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Blixxard · 9 Aug 2004, 22:42

On Monday evening the Planetarion server went down, so too did the jolt web site. This is not the fault of Jolt or Planetarion. We took steps to get the game back up, however it was out of our hands - all has been done to get the Portal and Forums up. The ticker is currently down. We will review the situation on Tuesday at noon (GMT). A roll back is doubtful at this time, however everything will be taking into consideration at the review session. We hope you can enjoy the night off and get some well earnt sleep.

The credits bought for the speedround on Saturday 7th August that was unfortunately cancelled should all have been refunded.

Kind Regards
PaTeam

arbondigo · 9 Aug 2004, 22:48

Some things never change

xontas · 9 Aug 2004, 23:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by arbondigo

Some things never change

actualy......

this time we can wash our hands in inocents
the line went down
nothing jolt or PA can do about that, its like a downtime on your adsl line

:-)

TheBerk · 9 Aug 2004, 23:46

boo... this is my 1 night this week that i am actually able to stay up all night

and i cant get my fix

/me gibbers in the corner

Karmulian · 9 Aug 2004, 23:52

shouldn't this have been an announcement??

alch · 10 Aug 2004, 00:03

BAH now i feel like old PA

you dont know how happy i am , we just miss another 175k users and we are all set

_o0o_ · 10 Aug 2004, 00:48

Agreed with Karmulian. If this is not deserving of an announcement, then someone at least sticky the thread. There are now several threads popping up concerning this... Or is a quick post considered an announcement?

JonnyBGood · 10 Aug 2004, 00:55

Aren't I great and wonderful?

Busted · 10 Aug 2004, 01:22

It was said before that the dsl line just failed, but are you sure it's more not than that? A lot of speculation has been going on that Planetarion has been hacked and planets deleted. Check pilkara to see if your planet is still there. Mine is, but some other's aren't. For one, last time I checked I was ranked three thousand something, now I'm in the five hundreds.

Pilkara says there are 835 planets.

JonnyBGood · 10 Aug 2004, 01:27

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Originally Posted by Busted

It was said before that the dsl line just failed, but are you sure it's more not than that? A lot of speculation has been going on that Planetarion has been hacked and planets deleted. Check pilkara to see if your planet is still there. Mine is, but some other's aren't. For one, last time I checked I was ranked three thousand something, now I'm in the five hundreds.

Pilkara says there are 835 planets.

Sandmans doesn't indicate a drop in planet numbers. As pilkara seems to be a later update than sandmans I imagine it was just a problem with the dump itself rather than some irreversible catastrophe with PA. I'm sure someone from pateam will be along shortly to tell us if anything serious has developed though.

mist · 10 Aug 2004, 01:48

it was infact a problem with jolt, rather than pa. other stuff on the site died as well. therefore, if someone was hacking pa while the line was all but unusable they're quite 1337

other than that. complaining that the pateam don't communicate, and then complaining when they do is just dumb. an anouncement would possibly have been better (although, can't say i've visited the portal since it wasn't at www.pa.com) but this is still significantly better than nothing

-mist

ComradeRob · 10 Aug 2004, 03:46

I haven't visited the portal since it was at http://metal.planetarion.com

Cayl · 10 Aug 2004, 05:42

When considering plans of action, consider that its in the range of 5am for the US crowd. I launched a quick little retal with no serious intention to land during my morning. I won't be able to forego sleep tonight to check on my fleet, so I guess I can just hope that all fleets are grounded or at least the downtime prevented my enemy from getting defence or recalling his own fleets in time. Of course then he'd have legitimate cause to complain as well.

Thanks

Kal · 10 Aug 2004, 07:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by mist

it was infact a problem with jolt, rather than pa. other stuff on the site died as well. therefore, if someone was hacking pa while the line was all but unusable they're quite 1337

other than that. complaining that the pateam don't communicate, and then complaining when they do is just dumb. an anouncement would possibly have been better (although, can't say i've visited the portal since it wasn't at www.pa.com) but this is still significantly better than nothing

-mist

the forums and portal use a linked announcement system - there would hence be an announcement if the portal server was up which would have appeared on the announcements forums here

Elevator · 10 Aug 2004, 09:55

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Originally Posted by alch

BAH now i feel like old PA

you dont know how happy i am , we just miss another 175k users and we are all set

add in Spinner, Zeus and Fudge instead of kal and whoever all you other guys are and I'll be happy!

Brimstone · 10 Aug 2004, 10:10

Now there's an idea to fill the times like this... an "old PA" reunion? Players that are bored can trawl the internet looking for all the old players from days gone by... Hours of entertainment, as every p0rn0, warez and generally illicit or illegal website appears in their searches.

Kal · 10 Aug 2004, 10:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elevator

add in Spinner, Zeus and Fudge instead of kal and whoever all you other guys are and I'll be happy!

i love u 2

Nadar · 10 Aug 2004, 11:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elevator

add in Spinner, Zeus and Fudge instead of kal and whoever all you other guys are and I'll be happy!

oi, Kal is amazing

(Now give me the money you offered me for saying this Kal)

suss · 10 Aug 2004, 11:10

ANy update on the situation or some eta on when game will be up again?

Smudge · 10 Aug 2004, 11:45

Game just went up, possible roll back
Check topic in #planetarion

Ramihyn · 10 Aug 2004, 12:16

Nildram->Jolt->PA

See http://status.nildram.net/ for a support ticket about a faulty core switch.

Brimstone · 10 Aug 2004, 12:44

What makes me laugh, is that Nildram are advertising in the banner at the top of this page for
"Only Bullet Time matters - Get the Right bullet time for £15.99 a month. Nildram powered Jolt ADSL"

Should include: "free-downtime included, see Planetarion players for more details

"

Smudge · 10 Aug 2004, 13:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brimstone

What makes me laugh, is that Nildram are advertising in the banner at the top of this page for
"Only Bullet Time matters - Get the Right bullet time for £15.99 a month. Nildram powered Jolt ADSL"

Should include: "free-downtime included, see Planetarion players for more details

"

Brimstone, that is by far the biggest sign that you are funny in a long time
Keep up the good work

mist · 10 Aug 2004, 13:29

in fairness, there's not a lot nildram can do about hardware falling over and dying. afaik the outage wasn't particularly long, and wouldn't have been during office hours. imo they did quite well

-mist

Kal · 10 Aug 2004, 13:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by mist

in fairness, there's not a lot nildram can do about hardware falling over and dying. afaik the outage wasn't particularly long, and wouldn't have been during office hours. imo they did quite well

-mist

indeed they did, we just has a few complications as a result :/

All is well now though, hope you all got a good nights sleep

Elevator · 10 Aug 2004, 16:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kal

i love u 2

:P
I enjoy playing with friends, havn't been long enough on NG's irc to talk to any of the "new" ppl...

Kal · 10 Aug 2004, 16:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elevator

:P
I enjoy playing with friends, havn't been long enough on NG's irc to talk to any of the "new" ppl...

spinner,zeus,fudge are the coolest anyway

Smudge · 10 Aug 2004, 16:20

phil^ > spinner

Elevator · 10 Aug 2004, 22:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kal

spinner,zeus,fudge are the coolest anyway

Zeus · 10 Aug 2004, 23:54

ah.....memories

alch · 10 Aug 2004, 23:57

zeus ! you must come to IRC on #PA to support the players initiative

btw how are you?

Zeus · 11 Aug 2004, 00:04

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Originally Posted by alch

zeus ! you must come to IRC on #PA to support the players initiative

btw how are you?

I doing fine m8ty, thankyou for asking. Been watching your work in PA, doing great job so keep it up!!

I dont do irc anymore, no time, difficult past months due to personal reason, but always have an eye on the forums daily.

alch · 11 Aug 2004, 00:10

coolio. i must say that you been one of the reason im playing this game

i dont know if you remember. but its always nice to remember who brought you onto this game.

Elevator · 11 Aug 2004, 11:32

good memories....

Zeus · 11 Aug 2004, 20:21

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Originally Posted by Elevator

good memories....

True...True:gollum:

cypher · 11 Aug 2004, 21:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kal

spinner,zeus,fudge are the coolest anyway

quite clearly you are missing oreo fs... ever met the guy? he seriously fking pwnz

Lord_Thunderball · 12 Aug 2004, 10:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by cypher

quite clearly you are missing oreo fs... ever met the guy? he seriously fking pwnz

Oreo.... WODKA!!!!!!

Kal · 12 Aug 2004, 10:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by cypher

quite clearly you are missing oreo fs... ever met the guy? he seriously fking pwnz

oops, I allways forget someone

Nadar · 12 Aug 2004, 11:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kal

oops, I allways forget someone

and me!!

Elevator · 12 Aug 2004, 15:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zeus

True...True:gollum:

Want to say: "Come back to PA..." but..no. Hope things are working out for you!

NEWSBOT3 · 12 Aug 2004, 15:17

oreo is around

Brimstone · 12 Aug 2004, 16:57

Heya Zeus. Would i be right in saying that at some point you joined IPC before you disappeared into the depths of real life?
If not someone else was lurking around under your name a few rounds ago...

As some side notes:

-Wasn't Goldeneye someone important at some point? If so he was cool, played in a gal with him once, great fun.

-Though i do miss the "old days" and always will do, (if anything cos life was simple then... School, come home, Forget homework, play PA, compared to now, work work work.) but the current PATeam are doing a damn fine job, and things have not been easy for them, but PA is still here, and thats what matters.

Zeus · 12 Aug 2004, 17:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brimstone

Heya Zeus. Would i be right in saying that at some point you joined IPC before you disappeared into the depths of real life?
If not someone else was lurking around under your name a few rounds ago...

As some side notes:

-Wasn't Goldeneye someone important at some point? If so he was cool, played in a gal with him once, great fun.

-Though i do miss the "old days" and always will do, (if anything cos life was simple then... School, come home, Forget homework, play PA, compared to now, work work work.) but the current PATeam are doing a damn fine job, and things have not been easy for them, but PA is still here, and thats what matters.

Yes on the IPC, was me.
Goldeneye was pateam and a very good guy.
current pateam are doing a damn fine job as they always do!

Ice-Lady · 13 Aug 2004, 18:19

Thank you Zeus!