Server Screw Up Kills MMO

Normandyfoxtrot

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Wait, MMO's normally not only have their pieces spread out over multiple servers in the bank, they normally have multiple copies of that information on multiple clusters of server banks. HOW CAN YOU DELETE MULTIPLE PARTS IN MULTIPLE PLACES ON ACCIDENT!!?
 

ResonanceSD

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We were taught "SAVE YOUR WORK" from the first time we encountered computers in school. And that was for second grade word processing stuff.
 

Guardian of Nekops

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Yeah, if someone pays you real-world money for a micro-transaction, you really need a record of that. Maybe not the pixels themselves, but at least a reciept for what items were bought so you can hand them out again later. Even a bank account statement for what people paid you would do, if you can process it.

And you need to guard that information with your life.

Because telling people, "Oops, we lost your stuff, feel free to buy it again, though," is a QUICK route to bankruptcy. If not having an angry mob outside your door.