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Walrus

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Walrus
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Hotfix: Thursday, February 1, 2007@4:00 AM PST

Servers will go offline at 4:00 AM Pacific Standard Time (1200 hours GMT) on Thursday, February 1, 2007 for a hotfix update. This update is to fix the issue with standard missions mapping to the White Hallways. The game will become availab...

News and Announcements · 01/31/2007 17:08:17

Sig Contest: Walrus Needs a 1337 Sig

Forgot to lock this down on Friday, so I'll take everyone who replied through today. We'll get our top choices up ASAP.

Archive Construct · 01/29/2007 08:07:34

Forums Maintenance: Thursday, January 25@4:30 PM PST

The forum servers will go offline at 4:30 PM Pacific Standard Time (0030 hours GMT) for a brief maintenance period. The forums should be available again within 30 minutes of the shutdown. We apologize for any inconvenience.

News and Announcements · 01/25/2007 16:05:51

Update 49 - Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Update 49 will be released on Tuesday, January 23 at 4:00 AM Pacific Standard Time (1200 hours GMT). This update includes the last District rebundle for the White Hallways, so will be fairly large (around 30MB). Servers will go offline at...

News and Announcements · 01/22/2007 17:04:24

Avatar Contest: Walrus Needs a 1337 Avatar

Somehow, I've reached 1337 posts without ever having a leet avatar. Time to rectify that situation. From now through Friday, January 26, put your entry for my new avatar in this thread. The team will review the entries and choose the top 5...

Archive Construct · 01/19/2007 16:26:50

Sig Contest: Walrus Needs a 1337 Sig

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...

Archive Construct · 01/19/2007 16:20:45

Server Maintenance - Friday, January 19 @ 4:00AM PST

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...

News and Announcements · 01/18/2007 17:28:07

Forum Name

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.

General Technical Help and Questions · 01/16/2007 10:16:27

What's Your Story? - Thursday, January 4, 2007

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...

Broadcast Depth · 01/04/2007 11:30:51

The Powerless Saga Continues

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...

News and Announcements · 12/18/2006 09:25:27

Welcome to The Billboard Online.

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...

General Discussion · 12/14/2006 16:04:12

Restarting All Worlds

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

News and Announcements · 12/12/2006 13:30:19

Service Outage Today

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...

News and Announcements · 12/12/2006 12:39:49

Current Website Issues

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

News and Announcements · 12/11/2006 11:36:27

The Other Side of the Looking Glass - Friday, December 8, 2006

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...

Broadcast Depth · 12/07/2006 20:38:34

Update 48.1 Hotfix Release: Thursday, December 7@4:00AM PST

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...

News and Announcements · 12/06/2006 16:22:01

"Block Unknown Matrix IMs"

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...

News and Announcements · 11/20/2006 16:52:27

Tech and Account Phone Support Closed 11/23 and 11/24

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...

News and Announcements · 11/20/2006 11:46:02

Forums Maintenance: Thursday, November 16@9:30 AM PST

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...

News and Announcements · 11/16/2006 09:05:55

Game Websites Currently Offline

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...

News and Announcements · 11/15/2006 15:54:56

Normal Maintenance (No Patch): Thursday, November 16, 2006@4AM

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...

News and Announcements · 11/15/2006 15:52:50

Veterans' Day - November 11, 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...

News and Announcements · 11/10/2006 10:44:49

Restart to Launch New CS System: Thursday, November 9@4AM PST

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...

News and Announcements · 11/08/2006 14:45:28

'Tis the Season

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...

News and Announcements · 11/07/2006 08:33:50

Halloween Event Ends: Tuesday, November 7 @ 4AM PST

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...

News and Announcements · 11/06/2006 18:11:47

Forums Maintenance Tuesday, November 7 @ 10AM PST

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...

News and Announcements · 11/06/2006 18:07:10

Forums Maintenance Wednesday, November 1 @ 10AM PST

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...

News and Announcements · 10/31/2006 15:52:55

Halloween Event Hotfix Release: Tuesday, October 31@4:00 AM PST

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...

News and Announcements · 10/30/2006 16:32:52

Daylight Saving Time Ends Sunday, October 29@2:00 AM PDT

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...

News and Announcements · 10/26/2006 15:51:56

Halloween Masquerade Begins Tomorrow: Thurs. October 26

Servers will go offline on Thursday, October 26 at 4:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time (1100 hours GMT) for implementation of the Halloween Event Update. The game should return to service after approximately 1 hour. A Note on the Zombies We know...

News and Announcements · 10/25/2006 17:56:14

Forums Maintenance Wednesday, October 25 @ 3PM PDT

Forums will be unavailable today, Wednesday, October 25 from 3:00 until approximately 4:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time (2200 until 2300 hours GMT). This maintenance is due to the addition of some new game forums and will otherwise not impact...

News and Announcements · 10/25/2006 14:43:22

Things i Like

Spamming the forums with off-topic posts or posts with no discussible content is against the guidelines. Please refrain from doing so on the MxO forums.

Off-Topic Discussion · 10/23/2006 15:31:22

Server Issues - Sunday, October 22, 2006

We are aware of the current issues on the servers, especially Vector. The game ops team is investigating the issue and we will resolve it as quickly as possible. Thank you for your patience as we attempt to fix the problem.

News and Announcements · 10/22/2006 13:02:49

The Other Side of the Looking Glass - Friday, October 20, 2006

SokudaBlade wrote: Glad i went ahead took a vacation day on tuesday for the patch? Please tell me it's still gonna be ready for the 24th? lol. New masks im very excited about, need to get all the old masks again! I like the 01 Soldier alot...

Broadcast Depth · 10/20/2006 17:30:24

Log in Server Maintenance Announcement: Monday, October 23

On Monday October 23 from 10:00 AM - 11:00 Pacific Standard Time (1700 hours until 1800 hours GMT), we will be performing routine maintenance on the login servers for all SOE games. During this time you may experience a failed login attemp...

News and Announcements · 10/20/2006 17:28:24

Server Maintenance: Thursday, October 19@4:00AM PDT

All servers will undergo a maintenance period on Thursday, October 19 beginning at 4:00 AM Pacific Daylight time (1100 hours GMT) and lasting for approximately 1 hour. Servers will be unavailable during this time and will return to service...

News and Announcements · 10/18/2006 13:31:47

Update 47.1 Hotfix Release: Thursday, October 12@4:00AM PDT

Servers will go offline Thursday, October 12 at 4:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time (1100 hours GMT) to apply Update 47.1 Hotfix to the game. The game will return to service after approximately 3 hours. This hotfix is to resolve the following is...

News and Announcements · 10/11/2006 18:15:54

Missions Not Starting - Update

We believe we found the problem--the updated mission information didn't go out with the Update. We've uploaded that data and are restarting the servers; they should be back up in about half an hour from this update. Thank you for your pati...

News and Announcements · 10/06/2006 08:32:43

Update 47 Release: Friday, October 6@4:00AM PDT

Servers will go offline Friday, October 6 at 4:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time (1100 hours GMT) to apply Update 47 to the game. The game will return to service after approximately 2 hours. Please keep in mind that Update 47 contains a rebundle...

News and Announcements · 10/06/2006 01:11:10

Some Forum Adjustments

We performed a little cleanup on the forums today we thought you should be aware of. First, the Archived Forums section was added for preserving old information that is no longer relevant. The old Archive Construct--threads we want to keep...

News and Announcements · 10/04/2006 16:59:48