Any reparations?

[MasonWorker]

Hard to say what it should be just yet as we do not know how long it will be down and not less when they bring it some players do not play on the weekend and will lose out on Advs they have started or mines that they normal have sleeping so there is alot that can be lost unless they sleep everyone island until they get back online when they do get it fixed but even then you lose out on the 36 hour buff that you may have paid for or traded for, but it would be a better place to start then losing months of work in the game. Just my 2 cents

[Falconwolf]

There's something you need to realize. Just because someone has a different opinion/viewpoint does not make their opinion/viewpoint wrong.

Your words, not mine. So because i have a different opinion/viewpoint, does not make my opinion/viewpoint wrong. However, that's pretty much what you've said for the last 7 pages and you've mostly been alone in saying them. The last 7 pages have pretty much been you and Jon going back and forth with your opinions and viewpoints and honestly, Jon saying 'I understand why you're upset but it's just a game" and you saying "AHJHHHHH! SCREW YOU! IT'S NOT A GAME! IT'S REAL LIFE! AHHHHH YOU'RE SO WRONG! I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU!"

You probably don't see it that way, but seriously....that's the truth of it. I'd go quote more of your posts but i'm really not that invested in this argument between you and Jon. I don't think Jon is either. IF anyone's "trying to win" ... it's you. And i suspect you will win because Jon will get tired of responding to you, which you will take as having made your point finally.

Well I've posted links to what I have said, so why do you insist on continuing on with ascribing to me actions and thoughts which are not mine?

I have never been upset over the server problems (and if i were well that's really no concern of yours and nothing to do with you), as you can plainly see from my posts over the last week. What I have been saying is for you to please stop bullying people because they have a different "value system"...here..

http://forum.thesettlersonline.net/t...l=1#post186998

So now that you see that you are wrongly ascribing thoughts and actions to me (and likely many many others) can we now move on with the topic in question!

[Dreadmime]

I thought we were still on the topic in question which is whether or not we will get something for the downtime and if so, how much. BB has already said there will be some sort of compensation for this. So in that respect the thread may as well be closed. Yes, there are reparations coming. How much is a different argument, and the question becomes "how much is enough for everybody?" I'd be happy with 100 gems. I'd be happy with 1,000. I'd be delighted with 10,000. But really, i'd just be happy with 100 free gems. When the server gets rolled back yes you lose all that "hard work" you put in between then and yesterday. But guess what? Everyone's stuff goes back to. Bought 100 parrots yesterday and now they're gone? All your gold is back, buy them again! And the person you bought them from got all his gems back so he can sell them again! The list goes on where it's not that big of a deal. Lost an upgrade in progress from granite you earned? guess what! those people you bought the granite from have it again! and the adventures you ran are back in your star menu! just run them again with the troops that magically re-appeared in your army.

Does it suck to go backwards? Sure it does. nobody's arguing that point. Does it demand some sort of reparation? No, it doesn't. This is a free game. You choose to play. You choose to put your time and effort into it, and when things go wrong, as they eventually and inevitably do, you suck it up, act like a man (or woman) and soldier on.

Let's say you're hard at work at your job, stocking shelves at Wal*Mart when the power goes out. They have no idea when the power's coming back on, so they temporarily close the store and send you home. Do you demand pay for that day beyond what you worked? I mean, clearly it's not YOUR fault the power went out. You should get paid for the full 8 hour shift you were going to work! Right? It doesn't work that way. I know you'd like to think it does, but it doesn't. In the real world, where the rest of us play, you deal with these sorts of problems the only way that is rational and reasonable. You accept things the way they are and wait for the power to come back on.

[Lawlcano]

Actually, your example would be more accurate if, say, you were stocking the frozen section, power went out, and, because they had to remove all of the food from the frozen section that you had stocked, decided not to pay you. (in the case of no reparations)
Or, decided to pay you for your time on the clock and the inconvenience is shared. (in the case of reparations)

[Dreadmime]

except they've already said they're going to pay us. they just havent said how many hours they're going to pay, the full day or just until the power went out. :P

I suppose that's the crux of my argument anyway. BB's already said they're going to compensate the players. They're just very vague about what that really means.

[areilia83]

I thought we were still on the topic in question which is whether or not we will get something for the downtime and if so, how much. BB has already said there will be some sort of compensation for this. So in that respect the thread may as well be closed. Yes, there are reparations coming. How much is a different argument, and the question becomes "how much is enough for everybody?" I'd be happy with 100 gems. I'd be happy with 1,000. I'd be delighted with 10,000. But really, i'd just be happy with 100 free gems. When the server gets rolled back yes you lose all that "hard work" you put in between then and yesterday. But guess what? Everyone's stuff goes back to. Bought 100 parrots yesterday and now they're gone? All your gold is back, buy them again! And the person you bought them from got all his gems back so he can sell them again! The list goes on where it's not that big of a deal. Lost an upgrade in progress from granite you earned? guess what! those people you bought the granite from have it again! and the adventures you ran are back in your star menu! just run them again with the troops that magically re-appeared in your army.

Does it suck to go backwards? Sure it does. nobody's arguing that point. Does it demand some sort of reparation? No, it doesn't. This is a free game. You choose to play. You choose to put your time and effort into it, and when things go wrong, as they eventually and inevitably do, you suck it up, act like a man (or woman) and soldier on.

Let's say you're hard at work at your job, stocking shelves at Wal*Mart when the power goes out. They have no idea when the power's coming back on, so they temporarily close the store and send you home. Do you demand pay for that day beyond what you worked? I mean, clearly it's not YOUR fault the power went out. You should get paid for the full 8 hour shift you were going to work! Right? It doesn't work that way. I know you'd like to think it does, but it doesn't. In the real world, where the rest of us play, you deal with these sorts of problems the only way that is rational and reasonable. You accept things the way they are and wait for the power to come back on.

now this is the kind of post i was hoping someone would put up. Thank you for showing us all that you truly are a respectable person and not passing judgement on where no judgement is due....(as in some of your previous postings) I like this side of you much more than that side of you

[Tinori]

the walmart example is different from this current situation. Its a free game but people do spend money on this game.

When you spend money on a game you expect to be able to play it. It might be ok if the downtime is like few hours but this lasted nearly 1 week for some people. Now for those who manage to login and continue playing, their efforts and time will be wasted. There is no guarantee they will be able to duplicate what they've done after the rollback. 100 gems is not enough.

[JonMnemonic]

I just want to say for the record that I am not a nice guy, but owe thanks to Dreadmine for being good cop to my bad.

What I fear, deep down inside (cue the piano music) ... is that I really am a... what was it? Um... self-righteous cretin. Yes. That's it. *tear*

That said, and more importantly, ON TOPIC, I want me some reparations - and soon. POWER TO THE PEOPLE!

I'll take Foodstamps and an Obama phone if I can't get gems. Just sayin'

[Preaetorian]

And again I can't get on . Not complaining yet . Hmm .

[Preaetorian]

Oh wow . I just started within the week . I probably wont even have an account . I will also tell you now that if I have to start over , I'm not . I wont play the game again . I guess I figured out something to complain about .