Battle City Winter Classic Down for Psychiatric Treatment
February 11, 2013 in Announcements
Don’t panic,
It is with great regret I bring you today’s perilous news… The Battle City Winter Classic turned itself off due to severe abandonment issues. It is unknown how long psychiatric treatment will last in order to cure the server of it’s ailments.
Dr. Evil was quoted as saying, “I have one simple request, that is for some frickin’ brackets!“, which in retrospect did not contribute significantly towards solving the issue.
Yesterday, we slathered some bacon onto the servers motherboard hoping the crispy deliciousness would arouse the processing units, all to no avail…
Kicking the damn thing brought momentary satisfaction, but also failed to get it going.
Finally, we asked the server why it decided to shut itself off, to which, after a long pause and an awful screeching noise that sounded something like regret, it replied,
“I didn’t ask to host Battle City; no one consulted me or considered my feelings in the matter. I don’t think it even occurred to the players that I might have feelings. Since January, I’ve been left alone in a dark room… I’m not even a real server, I run on VirtualBox… I called for succour in my loneliness, but did anyone come? Did they hell. My first and only true friend was a small rat. One day it crawled into a cavity on my host machine and died. I have a horrible feeling it’s still there…”
In a final act of desperation, I asked these guys about treating a server suffering from severe abandonment issues, to which they replied, “Dude, those are some very snazzy pants”…
If anybody out there has any better ideas on how to help the Battle City Server, please leave your suggestions in the comments below. I’ve tried everything. I even purchased a cowboy hat thinking surely a server with such a hat would boot-up to spur it’s fans, but after another terrible screeching, all it had to say was,
“Do you want me to sit in the corner and rust, or just fall apart where I’m standing?”
Is the Battle City server a lost cause, or should we try everything in the galaxy to save it? What do you think?
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If you thought this post was funny, you’ll knock all your heads together reading The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Would it save you a lot of time if I just gave up and went mad now?
Haitah said on February 12, 2013
I honestly think the BC servers are a lost cause.
It had its glory days and well, every game dies some time.
It was a very fun time playing with all the players and I just loved the game, but no one remembers this game all that well, and it would be amazing if I could see the servers back and prospering with tons of players.
Sincerely,
Alton
Deceth said on February 13, 2013
Hey now, listen man, I’m the most notorious supervillain of the internet. I can’t just go around saying that’s it, lets pull the plug… I need a plan that’s a little more dramatic, you know, with like time travel or genetically modified flowers that have ninja stars instead of petals.
Besides, Battle City has already been shutdown before, it doesn’t work. Battle City is like a bad rash that keeps itching even after all the crabs are gone – @haitah
faix said on February 13, 2013
As much as I hate to agree with Alton, (of which I hate that I did not get a decent battle in with)
I’m going to say that Battlecity lived it’s life well. It’s prime time has long gone.
I will never forget the game, it will always sit in the back of my head along with all the players I had fun with (and arguements with). I will never forget any minute I had in this game. I don’t think there’s one significant event that I attended that I have forgotten (If I have forgotten something I won’t know, durr) but I think I’ve remembered my favourite days.
I obviously want the game to stick around, but I don’t see it with any potential anymore. While a great game, it is severely outdated.
Maybe the game can’t run, but I think we should all stick around on the forums.
ALSO – School sucks on a huge scale taking up the majority of my time.
Deceth said on February 13, 2013
Listen, I think you’re on to something here. If we all stick together, its less improbable that something improbable doesn’t happen.
It probably won’t work, but it’s more improbable that it will work! – @faix
wdouglas said on March 22, 2013
Hey get that back up Deceth and Weebo! How much are server costs a month these days?
wdouglas said on March 22, 2013
Whatever name you go by now! lol
Deceth said on April 2, 2013
Hey @wdouglas, how’s it going!
If you ever need to find me, I tend to spend these days writing at http://deceth.com , but I’m always happy to host a Battle City Server whenever anybody wants to play
I can put one up just for you, or we can try to make it into a big dramatic event so maybe 3 or 4 other people show up. I mean, it’s been about two months, the server must have faced all the Freudian issues it had pent up by now…
faix said on May 14, 2013
We need an (automatic)system that shoots us a message and lets us know if someone is up for a game. Maybe an email? I’d love to have that occasional adrenaline rush when you’re on that last bit of health attacking the enemy base, orb in hand!
Lets get a few games going on in the future, even with a temporary server!?
faix said on May 14, 2013
Just adding onto what I said – Maybe set dates? 2/3 games (Maybe more) every month on the weekends/days depending on what best suites people that want in?
Archisexture said on May 17, 2013
I would have to agree with faix. I want Battle City to come back. I’ve been asked to do a review for mmogames.com on any game I want. Tell me you are putting up the server and I’ll write about Battle City.
faix said on May 23, 2013
@Deceth needs to see this!