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Results of Excessive maintenance times
I have now gotten to play 1 hour total over 2 days, and won't be able to play again until tomorrow, having wasted my entire day on this maintenance time for the game. As a result, I have four awkwardly done chapters in the last book written today, which I will have to go back into later, when I'm in my right mind, and smooth out the tonal problems and minor plot hiccoughs due to intense frustration. As a result, however, of the enforced idleness (due to having nothing worth doing since the game is down), I am now having to seriously contemplate the death of one of my longest-running characters in my series of stories, a character I started with at the end of the Forebearer War, and who has shown up in probably 2 dozen or more actual books. I do not know that proper rest and relaxation, the latter of which will not be tonight, as I will still be too keyed up by not being able to play at all today (the game will come up after I go to bed, apparently), will change my mind regarding the death of Maran Calasti, but hopefully it does. Otherwise, as things stand, it makes far too much sense for him to sacrifice himself to try to undo the harm done by his son Deskal's mistakes. So, Zenimax, because of your inability to handle your servers in a reasonable amount of time, you are now guilty of forcing the death of a character in a story world much different from TES. Think on that, and know the wrath of a writer denied any other outlet for their destructive energies.
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timidobserver✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭Sounds like a bargain bin c- ya fantasy novel.V16 Uriel Stormblessed EP Magicka Templar(main)
V16 Derelict Vagabond EP Stamina DK
V16 Redacted Ep Stam Sorc
V16 Insolent EP Magicka Sorc(retired)
V16 Jed I Nyte EP Stamina NB(retired)0 -
goatlyonesub17_ESO✭✭✭✭Well my character, Brenda Lynn Jones, will go from middle school to being Empress of the Solar System Empire in two or three books, then I'll turn the viewpoint over to her best buddy Ruby Pierce, who will be the usual protagonist from there to "until the last star in the universe ceases to shine.""Argonians have fat, scaly tails." —Rissa Manyclaws.
"Once upon a time there were three sisters: Delicious, Delightful, and Disgusting. Now, Delicious and Delightful were both very pretty girls..." —Brendalyn Jurarde.
"I smell to the nobility." —Indrasa Avani.
"A bargain with an animal is not a contract made." —Haderus Atrimus.
"Redguard makeup for sale. Free samples. Secret ingredients. Unique application method. Lots of satisfied customers." —The Mudball Goblin (aka, Cognac Vinecroft)
"Your armor looks like underwear." —Shuns-the-Knife.2 -
Robo_Hobo✭✭✭✭✭
✭I know the feeling. Writing when you don't 100% want to write but can't think of anything else tends to end badly usually. At least for me.
Contrarily, I came up with a cool idea for a story I'm writing, was having a hard time thinking of how something should go, but now I know. If there wasn't any maintenance, I might have been too distracted in-game to think on it, and might not have come up with the same conclusion that I would have later on. Or perhaps I would. The world may never know.
But that's several chapters ahead of my current one anyway, so things could change.0 -
Asherons_Call✭✭✭✭✭
✭Considering the fact that I have never seen a 2 day period with as much downtime, I'd say this is a non issue. If this was something we saw every month sure I'd start to take issue at that point. Give me a break guys.. If you want something done right it takes time.0 -
tengri✭✭✭✭✭Asherons_Call wrote: »If you want something done right it takes time.
Now that's cute!
True, long and/or unexpected downtimes were never an issue with ESO so far.
But on the other hand... ESO doesn't exactly sport the best track records for "something done right" either...
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MuddledMuppet✭✭✭✭silvermistktralasub17_ESO wrote: »I have now gotten to play 1 hour total over 2 days, and won't be able to play again until tomorrow, having wasted my entire day on this maintenance time for the game. As a result, I have four awkwardly done chapters in the last book written today, which I will have to go back into later, when I'm in my right mind, and smooth out the tonal problems and minor plot hiccoughs due to intense frustration. As a result, however, of the enforced idleness (due to having nothing worth doing since the game is down), I am now having to seriously contemplate the death of one of my longest-running characters in my series of stories, a character I started with at the end of the Forebearer War, and who has shown up in probably 2 dozen or more actual books. I do not know that proper rest and relaxation, the latter of which will not be tonight, as I will still be too keyed up by not being able to play at all today (the game will come up after I go to bed, apparently), will change my mind regarding the death of Maran Calasti, but hopefully it does. Otherwise, as things stand, it makes far too much sense for him to sacrifice himself to try to undo the harm done by his son Deskal's mistakes. So, Zenimax, because of your inability to handle your servers in a reasonable amount of time, you are now guilty of forcing the death of a character in a story world much different from TES. Think on that, and know the wrath of a writer denied any other outlet for their destructive energies.
Does your actual writing contain paragraphs?
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Actually, yes it does. It's only when I'm going completely stream-of-thought that I end up with messes like I wrote there. I actually am reasonably decent, and if you're interested, I have a bunch of free short story pieces at my website: faedhretreat.com. It's definitely not TES, but it is fantasy, though I've got a lot that I still need to edit and make available on Amazon for the additional books. I've got more than 2 dozen that need final edits still. I do however, often name and base my TESO characters after ones I've already written about, well, as near as I can manage them.
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phtony06b14_ESO✭✭✭wackattacka wrote: »Imagine what would happen if George R. R. Martin played ESO...
He would actually finish his novels b/c maintenance was so long?
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