STARPICKET

Don't hold back DJ, tell us how you really feel! I completely agree though.

as an old programmer analyst, i can tell you that there would have been a dozen ways they could have made a quick fix to this problem, THEN worry about insurance, location and all the rest... as DJ wrote, they have shown a blatant disregard for their customer base... And will most probably do so in the future... so I have a question...
 
are we still paying for those dead servers, or do we get a discount for the time down? I know it is prolly not through Activision that we rent the servers, but still if they are down for an extended period of time, they should give either a credit towards future months rental, or send a reimbursement for the time down. hit them where it counts... get the other major clans to do the same... and watch how FAST it gets back online...
 
someone know a good business lawyer? lets shake them up, or at least WAKE them the fuck up!
 
:realmad: :realmad:

djMot this was posted on one of the data centers in manhatten
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doa its been 6days

Would you hope they had backup/disaster recovery in other physical locations sure. In reality most consumers made a 50$ investment and have how many hours of entertainment from it? I think the average gamer made out ok and will survive. This coming from someone who worked for an isp for 11 years and is still in the industry. There are bigger issues to worry about on the East coast than one of the weakest COD games in the franchise.

 
EXCELLENT!!!! As I said in another thread, there is simply no excuse for this. They should have been up and running on another host within several hours. It's just a big Fuck You to the COD5 community, and one we won't forget.

What you both say is very true and its something they all do as a bussnes plan. Spend as little as you can and get as much as you can from your customers. I assure you they would like nothing more then to drop any and all servers they have running dead games. If this would be apple 2 years after the game can out it would be off line. Remember these are the people who in thier ULA tell you its not your game, just leased to you. So there should be no surprize there's no real rush to getting this game back online. Truly a sad thing for us but we don't own the game just the fun we get out of playing it .

As someone who has worked in IT for the VAST majority of their career, I can say I've seen some pretty messed up crap. All of that has now been eclipsed by your absolute failure to bring COD5 authentication servers back on-line after over six days now. Yeah, I get it, Sandy dealt you a horrendous blow, right? Wrong. You did that to yourself by failing to build data centers featuring a redundant architecture capable of ensuring 100% up-time throughout foreseeable natural and unnatural acts? Has 9/11 and Irene taught you nothing? Has Sandy driven the point home to you now?
 
Moreover, how is it that, after 6 days, you still cannot restore a backup onto another set of servers in a different data center? Does it mean so little to you that you are willing to just blow off a community of gamers, and yes even INVESTORS like myself, in favor of just sitting on your thumbs waiting to get back into your waterlogged data center instead of doing the right thing and seeking an alternative path to operational status?
 
And finally, what does this say about the IT management within your company. Do you really feel compelled to retain an IT staff who has so blatantly failed you? How is it that redundant architecture and backup facilities to mission-critical services fell off your IT staff's radar? It would seem as though they have FAILED to grasp even the most basic tenets of their profession.
 
Activision's conduct in this matter hardly reflects credit upon yourselves. Get off your asses, and get to work!
 
That is all.

wow

Congratulations Mule.
 
We in Australia owe a lot to US Service Men, past and present and I wish your son every success in his future service career.
 
Cheers,
 
Starpicket.

The birth of a pumpkin

load off crap ive only got a shower so i put sum ice on my nuts ---(very cold ) BUT i did injoy rubbinging myself warm

THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST WORRISOME STATISTICS OF THE LAST FIVE YEARS
 
25% of women in this country are on medication for mental illness!
 
That's scary as hell.
 
It means 75% are running around with no medication at all.

lmfao
 

I dont know about you guys, but it seems to me, this is what the news is really about..
 
 
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/82865922/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhHufV9g4k4&feature=player_embedded#!

Hello all my Is Randy AKA HKS-Thunder i have played in your Freeze Tag server for abit now i enjoy playing with you folks,you guys are a great bunch of players everyone is great hope to see you all in the server more

at first ; i love the Xi Server, i don´t remember, which time i played on another server
Some of u knows me, and the rest will know me soon.
Yeah yeah, my english is not the best, but i try my best.
 
What can i tell about me:
i´m 36, married and have a litle daughter ( 2 years young )
we live in austria, close to the border of germany .
 
I started playing shootergames with striker( I think that was the name ) 6 years ago.
But i dont like it very much, so i played it sometimes, 1/ month.
 
4 years ago, a friend telling me about Cod 4, so i tested it , and like it .
But i was a noobie, dont know, how to play, dont know, whats a modserver is.
 
And after 2 years ( i think ) , i found it, mod server, then i found u......
 
And.... "YOU DON´T GET RID OF ME SO FAST!"
 
...........so i hope, without perma banns
 
and thats me folk, and i´m an IDIOT , too
 
c ya , genci76

ok let me tell you about my self. my first name is mark and my middle name is robert so hens the name English BoB. im married got kids. my wife is american and as you can tell im not. ive been in the states for the past 5 yrs .this is the second time around living here . im still fighting immigration . i help out at a car dealership & i cut grass with a friend in summer. im a truck driver by trade. started playing cod2 a few yrs ago the got cod4 and played there and found these bunch of nut cases and ever since then ive been hooked to the XI server. if you want to know anything else just ask

Hi all....
thought its about time to stop by and say hello:
 
Some of u know me from the freezetag servers, which i really like, especially the mw2 server.
I am from germany, trying to be sneaky and to defrost u all and i only get mad about ppl that
r allways spaming bs and r whining too much... then i show my claws.
.... oh and being redirected to make space for XI members, that makes me crazy as well.
 
Well, thanks for the nice place to spend some time and cya on the servers.
 
Kitty

Hey guys i'm Vicky, i'm 16 and i'm the most unlikely girl EVER to play cod, i'm such a girly girl i'm all about the hair and nails but i'm obsessed with cod... been playing it for around 2-3 years on all sorts of servers and absolutely love it specially freezetag! i'm from Yorkshire in Great Britain. If you wanna know anything else don't hesitate to ask!

I AM HAVING IT ON MY LOWER ARM WITHOUT THE METALLICA ON IT .IT WILL WRAP AROUND MY LIVE AFTER DEATH TATTOO..5 HOUS SITT
HERE IS SOME OF HIS WORK... IVE HAD A 6 MONTH WAIT AND HE IS FROM THE VALLEYS IN WALES
I HOPE HE IS GOOD.....