RPS Wurm Online Village

[Comrade Commissar]

The version 1.0 launch has been delayed by two hours because they are getting so much traffic and the updating of the servers is taking longer than they thought.

You might get the chance to do the tutorial in a few hours at this rate. :P

[Avaa]

And it has been delayed again, servers are now going live at 16:00 GMT

[Harlander]

Ohh, it's going to be laggy as Hades itself when we try to join, isn't it?

[Head]

i am a tad of free play vet, i'l join in, hopefully got my daugters lucia today so we will see when i show up.

[Comrade Commissar]

Another delay, gentlemen.

Scheduled time for launch is 18 GMT now.
At this rate we will literally be some of the first people on the server.

[sinister agent]

I like to imagine a lone pig trotting about on a coastline somewhere, enjoying the sunlight and the peace, and merrily rooting for something tasty to snack on. And then POW, 500 psychotic humans desperate to grind up a skill, any skill, materialise all at once about ten feet away. As one, they turn to watch the pig.

[X_kot]

While it is an unfortunate sign that their server hamsters aren't ready for the impending deluge of traffic, the delay gives me a chance to actually meet up with everyone!

[Bodge]

I am rather interested in giving this another go. Had a lot of fun with it a couple of years back. Not around tonight but am off tomorrow so will see about joining up with you then.

[Joseph]

So, are we meeting at 7PM GMT? Or perhaps we should delay until we know the servers are up to scratch?

[Head]

most likely a good idea to delay.

i bet if even we getin around the launch it will be so laggy :D

[Comrade Commissar]

Servers are launching now, will report at what state they are in maybe 15 minutes.

Let's still meet up at 19:30 UK time. I suspect most of the initial crazy traffic will have died down in about 2 hours.
It's not like Wurm attracts the ammounts of players as something like Diablo 3.

Edit:

Servers should be launching now...

Edit 2:

Okay, scratch that. They are delaying it for one more hour...

Edit 3:

"Our team has decided that it’s better to skip giving out ETA’s since everyone just gets upset when we miss them. Wurm will be released when the current issues are resolved. We will give some notice at that time. Please wish us luck!"

Looks like it won't be ready for 19:30 UK...
We can either get together at 19:30 and wait for it together, or postpone until tomorrow.
But I will play today either way, as I have no class tomorrow.

[Joseph]

Same as you I'm good to play whenever, I suggest that if any of us do get on any time soon then stay near the starting area until we have a definite time to meet up

[Fontan]

I'll be around today as well, probably get in as soon as the servers open up, if I manage to.

[Head]

this is pretty silly really.

[sinister agent]

Victims of their own success, looks like. I guess that's what happens when you (a) get a timely mention on a site like RPS, and (b) were in beta for six years and suddenly put out the call to everyone who ever played in that time to rejoin.

[Fontan]

Servers are up.

[Comrade Commissar]

Servers are up.

Edit:
Ah crap, ninja'd.

[Fontan]

Sorry about that. =)

Haven't succeed in getting in yet, though.

[Comrade Commissar]

Head and me have been online briefly, but after 10 minutes they quickly took them back down again to implement download mirrors for the update and to hotfix some important issue. They said no longer than 30 minutes.

[sinister agent]

Oh. Oops. I thought they were already up and everything was going ahead. I guess I'll stop trying to open the client then, help them get a handle on things, like. I feel a bit sad for them, what a terrible shame to have their launch day go wrong precisely because (I'm guessing) it was so popular.