Stuck on "installing pre-reqs" when launching game...

[Hendrik]

The most unreliable mmo on the market

Then you have NO experience in the MMO Market.

None.

[kittiara]

I looked into Wattpad, but their terms and conditions kind of put me off.

For now, at least, Amazon is my go to publishing format, simple because of the manner in which they do business. For example, they do not attempt to own any portion of my copyright. I keep all rights, so that if a better offer comes along from a publishing house, let's say, I can pull my work and go to them with no issues at all.

Another point in their favor is that I can custom design the interior of my books. Fonts, scene breaks, etc. It gives me full creative control over what I present, which I like a lot.

Of course, the massive downside is that they don't help market, and without sufficient funds, I can't afford to do it myself. So, I play the word of mouth game, which is painfully slow. Especially when I get great reviews.

The digital book frontier is still going through some growing pains, in my mind. They (Kindle, Wattpad) aren't publishers, but some of them want to act as if they are, without having to do the heavy lifting, such as paying writers, and marketing their work. One of these days, someone is going to set the standard, and the digital publishing front will really go nuts.

Well the kindle wouldn't have been my first choice I got it as a Christmas present so its better than nothing and I don't have a lot of books taking up space in my tiny apartment anymore.

[Sam1313]

they seem as if they constantly roll 1's lol

Agreed in game my ranger hardly ever rolls above a 12. Is there any way to reset the dice or get new dice?

[Chaimberland]

Add me also. Was on earlier today now can't get past pre-reqs.

[Magnus_34]

Latest update https://twitter.com/DDOUnlimited

[SisAmethyst]

I looked into Wattpad, but their terms and conditions kind of put me off.

For now, at least, Amazon is my go to publishing format, simple because of the manner in which they do business...

The digital book frontier is still going through some growing pains, in my mind. They (Kindle, Wattpad) aren't publishers, but some of them want to act as if they are, without having to do the heavy lifting, such as paying writers, and marketing their work. One of these days, someone is going to set the standard, and the digital publishing front will really go nuts.

Ohhh ok, wasn't aware of that... well than, hopefully this standard is established soon... for the authors as well as for the readers best!

'Night Sis! Thanks for the entertainment.

hehe, had my fun myself

Now I am off, keep having fun here, I will check the status later...

[Khanan]

Hardcore PWN is better then this!

ewww... i just threw up a little..

[bsquishwizzy]

"We are working with our provider to mitigate an external connection issue that is preventing some players from logging in. Thanks for your patience!"


For those who want to give turbine a pass on responsibility for connection issues, ongoing external network connection issues for an online service, are that services responsibility. If they have unreliable providers, it is their responsibility to their subscribers and licensees to use reliable providers. Sure the occasional like once a quarter or once every six month outage can be considered as acceptable downtime, but week after week..outage after outage..it is their responsibility to provide a useable service ESPECIALLY when you have bought and paid for its use. And for you that are buying the whole "its not our fault and its completely external" PR line., It's obvious from the tracert data and server behaviors that that is false. Rented server farm or not these issues categorically are the fault of warner bros.>Turbine>DDO. But there are some who would say that it wasn't turbines fault when they auto banned 5000+ subscribers or let their domain name lease expire.
Now, all that being said, I'm not angry at DDO or the people who work there. It's obvious that they have holes in their network connectivity and server management, but they excel in so many other areas ... I will continue playing. I'm just saying it definitely is their fault, they need to provide a stable reliable service, and giving them ANOTHER free pass doesn't help accomplish that.

In all fairness, if this is the provider providing service to Turbine, switching to a new service is not as easy as some may assume.

I'm not talking technical issues here - although they would exist - but more along the lines of contractual. You just don't dump a provider that you've signed an agreement with over night.

That being said, someone had better do something, as this is getting a little out of control.

[RapkintheRanger]

Well I am old (38) so Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2 Edition. Anyone? lol.

I like the old basic set that came in a red box (where elf and dwarf were effectively classes).

loved the cover with the dragon and the adventurers. (i was like 12)

My mother had bought it becasue there was a suggestion at the local school that D&D be banned (she always bought books that might be banned at the local school, read them and then argued against -- it ment i had a really cool bookshelf as a kid.)

In any case she liked DandD so much she took me and my little brother through the caves of chaos. we were both hooked after one adventure. The room with the owlbear. (so thanks for owlbars in the most recent update).... wish i was playing.

[pnpsince83]

Then you have NO experience in the MMO Market.

None.

Man are you like sleeping with a Turbine exec? :P

[kittiara]

I'll join you in your corner of shame here in a second.

You're not required to give away books even if you go KDP Select, you are not required to give away books, it's just a tool for promotion. I've used it once and have seen sales increase exponentially because of it. As far as errors, unfortunately because they make it so that the end user can use their own font settings, etc, you're sort of required to minimize your typesetting, so I can see you're complaint there because I have it myself.

My novels are Urban Fantasy, available on kindle and all eBook devices. Hell, if anyone needs something to read during the outage, PM me with your device and I'll send you the first novel.

I really should be writing or reading not sitting here reloading the loader every thirty minutes trying to log in, but it's my holiday weekend and I hadn't planned on any writing until Tuesday...

On the subject of Turbine's culpability in this outage, I've only been back about three weeks and while there have been a handful of updates that bit into my play time, those are to be expected. If they're having issues with their ISP and it's been on going, then mayhaps it's time for them to look into a new one.

Now for my turn in the corner of shame.

kk my turn in the corner of shame I don't know how to do a PM and I would love a copy of your first novel please

[Vornado]

In all fairness, if this is the provider providing service to Turbine, switching to a new service is not as easy as some may assume.

I'm not talking technical issues here - although they would exist - but more along the lines of contractual. You just don't dump a provider that you've signed an agreement with over night.

That being said, someone had better do something, as this is getting a little out of control.

I'll hop on my bard and drop some cc's.
Dance fooo's!

[RapkintheRanger]

Then you have NO experience in the MMO Market.

None.

yup:

anyone remember Fallen Sword...

**** graphics (might not even be able to call them graphics) , **** mechanics, buggy....

[Hendrik]

When you jump in on page 24 of a thread, you may want to take a little time to skim the thread and catch up. The problem is outside of Turbine's direct control.

Hey Bogen, you know as well as I that asking people to read is asking way to much.

Already had the I Quit, the Internet is Turbine's responsibility to keep stable, it is Turbine's fault, and they are flat out lying to us about the issue.

One thing is clear, the nut jobs really come out at night.

[Hendrik]

Man are you like sleeping with a Turbine exec? :P

Just old enough to have plenty of experience with MMOs and a working intellect.

[GreyBlaze]

I'll join you in your corner of shame here in a second.

You're not required to give away books even if you go KDP Select, you are not required to give away books, it's just a tool for promotion.

Huh. That's not what they told me a couple years ago. Or did they change it?

Ah well. I'll look back into it. Thanks for the info.

[GreyBlaze]

kk my turn in the corner of shame I don't know how to do a PM and I would love a copy of your first novel please

Well, now that I've opened this particular box of worms, you can find my books on Amazon by searching Cain S. Latrani.

Shameless plugs feel so right. Like ice cream on pumpkin pie.

[Tscheuss]

I'm reading "The Enchanted Emporium" By Tanya Huff. I'm enjoying it. I don't know if it's available on the kindle. I much prefer paper.

I'm happy that the whole being stuck at "Installing Pre-Reqs" isn't on my end. All I can do is wait with all you nice people.

Heyas, welcome to the party.

[AzB]

http://youtu.be/qdjRwpYM-Kw

[Tscheuss]

I wonder if this change indicates progress.

Tracing route to 74.201.102.13 over a maximum of 30 hops

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  4    27 ms    26 ms    27 ms  12.83.79.137
  5    27 ms    28 ms    38 ms  cgcil04jt.ip.att.net [12.122.81.97]
  6    27 ms    29 ms    81 ms  0.ae10.BR3.CHI13.ALTER.NET [204.255.168.165]
  7     *        *        *     Request timed out.
  8    54 ms    55 ms    67 ms  0.xe-10-2-0.GW15.BOS4.ALTER.NET [152.63.21.138]

  9    51 ms    51 ms    51 ms  internap-gw.customer.alter.net [152.179.134.214]

 10    50 ms    51 ms    50 ms  border1.te7-1-bbnet1.bsn003.pnap.net [63.251.128
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 11     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 12     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 13     *        *        *     Request timed out.

No Turbine border on this one.