by Byron Mudry on Aug 17, 2005
Blizzard technical support teams have just recently announced the discovery of many problems occuring within the realms, and are setting a 2 day period of shut down on several of the realms. Though as tradgic as spending time with real people during the wait period is, remember, you can always make a sign that says "AFK" and hang it around your neck to avoid annoying conversations.
Server Alert
2005/08/16 7:00pmWe've identified an issue we believe has been causing the majority of the problems that have been affecting certain realms over the past couple of weeks. Resolving this matter requires a minor upgrade to our infrastructure whiched is planned for select realms August 17 at 5:00 am, and the remaining realms on Friday, August 19 at 5:00 am. The down time will last approximately 2 hours. In the meantime, we ask that you please remain patient should you encounter latency related issues. Please check the realm status forums for a list of affected realms.