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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
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 Posted - 05 Jan 2008 : 20:46:09
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So, the servers over at WotC are acting very wonky, and the weekend guy was able to put in a 'patch' to at least keep things running until Monday. Unfortunetly, the patch causes a 10-12 second lag whenever you need to access a page. 
I'm losing faith in the DI by the minute.
Supposedly, the problems ocurred when they tried to bring back the 'Search' function. Hmmmm... and they want to create an inter-active gaming site where millions of D&D players can meet and play online?
Yeah... and pigs fly... 
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"I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me" --- Dudley Field Malone
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Edited by - Markustay on 05 Jan 2008 20:46:55
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Hoondatha
Great Reader
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Posted - 06 Jan 2008 : 05:24:40
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Yeah, I kept getting the exact same pages for a day and a half. I couldn't modify or post or anything. I'd mark everything as read, then come back hours later and discover that everything was as it had been.
And I'm having a hard time deciding whether the gremlins would be chanting "onward and upward" or "onward and downward" as they marched over to the WotC servers. |
Doggedly converting 3e back to what D&D should be...
Sigh... And now 4e as well. |
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
15724 Posts |
Posted - 06 Jan 2008 : 19:53:08
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LOL...
In their defense, a tech had to drive into work on the weekend and 'patch things' up to get the site working properly, which helped with the problem but slowed things down to a crawl.
Within two hours of him doing that, everything was back to normal and working fine. I'm not sure if he got help, or if he just plodded through the mess single-handedly, but either way it restored some of my faith in their tech dept.
maybe the DI won't be as dismal a failure as I foresee... |
"I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me" --- Dudley Field Malone
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Hoondatha
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 06 Jan 2008 : 21:10:17
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| Good, because for a while there I felt like I was in the movie Groundhog Day. |
Doggedly converting 3e back to what D&D should be...
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SirUrza
Master of Realmslore
USA
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Posted - 06 Jan 2008 : 22:21:50
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| It may be possible that the whole virtual tabletop and software stuff is handled by a third party software company (like Magic Online) and that Wizards doesn't actually do anything but set the schedule for new content being put on it. |
"Evil prevails when good men fail to act."
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
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Posted - 07 Jan 2008 : 02:52:53
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That would probably be a good thing.
However, there are other parts of the DI, like web-hosting, that will also suck-up bandwith. I'm not sure if their servers are up to it. |
"I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me" --- Dudley Field Malone
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AlorinDawn
Learned Scribe
USA
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Posted - 07 Jan 2008 : 03:12:22
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Hawkins
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 07 Jan 2008 : 17:17:36
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Originally posted by AlorinDawn
What is DI ?
It stands for "Digital Initiative," and is what WotC was calling DDi (Dungeons and Dragons Insider, and no, I do not know why they use a lowercase "i"; and which is the online version of the Dungeon and Dragon magazines plus all the online goodies) before GenCon Indy '07. |
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
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Posted - 08 Jan 2008 : 02:32:38
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They change the initials? Why wasn't I informed? 
I guessed I missed the memo... |
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Hoondatha
Great Reader
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Posted - 08 Jan 2008 : 03:06:20
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| And here I was thinking it stood for Dragon Interactive. So much for that idea... |
Doggedly converting 3e back to what D&D should be...
Sigh... And now 4e as well. |
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