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GMS Server Status Discussion 2012-01 - Majandra - 2012-01-30
*checks time*
GMS Server Status Discussion 2012-01 - Justin - 2012-01-30
http://www.southperry.net/showthread.php?t=53206&page=4
Justin Wrote:In case everyone's wondering, but since the page barely loads after refreshing 20 times, the maintenance got extended until 5:15 AM EST.
GMS Server Status Discussion 2012-01 - CrazyNomad - 2012-01-30
Takebacker Wrote:Uh no. People are going to charge it when the game is up so they can do what they want with it immediately. Why would i drive out to CVS/walgreens only to come back to a game that is down?
When i used to play maple, I knew a lot of people that would use the downtime to go out and buy the nx.
so they would not waste time going out while the game is up.
GMS Server Status Discussion 2012-01 - RayGun - 2012-01-30
CrazyNomad Wrote:When i used to play maple, I knew a lot of people that would use the downtime to go out and buy the nx.
so they would not waste time going out while the game is up.
this may be true but these downtimes cause long term damage to their reputation and may cause people to quit in frustration etc.
anyway you can't really see people buying nx on each downtime in the past week
sverreerik Wrote:I think we can all agree the game being down is bad for both the Player Base and Nexon.
The thought that they may be upgrading their servers though makes me glad. I hope the roof gets raised a bit.
whoever said they were upgrading their servers? I thought that they were as usual just putting another bandaid over the hole
Yes the downtime is bad for Nexon as well. the point is, Nexon is offering a service - of their games. while the payment they receive is not directly related to how much game play, of course there is a correlation. if people get a less enjoyable experience they buy less NX.
They have been negligent in not using more of their money to fix up their servers, perhaps a bit greedy. but that's their business choice which they alone must make.
anyway many players are still very much addicted, and a bit of downtime here and there will not make them quit. but of course there is a limit to how much they can take. if the servers aren't fixed eventually everyone will quit.
GMS Server Status Discussion 2012-01 - RayGun - 2012-01-30
their crappy servers is partly due to the fact that they have a legal monopoly over maplestory, as they have the copyright. (of course, I'm not saying there is anything wrong with that.) so noone else can set up another maplestory, legally. thus the uniquely addictive experience can only be enjoyed by being a customer of nexon. they have a position where their service does not need to be very good in order to continue being profitable. all they have to do is buy the license from their masters in korea and they are set. having bought the rights to the game from its maker they can milk it like a cash cow.
of course if anyone could set up a maplestory then nexon, with their current service standards, would quickly go out of business and the customers would move to another company.
so it is natural that we would expect the service to not be perfect.
also i heard that they made over 200 million dollars last year. wow.
of course it is their busines decision to balance the cost of new servers vs the damage to reputation etc. clearly they must think we are all very addicted to give such a dodgy service, that we wont quit.
anyway Ill go to sleep, server check still not over.
GMS Server Status Discussion 2012-01 - Justin - 2012-01-30
Ugh god what the hell is with that font? Make it stop. Please. And I don't really think "monopoly" is the right term there. That's like saying a video game should be owned by multiple companies and sold by multiple companies within the same country. That makes no sense to me. Why am I still up ugh god.
GMS Server Status Discussion 2012-01 - DarkForgeJ - 2012-01-30
Justin Wrote:Ugh god what the hell is with that font? Make it stop. Please. And I don't really think "monopoly" is the right term there. That's like saying a video game should be owned by multiple companies and sold by multiple companies within the same country. That makes no sense to me. Why am I still up ugh god.
Agree....
RayGun Wrote:
legal monopoly over maplestory, as they have the copyright. (of course, I'm not saying there is anything wrong with that.)
That's not a monopoly... at least that's not the rigth term... in that case, every company have a monopoly in their game, like mario....
GMS Server Status Discussion 2012-01 - DarkForgeJ - 2012-01-30
Double post...
GMS Server Status Discussion 2012-01 - QSCX - 2012-01-30
yo72 Wrote:The nx is bought when you buy the code/charge in our acct online they dont lose anything for you not using the nx
Yes, but my point is that someone who is going to spend NX (that they've already purchased) will now spend the NX at a later date. This means that the next time they will charge NX will also be at a later date.
Example: I want to buy 2x exp on each of the days 1-4. Nexon has the game crashing for days 1-3, so I buy 2x exp on days 4-7 instead. If I bought 2x exp like I originally planned on days 1-4, I might have charged more NX sooner than if I bought 2x exp on days 4-7.
The loss isn't immediately apparent, but in the long run, the flow of revenue is no longer smooth.
GMS Server Status Discussion 2012-01 - MissingLink - 2012-01-30
I don't know the exact times, but most of Nexon's other games were down yesterday when MS was doing well.
Is it possible that all the problems are just that Nexon has been too cheap to pay for increased internet bandwidth as they add more and more games and players?
GMS Server Status Discussion 2012-01 - Eos - 2012-01-30
Leaves Wrote:Any theories as to the root cause of this? "Hardware issues" seems a bit far-fetched... it wouldn't take this long to identify/fix if a certain server is going haywire. Plus, it looks to be going on with all games... I honestly have no idea what this could be. Electrical/ISP issues, maybe?
a mere 43 posts before you.
http://www.southperry.net/showthread.php?t=47400&p=910061&viewfull=1#post910061
Justin Wrote:Ugh god what the hell is with that font? Make it stop. Please.
Lucida Console is a wonderful font. It's Fixed Width! The italics just make it look bad.
GMS Server Status Discussion 2012-01 - tecul1 - 2012-01-30
Hey, I wake up to good servers
GMS Server Status Discussion 2012-01 - Leaves - 2012-01-30
Eos Wrote:a mere 43 posts before you.
http://www.southperry.net/showthread.php?t=47400&p=910061&viewfull=1#post910061
I did see your post, actually. Was wondering if anyone had other ideas. I suppose it will indeed remain a mystery.
GMS Server Status Discussion 2012-01 - Eos - 2012-01-30
Leaves Wrote:I suppose it will indeed remain a mystery.
Particularly since we're not even clear whether the servers were actually physically crashing, whether the daemons were crashing, or whether they were simply losing connectivity at some part of the process.
GMS Server Status Discussion 2012-01 - Leaves - 2012-01-30
Eos Wrote:Particularly since we're not even clear whether the servers were actually physically crashing, whether the daemons were crashing, or whether they were simply losing connectivity at some part of the process.
Is there any "physical" connection between the servers across multiple games, or are they each hosted independently?
Seeing as most (all?) of Nexon's games had issues this week, I'd assume the root cause is somewhere before the actual channel servers of each game.
I guess this could always be a software issue, too, running some bad code every hour that trips whatever's going on. But it's still so weird this has affected all games.
GMS Server Status Discussion 2012-01 - Eos - 2012-01-30
Leaves Wrote:Is there any "physical" connection between the servers across multiple games, or are they each hosted independently?
I already listed the potential resources they could be sharing physically; NAS drive space (or similar shared hard drive pools), their electrical grid, their network infrastructure, and of course, their code.
GMS Server Status Discussion 2012-01 - tecul1 - 2012-01-30
Blah, random DCs.
Only me? Seems to be.
GMS Server Status Discussion 2012-01 - Death - 2012-01-30
I cant seem to log back in after being DCed. Is this only me?
-Windia.
GMS Server Status Discussion 2012-01 - Mazz - 2012-01-30
Crazy lag spikes in El Nido =x
GMS Server Status Discussion 2012-01 - Viseye - 2012-01-30
Its staaaaaaaaaaarting.
