Lewis
5/8/2011 3:46:00 AM
In message <4dc597c4$0$1279$c3e8da3$4e334b76@news.astraweb.com>
Thomas Hejl Pilgaard <t.pilgaard@adslhome.dk.dk> wrote:
> Den 07-05-2011 00:56, Lewis skrev:
>> In message<4dc3fc01$0$1488$c3e8da3$40cb80c2@news.astraweb.com>
>> Thomas Hejl Pilgaard<t.pilgaard@adslhome.dk.dk> wrote:
>>> Den 06-05-2011 03:43, ToolPackinMama skrev:
>>>> Wonder what it is this time?
>>
>>> Same as usual.
>>> Too many users flocking there.
>>> It happens whenever people can't log in.
>>
>> Well, it is a problem that Blizzard decided to design in. battle.net is
>> where everything lives,a nd all players MUST connect to battle.net to
>> get into the game. So, when lots of people are logging into the game,
>> battle.net falls over and that takes down the forums as well.
>>
>> Good design, eh?
> I think you misunderstood, and I think you have an incorrect
> assumption about battle.net:
> It's not people logging into the game that brought down the forums.
> It's people not being able to log into the game, that then logs unto
> the forums to whine about this fact, thus crashing the forums as well.
> They did not need to log unto the forums.
> And the forums run completely independently of the game's servers.
No, that's certainly not the case as they all use battle.net for
authentication.
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