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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Champions Online experiences open beta troubles]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/08/17/champions-online-experiences-open-beta-troubles/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/08/17/champions-online-experiences-open-beta-troubles/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/08/17/champions-online-experiences-open-beta-troubles/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/betas/" rel="tag">Betas</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/super-hero/" rel="tag">Super-hero</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/bugs/" rel="tag">Bugs</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/patches/" rel="tag">Patches</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/news-items/" rel="tag">News items</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/champions-online/" rel="tag">Champions Online</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://forums.champions-online.com/showthread.php?t=30421"><img hspace="4" border="1" vspace="4" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2009/08/foxbatpatcher.jpg" /></a><br /></div>
For many people, today was supposed to be a magical day filled with ponies and superheroes. But what should have been a wonderfully magical experience has left many with a bad taste in their mouth and a patcher that constantly disconnects. We, honestly, <a href="http://www.champions-online.com/node/98">blame Foxbat for this</a>. He once tried to steal the Empire State Building, you know.<br /><br />In all seriousness, many users have been reporting that the official <a href="http://www.champions-online.com"><em>Champions Online</em></a> patcher has been both downloading slowly and <a href="http://forums.champions-online.com/showthread.php?t=31025">disconnecting from the server after timing out</a>, leading to many people becoming <a href="http://forums.champions-online.com/showthread.php?t=31068">furious over not being able to log in</a>. <a href="http://www.fileplanet.com/promotions/champions-online/beta/?_cmpid=fp191">FilePlanet users</a> have also been affected by this as well, even after pre-loading the <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/champions-online"><em>Champions Online</em></a> client to be ready for this day.<p><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/08/17/champions-online-experiences-open-beta-troubles/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Champions Online experiences open beta troubles</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/08/17/champions-online-experiences-open-beta-troubles/">Champions Online experiences open beta troubles</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://forums.champions-online.com/showthread.php?t=30421>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/08/17/champions-online-experiences-open-beta-troubles/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/19132137/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/08/17/champions-online-experiences-open-beta-troubles/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>beta</category><category>bill-roper</category><category>breaking</category><category>champions</category><category>champions-online</category><category>cryptic</category><category>cryptic-studios</category><category>errors</category><category>forums</category><category>open-beta</category><category>patcher</category><category>problems</category><category>slow-download</category><category>time-out</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Seraphina Brennan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:30:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
