Altar of Malice Expansion Launch Overdue 3 1/2 Hours — SERVERS UP!
UPDATE: Servers are now up!!
Original article after the jump…
There are lots of moving parts to get an MMO expansion up and running. We’re now an hour+ overdue and it looks like Platform had a little more work to do before everything could get rolling. So here’s a funny pic…
Seriously just kidding guys!
Here are some tweets:
We're running a quick platform update. We'll test that when it's up and then unlock. Go hamsters, go! #eq2
— Holly Longdale (@WindstalkerEQ2) November 11, 2014
About to start testing in a minute. Really anxious to launch and let you all in! I'll keep you updated! #EQ2
— Holly Longdale (@WindstalkerEQ2) November 11, 2014
Two QA teams running through a few things. I'll keep you in the loopy…because we're loopy. #EQ2
— Holly Longdale (@WindstalkerEQ2) November 11, 2014
I'm watching email and on phone calls consistently waiting for the signal. It's like the start of a race… #EQ2
— Holly Longdale (@WindstalkerEQ2) November 11, 2014
QA is mowing through its tests right now. I'm going to guess "soon" ™. 😛 #EQ2
— Holly Longdale (@WindstalkerEQ2) November 11, 2014
So…I nearly jumped the gun… We are waiting on a test verification before updating live. Waiting for an estimate to share w/you! #EQ2
— Holly Longdale (@WindstalkerEQ2) November 11, 2014
I'm currently devising plans to kill players in fun ways in a livestream later this week. Death by imploding chocolate shiny? #eq2
— Holly Longdale (@WindstalkerEQ2) November 11, 2014
Just got off the phone! We're looking at 3:30pm now. Pushing data live and doing a final test pass! Whoop! #EQ2
— Holly Longdale (@WindstalkerEQ2) November 11, 2014
I'm testing it myself too! Still waiting to hear if the data is ready on live for a QA pass. OMG!! :/ #EQ2
— Holly Longdale (@WindstalkerEQ2) November 11, 2014
OMG we're UNLOCKING! *cry* 🙂 #EQ2
— Holly Longdale (@WindstalkerEQ2) November 11, 2014
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Deathstriper
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so 7+hours, completely diffrent store that was told to us at SOE Live and now having to wait even longer to get in, sounds like someone forgot to tell Sony that there are folks with limited play time, oh don’t forget the over pricing of the CE. hummmmmmmmmmmm 😥
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Olee
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13:07 – We haven’t heard word that we can test/verify yet, so you can go eat dinner! It might be another 30 to 60 minutes.
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Eric T Lewis
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lol aliens rofl
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Olee
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About to start testing in a minute. Really anxious to launch and let you all in! I’ll keep you updated!
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mesh
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Funny they say that 2 QA teams are checking stuff.. didn’t know they had a QA team at the first place tbh 😛
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Carnifex
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I still think a tweet is some birdlike noise, but what do I know.
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bluewitch
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<3 hamsters. Thank you.
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Shepherd
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I don’t really do twitter so thanks for these updates.
Was beginning to wonder if they just gave up on the whole expansion and took a early night.
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Brad
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The question we should be asking ourselves is, when hasn’t there been any overdue updates…
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swagical
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What is it like 2+ hours over due? all this QA check this and that could be prevented if you actually did that before launching it? pretty sure Expansions aren’t meant to be released and be full of bugs unless of course your SOE then its perfectly OK 🙂
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Feldon
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See the top picture at the head of the article.
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Nessari
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Every single MMO I’ve played has had pushed back server uptimes for expansion releases; I dunno what you’ve played, lol.
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Striinger
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In the spirit of SOE’s new ‘transparency’, I think that rollouts like this should have a progress indicator that shows “where they are” much like Fedex does when you’re waiting on a package to arrive:
All Locked > Game Uploaded > Patchers Up > Buy Now > Testing Upload integrity > Breakfast > Testing connectivity > Load testing > Integration Testing > Pause for effect (Dinner) > Sales threshold reached > Unlock servers
Followed by…
All locked > emergency hotfix (is it really ‘hot’ if you have to reboot the server?) > Unlocked
🙂
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swagical
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Yea exactly kinda like when you order from Dominoes online gives you all the stages of your order 😀 and the progress/time
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swagical
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It will more then likely come up some tonight say around 10?
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Otcffotard
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Fuk SOE andFUK FELDON
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Loch
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You’re charming, aren’t you?
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Lateana
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He can’t spell either LOL.
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Brasse
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I think Feldon should get some of the choice phrases from the comment sections put on a t-shirt to wear at SOE Live. =)
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Caam
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I think the funniest part is that someone somehow thinks that Feldon has something to do with, or any influence on, anything related to EQ2, or SOE. Anyone who has spent any time here knows that to be the furthest from the truth.
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Shepherd
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Actually I’m pretty sure it’s just a troll trying to spark a conversation.
Don’t feed the trolls.
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Kareeon
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Actually Feldon is the Official SOE Keeper of the Hampster Herd which unofficially keep the servers running. He is part of a mega conglomerate that feeds these hampsters way too much BBQ. BBQ in turn turns them into raging carnivores and thus as evil as most squirrel packs (SQUIRREL!!!) but this is the only way to keep them running…. Feldon for gawd sakes feed them perogies and all shall be well!!! (it is entirely possible I’m having withdrawal symptoms)
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Archangel
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Feldon and company should get the SOE Live expenses paid treatment. Like the other ‘what’s their name?’ sites.
Not a t-shirt he has to pay for.
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Feldon
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You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
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Kauko
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I choose to picture this as happening exactly like the Doctor Who episode ‘Bad Wolf’.
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Filly67
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Oh that would be brilliant!
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Brasse
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Hahhahaha. No. It would result in hilarity and face-palming at the same time, I assure you, because that’s where we’re at as amazingly elusive wee issues come up from alternate universes.
Still, I think the issue is that I am repeatedly slamming my Dwarven fist on the login servers in my eagerness to get in. Wonder if that’s a firing offense? ;-)#
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Aelondra
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How long is the face-palming expected to continue, sir? Rough dwarven guestimation?
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Carnifex
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Someone slipped their workchains and escaped from their chair…..sergeant at arms, do your duty!
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swagical
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see ya in the morning cause that’s when the game is going online!
no time soon folks
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