Final Fantasy Online Temporary Suspension of the Services Due to an Earthquake

[piscian]

So I shit you not on a whim I'd finally signed up for Final Fantasy Online the other day needing a break from FPS's. I was able to get signed up(huge pain), but then when I went to login later I got an error message. All the forums indicated this was a personal network issue. Spent tail end of this weekend troubleshooting until I finally got round to checking the server status. *facePalm*

 

Updates

Mar. 13, 2011 00:00 [PST] From: PlayOnline

Temporary Suspension of the Services Due to an Earthquake

 

Due to the continuous earthquakes occurring in the eastern regions of Japan since Mar. 11, 2011, the power companies in Japan have encouraged everyone to cooperate by conserving as much energy as possible as it is feared there will not be enough power supply. Based on the current situation, we have decided to shut down the game servers temporarily, and therefore to suspend services of FINAL FANTASY XIV, FINAL FANTASY XI, and PlayOnline temporarily.

 

The services will be temporarily suspended for at least a week starting on Mar. 13, 2011 3:00 (PDT). We will provide an update regarding the reinstatement of the service as additional information becomes available. In connection with the temporary suspension of services, players will not be billed for any PlayOnline service throughout the April billing cycle. Additional information regarding this matter will also be posted as it becomes available.

 

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and thank you for your understanding of this unusual situations.

 

http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/polnews/news20541.shtml

 

Anyway their reasoning is sound and we all get a another free month so I'm totally ok with it. Just surprised I didn't see this any where on the net.

[Bearthug]

Damn bro, joining at a bad time... 1 free month tho? Hey, thats fortunate. Hope Japan gets better...