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John Smedley
If you were one of the players affected by Sony Online Entertainment's network-wide downtime yesterday, we have some good news. The company has announced on various social media outlets that it will be giving away two days of free access time to all accounts. This includes those on Landmark's beta access accounts as well.

"We deeply regret the recent service interruption that is currently impacting all SOE games," DCUO Community Manager Mepps said in a forum post. "As a thank you for your patience, we will add two days of membership time to all members' accounts."

According to EQ2wire.com, this downtime was caused by the SonyOnline.net domain name expiring, which SOE president John Smedley addressed in a tweet: "Sorry for the DNS problems folks. Won't happen again. Notices sent to wrong email. Doh."

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ESO
Mark this down in the "oops!" category: ZeniMax admitted that it got a little too zealous in its war against EULA breakers in Elder Scrolls Online by accidentally banning some players who had done no wrong.

"As part of our continuing effort to combat gold spammers, botters and exploiters, we recently banned a number of accounts," the studio posted. "After several players appealed, we were able to investigate the matter further and discovered some legitimate accounts got caught up in the sweep. We unbanned accounts last night, and have email responses going out for those affected from our support group. It is never our intention for legitimate players to be harmed as we work to keep your game free of cheaters, and we sincerely apologize for the mistake."

ZeniMax also said that this past week's maintenance accidentally deleted some characters' bank expansions and the items held inside of them. The studio put up a process how to regain those slots and items if it happened to you.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>accidentaccidental-banningbanbanningbethesdabethesda-softworksbethsoftdaggerfalldohelder-scrollselder-scrolls-onlineesoeulafactionslegalmorrowindoblivionoopspvprvrskill-basedskyrimtamrieltestesothe-elder-scrollsthe-elder-scrolls-onlinethree-faction-pvpthree-way-pvpzenimaxzenimax-mediazenimax-onlinezenimax-online-studiosSun, 20 Apr 2014 15:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Domain of Heroes donates half of proceeds to help ugliest orc]]>http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/11/17/domain-of-heroes-donates-half-of-proceeds-to-help-ugliest-orc/http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/11/17/domain-of-heroes-donates-half-of-proceeds-to-help-ugliest-orc/http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/11/17/domain-of-heroes-donates-half-of-proceeds-to-help-ugliest-orc/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

What do you do when one of the most vocal and active members of your community falls on hard times? You help him out by raising money. It seems as though Ugs, the "Ugliest Orc" (we're not sure what he had to go through to get that title), has become ill. We all know how a single trip to the E.R. can set you back a house or two, so his bills are piling up. The issues have put a stress on his life that many of us have never known, even forcing him to tell the baby orcs that there will be no Christmas!

Other players heard about his plight and suggested an "Ugs Appreciation Day" to raise funds, similar to an event we covered in the past. They discussed it on the forums, and the date was set to the 21st of November. The creator of the game then upped the amount to 50% of all in-game profits going to the ugly one! The game features a robust text-based system that can run in any browser and features 30 races, 27 classes and tons of skills. Sign up if it sounds interesting, donate on that special day by purchasing in-game wishes and other items, or go to the shop and stock up on other goods.

Good luck, Ugs!

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>beau-hindmanbrowsercharityDoHdomain-of-heroesdonationsf2pfree-to-playftpget-better-ugsin-game-eventin-game-eventsreal-ugly-orcsugs-appreciation-dayWed, 17 Nov 2010 21:00:00 EST<![CDATA[The Daily Grind: What's the worst in-game mistake you've ever made?]]>http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/05/06/the-daily-grind-whats-the-worst-in-game-mistake-youve-ever-ma/http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/05/06/the-daily-grind-whats-the-worst-in-game-mistake-youve-ever-ma/http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/05/06/the-daily-grind-whats-the-worst-in-game-mistake-youve-ever-ma/#commentsFiled under: ,

We've all been there, right at that moment. You know the one -- when you miss-click, when you aren't paying full attention, when you say something you shouldn't, when you turn right instead of left. Suddenly, your eyes widen, stomach drops and mouth goes dry. You've made a terrible, terrible mistake. And we want to know all about it!

So let's engage in a bit of virtual therapy today and get our worst in-game mistakes off our chests (sorry, no "It was a mistake to sign up for such-and-such MMO" comments needed). Trudge up memories that you thought were long forgotten, and share with the group what horrific misjudgment you've made in the past. Did you accidentally sell an incredibly rare piece of loot to a vendor? Did you delete the wrong character on the selection screen? Did you go /afk just a little too long and come back to find that you just wiped your entire raid? What in-game mistake made you stand up, slap your forehead and shout "D'OH!" loud enough for the neighborhood to hear?

MassivelyThe Daily Grind: What's the worst in-game mistake you've ever made? originally appeared on Massively on Thu, 06 May 2010 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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