Neopet's System... is DOWN.

[Tommaster3]

IM GOIN INSANE!!!!

[Morningstar]

I went pass NEO hq earlier and there was no one there. i live in LA.

Any explanations?

Yes, didn't they outsource their computer system to a non-Neopets company a few months ago? Back when all of the shop databases were moved. I cannot for the life of me remember the name of the company.

So, if the system was down, the computer techs would be working on it where this company is situated--not in the Neopets headquarters.

Then...why would the old building still have computer's in it?

Even if a company outsources computer functions, it may still have some computers around to do ordinary stuff.

I knew I would find it: check out this topic from August: http://www.pinkpt.com/forum/viewtopic.p ... urce#77837

Sierra, TNT's outsourcing their server operations?! Gah, if what's been happening is any indication of that company, they better rethink that decision and fast.

Yes, there have been numerous articles in Technology newspapers and mags the past couple weeks about it. This is undoubtedly why Donna said in the Editorial last week that soon there would be very few Red Pteri downtime pages. Here's one of the articles (from the Web Host Industry Review):

Neopets Moves to Equinix Data Center

July 15, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Equinix, Inc. (equinix.com), a provider of network-neutral data centers and Internet exchange services, announced on Wednesday that Neopets, Inc., a global media and entertainment company, has reached an agreement to locate at Equinix Internet Business Exchange data centers, in a move that Equinix says will reduce Neopet's overall network connectivity costs.

Neopets runs the youth phenomenon Neopets.com, an online entertainment site in which members must maintain the health and well-being of their "virtual pets." With more than 77 million registrations (created by an estimated 23-25 million users) and seven billion page views per month in the last four years, Neopets is a quickly growing Web site.

Equinix's aggregation of carriers, ISPs and other network service providers allows content providers to cost-effectively execute strategic connectivity agreements with key business partners within a highly secure and reliable environment.

Through direct interconnection within the same facility, content providers can cut costs as well as the performance degradation associated with linking to multiple partners over great distances, resulting in lower connectivity costs, an improvement in end-user performance and an increase in reliability and redundancy.

[Full Metal Alchemist]

NO one ever underrstands that stuff called science or news! You got to speak in the language they understand!

- Everyone got a seizure from Mr. Insane flashing the light switch.
- Neo didn't really like them for using his name, so he jacked into the Matrix and destroyed their server.
- Somehow, Adam is VERY allergic to packaged meats.
- Mr Roboto found out he really can't do the robot.
- Tigercatcher caught a real tiger...which is NOT good.
- Donna was filling up gas at the gas station until she was kidnapped by a troop of shock ninjas.
- They ran out of food...and went shopping...and if you read my first story, piratezug got thrown in jail.
- They ran out of toilet paper, and a lockdown was issued.
- Doug went bankrupt.
- Adam mistaked the server for some buttered asparagus.
- Mr Roboto started talking to the server, so they thought it was possesed by a demon or something.

[smudgeoffudge]

All the staff rushed out and bought Halo 2 and haven't been seen since.
I don't even play that game, but I hear it is gooood...

[OmniIcyshelf]

I TOLD YOU THE MEEPITS WERE COMING, WEEZEL! YOU DIDN'T LISTEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN!

All the staff rushed out and bought Halo 2 and haven't been seen since.
I don't even play that game, but I hear it is gooood...

Currently, every Xbox owner's soul is sold to or for (Ebay) that game (And maybe an Xbox too if they didn't already have one).

Last edited by OmniIcyshelf on Wed Nov 17, 2004 2:59 am, edited 1 time in total.

[flatluigi]

...

I got home two hours ago, rushed through homework, and got on neopets and...



NADA.


*eye twitches*

[KiroYamuchiro]

All the staff rushed out and bought Halo 2 and haven't been seen since.
I don't even play that game, but I hear it is gooood...

Lol, i wanna play that, im gonna wait till i buy that special xbox package

[Dustin]

Grr.. I got home at around 4 PM EST.. and what time is it now... Hmm.. 10:13 PM EST! Still down.. has been down all day. Not fun. I got on the computer as soon as I got home to use the ray.. but nooo.. now my Scorchio will never be Maraquan >.< xP. Anyway.. this sucks. I couldnt even update my Neopet help site because they were down.. and plus my topsites members got wiped out.. my forums wont show.. what a day. Very very bad day. -crawls into a hole and dies-

[meowth1982]

All of TNT got a Flagrant system errors.

Computer over.
Virus = Very Yes.

[OmniIcyshelf]

All of TNT got a Flagrant system errors.

Computer over.
Virus = Very Yes.

I just saw that today. Sucks to be SB right now

[Erin]

>.>; I have no idea what either of you are talking about...

[Tommaster3]

Qui-gon-Jynx sawed the server in half with his saber-of-light!!!!

[smudgeoffudge]

Oh yes, poor strongbad has to get a better computer now. Oh well, anything would be better than the one he had. Maybe he can use Strongmad's "computer" which is actually a box with drawings on it and a slot in the side.

[Tommaster3]

IT'S THE FREAKIN' MEEPIT ARMY!!!!!!!!!! THEY KILLED THE ENTIRE NT!!!!!!!!!!

[meowth1982]

Oh yes, poor strongbad has to get a better computer now. Oh well, anything would be better than the one he had. Maybe he can use Strongmad's "computer" which is actually a box with drawings on it and a slot in the side.

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