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World of Warcraft Server Problems

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the including-my-soft-reset-of-MC dept.

vjmurphy writes "Connectivity to the massively-multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft servers and web site appears to have had some difficulties over the past week. Their hosting is provided by AT&T." That includes my raid's dying twice in MC due to 4000 latency, and also a soft reset of MC. Good work, AT&T.

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  1. What 'problems?!' by eldavojohn · · Score: 3, Funny

    Note: the following post has been graciously hosted by AT&T.

    This [Connecting...] is [Authenticating... ] absurd. I [Authenticating... ] demand that all of [Authenticating... ] these false [Authenticating... ] allegations be stopped. There [Retrieving character list... ] is no way [Retrieving character list... ] in hell [Retrieving character list... ] that anyone [Retrieving character list... ] has ever [Retrieving character list... ] suffered [Retrieving character list... ] from any kind of [Loading... ] lag [Loading... ] while playing [Loading... ] World of Warcraft. The [Loading... ] hosting has been [Loading... ] meticulously [Loading... ] perfect and infallible. ["Ok, I'm in game, why don't I see anyone in Org?"]

    When will you learn that if a company takes your money, they are providing a service that cannot fail? [/console reloadui]

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    My work here is dung.
  2. Makes a news item in Slashdot by penfold69 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Try living on the EU servers - its been like this for a year.

    P.

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    Beer Coat: The invisible but warm coat worn when walking home after a booze cruise at 3 in the morning.
  3. Possible cause.... SBC/ATT merger? by 8282now · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Haven't been terribly impressed at the technical capabilities of SBC....

  4. working by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    This feature is working as intended

  5. I warned you... by Professor_UNIX · · Score: 3, Funny
    That includes my raid's dying twice in MC due to 4000 latency, and also a soft reset of MC. Good work, AT&T.

    I warned you against buying that Adaptec shit. Get a decent RAID controller that isn't so touchy with latency issues.

  6. This is exactly why I cancelled my subscription... by wbren · · Score: 3, Informative

    Well this, and the fact that it completely took over every aspect of my life.

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    -William Brendel
  7. DDoS possible by Daggon · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Several months back there was a similar rash of instabilities and sever restarts. There were a bunch of rumors that gold farmers were using something to de-stabalize the servers. It used to be that zoning into instance under high lag was used to dupe items, never confirmed it actaully worked but that was the rumor.

    I mention it because perhaps something similar is going on here. The servers are getting destabilized and forced to restart. And you can use a server restart(and the small rollback that usually hits because of it) to dupe items or gold(this works, I've seen it done).

    In the end its just a random collection of rumors that fits the facts. So take with whatever amount of seasoning you need.

  8. Re:Refunds? by C0rinthian · · Score: 3, Funny

    Blizzard Server Admin 1: Hey, some guy on Slashdot said we should fix the servers!
    Blizzard Server Admin 2: *facepalm* Shit, I NEVER thought of that.
    BSA1: Imagine the implications of such a radical approach!
    BSA2: My god, thank you ZombieRoboNinja! Your insight will revolutionize server administration around the world! Fix the Servers! Simply amazing.