This should've been announced ahead of time for two reasons.
1.) This was a fix, not just a general maintenance. Perhaps Snaike beat you guys to the punch with the thread here, but he shouldn't have had to make the thread in the first place because it should've been here yesterday. Threads should be up before things happen, not after.
2.) Unannounced shutdowns are awesome for anyone who may have been amidst a tournament round when it happened. Sure it would've saved where they left off, but they'd have a 5 hour break between shots with no chance to warm back up when the site was available again. I certainly hope no one was playing the $10 PvP last night.
Frowny face.
*edit* Again, this is yet another call for more transparency and developer updates. Make the community feel like we''re involved in what's going on around here instead of just being affected by it. It kinda helps when we know what to expect on the other side of a bug fix. Please do better with this WGT, please
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