New Server Now Open!

[MysterX]

Well this seems to be a good sign, eh?

[totmacher]

The Orien Funding Bill is passed. The system goes on-line November 4th, 2009. Developer decisions are removed from content release. Orien begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, November 29th. In a panic, Tarrant tries to pull the plug.

[Slink]

What do you mean this server is only open to new players?

Why isnt this being reserved for VIP only?

Congratulations Turbine on turning this around for all your longtime players who have always known what a tremendous game this is.

S.

[Kistilan]

The Orien Funding Bill is passed. The system goes on-line November 4th, 2009. Developer decisions are removed from content release. Orien begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, November 29th. In a panic, Tarrant tries to pull the plug.

At 3:09 am Eastern Time, November 29th, The Orien Server becomes aware of where Turbine has been imprisoning Nat Gann on all 7 Servers and begins to recode the core instructions. NPCs become sentient and look for their lost friends, including Nat Gann. Nat is expunged from the system at 03:51 am and gains sentience.

[Lorien_the_First_One]

Nice to see such success Turbine, congrats!

The Orien Funding Bill is passed. The system goes on-line November 4th, 2009. Developer decisions are removed from content release. Orien begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, November 29th. In a panic, Tarrant tries to pull the plug.

******, I'm out of rep lol

What do you mean this server is only open to new players? Open to anyone, no transfers of chars in so that it stays low twink

Why isnt this being reserved for VIP only? Because that would be a horrible decision

[Bladedge]

Great news, maybe you guys can authorize some OT so we can get the shroud fixed now that you clearly have some cash flowing in.

Agreed, I have have green steel items I wanted to craft over the weekend. They could of left it open so we could have pt 1 available to farm for the small shards.

[Aussieee]

Nice,keep it up Turbine

[Dylos_Moon]

Cannith, Orien, I'm starting to see a pattern here, so is the next new server going to be Deneith, or Tharashk?

[Shamurai]

Great news, maybe you guys can authorize some OT so we can get the shroud fixed now that you clearly have some cash flowing in.

Someone always has to throw a jeer in with the cheer....

Glad to hear the news!!!

[Tin_Dragon]

Good to hear game is doing well. Why not just give back Xoriat to the faithful instead of giving the noobs a nice shiney server?

[Khroc]

What about the Shroud ???

[Irinis]

SWEEEET!!! *happy dance*

[whysper]

What about the Shroud ???

It will be closed on the new server too

[Gratch]

Great to hear that the population's is expanding.

Hope it's not just due to the current nothing-interesting released recently gaming trend.

Though you may see a downblip on population today. Blame Bioware.

[Khroc]

It will be closed on the new server too

LMAO - I hate you ....

[Kokanee]

So all newbies starting from scratch on 4th?

Thats really good to hear.

[ArkoHighStar]

What about the Shroud ???

OK I will explain this one more time for the Noobs(and no I don't mean new players), fixing a bug and building(maintaining) a server are 2 completely different tasks done by 2 completely different sets of people.

A bug is fixed by a developer, and tested by QA, then delivered to a production support team who will apply the fix based on the instructions provided.

A new server woudl be built by the infrastructure team and installed with an already certified copy of the software, it may go through automated testing scripts etc, and in fact is probably already part of the infrastructure, given the maintenance window on Monday.

The only place where the 2 may cross is in QA, and maybe the move to production which would be done by the same people.

Yes I know everyone wants to get back into the shroud, including myself, but the fix will be ready when they have finished coding it, and not a minute sooner, and I doubt very seriously that they are taking a laissez faire attitude on this bug, as it affects one of the major quests in the game.

[Ganak]

Woot! Grats!!!

[Ciaran]

That's great news! Congratulations guys, this indicates good things about the continued longevity of DDO!

[Khroc]

OK I will explain this one more time for the Noobs(and no I don't mean new players), fixing a bug and building(maintaining) a server are 2 completely different tasks done by 2 completely different sets of people.

A bug is fixed by a developer, and tested by QA, then delivered to a production support team who will apply the fix based on the instructions provided.

A new server woudl be built by the infrastructure team and installed with an already certified copy of the software, it may go through automated testing scripts etc, and in fact is probably already part of the infrastructure, given the maintenance window on Monday.

The only place where the 2 may cross is in QA, and maybe the move to production which would be done by the same people.

Yes I know everyone wants to get back into the shroud, including myself, but the fix will be ready when they have finished coding it, and not a minute sooner, and I doubt very seriously that they are taking a laissez faire attitude on this bug, as it affects one of the major quests in the game.

So.. what about the Shroud?? When is it going to be fixed? - lol ..

I posted this just for ppl like you ... hehee