Login Server Down for Emergency Maintenance
by Mike D'Anna 
Apr 6th 2006 at 1:24AM
I
knew I should have just gone AFK when I went to get something to eat. Because, sure enough, as soon as I come back
& try to log on, I get the good ol' "unable to connect" message.There is a message from Blizzard on the login screen that states 'We will be performing emergency maintenance on our login server this evening which may result in an inability to log in to the game', along with a bunch of other stuff that doesn't make me feel any better. Apparently, the maintenance is extended until 11PM PST. And there's not a darn thing on TV....
*UPDATE* The message has been changed to read 1:00 PDT, as of a few minutes ago. Totally weak...
*UPDATE* Make that 4:00 PDT. Yippee...
Filed under: Realm News, Realm Status, Odds and ends, Blizzard, News items
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Bandon Apr 6th 2006 2:04AM
It is now 11 p.m. PDT and the game is still down......
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Mike D'Anna Apr 6th 2006 2:18AM
Does anyone know if the world is still up, and we just can't get in?
Jeromee Apr 6th 2006 2:20AM
Now it's 1 PDT. This is ridiculous.
elizabeth Apr 6th 2006 2:27AM
A post in the general forums currently says it should be down until 1:00 AM. But also remember that a number of servers are going offline just past midnight....
dave Apr 6th 2006 3:06AM
Servers are still up, it's just the login server that is down. While I feel bad for the guys at Blizz having to deal with emergency issues like this, it's still pretty annoying. I'm sure the first week of the expansion is going to be just awesome.
Dan S Apr 6th 2006 3:37AM
Looks like its now 4am PST... the wait continues.
Leshrac Apr 6th 2006 3:40AM
Awesome... I missed signing on by about 15 minutes and didn't get to play all night.
Mike D'Anna Apr 6th 2006 3:40AM
No love for the night owls....
Nathan G Apr 6th 2006 3:42AM
this is just crazy first it said 11pm pst then 1am pst now 4am pst
Dwalk Apr 6th 2006 4:01AM
The first message was 9:30. I can only play a couple nights a week, this really chaps my ass. Going to bed.
Ingrid Apr 6th 2006 4:47AM
I can't even log into the website anymore. No clue what it's extended to now.
Grrr...
Jb Apr 6th 2006 5:32AM
this sucks i don't play this game often then they have to have a frekin error on login when i can get on kinda makes u think where the hell does the money go to when thousands of ppl pay per month for this if this keeps up it'll be out all day ;(
jennie Apr 6th 2006 5:34AM
Here's hoping the maintenance is worth it, and actually fixes some of the problems we've been having :)
bobilox Apr 6th 2006 5:59AM
So that explains why the the place has been deserted all night. Only 2 ppl of our guild on and we are wondering where everyone is at.
Guess what. NO lag all night long.
charlie Apr 6th 2006 6:22AM
/wrists
i go away for a few minutes and its OVER!
who thinks blizzard will need another few hours =(
ill take the authentication lag until tuesday thank you
mk Apr 6th 2006 1:20PM
I'm going to have to fess up here: it was my fault. You see, I decided to take a night off from the game and do some non-gaming stuff. You know, surfing the web, thinking about doing my taxes, getting some sleep, that sort of thing. Apparently the login server figured out what I was doing--or rather, not doing--and spun off its axis in shock. Blizzard was spending the "down time" trying their hardest to cheer the server up: singing happy songs, feeding it chocolate, wallowing in a homespun French film festival (Wait, scratch that last one).
So I apologize for any downtime this might have caused, and applaud Blizzard for their prompt handling of the situation.
And, Login Server, if you're reading this? I'll be on tonight, not to worry...
Leshrac Apr 6th 2006 1:29PM
I can't play right now anyway, but does anyone know if this has been fixed yet? The WoW Forums still say 4 AM (which is obviously in the past now, but no update has been made to say "it's fixed!"), and I still can't login to the WoW Forums. Anyone know?
Nathan G. Apr 7th 2006 2:25AM
i was actually able to log in at 340am PST
BJ S May 15th 2006 11:48PM
All the money they collect obviously goes into maintaing their billing servers which NEVER seem to fail.