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Ondore · (11-13-2011, 02:40 AM)

Mock if old.
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news...w-Up-Kills-MMO

Quote:

Japanese MMO M2 has been shut down after the game was accidentally deleted during server maintenance.

M2 was taken offline at 8PM on the 21st of October due to a "critical issue" one of the game's main servers. Whatever the problem was, it's kind of a moot point now, because the game isn't coming back. Neither current game operators Hangame nor Sankando, the original developer, could restore the game data, and this seems to be another case of developers playing fast and loose when it comes to backups.

I... I got nothing. Apparently the backups may have been damaged in the March earthquake or a follow-up aftershock, but that's still a helluva way to go.

Jibbed · (11-13-2011, 02:42 AM)

And nothing of value was lost.

GrizzNKev · (11-13-2011, 02:43 AM)

That is so sad it's funny.

LuffyZoro · (11-13-2011, 02:43 AM)

Wow, seriously? That's pretty bad if I keep more backups than developers of a big game do.

VGChampion · (11-13-2011, 02:43 AM)

Figured it was going to be that zombie game.

Alextended · (11-13-2011, 02:45 AM)

Can't blame the devs if the suits didn't even spend on providing rigs with backup raid setups.

Totobeni · 02:49 AM

Quote:

game was accidentally deleted during server maintenance.

wow.

oh well at least they know what happened,SEGA still don't even know where is Panzer Dragoon Saga source code.

Juan29.zapata · (11-13-2011, 02:48 AM)

Oh man, what a shame, so much time and effort wasted on an a little accident. I hope nobody loses their job because of this.

shuri · (11-13-2011, 02:49 AM)

Ahh, JPN devs and their eternal struggle with sources..

bengraven · (11-13-2011, 02:50 AM)

Holy shit, could you fucking imagine?

"Sorry, Blizzard fans, but we accidently the whole World of Warcraft."

"Wait, which part?"

"The whole."

Nora Kisaragi · (11-13-2011, 02:52 AM)

It's not unheard of. SEGA lost the source for the original beta of Sonic the Hedgehog, back before it became the sonic we knew on the genesis. But for an MMO, that's pretty bad. It's probably worse than what happened to EVE's source code.

AshMcCool · (11-13-2011, 02:53 AM)

Originally Posted by Juan29.zapata:

Oh man, what a shame, so much time and effort wasted on an a little accident. I hope nobody loses their job because of this.

I hope somebody responsible loses his/her job over this.

Cobra84 · (11-13-2011, 02:56 AM)

Originally Posted by Juan29.zapata:

Oh man, what a shame, so much time and effort wasted on an a little accident. I hope nobody loses their job because of this.

Everyone will probably lose their job. They don't have a game to support anymore.

famousmortimer · (11-13-2011, 03:01 AM)

Nintendo did it.

Duki · (11-13-2011, 03:02 AM)

Originally Posted by Juan29.zapata:

Oh man, what a shame, so much time and effort wasted on an a little accident. I hope nobody loses their job because of this.

really

this is exactly the kind of thing you should lose your job over

its not like cut backs because of a bad economy where its just sad

this is a royal fuck up and gross incompetence

Gattsu25 · (11-13-2011, 03:03 AM)

Originally Posted by Nora Kisaragi:

It's not unheard of. SEGA lost the source for the original beta of Sonic the Hedgehog, back before it became the sonic we knew on the genesis. But for an MMO, that's pretty bad. It's probably worse than what happened to EVE's source code.

What was this?

The Hermit · (11-13-2011, 03:03 AM)

Originally Posted by bengraven:

Holy shit, could you fucking imagine?

"Sorry, Blizzard fans, but we accidently the whole World of Warcraft."

"Wait, which part?"

"The whole."

Lol, I can foresee death and huge riots if that happened.

Originally Posted by Juan29.zapata:

Oh man, what a shame, so much time and effort wasted on an a little accident. I hope nobody loses their job because of this.

except they literally lost their job...

Htown · (11-13-2011, 03:04 AM)

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

oh god

I know it shouldn't be funny but damn. Damn.

Nora Kisaragi · (11-13-2011, 03:06 AM)

Originally Posted by Gattsu25:

What was this?

EVE's source code leaked to the internet about three years ago. It was all over the internet when it happened. In my mind, what's happening here--the code being destroyed-- is worse than that as there is no chance for recovery.

By the way, I blame aliens.

BrainZEROX · (11-13-2011, 03:07 AM)

Originally Posted by famousmortimer:

Nintendo did it.

Amazing gif... What is the source?

Kalnos · (11-13-2011, 03:09 AM)

Not even a local copy on a developer machine?

Joe Shlabotnik · (11-13-2011, 03:10 AM)

Originally Posted by Juan29.zapata:

Oh man, what a shame, so much time and effort wasted on an a little accident. I hope nobody loses their job because of this.

I'm pretty sure there is a fire-able offense in here somewhere.

Chesskid1 · (11-13-2011, 03:10 AM)

someone post screens of the game, then RIP over it.

really curious to see how it looks.

Kerub · (11-13-2011, 03:11 AM)

I have a feeling that this happened to HL2 episode 3 too..?

Totobeni · (11-13-2011, 03:14 AM)

Originally Posted by Kerub:

I have a feeling that this happened to HL2 episode 3 too..?

Vaporware don't have source codes.

Somnid · (11-13-2011, 03:17 AM)

The code repository, locals, production, acceptance, backups all nuked?

Oh god how does this happen I am not good with computer

Typographenia · (11-13-2011, 03:18 AM)

Whoa, I never would have guessed this sort of thing would happen in current times. You would think someone at some point would have suggested backing it up.

Really unfortunate for them.

edit:
I think this is the start screen for the game.

Ultratech · (11-13-2011, 03:23 AM)

Jesus...you think the building all that stuff was in was destroyed?

If not that, maybe somebody purposely destroyed all that data?

Can't even imagine how something like that happens...and yet it did.

Emperor Bohe · (11-13-2011, 03:24 AM)

woooooow.

this is hilarious

Ranger X · (11-13-2011, 03:25 AM)

Back ups? Why did they neglect that? wow. I mean, wow. lol

Tunavi · (11-13-2011, 03:26 AM)

Wow. Just wow.

Juan29.zapata · (11-13-2011, 03:26 AM)

Originally Posted by Totobeni:

Vaporware don't have source codes.

"You can't lose what you never had!"

Yeah, I'm still sad for that.

Nemo · (11-13-2011, 03:26 AM)

I heard it wasn't coming back due to costs, but this?! Oh my, I feel really bad for the devs :(

Sohter.Nura · (11-13-2011, 03:28 AM)

I feel really bad for the people who spent time and money on it :/ that's the bummer right there.

Gravijah · (11-13-2011, 03:29 AM)

Originally Posted by Jibbed:

And nothing of value was lost.

except (likely) peoples jobs, but who cares about that! lol

Dynamite Shikoku · (11-13-2011, 03:30 AM)

this thread title makes no sense to me

Callo Merlose · (11-13-2011, 03:31 AM)

Originally Posted by Totobeni:

wow.

oh well at least they know what happened,SEGA still don't even know where is Panzer Dragoon Saga source code.

Came here to mention this. Fucking hell, I hate being reminded of this.

PsychoRaven · (11-13-2011, 03:34 AM)

Now I've literally heard of it all. Not a single build anywhere? Really nowhere is there a single build of the game saved or stored? I literally can't believe this.

Lance Bone Path · (11-13-2011, 03:37 AM)

Was the game out of beta when it died?

Rentahamster · (11-13-2011, 03:38 AM)

How the hell is this even possible? Holy shit what a fuckup.

Somnid · (11-13-2011, 03:41 AM)

Originally Posted by Rentahamster:

How the hell is this even possible? Holy shit what a fuckup.

I can only imagine being the one who did it.

Manager: What the hell happened?
Employee: I accidentally the game. The whole thing.

WillyFive · (11-13-2011, 03:41 AM)

That can't be right.

That would make it like...the worst mess up in MMO history...

Caelus · (11-13-2011, 03:41 AM)

Every time before I wait for a game to release I dream of this happening...

MidgarBlowedUp · (11-13-2011, 03:43 AM)

Tomasooie · (11-13-2011, 03:44 AM)

Originally Posted by Dynamite Shikoku:

this thread title makes no sense to me

Yeah, I can't figure it out either. Maybe a word was accidentally deleted.

survivor · (11-13-2011, 03:47 AM)

I don't get it. They don't use version control?

androvsky · (11-13-2011, 03:48 AM)

All the article says is "game data", which could be anything from source code to art assets or, more importantly in the case of a f2p game, the database of who owns what. I'm guessing it's their user database. If it was that, they could relaunch with everyone starting from scratch, but since it's a game with a small (and now very angry) userbase, it's probably not worth it.

Polari · (11-13-2011, 03:50 AM)

Originally Posted by Juan29.zapata:

Oh man, what a shame, so much time and effort wasted on an a little accident. I hope nobody loses their job because of this.

Really? It's pretty much the greatest display of incompetence imaginable.

MidgarBlowedUp · (11-13-2011, 03:50 AM)

I mean, I'm still in college and I have 2 or 3 backups of my current stuff plus an archive backup all on 3 different drives. If I were actually making something that was going to put food on the table I'd be even more aggressive at backing up my stuff. To the point that I'd probably have a safe deposit box with a backup drive and some bluray disks as well.

Haunted · (11-13-2011, 03:52 AM)

And that's why you don't hire ex-Sega guys to do your server maintenance.