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Rusty
1 in thread Isildur on PotBS, July 2007 [Ask an FLS Developer!]
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kylra
I'm curious, does this also apply to having a red circle pop up overnight around the port you docked in? Not that I mind all THAT much, since I generally try to log out on the OS in the middle of nowhere.
Yes. There will be a warning zone for ports that are about to go into contention.

Of course, you can come up with scenarios for being away for X amount of time where you will come back into the game and be in PvP.
isildur
1 in thread Server Issues 3/28 a.m. [Important Announcements]
Quote:
Originally Posted by Cerise
Yay; good news... sounds a lot better now than not knowing what happened; just a silly question; when you deploy stuff; do you log on the game and check out a few things before unlocking the servers?
Yes. I don't want to get into the details of what happened, because someone more technical than me should do that, but this was a problem that could only show up on existing characters on the live servers.

Yes, this means Testbed is fine, and in fact if you absolutely must sink someone right now, it's not locked and available for play.
Rhaegar
1 in thread Server Issues 3/28 a.m. [Important Announcements]
When we talk about times, we're almost always talking in Pacific time, unless we say otherwise
isildur
1 in thread Server Issues 3/28 a.m. [Important Announcements]
Quote:
Originally Posted by Foney
So we can start downloading the new build? If not, you're not moving a build from you to us.
This is a server-only build, as far as I know. You won't have to download anything.
isildur
1 in thread Server Issues 3/28 a.m. [Important Announcements]
I can't give you an ETA; the long and arcane process of moving builds from us to the rest of the world is mostly opaque to me. When she's not actively trying to move the build from us to you, Misha may be able to give you a better idea.
Rhaegar
1 in thread Server Issues 3/28 a.m. [Important Announcements]
Testing it is part of the process which has caused such a long downtime.

There's a chance we might be able to bring the servers up before 10pm, but I'm not going to promise anything, because I don't feel like tempting fate.
isildur
1 in thread Server Issues 3/28 a.m. [Important Announcements]
We know what happened, we know why it happened, we know how to fix it, and we've fixed it. Moving a build from us to you takes a while. That's where we're at now.
Rusty
1 in thread Isildur on PotBS, July 2007 [Ask an FLS Developer!]
Quote:
Originally Posted by Vetarnias
I don't think for a minute that anyone here thought FLS condoned griefing, which is tantamount to abuse and forbidden by the terms of service, not to mention in poor form.

My concern, and probably that of some other posters, is whether FLS condones ganking, in fact not merely condones but actually encourages it actively, which all goes back to DrewC's comment about no crying in the red circle.
Let me be clear: We do believe in no crying in the red circle - when the game is performing correctly. Sailing along happily and suddenly being in a red circle with no clue and no way to avoid it? Eh, that's cause for crying.
Rusty
1 in thread Isildur on PotBS, July 2007 [Ask an FLS Developer!]
Quote:
Originally Posted by Loktofeit
He is looking to back the devs into a corner and get them to say something that he can use against them.
People do get nervous along those lines. Me, I believe in the statement, and though I know that I'll eventually be in argument as to exactly what griefing is, I'd rather say what I believe and keep on hammering with the details then keep mute.
Rusty
1 in thread Isildur on PotBS, July 2007 [Ask an FLS Developer!]
Quote:
Originally Posted by GB
That's for Rusty to decide but a small posted policy or sticky would do no halm.
Sure, we'll put one out. I'll wait for Aether to come back so he can post it (off on vacation) but it shouldn't be any longer than Tuesday. Maybe a dev log to clarify things as part of the contention overview as well.