All the servers just went offline

[rabidfox]

All the servers just went offline and seem to be slowly working now (I'm stuck in the game slowly verifying data at crawling speeds). What happened?

[Coffey]

There was a bit of a freeze up in the forums but it seems fine now.

[Cordovan]

We had an issue this afternoon that impacted both the game and web site for a few minutes, but things are back to normal now. We apologize for the issue today, which appears to be a side-effect of some behind-the-scenes maintenance taking place that was not intended to impact the live game worlds.

[Arkat]

We had an issue this afternoon that impacted both the game and web site for a few minutes, but things are back to normal now. We apologize for the issue today, which appears to be a side-effect of some behind-the-scenes maintenance taking place that was not intended to impact the live game worlds.

Translation: We were trying to do some work on our internal systems, but we unplugged the wrong power supplies by mistake (someone tripped over one of the cords).

[LunaticFringe]

Translation: We were trying to do some work on our internal systems, but we unplugged the wrong power supplies by mistake (someone tripped over one of the cords).

Wait - does this mean they actually are feeding the hamsters correctly?

[Arkat]

Wait - does this mean they actually are feeding the hamsters correctly?

And that there could be some very uncoordinated members of the Server Ops Team?

The old Magic 8 Ball says, "Most likely."

[Eantarus]

Translation: We were trying to do some work on our internal systems, but we unplugged the wrong power supplies by mistake (someone tripped over one of the cords).

[cmecu]

Translation: We were trying to do some work on our internal systems, but we unplugged the wrong power supplies by mistake (someone tripped over one of the cords).

The cord got caught on the chair while they were spinning around eating Cheetos

[mbartol]

The cord got caught on the chair while they were spinning around eating Cheetos

Maybe it was a session of Pac Man LARPing that got a little out of control.

[Xezom]

Cleaning Lady unplugging the server strikes again.