Friendly Community Reminder: Don't take Patch Day off from work! [Archive]

Alavatar

10-19-2010, 09:30 AM

Just a friendly reminder/advice to the community to not take tomorrow off from work to play DDO. In fact, I also recommend not taking Thursday or Friday off, either, in case there is a hotfix or something catastrophic happens.

As evidenced in the past, patch day and the subsequent days tend to be extremely chaotic so you don't want to "waste" a vacation day just because the patch took longer than normal or a problem made the game unplayable. Just be patient and wait for the weekend. :D

Disclaimer: If your normal weekend is Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday, disregard this message. :)

Edited to add: Every patch there is someone that takes the day off of work to play as soon as the patch is released and complains that the patch/server isn't up. This is just an anticipatory post to try to reduce the number of people that make that mistake.

Lordress

10-19-2010, 09:36 AM

Not that i'd ever take a day off just to play ddo. *whistles and tries to look innocent* But thanks for the public service announcement.

I better call my boss and ...well, you know...

ReaperAlexEU

10-19-2010, 09:39 AM

Not that i'd ever take a day off just to play ddo. *whistles and tries to look innocent* But thanks for the public service announcement.

I better call my boss and ...well, you know...

let me guess, the phone call will be something like this:

"good news boss! my distant relative that was poorly sick has made a surprising recovery and i'm not needed to help them any more, i can come into work after all!"

SirAggravator

10-19-2010, 09:39 AM

Being the pessimist I am I also took a backup of my DDO folder in case the updater goes wrong and I need to reinstall :D

Tarrant

10-19-2010, 09:48 AM

Fine, fine, I'll come in tomorrow.

deathtouch

10-19-2010, 09:52 AM

Something I have always wondered about when the worlds go down... does the raid timer stop and then resume or does it carry on counting down when the worlds are down.

And yeh I will be the first person back on Khyber when the world opens tomorrow.

Crann

10-19-2010, 09:53 AM

I will be home from work and ready to play at 1530 EST, so that is as long as you may have to get it working. That is all :)

(and TY)

AyumiAmakusa

10-19-2010, 09:56 AM

Some of us (not me!) play DDO AT work, so...

DelScorcho

10-19-2010, 09:57 AM

Actually you go home for lunch on patch day. When it goes live, you get like 30 minutes to play before it goes down again.

Also, when you leave for work in the morning, remember to try to log in. Since the server is down, it will try to log in repeatedly during the day and will update when the server comes back on line, so you are ready to play when you get home.

t0r012

10-19-2010, 09:57 AM

Fine, fine, I'll come in tomorrow.

LOL! you had better.

besides can't you play at the office tomorrow and call it play testing, bug tracking or patch analysis, QA or something?

madmaxhunter

10-19-2010, 10:02 AM

Manny!

I didn't realize you played ddo. I will be at work on Wednesday, I don't see a reason for this post. I've never taken off work to play a silly game. 6 months ago I did have a cold. 5 months ago my dog did die. 4 months ago I did strain my back. 3 months ago I did lose my other grandma (found her a week later). 2 months ago I did have gout. Last month I did have an emergency meeting with my son's principal.

So, I assure you, boss, I will be present and accounted for <sniffle>.

Your faithful employee
Lighthardtt er Tim

asphodeli

10-19-2010, 10:02 AM

Time to play something else tomorrow night (local time) for me...maybe minesweeper or solitaire or something.

kinar

10-19-2010, 10:02 AM

LOL! you had better.

besides can't you play at the office tomorrow and call it play testing, bug tracking or patch analysis, QA or something?

Sure...He'll have plenty fo time to play in between answering/locking posts by the whining forum community about why xyz is broke and between listening to the whining devs complain about how thier production environment is different from the pre-production environment and thus thier code doesn't work.

Alavatar

10-19-2010, 10:05 AM

Also, when you leave for work in the morning, remember to try to log in. Since the server is down, it will try to log in repeatedly during the day and will update when the server comes back on line, so you are ready to play when you get home.

Good idea. :D

Arlith

10-19-2010, 10:07 AM

Just a friendly reminder/advice to the community to not take tomorrow off from work to play DDO. In fact, I also recommend not taking Thursday or Friday off, either, in case there is a hotfix or something catastrophic happens.

As evidenced in the past, patch day and the subsequent days tend to be extremely chaotic so you don't want to "waste" a vacation day just because the patch took longer than normal or a problem made the game unplayable. Just be patient and wait for the weekend. :D

Disclaimer: If your normal weekend is Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday, disregard this message. :)

A prestaged DOOOOooOooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!!11!!!!! message? Really?

All this negative energy is bringing me down, man.

RobertVesco

10-19-2010, 10:10 AM

Time to play something else tomorrow night (local time) for me...maybe minesweeper or solitaire or something.

Forget it, the aces are all overpowered and the jacks have been nerfed.

zorander6

10-19-2010, 10:14 AM

Teh DRAMAH LLAMAH looks forward to tomorrow in anticipation....
http://l-userpic.livejournal.com/102473111/28975691

Chai

10-19-2010, 10:16 AM

Office pool:

How many minutes after the end of scheduled downtime will the first thread about how the patch isnt on schedule appear?

Tie breaker question:

How many times will "prorated" be used by the fifth page?

Go outside on Wednesday. That will be all.

SiliconShadow

10-19-2010, 10:18 AM

Hell not I am going to remote into my home computer, and install the update ready for when I get home, day off! WHAT then I can't buy DDO points and power play *twitch*

DANTEIL

10-19-2010, 10:22 AM

I'm glad I'm a Premium player and can wait for those eager VIPs to discover all of the new-update bugs and such so that they can get patched before I get access to things... :D

Seriously, though.. looking forward to this!

Nospheratus

10-19-2010, 10:29 AM

Even wondered if your boss plays DDO and reads the forums? :D

Tobril

10-19-2010, 10:37 AM

Even wondered if your boss plays DDO and reads the forums? :D

My boss used to play, but luckily for me he never read the forums.

Thank goodness for star trek online to distract him from DDO.

EyeRekon

10-19-2010, 10:38 AM

Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your captain speaking...

Thank you for choosing to play DDO. Please watch the attendant as I read the following pre-update safety instructions.

Attendant frantically rummages through a mailbox
http://www.am800cklw.com/am800_upload_files/image/Arms/Too_Much_Mail.jpeg

Please empty your mailboxes of valued items as items left in your mailbox might inexplicably vanish.

Attendant opens a backpack and begins to extract and carry its contents

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ5ucuX2D54DefhzSW5hUSdqZRJUGsng 9_ohJoy6KojOlvawvs&t=1&usg=__inioE8YlrMIygPP_WpFrHQ0J9I4=

Please remove all your belongings from the Shared Bank, especially bags, and place them into inventory.

Attendant holds up the halt signal

http://servicenarc.com/avoid_service_narc.jpg

Please avoid DDO for 2-3 days after the update so things can stabilize.

darthtidgit

10-19-2010, 10:50 AM

on patch days i always never log on untill about an hour after server up time, from experience they nearly always get extended and server crashes are bound to happen :D

Hecate100

10-19-2010, 10:59 AM

on patch days i always never log on untill about an hour after server up time, from experience they nearly always get extended and server crashes are bound to happen :D

Yup, same here. I prefer to avoid the initial crush.

Iwinbyrollup

10-19-2010, 11:38 AM

"good news boss! my distant relative that was poorly sick has made a surprising recovery and i'm not needed to help them any more, i can come into work after all!"
More like, "Good news boss! My distant relative made a surprising recovery so I can come into work tomorrow after all! But it looks like my OTHER distant relative is suffering from a delayed case of flu, which will probably be really serious by Monday..."

FrancisP.Fancypants

10-19-2010, 12:01 PM

Finally, a day I can work without worrying about distractions.

ReaperAlexEU

10-19-2010, 12:42 PM

More like, "Good news boss! My distant relative made a surprising recovery so I can come into work tomorrow after all! But it looks like my OTHER distant relative is suffering from a delayed case of flu, which will probably be really serious by Monday..."

ahh, well played, well played :)

quickgrif

10-19-2010, 12:49 PM

Fine, fine, I'll come in tomorrow.

You work?!?!?!? :eek:

Hambo

10-19-2010, 01:00 PM

Those of us who are "at liberty" through no fault of our own will keep the rest of you appraised concerning the update status.

You may express appreciation with in-game donations and/or valid DDO game card codes :D

Kominalito

10-19-2010, 01:02 PM

i am a career musician. every day might as well be patch day for me ;P

Tendare

10-19-2010, 01:26 PM

Fine, fine, I'll come in tomorrow.

Bright and early too please. Make sure those guys/gals are working at top speed getting the servers back online with U7, then go take the rest of the day off, you deserve it!

NeutronStar

10-19-2010, 01:41 PM

Fine, fine, I'll come in tomorrow.

Boooooo!!! :p

Lorien_the_First_One

10-19-2010, 02:00 PM

Fine, fine, I'll come in tomorrow.

Naw, you can stay home, just promote me to forum admin and I'll cover for you :D

What, I won't abuse it...no my hand wasn't on the ban button, you were imagining that...

Thrudh

10-19-2010, 02:07 PM

I don't even PLAY on patch day, let alone take a day off...

I'll be playing some Civ V or Starcraft II tomorrow night... I'll check the boards once or twice, but I probably won't log in my characters until Thursday and all the BIG problems are already discovered.

I don't patch my servers the same day a service pack comes out either.

Hokonoso

10-19-2010, 02:18 PM

im stuck in meetings the next two days so it isnt even an issue. odds are i wont get to play till sunday anyways!

TFPAQ

10-19-2010, 02:19 PM

... based on past experience, there won't be any problems with the update. All of you DOOM-Mongers need to relax and take the day off and play when the game comes back up at 10am

... on December 12, 2049

Natashaelle

10-19-2010, 03:00 PM

I'm actually taking a day off unemployment on patch day -- luckily, servers will be down at that time :D

Correlan

10-19-2010, 03:14 PM

Seriously, it looks like I'll have full blown man flu tomorrow, snot is already dripping off the end of my nose..... :o

azrael4h

10-19-2010, 03:19 PM

There's actually no benefit for me to stay home; my schedule is so early that I'll get home right after the third "We're sorry, but the servers will remain down for another hour" pops up. After my shower, I should be able to update.