Old School Runescape just had its longest-ever server outage which lasted a whopping 17 hours.
As chronicled on the game's official Twitter account, Old School Runescape had a server outage that lasted from around 9AM (GMT) on November 22 until approximately 2AM (GMT) on November 23. In total, OSRS was having issues for around 17 hours, making this the longest-ever outage for the game.
pic.twitter.com/RYXePszTw3November 22, 2022
Things started when the Twitter account shared that players had reported not being able to log into the game (at 8:52AM GMT). Over the next few hours, this turned into a multi-part Twitter thread where the game's developer Jagex shared updates with fans who were eager to get back into the long-running MMO. By almost 11:30AM (GMT) it was revealed that the issue was due to an active issue at the game's data centre.
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By the time it had reached 6PM (GMT), Jagex put out an official statement explaining the situation: "An external data center provider experienced a site-wide issue which resulted in a full downtime of services housed there," which includes Old School Runescape. The statement also told fans that the team is "discussing appropriate make good options for you," since this outage would have an impact on players' in-game gains.
We'd like to share a more detailed update on the game server issues we've been experiencing.This tweet contains a brief overview, but for a more thorough update please visit:https://t.co/BvsAPEwMBc pic.twitter.com/Edc6F8V4qUNovember 22, 2022
Thankfully, by 2AM (GMT) on the 23rd, Jagex had announced that Old School Runescape was back up and running. This didn't come without any consequences though as due to the issue at the Data Centre, the game update that was supposed to roll today has since been delayed and will now be merged with next week's update instead.
Some good news to come out of the ordeal though is that the majority of Old School Runescape players were fairly understanding about the whole thing. With some even going as far as sending photos of their dogs to the team to keep the morale up. There were still some though that completely lost their minds over the thought of not being able to play Old School Runescape for a while.
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