Improving the "Server is down" message

[hoplitejoe]

We have all had it before, You go to check a thread and you get the following message: The server is to busy blah blah blah. That is why I suggest a better messages which can be found below.

Spoiler :

I think this will suggest to the user that you are RUSHING to make things better.

Spoiler :

This message will not only force the person to sympathize with the server but also direct there rage towards Monty instead of the server.

Spoiler :

This message would give hope to all, The though of more liberty AND a free tech would brighten any moment for me.

Your thoughts?

 

[W|M]

I think the second one is the best one due to applying to all Civ games, not just IV.

 

[Sonereal]

I agree. The second is best.

 

[PeteAtoms]

Maybe a picture? Something subtle, don't want a really gaudy gif or something. A picture is worth a billion words, you know?

 

[Maniacal]

Wouldn't a picture require even more resoruces? Anyway, I like this idea. Maybe not these examples, but the idea definately.

 

[PeteAtoms]

Wouldn't a picture require even more resoruces?

Ah, that's true. I was just picturing those leader portraits in Civ3 when you beat the AI and they were all beaten up.

 

[hoplitejoe]

Please feel free to make your own suggestions for messages.

 

[EnglishCrusader]

They could make the server is down message as the actual forum, so even when it is down we can look at it.

 

[Catharsis]

They could make the server is down message as the actual forum, so even when it is down we can look at it.

I like this idea, especially the thought of having one of the Civ3 'beaten-up leaderheads' as the server-down message. (It would go with the Civ3 swordsman in the CivFanatics logo, as well.)

 

[Joecoolyo]

"The server has fallen asleep. Please hit the refresh button to wake him up."

 

[hoplitejoe]

I would prefer it if it were civ related.

 

[PeteAtoms]

"The server is down. Our workers are building roads to acquire more resources."

"The server is experiencing a turn of anarchy, please wait for order to be restored."

"The server is in anarchy. Please wait one turn."

"Just. . . one. . . more. . . turn. . . "

"Barbarians have sacked the server. Giant Death Robots are being deployed."

"Server down, I Love the King Day cancelled."

EDIT: There are a few about spies that can be done, but I don't think it would be a good idea. It might lead some people to believe a hacker has messed with the server.

I think a random technology quote from either CivIV or Civ5 would be cool too.

"Never trust a computer you can't throw out a window." - Steve Wozniak

"Computers are like Old Testament gods: lots of rules and no mercy."- Joseph Campbell

"The speed of communications is wondrous to behold. It is also true that speed can multiply the distribution of information that we know to be untrue."- Edward R. Murrow

"The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is its inefficiency."- Eugene McCarthy

"Beep...beep...beep...beep..." - Sputnik I

 

[Abaddon]

I think this would be a very nice idea, like the failwhale and the tumblebeasts

 

[Thorvald of Lym]

I like Pete's anarchy lines. Barring, of course, a list to cycle through.

 

[NickyJ]

I like Pete's anarchy lines. Barring, of course, a list to cycle through.

Agreed. My favorite is: "The server is experiencing a turn of anarchy, please wait for order to be restored."

 

[Plotinus]

Interesting or witty suggestions are welcome. Endless Futurama references fall into neither of these categories. Spam posts deleted.

 

[Kraznaya]

i like how these suggestions are actually going to be useful due to the fact that downtime is now a daily occurrence

wait no i don't

 

[Abaddon]

Because it might lighten some people up.

 

[EnglishCrusader]

Yea, it'll be better than the current message.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

"Barbarians have sacked the server. Giant Death Robots are being deployed."

I like this one.