All Worlds Scheduled Maintenance (Jun. 15)

At the following time, we will be performing FINAL FANTASY XI server maintenance on all Worlds. During this period, FINAL FANTASY XI will be unavailable. Applications to the Return Home to Vana'diel campaign will also be unavailable during this period. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation. *World emigration for selected Worlds will be conducted along with this server maintenance. Following maintenance, emigrating characters will be transferred to their designated Worlds. [Affected Period] >From Jun. 15, 2005 from 10:00 to 13:00 (PDT) *Maintenance completion time may be subject to change. [Affected Services] FINAL FANTASY XI ------------------------------------------------------------

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My 5 cents... A "sunk cost"...
# Jun 15 2005 at 3:31 PM Rating: Excellent
Here is a pure "factual post". Please don't rate down; I'm just trying to make you think and smile. :)

This is what I learned in a college Economics course about sunk costs:

A sunk cost is something that is described as a payment for a service where the cost is lost upon payment. It applies most notably in instances such as monthly fees for athletic clubs and, in our case, online video games. When you pay it, it doesn't matter how long you play because it is the same price, be it an hour a month or 24/7/365.

I've seen posts here talking about losing a grand total of five cents worth of their monthly fee to this scheduled maintenance (even going so far as to roughly show the calculations). The fact is you are not losing any money, so don't worry about it. You lost the money when you paid for the monthly fee.

/steal Gilsellers

Holthaus stole 99,999,999 gil from Gilsellers.
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Maintenance schedule in "translated" time slots:

10:00 to 13:00 PDT (Pacific Daylight Time) =

1:00 PM to 4:00 PM Eastern
12:00 PM to 3:00 PM Central
11:00 AM to 2:00 PM Mountain
10:00 AM to 1:00 PM Pacific
RE: My 5 cents... A
# Jun 16 2005 at 3:52 AM Rating: Decent
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Lol this maintenance is schedule to finish at 10am my time, Hawaii, i will barely be at work. Dam, all you whiner need to to get a life. Like Ailuren said, get out and do something different for like 5 hours. Had this been going on when i am at home, i would be like washing/waxing my car, or putting on a body kit for my car which have been sitting in my living room for like two weeks now cause of this game.
RE: My 5 cents... A
# Jun 15 2005 at 3:51 PM Rating: Excellent
They didn't deserve your reply. :)

It was especially kind of you to translate the time zones for the Google challenged drooling masses of whiny and petulant losers screaming about the down time. :)

Granted that the monies are all lost immediately I think people were just trying to illustrate in a fashion that the dipwad brigade could comprehend how minor the downtime was relative to the uptime. :)
RE: My 5 cents... A
# Jun 15 2005 at 4:23 PM Rating: Decent
/smile Ailuren

Holthaus smiles warmly at Ailuren.
not that bad
# Jun 15 2005 at 3:20 PM Rating: Decent
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Update Oh boy another one... but hey im not even home ;p But where is PDT what time is it? and that post about PDT is 3hr difference from EDT doesnt help lol.... anyways update Yeah it helps out... 3hr isnt bad... as long as i log on and my char is still there I am happy ^_^
Oh Noes!!!!! Th3y R St34l1nG 0uR GilZ!!?!?!!!
# Jun 15 2005 at 2:43 PM Rating: Excellent
Okay...first of all, quit the whining already. My goodness, the servers are only supposed to be down about another half hour.

Second, anyone that thinks they should get a discount for needed maintenance down time needs to rent a clue, as they obviously lack the brains to own one of their own. The terms of service explicitly state that there will be down times for maintenance as it is needed. They scheduled it in advance, and gave ample warning. Don't like it? Tough. :)

As has been stated repeatedly the net cost in US Dollars for the amount of down time is roughly a nickel. 5 Cents. 1/20th of a dollar. The time you spent pissing in moaning /should/ have been worth more than that.

The idea of multiple servers, running concurrently with mirrors is a good one, but it is also expensive and far from foolproof. And there are a lot of fools posting here. :) The cost of just /one/ of the servers is more than most of the folks reading make in like...five or more YEARS. And they have what, like 20 something servers to maintain?

Personally, I think that a couple or few hours every month of downtime is a small price to pay in exchange for not having to pay half again to three times as much money per month for the game. The fact that they DO so many updates, adding more game content, updates, patches, bug fixes, and so on is a GOOD thing.
Happy!!!
# Jun 15 2005 at 2:27 PM Rating: Decent
I AM SO HAPPY THAT SQUARE ENIX IS DOING MAINTENANCE!!!! LESS LAG SOON, LESS GLITCHES, AND LESS FAILED SEARCHES FOR EVERYONE!

EVERYONE NEEDS TO SIT BACK, DO SOME RESEARCHING ON THIER JOBS OR CRAFTS, AND RELAX FOR THE 5 HOURS THAT THIS IS HAPPENING AND BE THANKFUL THAT GAMEPLAY WILL BE BETTER SOON.

Edited, Wed Jun 15 15:30:22 2005
whats wrong here
# Jun 15 2005 at 2:24 PM Rating: Decent
Its sad to see so many ppl here are so hooked onto this game like a drug they start having fits when they they cant get their drug. All on-line games need to have work done on their servers too things need to be fixed things added and so on now cant u ppl just chill out for a few hours it will not kill u to go outside from time to time. But if the down till really ticks u off then quit the game and go back to playing Super Mario Brothers on Nintendo.
Heres what pisses me off...
# Jun 15 2005 at 2:12 PM Rating: Decent
PDT what the **** is PDT? I duno this crap.
Heres what pisses me off...
# Jun 15 2005 at 2:12 PM Rating: Decent
PDT what the **** is PDT? I duno this crap.
>.< time zones
# Jun 15 2005 at 2:11 PM Rating: Default
I also agree that they should put it in GMT that way no matter where you are you can figure it out without the hassle of looking it up onthe net. AND I think they should not charge the full ammount if they have a day where no one can even get on >.< Why pay when you can even play?
/sigh
# Jun 15 2005 at 2:11 PM Rating: Decent
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I'll go ahead and beat the dead horse.

If you have a car, and you wanted to drive it all the time on demand no matter what and never took it in for oil changes and regular mantiance just because you don't want to be with out a ride for a few hours, it would break. Little problems lead into big problems that lead into terminal failure. On the same note, you would never be able have a newer better stereo put in or anyhting upgraded because you wouldn't want drop it off for a short time. Heaven forbid the insurance! Those scum are charging you for when your not even driving it! They are trying to rob you blind!

If you are so addicted that you can't stand not to log on for a few hours you would probably shoot yourself if the whole server was messed up and had to sit around for possably days while they go through and fix everything. There is no reason to get mad at SE. They are doing a good job of introducing new items and trying to keep the game glitch free and fun for everyone. SE is not stealing your $.05. Think of that money going to pay all of the people that work on weekends and over the holidays to be there ready to fix a problem that may pop up so that you can play the game at your leisure.
>< AHHHH!!!
# Jun 15 2005 at 2:03 PM Rating: Good
>< AHHHH I cant take it anymore!!! What time will they reboot for eastern time... I have no idea when they'll reboot for fricken eastern time... i must lvl now... AHHHH!!! W.T.F.!!!!



http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/profile.xml?100304<=== Monk/ Warrior
>< AHHHHHH!!!
# Jun 15 2005 at 2:01 PM Rating: Good
>< AHHHH I cant take it anymore... I have no idea wen they'll reboot 4 eastern time... AHHHHH!!! G-DAMNIT... W.T.F.!!!




http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/profile.xml?100304<=== Monk/ Warrior
damn
# Jun 15 2005 at 1:41 PM Rating: Decent
I CANT TAKE IT
GMT?
# Jun 15 2005 at 1:33 PM Rating: Decent
can't they start showing time in GMT as well? <,< I have no idéa of what the time, they use now, is...
RE: GMT?
# Jun 15 2005 at 1:51 PM Rating: Decent
I completely agree with you that really pisses me off.
Maintenance
# Jun 15 2005 at 1:10 PM Rating: Decent
I cant connect now since 5 hours !!!! this sucks so ... i dont know why i pay every month ! everytime is there a maintenance or something i have big problems to connect after that !
:)
# Jun 15 2005 at 12:40 PM Rating: Decent
matinence=no ppl camping nm s when i log back on :)

for at least 3 min or so >.>
bored
# Jun 15 2005 at 11:30 AM Rating: Decent
well according to the clock on my computer the update should be done in about half and hour. so since there isnt really anything else for me to do i have decided to read all your comments while the server is down.

and by the way i agree with the people that like SE fixing the bugs and glichs cause with all the errors and what now the game would get annoying and *gasp* no longer be fun.

well like i said the server should be back up and about half and hour so i will have to find somthing to entertain my self for 30 mins till the server is back up

peace out

Edited, Wed Jun 15 12:32:19 2005
RE: bored
# Jun 15 2005 at 11:49 AM Rating: Decent
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PDT= minus 3 hours from EDT so you've got 3 hours 15 minutes now
I don't see what the problem is.
# Jun 15 2005 at 8:33 AM Rating: Decent
They're doing maintenance. That's GOOD. That means they are trying to make playtime more enjoyable. I don't know about you, but I don't like to experience glitches and bugs and stuff. I feel Squenix really cares enough to let us know a few days ahead of time.
Another thing, it's ONLY THREE HOURS! Pop in a few movies, go outside, spend time with family! Meh, doesn't matter if I say that. All you losers will still be camping POL waiting for it to get over so you can log on right away.

As for the maintenance in EU Primetime, this is a world-wide game, no matter when they do it it's gonna be in somebody's primetime.

You do realize that this is actually a good thing for EU players, ok for NA, and downright craptafic for JP players right? All NMs spawns are being reset, which means for a good while now, EU and NA will have those beautiful 24hr NMs and HNMs spawn windows on our primetimes. I don't know about you, but that seems like a pretty fair price to pay.
Although I don't belong to any HNMLS, there is a certain 24hr spawn NM I want. The Dune Boots cactuar. Sure he's never really camped, only by us monks, but it's insane trying to figure out his ToD, now I can get a pretty decent idea of it. It'll be alot easier organizing the proper alliances for these kinds of NMs when you can say, "Oh yeah, he's gonna be spawning soon, so if I can just have about 30mins of your time...." instead of "Well I really have no idea, can you please wait untold hours....".
RE: I don't see what the problem is.
# Jun 15 2005 at 12:34 PM Rating: Default
spend time with family? what is this "family" you speak of? my LS is all the family i need lol
Hmm a nickel heh?
# Jun 15 2005 at 4:18 AM Rating: Default
lol your saying a nickel? o.O
add about 2 million + nickels how many people play ffxi, or if YOU wanna do the math, try figuring and guess how many people would be on at that time. thats alot of ******* nickels
World Change update
# Jun 14 2005 at 1:21 PM Rating: Decent
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The update is for the world changing users it's gonna affect somebody when they do the updates a lot of it is for us Europeans. Meh just have to put up with it. it doesnt bother players like me unless i'm off work like tomorrow but theres always something else to do.
RE: World Change update
# Jun 15 2005 at 9:25 AM Rating: Good
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Good call.
return of the summer teenage players...
# Jun 13 2005 at 11:37 PM Rating: Default
They're Ba-ack.
And these posts prove it
SWEET!
# Jun 13 2005 at 11:03 PM Rating: Decent
I was all pissed cause I was going to be out at the beach house with my girlfriend on Wednesday, but now it is all OK.
only 3h huh....
# Jun 13 2005 at 7:32 PM Rating: Decent
should be time for another mass acount banning also :/ ; and the fact that euro player get allways the update in their prime time is kinda annoying but heh that's not the point.

Hope this one doesnt turn like previous one when you had to wait 2/3 days to dl the new content.
Uggghh, on my birthday?!
# Jun 13 2005 at 7:00 PM Rating: Decent
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On my Birthday?! Cooommmmeeee on! I was aloud to stay home on that day from school, was gunna play FF11 all day as a sort of, present to myself, then they got maitenence!? DAMN!
theres a lot of whinning
# Jun 13 2005 at 4:08 PM Rating: Decent
why all the whinning about down time.I'ts needed to keep the server optimized and running well.Havent u ever lost internet connection,well it would be the same thing if they didnt keep it up to date.You would alwayse get d/ced without it,so i for 1 am proud they are trying to keep the servers up to date.But they could change the time to earlier in the morning here lol.


Edited, Mon Jun 13 17:14:53 2005
RE: theres a lot of whinning
# Jun 13 2005 at 7:04 PM Rating: Decent
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Why can SE do this on 10:00 to 13:00 Japan time for a change.
havent noticed?
# Jun 13 2005 at 3:05 PM Rating: Decent
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I dont understand all the people who ar3e mad about this, they know it is always a Wed. usually 1st or 2nd of the month
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