Forums go up; forums go down...
by Adam Holisky 
Jan 23rd 2009 at 12:40PM
The plight of the official forums seems to mirror the activity on the servers. Queue (har har har) the Homer Simpson-esq: Forums go up; forums go down... Forums go up; forums go down...
The past few days of hellish lag, unstable forums, and broken parts of the game have been like the song that never ends. (Note to self: Eat some lamb chops tonight.) After four days of the patch, we're still getting a constant stream of tips detailing bugs and other errors.
I wish I could say that we'll report to you when this is all fixed, but honestly I don't think that is going to come anytime soon. Perhaps next Tuesday they'll roll out another patch to fix some of this, or change something in the datacenters, etc... It's really nearly impossible for us to know exactly what's wrong.
Filed under: Bugs, News items, Forums
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
SINisterWyvern Jan 23rd 2009 12:45PM
and the servers are coming up, screw the forums
loopinvariant Jan 23rd 2009 12:49PM
Who cares about the Blizzard forums anyway? They are a cesspool of hate and frustration.
gngreffman Jan 23rd 2009 12:48PM
I know it was meant ironically, but you mean to say "Cue".
Cue=prompt: assist
Queue=a line of people or vehicles waiting for something
Sorry to be snooty, I hate when people mix these up.
On topic- What else is new / who cares?
Adam Holisky Jan 23rd 2009 12:50PM
Hence the "Har har har" after it. =)
gngreffman Jan 23rd 2009 2:23PM
Still seemed to me like the blogger had no idea of the meaning... seemed like one of those "I don't understand the proper use" failed jokes rather than "I'm using the wrong word to be cute".
Adam Holisky Jan 23rd 2009 2:28PM
I had a complete understanding of the meaning, thanks.
You forgot to capitalize your second sentence, by the way.
gngreffman Jan 23rd 2009 2:52PM
You don't capitalize after ellipses. Now we're just being pedantic. I'll stop if you do. :-P
Ikarus Jan 23rd 2009 3:17PM
I'm still trying to work out "fickly". It'll come to me, I know it...
Wrabbit Jan 23rd 2009 12:49PM
Guess its a good thing they numbered this patch 3.08. There's still room to squeeze in a 3.09 -"The patch to fix the patch that wasn't even the patch we were looking forward to..."
Joe Jan 23rd 2009 12:57PM
The patch was numbered 3.0.8, not 3.08. 3.08 would be the 8th major content patch after 3.0. However, we are in the 3.0 phase with the 8th build for bug fixes... hence 3.0.8.
Itanius Jan 23rd 2009 12:51PM
I'm not sure why, but it all of these technical hurdles remind me of the fall/winter of 2004, and subsequent attempts to get the game and servers stable.
Yvels Jan 23rd 2009 12:53PM
January 23, 2009 9:40 Am PST
All Realm are now available to play ..........
YEAH RIGHT !!!! and wheres mine ? WTF Blizz cant even do Decent Breaking news ... EPIC Fail.
Abbadon Jan 23rd 2009 12:52PM
LIES!!!
Sign on screen says all realms are up... Not true!
Jim Jan 23rd 2009 1:00PM
Blizz says all realms are up at 12:40 server tome/////12:55 Executus still not up:(
wordsofivory Jan 23rd 2009 1:00PM
Why the constant sour attitude lately, WI?
You'd swear the world was gonna end over a few bugs.
Adam Holisky Jan 23rd 2009 1:03PM
I think you'd be surprised with the number of tips we get whenever the servers or other Blizzard properties go online/offline. My email box is (I'm not kidding) filled with over 60 tips in the last four hours about the downtime. There have been several hundred about the server lag and other associated issues.
People, perhaps not everyone, want to see this news reported. So we do. Not necessarily a bad tone I would say, just an honest look at what's going on - something that I think Blizzard could use more of.
Evi Jan 23rd 2009 1:03PM
I'd use their forums more often if the search function ever worked properly. That thing is down more often than it's up. :(
Wyveryx Jan 23rd 2009 5:57PM
well all I can hope is that it's playable, nothing like trying to get off a cast on Thadduis and nothing happens, then all of the sudden your dead.
Btw, since you've definately hinted at your age with the reference to Lamb Chop, do you remember the good Ol' Atari days?