2011-10-19, 01:11 PM
This is exactly the way they do every maintenance.
They disable the login servers, leave the channel select server up, take all the actual channels down.
Then they'll bring all the channels back up, log in on their special hidden secret dedicated login server, get to the still active channel select server, test all the channels, declare it broken, take everything back down, extend another two hours, lather, rinse, repeat until 40 hours later they finally reactivate the login servers instead of extending.
They disable the login servers, leave the channel select server up, take all the actual channels down.
Then they'll bring all the channels back up, log in on their special hidden secret dedicated login server, get to the still active channel select server, test all the channels, declare it broken, take everything back down, extend another two hours, lather, rinse, repeat until 40 hours later they finally reactivate the login servers instead of extending.
It's not having what you want - It's wanting what you've got.