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in the system.

We have worked closely with the vendor's support and development teams in an attempt to isolate the bug, collected vast amounts of diagnostic data and implemented changes that were considered potential solutions by the vendor. We believe we've found a workaround that makes it unlikely that the bug is triggered, but does not 100% prevent it. This has yet to be confirmed however.

As one can imagine it is difficult to diagnose a running, high performance production environment like ours without causing lag or other performance or reliability problems. The vendor has been working diligently to attempt to reproduce this issue in their lab, although collecting diagnostic data from similar systems presents a major challenge - doing so without negatively impacting performance levels for customers.

We do have programmers and virtual world system administrators working on putting together a test script to run on the database server we use for Singularity and Multiplicity, and if we are able to reproduce the issue there, we can supply our vendor with code that reproduces the problem in their lab.

I, personally, have been spending quite a large part of my work hours the last 3 months communicating directly with the vendor, collecting diagnostics data, setting up collection tools and working on things related to solving the SQL Server issues.

In short, we are using all the resources at our disposal to resolve this issue. It is a high priority issue for all parties involved as it affects not only our system and customers, but can affect equally massive systems and user bases using similar network and database solutions.

What have we done already? What do we know?

We know that problem lies in the TCP stack and likely has something to do with handling of closed or closing sockets. Our vendor has asked us to implement a few potential fixes or workarounds. We've adjusted various networking features and upgraded our SQL Server engine with a version that has a workaround for issues of this nature. The database handler in the EVE application server uses session pooling and we've experimented with changing various settings there. Turning off recycling of idle sessions seems promising as a workaround that makes triggering the bug less likely.

We still are working toward a fix, as I said before, and we seem to be able to make the failovers happen less frequently with the latest workaround. Expect to hear more in the near future on our progress with this issue.

- CCP Valar

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Take Our Survey For A Chance To Win A $100 Amazon Gift Card

It's that time of year again and WarCry is doing our regular User Survey. This year, we enter everyone who fills out this brief set of questions a chance to win a $100 Amazon.com gift card. And don't worry, the emails collected in this survey will only be used for contest purposes. So please, take the time to help us improve our site, take the survey and maybe you will fill out your Christmas shopping in one fell swoop.

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Pirates of the Burning Sea: Dev Chat In One Week

In on week's time, we'll have ourselves another developer chat with Pirates of the Burning Sea. This is your chance to talk to the people behind the biggest MMO launch of 2008. The chat is on Wednesday April 9th at 8:00pm Eastern (5:00pm Pacific)!

Your details:

When: 04/09/2008 8pm Eastern / 5pm Pacific (Wednesday)

Where: irc.chatspike.net 6667 in #WarCouncil
General chat will be available in #warcry

Who: The following Flying Lab developers will be on hand.

• Russell Williams (FLS CEO)
• Kevin Maginn (Lead Game Designer)
• Joe Ludwig (Producer)
• David Hunt (Game Designer)
• Drew Clowery (Game Designer)
• Troy Hewitt (Director of Community Relations)
• Tom Atkinson-Edwards (Community Specialist)

Need a way in? No problem just use our Java Client , Chatspike's IRC Client or an mIRC Client.

We look forward to seeing you there!

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, we will be holding new tests on the Singularity server on the following dates: Saturday, February 20, 2010 at 20:00 UTC, and Saturday, March 6, 2010 at 17:00 UTC. More information about how to participate in the tests can be found in this forum thread.

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Contest: Win A Tabula Rasa Box

Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa is the latest MMO from NCSoft Austin and aims to change the way people think about the genre. Garriott has created a game that combines fast action tactical combat with RPG mechanics and character development in a world full of stories that have moral consequences.

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New Chronicle: The Mercenaries, Part IV

The end is nigh, both for Shahoun and those who aided his escape from the mercenaries. What revenge will they enact as they capture their prey, and what amazing trap will he fall into?

"The Mercenaries, Part IV" is a new EVE Chronicle written by CCP Abraxas. Published every other Monday, Chronicles are intended to examine the various aspects of life in New Eden. The entire list is contained here, and a comment thread for this particular story may be found here.

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Level 3 to provide CDN services for CCP Games - TMCnet
Mar 05, 2010 (M2 EQUITYBITES via COMTEX) — Provider of fibre-based communications services Level 3 Communications Inc (Nasdaq:LVLT) has been selected by CCP Games, a massively multiplayer online gaming (MMOG) company, to provide content delivery
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EVE Online Free for 21 Days on Steam

What a coincidence, I can get you the trial for 21 days too! Just send me an email and I can get you a trial key >:D

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Escapist/Warcry EVE Online Corporation

smallharmlesskitten:
How much does one go for these days?

Over 100 million, last I checked.

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make a territorial move in the Catch region, capturing four systems where Against ALL Authorities had dropped sovereignty near the end of last year. This offensive culminated in a 300-ship fleet disabling HED-GP station services.

Libertas Fidelitas [LFA] is one of the major Providence Holders and the Alliance responsible for initiating this offensive that was part of “Operation Deliverance”. A source close to the alliance explained that LFA corporations and pilots had shown interest in territorial expansion for quite some time. Several systems had previously been identified in the Catch region which were without sovereignty and a decision was made that lead LFA to move on the F9E-KX, SV5-8N, WD-VTV and 9KOE-A systems in Catch, dropping TCUs and towers as an offensive measure designed to gain more space and mobility for the Providence Holders.

An anonymous source explained that at the time of the Catch move by LFA, AAA were focused on engaging the then-Goonswarm alliance (now disbanded and restructured) in 49-U6U. (The official ticker of Against ALL Authorities is .-A-. but they are more commonly known as AAA.) The plan was to distract attention long enough to allow IT Alliance to take Fountain. Although the four systems were unclaimed, the same source reports that “there was a clear boundary set with CVA at F9E-KX.”

Aralis, executor of CVA asserted that the Providence Holders’ motivation was reaching “Ushra’Khan-held territory and to drive them from our borders.” The anti-slavery alliance Ushra'Khan have fought CVA since their inception, with the struggle culminating a few years ago with a hard-fought battle for sovereignty in Providence centered on 9UY4-H, the home of Unity station. Following the CVA conquest, that station became known as "Deliverance Reclaimed."

The CVA Executor stated that another driving factor in the expansion of Operation Deliverance was their increased need for space following infrastructure upgrades. CVA and the other Providence holders are almost unique in allowing others relatively-free access to their space. While all comers reap the benefits of such upgrades, there is no way to tax them to recover costs.

Manfred Sideous of Against ALL Authorities made a public address to Providence residents on 31.01.112 in which he made it clear that he considered the invasion of Catch a betrayal of his alliance's previous relationship with CVA.

"Not too long ago, when the alliance of CVA found itself disbanded, -A- stepped up and got in touch right then and there with your leaders, regardless of being neutral in our relationships we pledged to stand by and defend the people of Providence should the unfortunate situation of CVA disbanding give rise to a threat or assault on Providence and its people. We formed, and stood ready, but a single word was needed. No, not even a single word.

"It is as such, remarkable to see how a unique relationship where either side knew perfectly what they were at with the other side was disrupted by a long term vision designed by CVA leadership which culminated in the now infamous project to expand into Catch, into -A- space, and onwards from there."

Aralis emphasised that CVA has no boundary agreements with AAA or Ushra'Khan. “There is an obvious boundary as it is the edge of the regions” but went on to clarify that there was no formal agreement whatsoever in place at the time, nor, according to statements from CVA diplomat Hardin, do they wish one.

Charleigh of Veneratio Venator Alliance described that roughly 600 Providence-friendly forces were mobilized to capture these four systems and that this move culminated with disabling the HED-GP station services. “If I recall, AAA did bring 200 or so to the field on more than one occasion during this entire time.”

A source in AAA who wished to remain anonymous considered the Providence incursions to be “minor engagements from the AAA perspective.” The Providence Holders took control of the four systems on the second week of January and maintained territorial claims for roughly two weeks.

An anonymous participant reports that in HED-GP, a 300-strong fleet from the Providence Holders destroyed several station services including the Clone Bay and the Reprocessing Plant. An AAA fleet that was assembling in a nearby system was also reported as having been destroyed.

GalNet References

Against ALL Authorities Battle Records – January Week 2
Against ALL Authorities Battle Records – January Week 3.

The next article in this series will look at the abrupt turn-around in the war with the retributive strike launched by Against ALL Authorities and their allies against the Paxton Federation system of D-GTMI in Providence.

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Lord of the Rings Online: Dev Chat On January 23rd

WarCry is proud to announce that on Wednesday January 23rd, we'll be hosting the developers of Lord of the Rings Online live on IRC for fans of the game to get their questions in, face to face. The chat will kick off at 8:00pm Eastern (5:00pm Pacific).

When: 01/23/2008 8pm EST

Where: irc.chatspike.net 6667 in #WarCouncil
General chat will be available in #warcry

Who: The following Turbine developers will be on hand.

• Jeffrey Steefel (Executive Producer)
• Brent Schmidt (Content Lead)
• More to be announced…

Need a way in? No problem just use our Java Client or Chatspike's IRC Client

We look forward to seeing you there!

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EVE: Cool Things In the Works - Warcry.com
EVE Online developers are always working to make players' gaming experiences the best ever. This week, they have produced a new blog post entitled "organizational tools, standings and other interesting changes". If that doesn't whet your appetite to
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What I'm playing this weekend: "EVE Online" - YAHOO!
Two parts "Blade Runner" and one part "Wall Street," "EVE Online" occupies the same general sci-fi MMO space as the newly-released "Star Trek Online" except it's deeper, darker, and far more sinister. In case you're wondering, no there's
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Centroid Joins TIGA - Gamasutra
The team at Centroid have worked on countless games titles including Guitar Hero 5; Prince Caspian; Eve Online; World of Darkness; Silent worked on movie blockbusters including Quantum of Solace; Harry Potter; 2012; The Wolfman; Prince Of Persia
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How much does one go for these days?

Over 100 million, last I checked.

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EVE Online Introduces "Tyrannis" - Warcry.com
The EVE Online team has announced the title of the next major expansion. Called "Tyrannis", the expansion is, to quote the blog, set to debut "before the summer solstice" . Read on! It's that time of year again. CCP's developers have finished
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The MMOG dilemma - University Chronicle
It could be World of Warcraft styled raiding, it could be Eve Online styled trading or even Ragnarok Online styled wars. But give it a week at most, and it suddenly feels too much like work. Suddenly I feel the obligation to be
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Tyrannis Expansion Will Give You Control of Worlds - Zam News
CCP has announced that Tyrannis, the next EVE Online expansion, is coming in Summer 2010. According to a dev blog entry , the expansion focuses on the exploration and industry of planets. You'll be able to survey for deposits of minerals, build
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'EVE Online' Universe Expands Further With Tyrannis, Coming This - WorthPlaying.com
EVE Online is an MMO game set in a world of galactic proportions, governed by a hyper-capitalistic economy where space flight is the path to all commerce, communication, and conflict. Set tens of thousands of years in the future, EVE Online is a
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Should One Buy Eve Online Characters And Eve Online Accounts - PRLog (free press release)
PR Log (Press Release) Feb 17, 2010 Should one buy eve online characters and eve online accounts from anywhere? eve online characters and eve online accounts of all types are always available for you on all major web portals which offer
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Scotty, the Warp Drive Needs Some Dilithium Crystals - New York Times
Jason used to stay up nights playing massively multiplayer online computer games like World And yet the titan of cyberspace science-fiction games, Eve Online, is too hard-core and daunting for him these days. In other words, he perfectly fits the
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2x HD3780 upgrade or silence - Toms Hardware
Ive looked at the Thermalright GPU Coolers and the Accelero coolers. Am i better going down this route or upgrading to a new card. I dont play many games on the PC anymore, mainly Eve Online, fear2 and occiasionally crysis / crysis 2, all of which
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The MMOG dilemma - University Chronicle
It could be World of Warcraft styled raiding, it could be Eve Online styled trading or even Ragnarok Online styled wars. But give it a week at most, and it suddenly feels too much like work. Suddenly I feel the obligation to be
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'EVE Online' Universe Expands Further With Tyrannis, Coming This - WorthPlaying.com
EVE Online is an MMO game set in a world of galactic proportions, governed by a hyper-capitalistic economy where space flight is the path to all commerce, communication, and conflict. Set tens of thousands of years in the future, EVE Online is a
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Possible GPU problem? [ATI 4870] - Toms Hardware
Hey guys just wondering if anyone has any ideas on this problem that i am encountering. (Not sure if this is the right section as i have not posted on this forum before) When playing either Eve online or MW2, about 5-10 minutes into game play i get
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Battle for Control Heats Up in Placid

Alamel, Placid - At 05:46 on 14.02.112, Alamel solar system was resecured by Federal Defence Union forces. Alamel had been held by State Protectorate forces since 28.05.111.

Last year, a concerted effort by State Protectorate forces resulted in the capture of all systems controlled by the Federal Defence Union. This was followed by a long period of stasis as those forces which remained active in the FDU mostly focused on engaging the Caldari State's forces away from their military installations and those who continued to target the FDU's military objectives were simply unable to break the State Protectorate's hold.

This year has seen the Federal Defence Union once again contesting Caldari State-held systems. Alsavoinon was returned to Gallente Federation sovereignty on the 07.02.112 but 31 other Gallente systems remain under Caldari State control.

The State Protectorate are far from allowing the FDU to proceed unopposed. Efforts have already begun to retake Alamel, which currently stands contested and on the 08.02.112, they captured the Placid system of Hevrice for the second time, after it had been resecured by the FDU on the second of this year. Currently no systems originally held by the Caldari State rest in Gallente hands.

GalNet References

Alamel Liberated by Gallente Militia
Hevrice Retaken
Alsavoinon Liberated by Gallente Militia

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Contest: IGG Year End Giveaway, Win an iPod or In-Game Prizes!

IGG and WarCry bring you a chance to win an iPod Shuffle or in-game prizes for Tales of Pirates, Myth War or Voyage Century.

There are three tiers of Tales of Pirates prize packs: Five people will receive a "Chest of Enigma" valued at $50 each, 10 people a "Chest of Demonic World" valued at $30 each and 100 people a "Novice Package", valued at $9 each. From Myth War we have five "Constellation Packs", which are valued at $100 each. Finally, from Voyage Century there is are 10 limited edition "Christmas Packs" valued at $46 each. Winners can redeem any of these prizes in-game.

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