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Originally Posted by tommyzero
I chatted with the livechat people breifly. They first said "Its not on our end" then said "Several ISPs are having trouble conecting to our server"
So I said "Well, if SEVERAL ISPs are having trouble it sure does sound like its on your end."
Completely wrong.
It works like this - WPN is just one point on a huge series of interconnected nodes, some of which are critical path nodes.
This is an example and not intended to be an actual diagram of WPN's specific connections - just a general "HOW EVERYONE CONNECTS" example.
WPN is on the right bottom. It's connected thru an ISP. That ISP connects thru a bigger system. Then there's a series of links - or hops - that eventually get to us - bottom left - the players.
Our computers have to go thru ALL those points to talk to WPN. If a critical point goes down along the way, it ****s us all over, and
WPN CAN DO NOTHING, EVEN THOUGH EVERYONE IS AFFECTED.
In such a situation, y'all would be blaming the dealer for the bad beat here.
Now that is not to say that there can't be problems with WPN's servers that ARE the cause. What I'm saying is that a lot of people being affected, even everyone being affected, is not automatically WPN's fault. There are many possibilities.
Last edited by EvilGreebo; 12-08-2014 at 09:39 AM.