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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
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 Posted - 05 Jul 2008 : 19:48:40
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Since Wooly closed my last topic where I kept track of these things (for good reason), I was wondering if everyone else was having trouble accessing their boards?
They announced that the boards were being shut down for 'major maintenance' all day Sunday, but then they started acting wonky yesterday (Friday), being up and down during parts of the day, and I was just wondering if they decided to pull the plug a day early?
Considering my 'borderline status' there half the time, I'm never sure if it's their site, or if I've finally been banned. Please let me know if the rest of you are having problems as well.
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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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MerrikCale
Senior Scribe
USA
947 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jul 2008 : 20:18:07
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I cannot get on myself
Maybe we're both banned |
When hinges creak in doorless chambers and strange and frightening sounds echo through the halls, whenever candlelights flicker where the air is deathly still, that is the time when ghosts are present, practicing their terror with ghoulish delight. |
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Uzzy
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
618 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jul 2008 : 20:26:48
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I'm more amazed when the WoTC boards are actually up.
And yes, they are down for me too. |
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BARDOBARBAROS
Senior Scribe
Greece
581 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jul 2008 : 20:58:11
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Me too i can not enter!! may be they want payment for every minute spent in the forum  |
BARDOBARBAROS DOES NOT KILL.
HE DECAPITATES!!!
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Ayunken-vanzan
Senior Scribe
Germany
657 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jul 2008 : 21:00:13
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| I tried to look for a thread about dragonborn in the realms on the Wizzard's realm's board where Lord Karsus this morning pointed to an old preview of the dragonborn in "Races of the Dragon" and asked if somebody knows anything about them (he seems to know nothing about WotC retconning just another race making it a bloody mess once again). But I cannot find any of their boards, and since I am not even registered there, I cannot be banned; so, yes, their boards are down. |
"What mattered our lives now? When our world had been torn from us? Folk wept, or drank, or stood staring out over the land, wondering what new horror each dawn would bring."
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"Anyone can kill deities, cause plagues, or destroy organizations. It takes real skill to make them live on."
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36797 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jul 2008 : 21:20:40
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| I took a look at the Ask Rich thread earlier today, but there was nothing new there. Now when I try to get back to the thread, I get a page telling me I don't have access to it. |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jul 2008 : 21:48:18
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| It's far more likely to be a matter of the boards being down than of people being banned. The WotC boards have been very wonky as of late. |
"Instead of asking why we sleep, it might make sense to ask why we wake. Perchance we live to dream. From that perspective, the sea of troubles we navigate in the workaday world might be the price we pay for admission to another night in the world of dreams."
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
15724 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jul 2008 : 23:18:20
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Okay - thanks for the responses people.
I 'took a shot' at Chris Perkins yesterday, and I thought they cut me off.
Thanks for letting me know its everbody and not just me. 
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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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Mkhaiwati
Learned Scribe
USA
252 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jul 2008 : 23:27:55
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I haven't been there in months. The last time I had a reply was on KnightErrantJR's "What I want for FR" thread years ago, and I see where that got us
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jul 2008 : 23:32:03
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| BTW, I tried to go on before and couldn't. The boards were (and might still be) down. |
"Instead of asking why we sleep, it might make sense to ask why we wake. Perchance we live to dream. From that perspective, the sea of troubles we navigate in the workaday world might be the price we pay for admission to another night in the world of dreams."
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Kentinal
Great Reader
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Posted - 05 Jul 2008 : 23:35:17
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They are fixing the bloody thing, give them (whoever them are) a few hours to post a notice of an unplanned outtage. One even had an estimate of when they might be up again.
As noted by another the Boards that should not be mentioned *wink* has had an increase of downtime complaits. WotC bkames increased trafice, others point to code adjustments. *shrugs* |
"Small beings can have small wisdom," the dragon said. "And small wise beings are better than small fools. Listen: Wisdom is caring for afterwards."
"Caring for afterwards ...? Ker repeated this without understanding.
"After action, afterwards," the dragon said. "Choose the afterwards first, then the action. Fools choose action first."
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Lord Karsus
Great Reader
USA
3740 Posts |
Posted - 06 Jul 2008 : 21:35:05
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-Here's the deal (and, mind you, I am not a computer technician):
A) The WotC boards use two different databases to "back up" the posts that are made on the boards. At some point last week, one of the databases was damaged/corrupted. More specifically, the database that held/backed up the older posts was damaged/corrupted. As a result, there was a problem last week where posts that were made before the point when the database became damaged/corrupted were not showing up, while all posts made after this point (that were on the undamaged/uncorrupted database) were not.
B) The WotC boards are having trouble with the vBulletin script, due to increased traffic due to the release of 4e, and for whatever other reasons. Combined with the fact that the boards are still running on Gleemax ALPHA structure, there are still kinks that haven't been worked out.
C) The structure of the boards are changing, for those who don't know. For example, all of the 3e topics have been moved into their own section, being as that 4e is the current system. Boards are still in the process of being moved, shrinked, expanded and collapsed. The Forgotten Realms section, for instance, will be receiving an extra forum (and, based on the numbers, it is likely that a third might be warranted, in the future), thanks to the continued and increased contribution of everyone, and the efforts of yours truly. As such, when things are shuffled, the boards are put off-line, to complete the changes. |
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Jamallo Kreen
Master of Realmslore
USA
1537 Posts |
Posted - 07 Jul 2008 : 03:41:37
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They are supposed to be down until mid-July, at least, with the stated possibility that they won't go back up until 23 July 2008. They are presently read-only, if they are up at all.
I'm actually glad that this scroll is here, so that I can display my erudition by stating to my fellow scribes that "flectomancy," as in "Goblin Flectomancer" means divination by the interpretation of bends or turns. Given the flavor text on that Time Spiral card, however, I think that the correct word would be "thaumaflector," one who works wonders by bending something (in this case, thoughts bent to flow into the brain of a goblin). Now you know.
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36797 Posts |
Posted - 07 Jul 2008 : 04:03:14
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Originally posted by Jamallo Kreen
Now you know.
<Flint>And knowing is half the battle.</Flint>
GI Joe!
*I'm sure I'm not the only person who thought of doing this quote! |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Lord Karsus
Great Reader
USA
3740 Posts |
Posted - 07 Jul 2008 : 20:15:42
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Originally posted by Jamallo Kreen
They are supposed to be down until mid-July, at least, with the stated possibility that they won't go back up until 23 July 2008. They are presently read-only, if they are up at all.
-Being that I have not hear this, I am going to claim it to be false. Where did you learn this information? |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 08 Jul 2008 : 23:07:55
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Originally posted by Dagnirion
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Originally posted by Jamallo Kreen
They are supposed to be down until mid-July, at least, with the stated possibility that they won't go back up until 23 July 2008. They are presently read-only, if they are up at all.
-Being that I have not hear this, I am going to claim it to be false. Where did you learn this information?
I managed to get on the boards (and post) this past Sunday night. |
"Instead of asking why we sleep, it might make sense to ask why we wake. Perchance we live to dream. From that perspective, the sea of troubles we navigate in the workaday world might be the price we pay for admission to another night in the world of dreams."
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Hawkins
Great Reader
USA
2131 Posts |
Posted - 08 Jul 2008 : 23:50:53
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quote:
Originally posted by Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
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Originally posted by Dagnirion
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Originally posted by Jamallo Kreen
They are supposed to be down until mid-July, at least, with the stated possibility that they won't go back up until 23 July 2008. They are presently read-only, if they are up at all.
-Being that I have not hear this, I am going to claim it to be false. Where did you learn this information?
I managed to get on the boards (and post) this past Sunday night.
And I was able to post yesterday. I got on today, but did not find anything that I felt I needed to post on, but I assume you can post if you want to. |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 09 Jul 2008 : 03:18:02
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| I was posting today...and then the board went down again. |
"Instead of asking why we sleep, it might make sense to ask why we wake. Perchance we live to dream. From that perspective, the sea of troubles we navigate in the workaday world might be the price we pay for admission to another night in the world of dreams."
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MerrikCale
Senior Scribe
USA
947 Posts |
Posted - 10 Jul 2008 : 03:49:41
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Originally posted by Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
I was posting today...and then the board went down again.
it is pretty ridiculous |
When hinges creak in doorless chambers and strange and frightening sounds echo through the halls, whenever candlelights flicker where the air is deathly still, that is the time when ghosts are present, practicing their terror with ghoulish delight. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Kes_Alanadel
Learned Scribe
USA
326 Posts |
Posted - 10 Jul 2008 : 04:28:23
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Originally posted by The Sage
Maybe Candlekeep's infamous gremlins followed me over to the WotC boards.
They're intensely loyal... in their own way! 
I'd much rather that they stay there, to be perfectly honest! |
Ack! I seem to have too much blood in my coffee stream!
When did 'common sense' cease to be common? |
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 10 Jul 2008 : 04:41:20
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Originally posted by Kes_Alanadel
quote:
Originally posted by The Sage
Maybe Candlekeep's infamous gremlins followed me over to the WotC boards.
They're intensely loyal... in their own way!
I'd much rather that they stay there, to be perfectly honest!
ME TO! ME TO!
I've seen a few has escaped again to torment 'Keep this past week or two. Grumbles! |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31726 Posts |
Posted - 10 Jul 2008 : 06:12:36
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quote:
Originally posted by Kes_Alanadel
quote:
Originally posted by The Sage
Maybe Candlekeep's infamous gremlins followed me over to the WotC boards.
They're intensely loyal... in their own way!
I'd much rather that they stay there, to be perfectly honest!
Well, as I said, they're very loyal. Bribing them to stay at WotC simply won't work.
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Hawkins
Great Reader
USA
2131 Posts |
Posted - 10 Jul 2008 : 17:27:49
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Originally posted by The Sage
Well, as I said, they're very loyal. Bribing them to stay at WotC simply won't work.
Unfortunately, I ran into the gremlins today when trying to log on here.  I had avoided mentioning them the past couple of weeks because I had not had seen any and did not want to attract their attention. I guess it didn't work. |
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One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back. --Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass
"Mmm, not the darkness," Myrin murmured. "Don't cast it there." --Erik Scott de Bie, Shadowbane
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* Martial Arts Guidebook (forthcoming) (PFRPG, designer; Rite Publishing)
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
15724 Posts |
Posted - 10 Jul 2008 : 20:52:57
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I've had considerable luck posting here lately - a couple of weeks ago I was almost ready to give-up, it was so bad.
Things got MUCH better here right around the time WotC started having severe problems, so I think Sage's 'they followed me home' theory may indeed be correct.
I'm glad to see you left a few behind - I can't say I'lll miss the little buggers.
As for WotC... most of you know what I think. They went 'Alpha' almost a year ago, and promised a FINISHED version by the time 4e went on the shelves. Now we have 4e - no comment - and they aren't even in BETA yet!!!
And they expect people to start paying for that. 
Everday it's a crap-shoot weather I can even logon. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31726 Posts |
Posted - 11 Jul 2008 : 01:22:22
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Originally posted by HawkinstheDM
Unfortunately, I ran into the gremlins today when trying to log on here. I had avoided mentioning them the past couple of weeks because I had not had seen any and did not want to attract their attention. I guess it didn't work.
Aye.
It's best that you mention each and every important occurence though -- especially if they quickly become repetitive. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31726 Posts |
Posted - 11 Jul 2008 : 01:29:37
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Originally posted by Markustay
Things got MUCH better here right around the time WotC started having severe problems, so I think Sage's 'they followed me home' theory may indeed be correct.
That is, of course, if you accept that WotC is my FR home. But we both know that's not the case.  |
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Hawkins
Great Reader
USA
2131 Posts |
Posted - 11 Jul 2008 : 17:26:55
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quote:
Originally posted by The Sage
quote:
Originally posted by HawkinstheDM
Unfortunately, I ran into the gremlins today when trying to log on here. I had avoided mentioning them the past couple of weeks because I had not had seen any and did not want to attract their attention. I guess it didn't work.
Aye.
It's best that you mention each and every important occurence though -- especially if they quickly become repetitive.
*grimly shakes off the Gremlin biting his ankle and points a finger at The Sage* "I blame you! Ever since they heard you talking about your attempt to relocate them, they have returned in force! I have not been able to go anywhere in these halls for the past two days with out seeing one or more of them!"
On a more serious note: the Gremlins are out in force again... |
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One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back. --Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass
"Mmm, not the darkness," Myrin murmured. "Don't cast it there." --Erik Scott de Bie, Shadowbane
* My character sheets (PFRPG, 3.5, and AE versions; not viewable in Internet Explorer)
* Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Reference Document (PFRPG OGL Rules)
* The Hypertext d20 SRD (3.5 OGL Rules)
* 3.5 D&D Archives
My game design work:
* Heroes of the Jade Oath (PFRPG, conversion; Rite Publishing)
* Compendium Arcanum Volume 1: Cantrips & Orisons (PFRPG, designer; d20pfsrd.com Publishing)
* Compendium Arcanum Volume 2: 1st-Level Spells (PFRPG, designer; d20pfsrd.com Publishing)
* Martial Arts Guidebook (forthcoming) (PFRPG, designer; Rite Publishing)
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