiasco
No public negative comments about BB are allowed is what I've gathered....
Sinister-King, is it true it wasn't posted because noone had taken charge during BB_Dantesama's vacation? You imply it with your latest reply.
Still waiting
I think you need to send a support ticket for complaints about the game, BlueByte themselves or the Moderators.Quote:
Originally Posted by chinney
You can also send a forum private message direct to BB_RavelQuote:
Originally Posted by QuIzTiD
Hello chinney,
Please forward your complaints to support, they will take any necessary action :).
Thank you,
Sinister-King
For complaints about which of those three? :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Monkey_Boi
Do you know if someone missed BB_Dantesama's vacation, like you implied, or if it is a different reason?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sinister-King
So there is not ONE person here on this forum today who can advise us of when the maintenance is finished or an approximate time???????
thats really all we would like to know.
If it's the same as the usually scheduled Thursday morning one, it should be a 6-hour maintenance.Quote:
Originally Posted by ice_maiden
ok cool thank you and what time did it start if you know?Quote:
Originally Posted by QuIzTiD
I think it was three hours ago. 00.40 GMT thereabouts.Quote:
Originally Posted by ice_maiden
I think its quite rude and without respect for players efforts to do a maintenance without a warning :(
Hello,
I know that maintenance is normally scheduled for late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning, but I was on the game earlier today and made a not of the fact that there was no notice of any scheduled maintenance.:p
So i left all my buildings, mines etc running to go and eat, relax for a few hours, with the intention of returning later at night to check on my mines etc and buff friends & myself (as i normally do most evening late at night, being an officer of guild and group-forum Admin.), and/or to also zzzz items on my island accordingly, as I would normally do on all other scheduled maintenance nights.
Anyway, upon my return @ 3am UK GMT time, I was unable to log-in and after checking the forum here, discovered that the servers were down for unscheduled maintenance that had not been announced ! :eek:
I must say I am very disappointed at BB's start to the new year, and as usual, very little or no information regarding the issue available anywhere other than here where folk are all clambering for info !:confused:
Some say it is because it is Beta game and we should just leave it at that, but others,myself included, believe this is bad management & that the Beta tag should be removed OR the "retail" version be removed from retail shops and high-street stores, surely it cannot be Beta & retail at the same time ?!!:confused:
:o So, on behalf of all the TSO players, thank you for a great start to the new year :rolleyes:, you have probably lost faith in yet more regular players/supporters of TSO.:o
I hope this issue is resolved and an apology issued to all users ASAP, as you will now need to try and restore your faith in the TSO community.
Kind regards, and I await your reply.
ice-maiden, nope nobody knows, good thing we are in Sunny Qld and can enjoy the beach until they sort it all out :)
amen to that, especially seeing that it is 34 degrees outside todayQuote:
Originally Posted by makettle
agreed i always check for maintence on homepage and make sure all my mines fields wells are built,but tonight came as a shock as i was in a rush to get it all done in time and still didnt get enough time, an apology would be nice for now i will be returning to the game with no mines or troops built thx bb :/
once again going to lose unbuffed gold mines lost 3 gold mines the last time unsceduled maintainance
well this is on the dutch server, it says sceduled maintainance today till 10 am and again thursday till 8 am.
it is for removing the christmus things. maybee this server is the same time?
02.01.2013Onderhoud: vanaf 01:30 tot 10:00 uur
Beste Settlers,
Vannacht zal er onderhoud worden gepleegd aan de servers. Dit houdt in dat het spel niet bereikbaar zal zijn. Tijdens het onderhoud wordt de eerste verwijderfase van het kerstevenement geïmplementeerd.
Start: Donderdag nacht tegen 01:30 uur
Einde: Donderdag ochtend tegen 08:00 uur
Verandering log
Houd er rekening mee dat het onderhoud soms enkele minuten kan uitlopen.
- BB_Skelril