24h maintenance for some US realms, preparing for Cataclysm

[Mazzel]

We will be performing extended maintenance on the realms listed below on Tuesday, June 8th, beginning at 12:01 AM PDT. The maintenance is scheduled for 24 hours as we prepare for the upcoming expansion. These realms will be playable again at approximately 12:01 AM PDT on Wednesday, June 9th.

All realms not listed below will undergo scheduled maintenance beginning at 5:00am PDT and will be available for play at approximately 11:00 AM PDT.

Aegwynn, Akama, Aman'Thul, Arathor, Azjol-Nerub, Barthilas, Blackrock, Bloodscalp, Bonechewer, Boulderfist, Bronzebeard, Caelestrasz, Chromaggus, Crushridge, Daggerspine, Darkspear, Dath'Remar, Draenor, Dragonblight, Dragonmaw, Drak'thul, Draka, Dreadmaul, Dunemaul, Eitrigg, Eldre'Thalas, Feathermoon, Firetree, Frostmane, Frostmourne, Frostwolf, Garithos, Gundrak, Gurubashi, Hakkar, Jubei'Thos, Khaz Modan, Khaz'goroth, Kil'jaeden, Kilrogg, Korgath, Kul Tiras, Malorne, Mug'thol, Muradin, Nagrand, Nathrezim, Ner'zhul, Perenolde, Proudmoore, Rexxar, Runetotem, Saurfang, Scarlet Crusade, Sen'jin, Shadow Council, Shadowsong, Silver Hand, Silvermoon, Skywall, Smolderthorn Spirestone, Stonemaul, Stormscale, Suramar, Terenas, Thaurissan, Thorium Brotherhood, Tichondrius, Uldum, Vek'nilash, Windrunner

Thank you for your patience

Doesn't sound bad!

[Iruxos]

They did something like this long before WoTLK was on beta.

Luckily, I have an screenshot of the login interface when Blizzard announced server preparations for WoTLK's release:



It wasn't 24 hours tho.

[Mazzel]

Hopefully this one works out better tho'. Remembering the patchday of 3.0, I'm still disturbed...

[Galifianakis]

You can expect 1 day of down time, followed by multiple hours of down time, blizzard always gets something wrong and realms go up and down after major patches.

[Kalzor]

I can guarantee you this is for hardware upgrades to HANDLE cataclysm, not the catclysm patch. MAYBE 3.5, but I doubt that too. Cata beta, in 3 months.

[Naposim1337]

beta in 3 MONTHS? srsly?

[Sensisativa]

Beta will be announced around June 15th, now this is just a guess, but it would make sense after reading the front page of *************. here is an excerpt from it:

Korean World of Warcraft Beta Contest
There is an ongoing contest on the official korean website.

World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Beta Test Invitation Event (basically, contest)
Period : 3 June 2010 ~ 12 June 2010 until 11:59 PM
Whom: World of Warcraft Members (like, subscribers)

How to Participate
Visit the Warcraft Official Homepage's Adventurer Association Forums and leave a message in a thread "What will you name your Cataclysm Goblin and Worgen characters?"
As a gift we will select 1000 people who participate and send them an invitation to participate in the World of Warcraft Closed Beta Test.

Announcement and Confirmation of the Winners Method
Winners will be announced on the 15th of June in the afternoon
This part is a bit more difficult but it's basically about confirming participation at the official website via your mailbox (forum inbox?) (where you recieve the invitation) in the "Korean" closed beta test. It specificies the beta test as "korean" here where it doesn't elsewhere.

This could be a fairly interesting information, especially because of the timing.

• There is a beta contest, and winners will supposedly be announced on June 15th.
• As far as I know, there is a WoW Press Tour @ Blizzard HQ this week for official fansites.
• 5 Screenshots on the Day have been uploaded on Blizzard's site before the week-end. (= until Tuesday)

Don't get your hopes too high, especially since the korean page also clearly states that it doesn't mean that the beta will start on June 15th but the timing is definitely interesting and I will live in the hope of a beta/NDA lift for the rest of the week.

[xsx]

Well i dont wanna misdirect people but last time i know Ghostcrawler states something about goblins rogues by the next blizzcon. So knows what might happen untill then

[Mechl]

They did something like this long before WoTLK was on beta.

Luckily, I have an screenshot of the login interface when Blizzard announced server preparations for WoTLK's release:



It wasn't 24 hours tho.

June 30th was only 3 weeks before the WotLK Beta started (July 18th).

[Mazzel]

beta in 3 MONTHS? srsly?

Unlikely. 3-6 weeks is more likely.