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Game Forum / Role Playing Games / Diablo 2 / October 2003ISP vs HC
Well, my ISP decided to work on their local network. They didn't bother letting me know before, I found out the hard way after I lost both of my clvl 30 HC ladder characters within an hour. At that point (slightly enraged, I admit :P), I called and, er, bitched. They told me they'll be done by Monday, though won't work on the weekend ("It should work, but we aren't sure"). Welp, that means I'll be playing SC for a few days. David, when do you normally play? :) (I sound calmer than I am. I don't mind losing characters so much, but I do mind that this was unnecessary because they should have let their customers know -- it didn't matter for viewing web pages if the net goes out for a few seconds, but if you are up your ears in the middle of enslaved and death maulers, then standing there half a minute and dropping is slightly uncool.) M. > (I sound calmer than I am. I don't mind losing characters so much, but > I do mind that this was unnecessary because they should have let their [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > M. Ouch. Let me know when you're ready to take on HC again, and if we can arrange a time, start ladder HC characters at the same time, since I haven't been back on my east account yet.  Signaturechainbreaker If you need to email, then chainbreaker (naturally) at comcast dot net--that's "net" not "com"--should do it. >Let me know when you're ready to take on HC again, and if we can >arrange a time, start ladder HC characters at the same time, since I haven't >been back on my east account yet. Will do. :) Probably Monday or Tuesday. Kind of careful now and will wait until after business hours on Monday to see how stable things are. I'm glad I muled the two SOL runes I had found off the characters -- kinda pissy about losing the nekozan amulet and the sander boots, but... ah, well, that's HC! :) I usually play in late EST evenings, by the way -- 10+pm or so. M. > I usually play in late EST evenings, by the way -- 10+pm or so. > > M. I can manage an hour or so at that time--even more on the weekend, but I'll look for you Monday/Tuesday PM unless I hear differently. Signaturechainbreaker If you need to email, then chainbreaker (naturally) at comcast dot net--that's "net" not "com"--should do it. >> I usually play in late EST evenings, by the way -- 10+pm or so. >> >> M. > >I can manage an hour or so at that time--even more on the weekend, but I'll >look for you Monday/Tuesday PM unless I hear differently. What are your accounts fellas? ;-) -- USEast/West *Nostromo21 (HC only) To mail me please replace 'spamfree' with 'htnirybal'- backwards > What are your accounts fellas? ;-) Well, look who the patch drug in! Good to hear from you again. :-) Signaturechainbreaker If you need to email, then chainbreaker (naturally) at comcast dot net--that's "net" not "com"--should do it. >> What are your accounts fellas? ;-) > >Well, look who the patch drug in! Good to hear from you again. :-) Close encounters, ey? ;-) -- USEast/West *Nostromo21 (HC only) To mail me please replace 'spamfree' with 'htnirybal'- backwards "Michael Vondung" <mvondung@gmx.net> wrote in message >Welp, that means I'll be playing SC > for a few days. David, when do you normally play? :) In a weird interesting twist, I accidentally started my first character on USWest SC. Now I'm not sure if I should keep on playing on West until I switch to hardcore (and then go back to East) or if I should switch now. I'm willing to switch now :) I'll probably be playing around noon-2pm EST, which is evening Europe so would that be good? David > Well, my ISP decided to work on their local network. They didn't > bother letting me know before, I found out the hard way after I lost [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > M. Speaking from an ISP's point of view, it causes more headaches for them if they let everyone know than if they don't. If they send out an email to all the users affected, then that generates far more calls in to the ISP than if no one knows about it. Then the only people that call in are the ones that get kicked off, or can't connect. They send an email, and just about everyone calls, sometimes days/weeks later, to inquire what the email was about, even though they didn't notice any interruption in service. Most ISP's would rather let the customer service people deal with the pissed off customers, than the increased number of general inquiry calls. short - at least that is how it works over here :o) |
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