Blizzard inside info about 3.3 (ICC)!

[twistgibber]

So I have a few buddies that work for Blizz and one of them filled me in on some non NDA-breaking stuff, but good to know nonetheless. I told him I was worried about a reoccurrance of the Ulduar disaster on the first day of release of 3.3 (ICC). He said that I should not worry one bit as he assures me, as sure as the sky is blue, that it will not happen this time and the instance server and everything else related to ICC will be rock solid on launch. He wouldn't confirm it verbally (as to not get in trouble), but what I took from it, 3.3 is rolling out next Tuesday, wewt!

[Daewen]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA
*gasping inhale*
HAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[twistgibber]

*is guessing that Daewen has his doubts*

[Texaporte]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA
*gasping inhale*
HAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I understand the sentiment, but rule #2

[Chamomile]

I understand the sentiment, but rule #2

Never get it wet?

[hung]

i'm carefully optimistic. As such i've already spoiled myself to the first 4 fights and will be ready to roll tuesday.

[Daewen]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA
*gasping inhale*
HAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I understand the sentiment, but rule #2

It's hardly dickish. To say it won't be like Ulduar isn't saying much, as we have 5 years of history here- there's no such thing as a smooth patch day.

Even if Blizz has changed the testing process, has setup things to test it on a live server config rather than the PTR, has had it hammered with historical patch-day loads- They're going to hit the #1 fundamental law of software development: You cannot prove there are no bugs. (which yes, is a law: "Turing's Halting Problem.") Combined with Murphy's Law guarantees that the bugs will be found- on Patch Day. The other things that tend to blow up are mods, which is more software written by non-Blizz folk, so it even falls outside of whatever magic circle Blizz has drawn around the servers.

[Camyu]

We need Danny to bring his PatchDay pet so we can all shake fist at it.

[Akala]

3.3 is live. I am currently finishing the download, it got to 67% done in a hurry then slowed to a crawl.

[twistgibber]

HAH! So far my info has been correct. If the servers come up at 11am, I will literally faint and Daewen will be eating words with a knife and a fork.

Heheheh. ARRRRRTTTHHHAAAASSSSSSSSSS!