Good Morning CSSSSSSF!

We actually have two different things today. One is normal maintenance (albeit a bit earlier than normal to coincide with other work being done)

Bashiok posted about the time shift here....

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?sid=1&topicId=26137136217&pageNo=1#1

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We're changing the normal time to align with a scheduled maintenance our ISP will be performing on the network our game servers use. The idea being that if we were to have our maintenance at the normal 5am time, the game wouldn't be playable anyway due to the ISP network maintenance, so we're trying overlap them instead of dragging out the entire downtime unnecessarily.

We apologize for the inconvenience, we realize it isn't ideal for all players, and we try to minimize downtime and impact wherever and whenever possible.

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Now, there is regular maintenance on most realms, and 24 hours on selected realms.

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Scheduled Realm Maintenance - 07/20/2010

We will be performing scheduled maintenance on Tuesday, July 20th. Maintenance will begin at 01:00 AM PDT and conclude at approximately 9:00 AM PDT. During this time, all realms and many web services will be unavailable.

Thank you for your patience.

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The realms under 24 hour maintenance can be found here.

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Extended Realm Maintenance 7/20/2010

We will be performing an extended maintenance for the following realms on Tuesday, July 20th. Maintenance will begin at 0:00 AM PST/PDT and conclude at approximately 0:00 AM PST/PDT Wednesday, July 21st. This is expected to last no longer than 24 hours. The following realms will be down for the duration:


Aerie Peak
Altar of Storms
Alterac Mountains
Andorhal
Anetheron
Anvilmar
Archimonde
Area 52
Arygos
Auchindoun
Azuremyst
Black Dragonflight
Blackwing Lair
Blade's Edge
Blood Furnace
Coilfang
Dalaran
Dalvengyr
Dawnbringer
Deathwing
Demon Soul
Dentarg
Doomhammer
Duskwood
Executus
Exodar
Fizzcrank
Galakrond
Ghostlands
Gnomergan
Grizzly Hills
Haomarush
Icecrown
Jaedenar
Kel'Thuzad
Khadgar
Lethon
Mal'Ganis
Norgannon
Onyxia
Scilla
Sentinels
Shattered Halls
Steamwheedle Cartel
Tanaris
Terokkar
The Scryers
The Underbog
The Venture Co
Thrall
Turalyon
Uldaman
Undermine
Velen
Ysera
Ysondre
Zangarmarsh
Zuluhed

Thank you for your patience during this time.

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Please remember all times are estimates. Realms could return a bit earlier, or later, than is currently anticipated.

Today is an excellent time to do maintenance on your own systems to prepare for the upcoming week. Making sure your programs, scanners, OS, etc. have all needed updates, scans are done, etc., will keep you happily gaming in the week ahead!

Also note, when realms are unavailable - most supported services such as transfers, names changes, etc., will also be unavailable.

The forums may also be periodically unavailable during this time.

Tuesday recommended reading list.

Account Hacked? Security Issue? Look Here!
Account Hacked? Security Issue? Look Here!

Why the Downtime Every Tuesday?
https://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=89429867&sid=1

No, but seriously—why Tuesday?
Ridiculous that I have to get a tuesday morpg

Also, here is a handy time conversation table for timezones.

As all maintenance schedules are provided in PDT, should you not live on the pacific coast, you will need to adjust this time accordingly. :)

Here's a quick table to reference:
HST = PDT - 3 hours
MDT = PDT + 1 hour
CDT = PDT + 2 hours
EDT = PDT + 3 hours
ADT = PDT + 4 hours
Newfoundland = PDT + 4.5 hours
GMT = PDT + 7 hours
AEST = PDT + 17 hours

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Q u o t e:
She linked the wrong thread for 24-hour maintenance.

The text is correct, though.

Working link:
Extended Realm Maintenance 7/20/2010

Realms that are going down for 24 hours: Shutdowns at approximately midnight Pacific.
Realms that are not: Shutdowns at approximately 1am Pacific.

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Eeep, looks like they may have moved that on me.

Fixed! Thanks.

Please be aware that the Breaking News has been updated to say:

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All realms originally scheduled to be live at 7:00 AM PDT are currently undergoing additional authentication maintenance. As this maintenance affects the authentication process which occurs during login to Battle.net, access to Battle.net Account Management and forum posting may be unavailable at this time.

We anticipate that maintenance will complete and these realms will be live and playable by approximately 1:00 PM PDT. We apologize for the delay and are working to have all realms and website services online as soon as possible.

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Thank you for your patience.

Another update has been made to our Breaking News:

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Authentication maintenance is still being performed and we're working to bring realms undergoing normal maintenance back online as soon as possible. We anticipate this process will be complete and that those realms will be live and playable by approximately 3:00 PM PDT

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