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Posted: **Tue Nov 22, 2005 8:39 am**

Requiel wrote:The problem wasn't due to a server fault or hardware issue. It *appears* that someone was attempting to dupe items. He failed, but everytime he tried the zone crashed as he flooded it with invalid data. It's been sorted.

:satyn1: crikey. Someone tried to re-programme the hamster. Actually this sounds really quite serious - it even sounds a bit like an attack on your system?

Posted: **Tue Nov 22, 2005 8:41 am**

Requiel wrote:The problem wasn't due to a server fault or hardware issue. It *appears* that someone was attempting to dupe items. He failed, but everytime he tried the zone crashed as he flooded it with invalid data. It's been sorted.

stop trying to dupe items Requiel

Posted: **Tue Nov 22, 2005 8:44 am**

Requiel wrote:The problem wasn't due to a server fault or hardware issue. It *appears* that someone was attempting to dupe items. He failed, but everytime he tried the zone crashed as he flooded it with invalid data. It's been sorted.

hhmm can someone explain the word dupe for english noobs.:asterixxx thx

btw it would be nice to get XML back, and will the lag stay in the game....:xest:

Posted: **Tue Nov 22, 2005 8:49 am**

Alexandrinus wrote:hhmm can someone explain the word dube for english noobs.:asterixxx thx

btw it would be nice to get XML back, and will the lag stay in the game....:xest:

dube, as in dublicate or how ever its spelled, make more of same item over and over again

Posted: **Tue Nov 22, 2005 8:56 am**

word is dupe, not dube, and is dupe as in duplicate

Posted: **Tue Nov 22, 2005 9:34 am**

dube sounds nice though - what does it mean?

Posted: **Tue Nov 22, 2005 10:02 am**

Apparently nothing according to the dictionary

Posted: **Tue Nov 22, 2005 10:12 am**

Did I read somewhere that players trying to duplicate items was partly to blame (or even totally to blame) for the big Prydwen server shutdown a few months ago when loads of people had their characters stripped?

Think it's time for me to draw a new smiley of a hamster on its wheel!

Posted: **Tue Nov 22, 2005 10:30 am**

Gandelf wrote:Did I read somewhere that players trying to duplicate items was partly to blame (or even totally to blame) for the big Prydwen server shutdown a few months ago when loads of people had their characters stripped?

Kind of hard to know what YOU read mate

/Ankh

Posted: **Tue Nov 22, 2005 10:39 am**

I would like to go for the, no Gandelf you didn't read it

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