Queue queue moar noob
by Adam Holisky 
Jan 1st 2009 at 10:45PM
It's 10:40 p.m. EST on my server and there is a 30 minute wait to login with a queue of over 300. Oh me oh my, time to get out my BlizzCon goodie bag and head for the QQ n00b tissues.Many users across most of the servers, both in the U.S. and E.U., are reporting long queues again. While the population always seems to uptick around this time of year, one has to raise an eyebrow at this happening a second time in as many months.
November was understandable. Wrath was a big deal. But after a week or so the queues died down. Is this just the second insurgent of Wrath's wrath?
One can surmise that a large number of people received Wrath as a Christmas gift. The assumption is probably correct. Another popular theory is that with all the vacation time on folk's plate right now, people are using it to log into the game and enjoy a bit of Northrend adventuring.
That's probably right too.
What we've seeing is a perfect storm that is skyrocketing login queues every night.
Hopefully this will be ending in a few days, around the 5th or 6th of January when most of America has to go back to work and back to school. And yes, I know that there are exceptions, but in general that's when the holidays end and the real world takes over.
I for one can't wait. I'm running out of QQ tissues.
Filed under: Realm News, Analysis / Opinion, Realm Status, Humor
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Zombiehitman Jan 1st 2009 10:49PM
nearly 1000 in the skullcrusher wait
Alastren Jan 2nd 2009 2:41AM
skullcraaaaasher
FireStar Jan 2nd 2009 10:16AM
Over 1000 every night on Illidan.
Chupathingy Jan 1st 2009 10:53PM
over 650 on blackhand
DeadNite Jan 1st 2009 11:02PM
:(
BaldOak Jan 2nd 2009 5:39AM
What 9000?!
aloka Jan 1st 2009 10:53PM
gah. emerald dream has an hour and 5 min wait at this point in time.
1239 people in front of me.
kard Jan 1st 2009 10:56PM
the christmas gift idea sounds good. i suspected at first that the connected-player cap has been lowered to reduce server lag.
Kane Jan 1st 2009 11:02PM
Had an hour open to play, decided to do some grizzly hills PvP dailies... Ended up in a 900 queue on Laughing Skull US. Took 55 minutes, so I still managed to do the quest just east of conquest hold and kick alliance ass (how little there was at the time).
Mugutu Jan 1st 2009 11:44PM
11:09 PM EST, and there's a 749 person queue on Aggramar US. This is a little ridiculous.
Shifthappenz Jan 1st 2009 11:11PM
lol, im on laughing skull too, after accidentaly exiting when i meant to log to go to the bathroom, i found myself behind 500 other people waiting to get back in Oo
Josh Jan 2nd 2009 2:59AM
Laughing Skull ftw, you guys both Horde?
crispsnotchips Jan 2nd 2009 11:48AM
I'm horde, along with what seems like the entire laughing skull population. I figured all the kiddies would want to roll alliance, for a little chance to hang out with leeroy jenkins.
xenothaulus Jan 1st 2009 11:20PM
There has been a queue almost every night on Cenarion Circle, especially towards weekends, ever since Wrath came out. Average seems to be about 350, but I've had up to 640. Tonight was 348 and after 10 minutes I gave up; it still hadn't even given me an estimated time.
nirv Jan 1st 2009 11:25PM
I was at Disneyland for the first time the other day and some kid in line behind me was telling his girlfriend what "QQ more" means and that he shuts up when his friends tell that to him. I wanted to punch his friggin' jaw loose with some of the stupid crap kids come up with.
He should have been appreciating where he was instead of turning the volume up on his Tool mp3s and saying embarassing crap in front of his fat girlfriend.
aloka Jan 1st 2009 11:41PM
i loled. you are insane.
JBurg Jan 1st 2009 11:29PM
Tried logging on to my "Alliance Server" tonight for the first time in about a week. Usually it is at high levels, but with no queue. Sometimes it does have a line, but one that is only 20 or 30 people long. Tonight it was 1135. I went back to my "Horde Server".
boo Jan 1st 2009 11:30PM
high 700s on icecrown resulting in around 45 min wait. of course it doesn't help when icecrown is always being suggested as the default server...
sadly, by the time i get on, i end up not wanting to play anymore.
Zarox Jan 1st 2009 11:32PM
1050on Kel'Thuzad-US. 9:30 Server Time
Phazzer Jan 1st 2009 11:37PM
No queue at all on Drak`Thul. Ahhh the joys of playing on practically empty servers.