Genesis

[beechmon]

Will there even be a genesis?

[Luth]

Lol

[coss]

wol is too much for u?

[Jube]

Will there even be a genesis?

What he said.

[zepelin]

will there be a utopia again? because this is more like chaos or hell than utopia.

[Turtle Man]

if they have to open up gen in any form of what we are experiencing now, than **** i hope there isnt any gen

[Bishop]

you wont see gen until wol works properly

[KuhaN]

Why didn't they make it the other way around?

It should've been, 'you won't see wol until gen works properly'.

If they just asked for our opinions before making key decisions, it would really save their own asses.

[Bishop]

they did :s people wanted wol

[Edenbeast]

you wont see gen until wol works properly

And why oh why wasn't it done the other way? That's what gen was meant for anyway, to test the new stuff.

[Edenbeast]

they did :s people wanted wol

They did not. It was shoved through our throats. There was no choice.

[KuhaN]

LOL Bishop, really, they did?

Hahah, good one, I'm really laughing my ass off right now.

[Bishop]

go look back through UT and you'll find it

[KuhaN]

go look back through UT and you'll find it

oh i know man, i know exactly what you're talking about, and that is why I am laughing.

[Edenbeast]

Hi All,

The attacks against Utopia over the last ten days or so have left us with no option but to permanently retire the old code. Genesis has already ended and WoL ends at midnight BST tomorrow (Wednesday).

This turn of events has forced us to change our plans for the roll-out of the new code. In this blog post we want to clearly specify the new plans so we all know what’s happening next.

1) WoL will restart next week on the new code. We will import all Accounts, Credits and Kingdoms into the new code. When WoL freeze period starts on the new code all transferred accounts will have the option of re-joining their kingdoms from the previous age. WoL freeze period will start next week (targeting Wednesday 21st) and WoL will end 12 weeks later (middle of January). Freeze period, protection and tick time will all be normal lengths.

2) The new age of WoL will be primarily based off age 42 as per here. Undeads will NOT be there. However, we propose re-introducing Avians for this age. Adding a race is quite self-contained and can be done relatively quickly. As a starting point for a discussion on what mod values Avians should have please see this thread.

3) Bug reporting will be done via the forums. The current bug forum section will be cleared (existing threads will be archived). We’re already receiving more bug reports every day than we can handle, so we need to change the system. Bug reporting instructions and etiquette will be posted in a sticky in the Bug Reports forum.

4) Genesis will not restart for the time being. The original plan was to start with Genesis on the new code, but due to these attacks we’ve had to take down WoL. WoL is the lifeblood of Utopia and must remain available. We are left with no viable choice but to run WoL on the new code first.

The new code will remain in beta. While this is nothing more than a label, it is an indication that some aspects are still a work-in-progress. We will continue fixing bugs while WoL is running, but we will be deploying those fixes less frequently and will give advanced notice of any significant scheduled downtime.

Thanks,
Brian

Guess what?! For your convenience:

The original plan was to start with Genesis on the new code, but due to these attacks we’ve had to take down WoL. WoL is the lifeblood of Utopia and must remain available. We are left with no viable choice but to run WoL on the new code first.

Who made the choice? Were we asked anything?

Cheers,