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After reaching 1337 posts on the forums (for the second time), it's time for me to finally retire the old sig. <sob> From now through Friday, January 26, put your entry for my new sig in this thread. The team will review the entries and ch...

This thread is for discussing The Other Side of the Looking Glass, posted on Data Node One , January 19, 2007.

Servers will be restarted at 4:00 AM Pacific Standard Time (1200 hours GMT) on Friday, January 19. The game should be available again within 1 hour from shutdown. Due to our build issues, Update 49 is still undergoing final testing. We are...

This thread is for discussion of Image Retrieval , posted January 17, 2006 on Data Node One.

Forums will be unavailable beginning at 10:00 AM Pacific Standard Time (1800 hours GMT) on Wednesday, January 17, in order to perform maintenance on SOE web services. This maintenance is to fix a memory leak in some associated systems. The...

Due to there being no automatic system for changing forum names, we only change them if they somehow violate the terms of use for the community.

This thread is for discussing The Other Side of the Looking Glass, posted on Data Node One , January 12, 2007.

We would like to wish you all an enjoyable three day weekend as we celebrate and remember the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin Luther King was a civil rights activist in the 1950's and 1960's. He was awarded five honorary degrees...

As mentioned on Friday, we've had some build issues with Update 49 which have prevented testing. We continue to work on these issues, but will have to delay the release of Update 49 for at least a week. As soon as we have a better estimate...

This thread is for discussion of Image Retrieval , posted January 10, 2006 on Data Node One.

We will be restarting both the Vector and Recursion servers immediately in order to resolve log in problems we're seeing on those worlds. We apologize for the inconvenience and will have those worlds back online as soon as possible.

This thread is for discussing The Other Side of the Looking Glass, posted on Data Node One , January 5, 2007.

Sorry about the delay getting this up. This thread is for discussion of Image Retrieval , posted January 4, 2006 on Data Node One.

Servers will go offline tomorrow, Friday, January 5 at 4:00AM Pacific Standard Time (1200 hours GMT) for maintenance. Servers should return to service within 1 hour from shutdown.

The Community Relations Management Team at SOE is collecting stories today about why players play online games. If you want to tell us yours, check out the thread on Broadcast Depth .

The reasons people play online games are as diverse as the people themselves. Some play as a hobby, some do it for community, some do it to stay in touch with friends and family members that live far away. What are your reasons for playing...

Posted by Brenlo in the Station.com blog : "As I began my post holiday catch up of various news sites, I stumbled across a NY Times piece on the Child's Play Charity . The piece talks about the roots of the charity and the money it has rai...

This thread is for discussing The Other Side of the Looking Glass, posted on Data Node One , December 20, 2006.

Well, I finally have power at home, although still in recovery mode as I didn't get it until yesterday. The Seattle office, however, is still without power. I'll be on and off a bit today as I can, but things remain in limbo due to lack of...

Servers will go offline on Friday, December 15 at 4:00AM Pacific Standard Time (1200 hours GMT) to apply a hotfix to the game. This update will prevent new snowman luggables from respawning before the current ones are "destroyed", which is...

The first I heard of it was this morning--this will only be happening today, the launch day for the Pirates CSG Online. On the other hand, all profits from the game today will be going to Child's Play, so if you're at all interested in onl...

Servers will go offline tomorrow, December 14, 2006 at 4:00 AM Pacific Standard Time (1200 hours GMT) for the Winter Holiday Event update. The game should return to service after approximately 1 hour. This begins our Winter Holiday Event ,...

We are currently restarting all servers to resolve ongoing log on issues. We will make the game available again as soon as possible.

To clear things up: We had a systemwide unplanned network outage today that, among other things, prevented logging in to SOE games and forums. (Had I been able to log in at the time, I would've made an announcement.) The issue seems to be...

We are currently experiencing some server issues on our game websites. We appreciate your patience as we work to resolve this issue.

This thread is for discussing The Other Side of the Looking Glass, posted on Data Node One , December 8, 2006. *We would like to remind you, the MxO team are the only staff cleared to post Looking Glass discussion threads. I understand the...

Steege wrote: "Typos" for the win. P.S. If SOE cares so much about the children, then how come they aren't listed as one of the corporate sponsors at the bottom of the Child's Play site? Because SOE rarely ever publicizes charitable donati...

This thread is for discussion of Image Retrieval , posted December 7, 2006 on Data Node One.

Servers will go offline Thursday, December 7 at 4:00 AM Pacific Standard Time (1200 hours GMT) to apply Update 48.1 Hotfix to the game. The game will return to service after approximately 1 hour. The Update 48.1 Hotfix makes the following...

This thread is for discussing The Other Side of the Looking Glass, posted on Data Node One , December 1, 2006.

I put up the article and the initial thread at about 9:59 AM. While I was out sick, I completely forgot about the maintenance at 10. Unless someone changed something without my notice: The snowballs cost 100 $i each, the hats cost one of e...

This thread is for discussion of Image Retrieval , posted November 29, 2006 on Data Node One.

This thread is for discussion of Image Retrieval , posted November 22, 2006 on Data Node One.

In Update 48, the functionality that blocked unknown IMs was fixed. However, many players with characters already in the Matrix may find that this option is checked. If you're having trouble sending /tells, make sure you have this chat opt...

Tech and Account Phone support will be unavailable on Thursday November 23rd and Friday November 24th in observance of the US holiday. Chat support will be available during its normal time Monday through Friday 10am through 7pm PST at stat...

This thread is for discussing The Other Side of the Looking Glass, posted on Data Node One , November 17, 2006.

a) Pacification zones aren't permanent. b) Rarebit wrote that note. Ask him if it's a joke.

Servers will go offline Friday, October 17 at 4:00 AM Pacific Standard Time (1200 hours GMT) to apply Update 48 to the game. The game will return to service after approximately 2 hours.

This thread is for discussing Update 48 , which is scheduled to release Friday, November 17, 2006.

Below are the notes for Update 48, which is scheduled to release on Friday, November 17, 2006. HvCFT OS Update 48: -- Featured Changes The Matrix Online Story Continues in Episode 6.2! The 6.2 Storyline missions and cinematic are now avail...

Forums will be unavailable beginning at 9:30 AM Pacific Standard Time (1730 hours GMT) for maintenance needed to improve forum stability. Forums should be available again after approximately 2 hours. We apologize for the short notice and w...

Many SOE game websites are currently unavailable due to an emergency maintenance. We expect the maintenance period to last at least one hour; approximately 5:00 PM Pacific Standard Time (0100 hours GMT). We apologize for any inconvenience...

During testing, we found an issue that needs to be resoved before we can release Update 48. Therefore, we will be having our normal maintenance period on Thursday, November 16, 2006 at 4:00AM Pacific Standard Time (1200 hours GMT). Dependi...

This thread is for discussion of Image Retrieval , posted November 15, 2006 on Data Node One.

This thread is for discussing The Other Side of the Looking Glass, posted on Data Node One , November 10, 2006.

Today is the official United States observance of the Veterans' Day holiday, which is actually on November 11. It marks the anniversary of the signing of the Armistice, which ended the fighting in World War I in 1918, but it doesn't just h...

This thread is for discussion of Image Retrieval , posted November 8, 2006 on Data Node One.

Servers will be restarted at 4:00 AM Pacific Standard Time (1200 hours GMT) on Thursday, November 9 in order to turn on the new Customer Service ticketing system. The resulting maintenance period should take approximately 1 hour from shutd...

With an influx of the latest consoles, expansions, and games, it's easy to get caught up in all the hoopla this time of year. And part of that attention is on the negative aspects of gaming as a hobby. This year, while you're sitting in th...

Servers will go offline to end the 2006 Halloween Masquerade tomorrow, Tuesday, November 7 at 4:00 AM Pacific Standard Time (1200 hours GMT). Some features will begin to turn off around 1:00 AM, with the rest ending after the servers come...

Forums will be unavailable Tuesday, November 7 from 10:00 until approximately 11:30 AM Pacific Standard Time (1800 until 1930 hours GMT). This update is to resolve the following issues: Duplicate post message issue (users are seeing a dupl...

I'm putting up the discussion thread now, since I'm going to be out of the office tomorrow. The Other Side of the Looking Glass will be available on Data Node One the afternoon of Friday, November 3, 2006.

Forums will be unavailable Thursday, November 1 from 10:00 until approximately 11:00 AM Pacific Standard Time (1800 until 1900 hours GMT). This maintenance is to migrate the forums database to a new filesystem; forums will again be availab...

Servers will go offline for application of the Halloween Event hotfix on Tuesday, October 31 at 4:00 AM Pacific Standard Time (1200 hours GMT). The hotfix includes reworking of some zombie assets and will hopefully fix the recent client-cr...

Hrm. Image path looks okay to me. You may have just connected to a server the pic hasn't pushed out to yet. Try refreshing. The CS system should allow attachments. The Bug reporting system is not changing--it will continue to work as it do...

This thread is for discussing The Other Side of the Looking Glass, posted on Data Node One , October 27, 2006.

Daylight Saving Time ends this Sunday, October 29 at 2:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time (0900 hours GMT). When the clock strikes 2:00 AM, we switch the clocks back to 1:00 AM Pacific Standard Time. Pacific Standard Time is -8:00 hours Greenwich...

Yes, I believe some of the Common masks are easier to find than others. We're working on the client crash issue right now. If we find a fix, we'll hotfix as soon as possible.

You can find update notes for the Halloween event here .

Sorry for not getting this up earlier, especially given the bug fix we got in. Enjoy! Featured Changes 2006 Halloween Masquerade: Oct. 26 through Nov. 6 It's time for The Matrix Online 2006 Halloween Masquerade! Find the jack-o-lanterns ar...