WotC rolls natural 20, kills Facebook

[Kzach]

 

[kenobi65]

Yeah, I just tried to play it, and got the same message. Which beats the heck out of the techie "maximum users exceeded" message I got earlier today.

 

[questing gm]

TPKed!

DMs always roll a 1 against the SO (Server Overlord)!

 

[Dragonhelm]

"...by the exited players..."

They were leaving? Maybe that's when the CPU was trampled. I wonder what they were excited about...

Yes, I know...

 

[JediSoth]

LOL! That's hilarious. All us D&D nerds on Facebook killed their server.

Since we killed their stuff, do we get its loot now?

 

[Mephistopheles]

As far as I understand Facebook application development - which is, admittedly, not very far - it has nothing to do with Facebook and more to do with the hosting WotC arranged for the application. They got it right when they said they rolled a 1.

I didn't care for the minigame myself but I thought it was a good angle for WotC in marketing D&D. I did see it posted on a few sites around the net so I hope it's not just existing players but potential new customers hitting the game and increasing the exposure of the brand.

With any luck having the server crumble under the load is just what the developers needed to make a case to the bean counters for a better server and continued development.

 

[ExploderWizard]

With any luck having the server crumble under the load is just what the developers needed to make a case to the bean counters for a better server and continued development.

Indeed. Nothing fails like too much success.