IPL 3 Statement to the Community - Page 9

On October 08 2011 07:14 Alex.IGN wrote:
Hey all,

Real quick I just wanted to let everyone know what is going on right now and what went down with IPL 3 today.

We got back to work a few hours before the start of broadcast, tested everything and were all set to go. A few seconds before our countdown timer ended, with everyone ready to go, we all lost connection to the internet. After a couple hours of trying different solutions and being on the phone with a lot of different people, we learned that a vehicle had hit a pole a few miles away and cut the Comcast fiber line. We were able to rig up a setup that involved an old non-fiber line and a backup satellite to get the streams and internet back up again. Special thanks to Blizzard for being able to quickly whitelist our new IPs. After a few hours, the latency kept steadily increasing to the point of unplayability. To keep the integrity of the tournament I had to make the call to shut down the event until Comcast kicks back in. We hope to be back up and running shortly, but all I have is a vague estimated time. We apologize to the community for these issues and thank everyone for your patience and understanding. As you might expect, the schedule for the next two days is subject to change but we do hope to provide everyone with some great content.

Thank you.

On October 08 2011 10:05 FluXen wrote:
amazing job guys keep it up!

On October 08 2011 10:08 Yamulo wrote:
Can someone tell me what is going to happen to group c, I have been waiting for 10 hours now and I really want to see hero play.. T_T

On October 08 2011 09:58 JimmyJRaynor wrote:


how come when these things happens to "first time event holders" it always comes off sounding like an excuse along the lines of "my dog ate my homework" ?

On October 08 2011 08:37 PhoenixToruk wrote:
LAN or no LAN, Dustin Browder has been trying to prevent accidents like this for some time. Perhaps this is the catalyst that will finally make people understand his obsession with destructible rocks.



Thanks for the continued updates!

On October 08 2011 09:58 JimmyJRaynor wrote:


how come when these things happens to "first time event holders" it always comes off sounding like an excuse along the lines of "my dog ate my homework" ?