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Regina Buenaobra · Jan 19, 2009, 05:54 PM // 17:54

This notification was posted on the login screen and the Network News page last week, but just to remind you, tomorrow we will be completing security maintenance on January 20.

Excerpt from the Network News page:

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Game Server Maintenance - Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Guild Wars will be down for scheduled security maintenance on Tuesday 01/20/2009 from 12:00 am PST (8:00 am GMT) to 4:00 am PST (12:00 pm GMT). During the maintenance period, the game servers will be taken offline and players will be unable to login to the game and play.

Issac · Jan 19, 2009, 06:07 PM // 18:07

Got off tomorrow as well, ganna have to find something else to do lol. Hope the maintenance goes well though.

jiggles · Jan 19, 2009, 06:22 PM // 18:22

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(8:00 am GMT) to 4:00 am PST (12:00 am GMT)

So, from 8 oclock in the morning (GMT) to midnight(GMT), guild wars is going to be down, or just from 8 in the morning till midday (12PM).

Just checking if its a typo or not

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snaek · Jan 19, 2009, 06:25 PM // 18:25

hmmmm...dun remember the last time gw ever got downtime for server maintenance
actually i dun remember gettin maintenance at all ever 0__o

but if they usually happen around this time...its prolly cuz thats when im asleep lol

Lorinda · Jan 19, 2009, 06:30 PM // 18:30

ZoMg a Community person of Anet online 0.o

Please poke me, i most be sleeping.

*on topic*
I work at those hours any ways.

Dre · Jan 19, 2009, 06:37 PM // 18:37

the mods might want to add this to the news.
If not, I pretty sure we'll be flooded by "OMG, I can't login anymore"-messages tomorrow

Cobalt · Jan 19, 2009, 06:48 PM // 18:48

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Originally Posted by Dre

the mods might want to add this to the news.
If not, I pretty sure we'll be flooded by "OMG, I can't login anymore"-messages tomorrow

Or not and have some fun and post a fictitious article about massive account bans by Anet for hacking, buying/selling gold etc.. on the 20th instead.

[Morkai] · Jan 19, 2009, 06:56 PM // 18:56

Tbh i hope it improves the latency issues. But we'll see.

pumpkin pie · Jan 19, 2009, 07:05 PM // 19:05

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo !!!!!! lol, oh well...

actually am wandering whats the different of a security maintenance vs a normal one?

and thanks for the reminder Ms Regina.

Fril Estelin · Jan 19, 2009, 07:34 PM // 19:34

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Originally Posted by jiggles

So, from 8 oclock in the morning (GMT) to midnight(GMT), guild wars is going to be down, or just from 8 in the morning till midday (12PM).

Just checking if its a typo or not

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I think there was a typo in the PST time, because GMT times seem allright:

12:00 am PST (8:00 am GMT) to 4:00 pm PST (12:00 am GMT)

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Originally Posted by pumpkin pie

actually am wandering whats the different of a security maintenance vs a normal one?

Security maintenance means applying security patches, or upgrading an application, or a whole Operating System, while "normal" maintenance generally implies less critical modifications (some don't require shutting down the computers).

Honestly, very impressive maintenance perfs, I wish you smooth operations.

FengShuiDove · Jan 19, 2009, 07:46 PM // 19:46

Thanks for the reminder, Regina. I work until 5:00 CST, servers should go back up around 6:00. Gah I guess I'll... go work out?

kupp · Jan 19, 2009, 07:54 PM // 19:54

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Originally Posted by jiggles

So, from 8 oclock in the morning (GMT) to midnight(GMT), guild wars is going to be down, or just from 8 in the morning till midday (12PM).

Just checking if its a typo or not

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That puzzled me as well. Is it a 4 hours or 16 hours downtime?

Puebert · Jan 19, 2009, 08:03 PM // 20:03

12:00am-4:00am, how is there any confusion?

kupp · Jan 19, 2009, 08:17 PM // 20:17

What? The note says 8am to 12am GMT, and since 12am is midnight, do the math.

cybevenom · Jan 19, 2009, 09:27 PM // 21:27

perhaps they are gonna implement some stuff related to GW2. here's hoping

Icy The Mage · Jan 19, 2009, 10:15 PM // 22:15

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Originally Posted by cybevenom

perhaps they are gonna implement some stuff related to GW2. here's hoping

They already said they'd only be applying major game content updates every 4 months (April is next).

Puebert · Jan 19, 2009, 11:02 PM // 23:02

Every 4 months?

I just thought this was a random big one.

Can you post a link to that please Icy?

Edit, found it.

Katamari · Jan 19, 2009, 11:05 PM // 23:05

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Originally Posted by kupp

That puzzled me as well. Is it a 4 hours or 16 hours downtime?

Miss Buenaobra misquoted the times in the opening post. Clicking on the Network News Page reveals that the correct times are as follows:

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Game Server Maintenance - Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Guild Wars will be down for scheduled security maintenance on Tuesday 01/20/2009 from 12:00 am PST (8:00 am GMT) to 4:00 am PST (12:00 pm GMT). During the maintenance period, the game servers will be taken offline and players will be unable to login to the game and play.

So it will be an estimated four hour downtime during twilight hours that shouldn't really inconvenience many people on PST.

And here is the Link concerning the proposed triannual content updates

StormDragonZ · Jan 19, 2009, 11:11 PM // 23:11

The time needs to be fixed. Midnight (12:00am PST) to 4:00am PST is four hours.

In this case, it should also read 8:00am GMT to 12:00pm GMT, not 12:00am. 12am = midnight and 12pm = noon.

Concise: It's for four hours. Don't worry.

Fril Estelin · Jan 19, 2009, 11:15 PM // 23:15

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Originally Posted by Katamari

So it will be an estimated four hour downtime during twilight hours that shouldn't really inconvenience many people on PST.

It's the whole Tuesday for most of Europe (8 in the morning till midnight). The network page has some more:

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Since Guild Wars is a truly global game, we need to perform maintenance on all of our global data centers simultaneously. There's never an ideal time for worldwide maintenance but we've carefully scheduled this maintenance period to minimize the number of players who are impacted.

We apologize for the inconvenience, and hope that you'll find something fun to do during the patch; the game will be back up as quickly as we can get everything ready.