Home Gaming PSA: We have some planned downtime later today

PSA: We have some planned downtime later today

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If you’re a regular reader you would have noticed that the website has been less stable than Darryn in a comic book store this week and to be honest it totally is your fault this time.

It appears that we’ve grown and our trusty old server has decided it’s had enough and will now only work 60% of the time and so we have to upgrade to a brand new server.

So I contacted our hosting partners at Hetzner and asked them to install a sexy new powerful server over the weekend so as to cause the least amount of disruption possible to you our awesome readers.

Hetzner being German responded promptly with, NEIN… Apparently German efficiency is only applicable to office hours, Monday to Friday…

I kid you not.. So seeing that we have little choice and we really really need a new server we are going to be shutting up shop today at 3pm (if they remember) and will be back by around 6. And that will hopefully be the end of our instability issues.

Last Updated: May 24, 2013

109 Comments

  1. matthurstrsa

    May 24, 2013 at 07:48

    That’s ok, I’m planning some down time then too 🙂

    Reply

    • NiteFenix

      May 24, 2013 at 07:53

      With beer!

      Reply

      • matthurstrsa

        May 24, 2013 at 07:54

        Lots of beer!

        Reply

        • That Tall Twit

          May 24, 2013 at 07:57

          And bacon?

          Reply

          • matthurstrsa

            May 24, 2013 at 08:01

            My weekends always involve at least 3 B’s: bacon, beer and biltong.

          • That Tall Twit

            May 24, 2013 at 08:03

            I approve this comment. @matthurstrsa:disqus

          • matthurstrsa

            May 24, 2013 at 08:05

            I just wish gaming started with a B. I guess you can say my weekend’s, I cover the ABC’s: Alcohol, Bacon, Co op 🙂

          • Slade Boender

            May 24, 2013 at 09:30

            win!

          • matthurstrsa

            May 24, 2013 at 08:05

            I just wish gaming started with a B. I guess you can say my weekend’s, I cover the ABC’s: Alcohol, Bacon, Co op 🙂

          • mancera

            May 24, 2013 at 08:04

            What about the 4th B? Boobies!

          • matthurstrsa

            May 24, 2013 at 08:07

            Thank you kind sir, a very important addition. Any more B’s people? Boerewors? Braai?

          • Admiral Chief Commander

            May 24, 2013 at 08:09

            Sitting on your BACKSEAT and playing some games

          • matthurstrsa

            May 24, 2013 at 08:15

            Ok, my ode to B’s: Braaing me some Boerewors for my weekend fun, Cook it till juicy and stick it on a Bun, Add some Bacon and some Biltong too, wash it all down with a decent Brew. Beer and Boobies for a smashing good time, and that is the end of my B weekend rhyme.

            Word.

          • mancera

            May 24, 2013 at 08:29

            *applauds* epic!

          • Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew

            May 24, 2013 at 08:30

            Rebeca Black reference?
            Nah ah. Nie cool nie bru XD

          • Admiral Chief Commander

            May 24, 2013 at 08:32

            What is Rebeca Black?

            Does not compute, not reference to internal database, not now, not ever

          • Brady miaau

            May 24, 2013 at 09:09

            Boring housework. Bool maintenance. Brass mowing. brothers in arms round for soccer (Champs league Saturday night)

            Beauty (In case wife reads this)

          • matthurstrsa

            May 24, 2013 at 09:16

            All german Champs league final should be interesting!

          • Scruff304

            May 24, 2013 at 09:44

            I’m looking forward to that. Hope I get to watch the whole game…
            Who you supporting on the night?

          • matthurstrsa

            May 24, 2013 at 09:47

            I’m gloriously neutral on this one. I know its a bit of a fence sitting position, but sometimes I just like to take in the occasion and enjoy the football. Secretly supporting Bayern though but I don’t mind who wins.

          • Scruff304

            May 24, 2013 at 09:53

            I like you. Here, have a beer on me.

            Also secretly hope for Bayern to win because of how well they have played this season. And they really deserved to win it last year. But what I really want to see is a fast flowing game, where the tension keeps building and building. Like those old game between United and Arsenal…

          • matthurstrsa

            May 24, 2013 at 09:57

            I agree. As long as its nice and close! I don’t want a 3-0 or 4-0, I want a 3-2 or a 4-3.

            PROST!

          • Rince an repeat

            May 24, 2013 at 09:25

            Borderlands Man! B for Borderlands!

          • matthurstrsa

            May 24, 2013 at 09:34

            Of course! DUH! I actually started playing Borderlands 2 co op again over the weekend. Still the most fun you can have with a couple of other guys. If you’re on PC, you should join us (although our characters are only about lvl 13)

          • That Tall Twit

            May 24, 2013 at 08:07

            O_O YES!!!!

          • mancera

            May 24, 2013 at 08:04

            What about the 4th B? Boobies!

          • Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew

            May 24, 2013 at 08:06

            Have an upvote!

          • Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew

            May 24, 2013 at 08:06

            Have an upvote!

          • Weanerdog

            May 24, 2013 at 21:25

            What about blondes and boobs?

  2. LordCaptainAwesomeness

    May 24, 2013 at 07:50

    Morbo agrees…

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  3. That Tall Twit

    May 24, 2013 at 07:57

    Thought for a second that the downtime was going to start at NEIN this morning…

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    • mancera

      May 24, 2013 at 08:03

      NEIN! NEIN! NEIN! That could not be!

      Reply

    • mancera

      May 24, 2013 at 08:03

      NEIN! NEIN! NEIN! That could not be!

      Reply

  4. Lord Chaos

    May 24, 2013 at 08:01

    Good to hear the slow loading times will be a thing of the past.

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  5. Lord Chaos

    May 24, 2013 at 08:01

    Good to hear the slow loading times will be a thing of the past.

    Reply

  6. Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew

    May 24, 2013 at 08:06

    Thanks for the heads up! Much appreciated.

    Reply

  7. Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew

    May 24, 2013 at 08:06

    Thanks for the heads up! Much appreciated.

    Reply

  8. RedJoker

    May 24, 2013 at 08:07

    As long as the ION girl will be moved to an earlier time slot. We approve. 🙂

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    • Admiral Chief Commander

      May 24, 2013 at 08:20

      UNLESS the ION is Darryn or Geoff or Gavin, then they can post it at 15h01

      Reply

      • mancera

        May 24, 2013 at 08:37

        They can do one of Zoe…

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        • Admiral Chief Commander

          May 24, 2013 at 08:38

          My name is Admiral Chief, and I approve of this comment

          Reply

          • Brady miaau

            May 24, 2013 at 09:05

            ouch, that was a part I just could have done without. And then to hear it over and over, as you wonder in and our of stores. Ouch.

            On my third playthrough I did not do that, ever!

        • Gavin Mannion

          May 24, 2013 at 08:40

          Zoe is currently on a plane back to her homeland…. so no Zoe today

          Reply

          • Admiral Chief Commander

            May 24, 2013 at 08:41

            What homeland is that?

          • Trevor Davies

            May 24, 2013 at 09:06

            Barefootinthekitchenstan?

          • Scruff304

            May 24, 2013 at 09:46

          • DarthofZA

            May 24, 2013 at 10:02

            Comment of the week. Hands down.

          • HvR

            May 24, 2013 at 10:11

            is this the Barefootinthekitchenstan flag:

          • mancera

            May 24, 2013 at 08:46

            That’s a sad thing to hear. Seems like she’s avoiding being the ION…

  9. Admiral Chief Commander

    May 24, 2013 at 08:09

    Yay to the upgrade, but NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO to the downtime!!!!

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  10. That Tall Twit

    May 24, 2013 at 08:23

    This is for the people that need something to do while the server is down.

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    • Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew

      May 24, 2013 at 08:31

      Lol. Well done

      Reply

    • Admiral Chief Commander

      May 24, 2013 at 08:39

      Dunno about you, but I will be applying beer to my face instead of doing your recommendation

      Reply

    • mancera

      May 24, 2013 at 10:03

      This is funny, of all the things to create a 10 minute video about…

      Reply

  11. mancera

    May 24, 2013 at 08:38

    Gavin, are you trying to tell us that you’re blaming your awesome readers for the server taking strain and not Darryn?

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    • Gavin Mannion

      May 24, 2013 at 08:41

      We cannot blame Darryn for everything.. especially when it’s a good thing we are talking about 🙂

      Though to be fair to Darryn, he’s killed it this week.. wait for the weekly wrap up

      Reply

      • mancera

        May 24, 2013 at 08:45

        I guess you have a point. Waiting to see the wrap up 🙂

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        • Admiral Chief Commander

          May 24, 2013 at 08:49

          Are you wrapping up Darryn??

          O_O

          now THAT would be a funny pictawr

          Reply

          • mancera

            May 24, 2013 at 09:29

            That would be funny as hell… they could catch him unawares and tape him to a chair and then wrap him up

      • CaptainNemo42

        May 24, 2013 at 08:46

        It wasn’t exactly fair if you think about it. The rest of you didn’t have much of a chance.

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      • HvR

        May 24, 2013 at 08:58

        I dunno you put Darryn on ION header and then the servers go Hiroshima. Coincidence?

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        • Admiral Chief Commander

          May 24, 2013 at 09:02

          O_O

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          • Rince an repeat

            May 24, 2013 at 09:44

            my thought too 0-o

  12. Admiral Chief Commander

    May 24, 2013 at 08:43

    Well, luckily the performance is better-er today. The trolls must have gone back under the bridge to play with the fanboys

    :p

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    • HvR

      May 24, 2013 at 09:06

      Come sit on uncle’s lap and tell me why you like the Xbox One.

      Reply

      • Brady miaau

        May 24, 2013 at 09:12

        🙂

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  13. Admiral Chief Commander

    May 24, 2013 at 08:55

    Something else to pass the time:

    Reply

  14. Brady miaau

    May 24, 2013 at 09:04

    Awesome!

    Well done, Gavin, to you and your team.

    i feel privileged to be watching something grow here.

    Right, enough mush.

    Reply

  15. Scruff304

    May 24, 2013 at 09:07

    Those damn germans! I feel your pain @0db5031c6b564eaa18a74cd45d7601f5:disqus . I work for a German based company, and if we even think of suggesting doing a cut over or something of the sorts over a weekend, all hell will break loose!

    Reply

    • HvR

      May 24, 2013 at 09:19

  16. HvR

    May 24, 2013 at 09:07

    Ok everybody just…

    Reply

  17. Rince an repeat

    May 24, 2013 at 09:10

    What will I DOOOO in this time!? Oh, work I suppose… Well done people!

    Reply

    • mancera

      May 24, 2013 at 09:19

      Production will probably decrease in because of the downtime…

      Reply

      • Rince an repeat

        May 24, 2013 at 09:24

        You know it! I’ll probably have to go for a walk, to hide the withdraw shakes…

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        • Admiral Chief Commander

          May 24, 2013 at 09:26

          shake shake shake your ass.

          NEW PLAN, we all knock off early and go to the pub

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          • Rince an repeat

            May 24, 2013 at 09:27

            that I can live with man

          • mancera

            May 24, 2013 at 10:04

            Pub? Which one? Oh wait, you guys are probably in the Cape and that’s a long way to travel for a beer…

  18. FoxOneZA - X-Therminator

    May 24, 2013 at 09:30

    Noooooooooo………… Never in the history of LG did we have planned downtime! Nooooooo! Noooooo! First M$ messes up with the XO reveal, then the used games debacle and now this! THIS!!!

    Reply

  19. fred

    May 24, 2013 at 09:34

    What , so the poor IT folk are expected to work on weekends while the rest of humanity chills out !!!

    Reply

    • Gavin Mannion

      May 24, 2013 at 09:37

      yes.. and get paid time and a half for it

      Reply

      • Admiral Chief Commander

        May 24, 2013 at 09:45

        What is this time and a half you speak of?????????

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        • mancera

          May 24, 2013 at 10:05

          I have heard of this, it’s something called Over Time, or OT. It’s not seen very often as it’s quite rare.

          Reply

          • Admiral Chief Commander

            May 24, 2013 at 10:11

            *marvels at this wonder*

          • Brady miaau

            May 24, 2013 at 12:17

            I think it lives somewhere near Year End Bonus’s, over the rainbow somewhere

        • Brady miaau

          May 24, 2013 at 12:07

          it is what we pay the staff that earn less than X, by law.

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          • Admiral Chief Commander

            May 24, 2013 at 12:12

            curses, foiled by earning more than X it seems

          • Brady miaau

            May 24, 2013 at 12:15

            more than likely. I cannot remember: I think R115000 a year or something.

            But as an IT person you are expected to do some of your work after hours, sever upgrades, that sort of thing.

            When I was 20 and 21 I got R60 Mon to Fri, R120 Saturday,R180 Sunday standby pay for IT systems that may or may not fail. No drinking, of course!

            that was awesome, nice bump on pay every month. Most firms expect this but do not pay for it

          • Admiral Chief Commander

            May 24, 2013 at 12:22

            Doh, curses again.

            I do get time off for after hours work, BUT, if its time and a half for time. Then I am due some TIME dammit!!!!

    • HvR

      May 24, 2013 at 09:43

      Well its not like they are working rest of the time..

      Reply

      • fred

        May 24, 2013 at 09:52

        Monitoring the internet line is still working though.

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  20. Skyblue

    May 24, 2013 at 09:51

    Just make sure I don’t miss the friday ION girl…

    Reply

  21. Skyblue

    May 24, 2013 at 09:51

    Just make sure I don’t miss the friday ION girl…

    Reply

  22. Rock789

    May 24, 2013 at 11:19

    Our lazygamer is all grown up. 🙂

    Reply

  23. Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

    May 24, 2013 at 14:51

    The fiends… what will I read this weekend? THE NEWS? Dear heavens no.. KOTAKU? I’d rather defenestrate myself…

    Reply

  24. ElimiNathan

    May 26, 2013 at 15:23

    Awesome, I wont lie it was starting to get annoying 🙂

    Reply

    • Gavin Mannion

      May 26, 2013 at 18:38

      Imagine how I felt, we are here to entertain and it’s driving us all insane…

      So far the new server seems happy but we’ll only know for sure this week

      Reply

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