Breakfast Topic: What do you do when your server is down?

by Robin Torres Nov 25th 2009 at 8:00AM

The players on the Emberstorm and Whirlwind battlegroups have had a rough week. A massive power outage, huge network issues and other problems have forced them away from their virtual homes to find refuge elsewhere. Some have joined the It came from the Blog guild on Zangarmarsh, where we have had two impromptu server outage parties. The picture above is from Tuesday night's shindig.

Others have commented in the outage posts that they have formed level 1 raids on other servers. And of course there are other games to play.

Personally, if both Zangarmarsh and my main server are down, I figure it's time to start watching what's on the DVR and knitting. What do you do when your server is down?

Tags: downtime, emberstorm, game-discussion, gamer-discussion, icftb, outage, party, servers, whirlwind, world-of-warcraft-discussion, world-of-warcraft-hot-topics, world-of-warcraft-topics, wow-discussion, wow-hot-topics, wow-issues, wow-topics

Filed under: Realm Status, Breakfast Topics, It Came from the Blog

Reader Comments (Page 3 of 6)

Colonyofcats Nov 25th 2009 9:13AM

When the main server is down, we arrange to meet on the backup server we have alts on and play there. If that one is down, then it is time to catch up on sleep.

Explodedsheep Nov 25th 2009 9:21AM

When my server's down, I make an alt on another server. Or, if I can't do that, I play Warcraft 3 or Starcraft.

Karo Nov 25th 2009 9:26AM

I love that you mention knitting; it's my second favourite pastime. I swear, flight paths are designed for knitting ..

If not on wow or knitting, I'm usually reading blogs and forums about one of these hobbies. Oh well.

Frank Nov 25th 2009 9:28AM

apparently, i check this site and my realm status app on my iphone obsessively, and then give up and go to bed early. again.
sigh.

Crocomire Nov 25th 2009 9:28AM

I usually have a fit of nerd rage, then go play on my PSP, PS2, or find another game until Blizz gets it together.

Jason Nov 25th 2009 9:41AM

I usually head over to Sentinels (US) where I have an Alliance DK that I rolled to placate some of my friends...that way I can honestly tell them I am leveling that toon (very, very slowly).

Gimmlette Nov 25th 2009 9:52AM

Read, play with my cats, do wash, do dishes, play some other computer game (Red Marble Games FTW), write letters or, depending upon the time it crashes, go to bed. I sometimes think that there should be random crashes just to force people to look outside the game and remember real life.

AWK! I don't like real life! Gimme back my game!

jasonkidd1234 Nov 25th 2009 9:52AM

Playing TF2 is the only suitable alternative to playing WoW. Obviously.

saland Nov 25th 2009 10:01AM

you guys need to get out more :|

anyone here go to the gym, have relationships that don't involve technology?

it's as if this game is life and you take a break for real life, rather than the other way around.

yikes :p

Legance Nov 25th 2009 10:09AM

I have a real life, I work out every morning from 6am to 8am, before my classes. I have a schedule set up so that I get my homework done. And on that schedule is a gaming time, so if WoW is down, I'm still going to be playing a game.

saland Nov 25th 2009 10:19AM

I should say, I raid a few times a week, for a few hours at a time, so I'm certainly not guilty of loving WoW :)

It was just the way it's worded, that makes it sound like real life is the game and when you take a break, you do real life stuff, so I had to comment.

And the lack of physical activity is stereotypically accurate :D

Avene Nov 25th 2009 10:29AM

The way I read the question was "what do you do when your server is down, when you were planning to play". I don't think most of these answers means that people only do real life things when their server is down. I have a schedule much like Legance with time to study, work out, see my friends, and play. The only reason it's a bit annoying for me if the server is down is because I most likely haven't got time to play later.

Avene Nov 25th 2009 10:04AM

I run around in a frenzied state of panic ;)

Nah, actually I just go do real life stuff. Clean or something. Or in the unlikely event that there is nothing that needs to be done around the house, I read blogs and check out stuff on youtube. If the downtime isn't planned and I expect my realm to be up soon, I am guilty of checking back quite often, though.

Legance Nov 25th 2009 10:07AM

This week was a blast from the past. When Hyjal went offline I decided to go through my original Xbox games and find one to play. So since the original blackout, and server offline hooplah I have actually been playing GTA 3. Thats right, 3, and I am almost done with it, even though I haven't played it since it came out.

Namus Nov 25th 2009 10:13AM

I rerolled horde on a Latin American server... on all the server on all the battlegroups where horde roflstomp alliance in pvp I had to go to the only one where allys win all the bgs? just my luck.

lsschwartz Nov 25th 2009 10:26AM

I sneak in extra lovey dovey time with the husband, play Oblivion on the PS3, catch up on Dexter's episodes I missed, do a massive kitchen cabinets cleaning, catch up on real life friends gossip, etc. I mean, the game being down doesn't end my day or ruin it, I just go whatever is it that I do when I'm not playing, which I do even when servers are up, since I don't spend every waking minute in WoW.

I must say I dislike when server goes down when we're in the middle of killing Anub, the day before yesterday on 10 H ToC at 1% health, and yesterday on 25 ToC.

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