Because their communication has ALWAYS sucked and they don't want to set a different kind of precedent.EA Japan had this posted LAST NIGHT. Why is Mythic 13 hours behind on a game they control?![]()
Completely agreed.Because their communication has ALWAYS sucked
Yeah, set that bar low enough so they don't need to work 'hard'. Since UO players seem to act like abused puppies, any interaction becomes "good interaction," regardless of how dysfunctional or sparse.and they don't want to set a different kind of precedent.
Theres these things called time zones. Japan is something like 13 hours ahead of the US.EA Japan had this posted LAST NIGHT. Why is Mythic 13 hours behind on a game they control?![]()
LOLTheres these things called time zones. Japan is something like 13 hours ahead of the US.EA Japan had this posted LAST NIGHT. Why is Mythic 13 hours behind on a game they control?![]()
Given how EA/Mythic seem to work, I'm not sure you are right when you say they knew this was coming....He's complaining because they didn't make an announcement when they knew the shards were going down instead of waiting until less than an hour before they were taking them down.
/signed!Thanks for letting us know before it happened!![]()
As absurd as a company with a website for the game, Facebook and Twitter accounts for the game, and a semi-official forum but still can't tell their customers what is going on in advance?Mythic knew this yesterday, to assume otherwise is absurd.
Yeah. Hence why I say their customer service skills suck.As absurd as a company with a website for the game, Facebook and Twitter accounts for the game, and a semi-official forum but still can't tell their customers what is going on in advance?Mythic knew this yesterday, to assume otherwise is absurd.
Wait, if Mythic 'didn't know'... Then how did EA Japan know about it and post about it yesterday? They must have a functional crystal ball...I'm afraid I can easily see a scenario where some EA data maintenance guys, or contractors, had lined up to do this work - but word never got through the morass of the management and communications line through EA 'managers', EA/Mythic (or is that through EA/Bioware/Mythic? Or is it a contact at EA/Bioware? Or somewhere else.....), and God knows who else is in that supposed 'organisation'.
I think you're overestimating EA's organizational centralization. Mythic is pretty self-contained in their Northern Virginia office. Their staff of 30-or-so (depending on who's been laid off recently) maintenances the UO databases. I doubt EA hired some outside contractor to do this: this would cost more money than simply allowing Mythic to perform work that they’re capable of performing.I'm afraid I can easily see a scenario where some EA data maintenance guys, or contractors, had lined up to do this work - but word never got through the morass of the management and communications line through EA 'managers', EA/Mythic (or is that through EA/Bioware/Mythic? Or is it a contact at EA/Bioware? Or somewhere else.....), and God knows who else is in that supposed 'organisation'.
They upgraded their CP/M the other day, so this was bound to happen.Wow - upgrade to the database? Didn't know they were releasing updates to dBase IV.
Hahaha... Little old school computer humor....
Yeah, and besides - everyone knows they upgraded to FoxPro years ago!They upgraded their CP/M the other day, so this was bound to happen.
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IS that a joke? Why would an East Coast based company post that kind of news at 1:00 am ET for a 1:00 p.m. ET maintenance, lol.EA Japan had this posted LAST NIGHT. Why is Mythic 13 hours behind on a game they control?![]()
Why wouldn't they post about it as soon as they knew it was going to happen?IS that a joke? Why would an East Coast based company post that kind of news at 1:00 am ET for a 1:00 p.m. ET maintenance, lol.
Careful what you wish for. Improve communication and in some EA boardroom an executive VP glances at the twitter update. He recently routed all official EA twitter updates to his blackberry, to allow better control of 'messaging'. "Ultima Online? Ultima Online? Ultima ... Ultima ... I thought we killed that off years ago. Heck we haven't had an update on subscription numbers in ages." Gets on the phone to VA, "Unplug the Ultima Server! What?! There's how many? ... Yes, all of them."As absurd as a company with a website for the game, Facebook and Twitter accounts for the game, and a semi-official forum but still can't tell their customers what is going on in advance?
I'm afraid I can easily see a scenario where some EA data maintenance guys, or contractors, had lined up to do this work - but word never got through the morass of the management and communications line through EA 'managers', EA/Mythic (or is that through EA/Bioware/Mythic? Or is it a contact at EA/Bioware? Or somewhere else.....), and God knows who else is in that supposed 'organisation'.
IS that a joke? Why would an East Coast based company post that kind of news at 1:00 am ET for a 1:00 p.m. ET maintenance, lol.EA Japan had this posted LAST NIGHT. Why is Mythic 13 hours behind on a game they control?![]()
Well, I wasn't here when the shards went down, but unless all of the shards didn't get a "Server Down" message, or unless there was a terrible revert, seems like business as usual. Athos posted news from Japan just before midnight ET, except, in Japan, it would have been maybe about 1 p.m. local time when he posted. That fits the 9 to 5 window in the absence of emergency. And if anyone really is curious why the Japan site gets news before we do, consider they are actually 13 hours ahead of us, lol. It's going to happen.Why wouldn't they post about it as soon as they knew it was going to happen?
That's what they get for being too cheap to buy DSDD disks and using a 15 cent hole punch on those SSSD ones.Yeah, and besides - everyone knows they upgraded to FoxPro years ago!
This is likely a cover up for the fact that they are taking this time to re-align their 1541-II disc drives again.
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Ha Ha Ha! I did the SAME thing!That's what they get for being too cheap to buy DSDD disks and using a 15 cent hole punch on those SSSD ones.