A Very Unfortunate Downtime

1 Week Gold Account Medal




Happy Luminaire to all timezones! For those of you that checked Subeta earlier today, you may have noticed an issue in the way that Luminaire presents went out. Unfortunately, an incorrect script was used to process the many gifts given by generous Subetans, and they were given out via the (much oudated) "stocking” method for many users. This caused an influx of sidebar events rather than the (much preferred) method of seeing your gifts gathered on one page. More importantly, and more detrimentally, it caused some gifts to go out more than once - a big problem for things like Custom Wearables or CSC cards!



We've spent the last few hours trying to figure out the best route to take. We considered manually deleting items, but we couldn't be certain which items were legitimately sent in multiples. We were looking at doing a rollback, but it's about the worst day of the year for that, (not that there's EVER a good time for a rollback) and wasn't possible to set up until tomorrow, meaning the site may have been offline for up to 48 hours. We obviously didn't want this to happen - not at a time of year where you want to be well-wishing your friends on the site!



So we've come to this: we trust you guys, and we don't think it's fair for you to lose any effort you've put into the site because of a mistake on our end. So we're asking you this: to please delete the items you may have received via the "stocking events". (HERE is a handy link to your events page in case you want to keep track of what you received)We ask you to take some time to enjoy the holiday while we work on our end to resolve this as quickly as we can. We will be updating you as soon as possible (this could mean it might take a few days) with the link to the Trees so you can open your gifts properly. This is a special time of year for everybody - including the staff - and getting things like this resolved is a lot more difficult for us.



If you did not receive any stocking related events, you’re in the clear and don’t have to worry about deleting any items. You’ll just have to wait for the trees to open, which we will make a separate news post about!



Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience or upset caused, and as a goodwill gesture, you can now get a 1 Week Gold Account Medal via the free gift. We are also giving each user 250csc (added to your on-hand credits), putting a few extra gifts under the tree, and until Monday ALL quests are weekend quests.



Happy Luminaire, thank you for continuing to support Subeta, and here's to a slightly less chaotic New Year!
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Posted by SubetaTeam

far
If only the government could let me keep the extra cash I get because of their mistake ..

Merry Luminaire to you guys, and staff.
I hope you get a lot of dolla' bills.
Maeow
Aw it's not a nice gift for you > <
Happy holidays and thanks you for the csc and your wonderful work <3
_blackwolf_2009_
Will be going through in a moment to see if anything is in my inventory. I hope that no one takes advantage of this and sadly I feel like some will. It was a mistake and it happens. Coding can be a pain to work with and errors can be expected. Thanks for all the effort and time you have put into this!
SlayerWolf
I didn't get any events other than the nice free stuff
SlayerWolf
I didn't get any events other than the nice free stuff
Snuggle
Unlocked Super User!!
Be online when there are 2,000 or more users!

You get a free Spooky Chance spin because you were online with more than 2,000 users!

NOICE!
Glad everyone came on for Luminaire.
Shatiel
Can't we delete them when will they be given back? it's not that i not trust you (because things like that already happened before and all went good in the end XD) but just don't want to lose anything...if you assure me that everything i have now in inventory will be back i will delete them...(but i deleted my events =_= and i cannot know which are gifts and which are not...like those two: Bright Luminaire Tree Sticker and Luminaire Cactus Beanbag. Were they awarded by the site? I must delete them too? If you help me retrieve my events i will be more sure...for now i'm copying the names of the items that i have in inventory. If you will award the new gifts before i get a reply i will deleted the doubles ^__^
ecks
@Amber (and the rest of the staff) -- thanks very much for working so hard to get the site back up and trying to give us a little christmas cheer! I'm grateful for the time taken from the holidays for this.

I can't seem to load my inventory at all. The linked stocking page only shows me a few of the events (like 30 of them, and then Melody). I'm really not sure what to quick-stock delete because I can't only see 100 at a time (with a TON of lag) and I'm having some serious processing issues with the lack of image to reference. I have NO idea if any of these items are things I'm supposed to keep.

I know when I went to bed, I had nothing but two potions locked in my inventory, and that I might? have a gold account medal now??

but other than that ??? Who knows, it a mystery.

I think I need to give it a day or two before I try tackling this, if I'm to do it on my own (with @Sunflower supervising their villainy). Maybe when the site isn't exploding with christmas excitement to rifle through the wreckage. The big question I have is: will the trees automatically be opened, or can I safely take the time I need to delete things and then open the tree at my leisure?
Star_Gazer
Did anyone ever say if we continue to gift till we open them or no ?
TJPanda
I came in this evening to 58 stocking events then read the news post 3 times to make sure I understood it. I manually deleted all stocking items in my inventory (even with a bit of site lag and stalled pages loading).

Thank you kindly for the 1 week GA free gift and the 250 CSC too :heart:.
Thank you for working so hard all year to make subeta a wonderful place for all of us to be a part of. Merry Christmas to you kind Subeta :heart:.

Looking forward to when the Christmas Trees open ^_^.
Fray
I can't believe someone is ACTUALLY saying that they deserve the duplicates just because they'll never obtain their wishlist, and that this has "ruined their holiday"... unbelievable.

what kind of a person do you have to be-...
gryphongrl
Okay deleted. That feels so weird since I never delete anything. It just feels wrong, but I am sure it is right as I read and reread the post here. Thank you for your hard work.
FLUX
After this announcement and the reactions of some people...I hope that deliberately using/selling those items will be a warnable or freezable offence. Definitely some people staff will want to maybe check up on :P
Mandy
So thankful I didn't get a lot of events lol. Deleted all the items :)
indulge
Just wanted to add to all the positive comments here - thank you staff!! you all do a fantastic job at communicating with us and 250csc is a great lumi present c:
Happy holidays wherever you are x
amethyst227
Thank you for all your hard work! Merry Luminaire! :)
Gabriela
@Amber
okay good. thank you for the csc and week GA.
can we still gift people or no?
mollykmooney
Thanks for all the hard work!
Ferinsy
@kbbob Happy holidays :D
bocephous
Thank you for working and fixing the problem and thanks again for the gifts.
Inknote
I'm very appreciative that we also got csc as well. After such extensive downtime I was gunna be a little bummed if we only got an extra week of gold account, though that's nothing to sneeze at, and I know we only got it back at all because of your hard work on xmas, staff. But the extra csc is really nice.
Can't wait to open my tree!
StarShadow
Oh good, I didn't get any stocking events so I'm OK. Just wish the site hadn't been down for so long, was planning to spend the day throwing snowballs.

< please hit me with icy snowballs >
Amber STAFF
@Gabriela Yeah, we still have a way to access what gifts you should have even though the trees look sad and empty.
dainty
Really sad about the glitch and also the downtime. I was so excited for trees!! But I'm glad the issue's getting sorted. Also the GA Medal and other gifts are very generous, thank you staff!
Gabriela
@Amber
those who deleted the duplicates. our trees look empty but the tree presents are there right even though our trees are empty?
Sunflower
@Amber

ahahahhah ha ha... Oh dear.

A few issues:

First problem: I literally sent like half of their wishlist. It was split into multiple categories (there's currently 30 categories, I just rechecked). I just cherrypicked from all of them. I have no idea if the 3k+ events is equal to that or thats just a lot of duplications, but I guarantee I sent A LOT of items.

Second problem: I suffer from a lot of memory problems due to my health, and my roommate certainly wouldn't know any of the things I bought since it was a surprise. I have no idea how I'm going to compare. I'm not reliable at all to remember these details.

I'm very sorry to have added to the workload and stress of this mishap, and I appreciate all the time and the compensation already rolled out by staff. I just don't know what to do about it on my own. :'c
Pirate
@Amber

Okay thank you, ticket sent!
RoxyWolf
Mistakes happen, and I know how hard it can be especially around the Luminaire season to keep things in order. Thank you for being so on-the-ball to fixing things, and for being honestly the best staff team of any petsite I've been on. I hope you all get some much-needed rest before the year's out. You deserve it. Thanks for trying to make the best of a bad situation and for being so kind to your users. <3
homestuck
oooh, dont mind my silly question bellow. it was just that ppl came to thank m for gifts and i was like "where do i open my tree gifts whaaat o-o?" i was dumb and didnt noticed it was part of the glitch too. :3 thank so much for your gifts as well subeta team, i have some csc goals but i am terrible saving, so thank you this will help me lots! ^^;
Kevin
@Ferinsy
No problem :) happy holidays!
Silla
Thanks for the csc and GA account, and for working to fix this during the Christmas holidays! <3 Is it safe to continue gifting items? I haven't had enough time to gift everyone on my list yet.
Gunnarr
Thank you for doing your best to fix this, staff. I understand it must be very difficult to figure out what course of action to take when something goes so horribly awry. Hopefully those players that received duplicates won't take advantage of your trust, and the rest of Luminaire can be much nicer for everyone. Thanks for the GA, the CSC, and the special quests. :)
glir
@predator pardon, but...you call them "extras" but you don't really owe that item, they're duplicates of old stocking items. selling them, you will be stealing. you'll have your gifts, the presents other users have given you, in a couple of days. and I'm sorry for you if you think that the maintenance of a petsite (with the staff working during Christmas day to fix all the bugs) has ruined your holidays. Subeta isn't a paid-by-users site and you can't really pretend anything. The CSC and the gold account week are gifts the staff choose to give us, not something owed. Keep calm, please.
Ferinsy
@kbbob oh, got it xD thanks for clarifying, I misread it
Hetty
No worries about the trees being a bit late, jeepers the GA and CSC, those are brilliant presents! Thank you :) I'm sorry you had to work on the problem on Christmas Day, I don't know what time it occurred but I hope it didn't spoil your Christmas dinners and time with your families. Its lunch-time Boxing Day here already - this time yesterday we were in the middle of a sudden power outage for several hours. Just never know what will happen, lol, every day can be an adventure of some sort.
Pigeon
Stay cool and take your time.
tako
welcome back, thanks for burning the christmas oil to get the site back up (: yall are fab!
Moran
I'm glad this is getting sorted out now. I do feel sorry for the people who have to delete a lot of stuff now. x_o But some people here... Seriously... Don't be so rude. Those glitch items weren't yours to begin with. :/ Thank you staff for trying to find the best solution to this little mess. u_u;
chic
Are we still able to put gifts under trees until they are "opened"?
Amber STAFF
@Hosui Yes, delete them all! The wrong script was run today (the stockings rather than opening trees), so the wrong method of releasing the gifts went out. There were some errors with it, too, where it overtimed and ended up sending people multiples of some items. In a few days once we get this sorted out completely, we’ll open trees where you’ll get your gifts the correct way :)
Kevin
@czar
It seems like people only focus on themselves and don't consider staff as real people or think about how things impact the site as a whole, just themselves. Just my guess though.
Crisgems
hey staff... thank you for the goodies. Will we still be able to stuff trees until they open up?
Dreamcrystal
so the events gave us what 3 of each item?
Djinni
Thanks for working on Christmas for us guys! :) Hopefully you get it fixed soon.
Instead of a week gold account medal, I'd prefer the Free Shop open, but that's me :P
Happy Luminaire/Merry Christmas / Happy Hanukkah!
Amber STAFF
@Sunflower oh my god SO MANY GIFTS. Do you remember what gifts you sent them? (If you did it off their wishlist, you guys might be able to figure out exactly what @Eck should be deleting).
Vader
To those of you being rude during the Holidays because you can't sell the items you didn't even earn, clearly you're taking the game too seriously. An error is simply an error, no one's perfect but it isn't their fault you're having too much trouble making the sP with your own hard work... Let's be nice. Take a deep breath. Life goes on. There are for more unfortunate people in the world. Happy holidays.
Synbar
Thank you, Amber! I really appreciate all your work on a holiday like today, you & all the Team are terrific!
Kevin
@Ferinsy
No.
It was occurring with the script for stockings running and that caused items to duplicate. Until everything gets fixed, they're holding off on opening the tree.
Princess
thank you staff for keeping us updated and working throughout today to bring subeta back up, rather than leaving it down for a few days/rolling back/etc! the csc and GA were a nice touch, and thank you for giving them to us!! i know most of us really appreciate your efforts, and i hope all of you are able to enjoy the rest of your holiday!! B)
SeriousGreen
Thanks Subeta Team...looks like Santa pulled a fast one on all of us! :) Happy to be back with friends and wait for our trees to come online!!! Have some nice eggnog and shortbread and be of good cheer...tis the season to be jolly in spite of some prickly holly!!! :christmas_tree: :gift_heart: :kissing_cat:

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