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Title: Arena closed
Post by: Driver on July 06, 2020, 11:31:27 AM
How long is the melee arena going to be closed?
 :salute
Title: Re: Arena closed
Post by: Ack-Ack on July 06, 2020, 11:32:59 AM
Until it opens up.
Title: Re: Arena closed
Post by: BigDuke on July 06, 2020, 12:14:26 PM
That would be a proper answer if we weren't paying for it.
Title: Re: Arena closed
Post by: Badboy on July 06, 2020, 12:15:43 PM
When the arena is down, you know you are starting to suffer from AH withdraw, if you do any two of the following:

1) You go into the garden to wait for the arena to re-open and have to take your CH stick and throttle with you to stop your hands shaking.
2) You look up at the sky and think how realistic the clouds are.
3) You watch the different bird species in your garden doing battle in the trees and you mentally tell one of the sparrows to check six.
4) Your wife calls you back in and you say "CC OTW"
5) Your wife asks you to put out the trash and you say "rgr that"
6) You drive to the store and wonder if your car has a tighter turn circle than the one behind you.
7) On the way way back you worry that every car driving the opposite way is going to HO you.
8) When you are overtaken by a Mercedes and complain that it's over modelled.
9) When your passenger catches you rapid flashing the high beams to "shoot" cars in front.
10) You stop at the gas station for fuel and ask for 75% internal plus a DT.

I'm not admitting to any of them :)

Badboy


Title: Re: Arena closed
Post by: Skeeter0 on July 06, 2020, 12:22:26 PM
.s BadBoy
Title: Re: Arena closed
Post by: BigDuke on July 06, 2020, 12:34:29 PM
Not a matter of 'withdrawal'. For me, it's a matter of only having certain times to be able to go on. And the original query was simply asking when it might come back up. Proactively letting customers know what's up would even be better.
Title: Re: Arena closed
Post by: Puma44 on July 06, 2020, 12:38:18 PM
When the arena is down, you know you are starting to suffer from AH withdraw, if you do any two of the following:

1) You go into the garden to wait for the arena to re-open and have to take your CH stick and throttle with you to stop your hands shaking.
2) You look up at the sky and think how realistic the clouds are.
3) You watch the different bird species in your garden doing battle in the trees and you mentally tell one of the sparrows to check six.
4) Your wife calls you back in and you say "CC OTW"
5) Your wife asks you to put out the trash and you say "rgr that"
6) You drive to the store and wonder if your car has a tighter turn circle than the one behind you.
7) On the way way back you worry that every car driving the opposite way is going to HO you.
8) When you are overtaken by a Mercedes and complain that it's over modelled.
9) When your passenger catches you rapid flashing the high beams to "shoot" cars in front.
10) You stop at the gas station for fuel and ask for 75% internal plus a DT.

I'm not admitting to any of them :)

Badboy




 :rofl Badboy!  All, so very true.

Title: Re: Arena closed
Post by: Arlo on July 06, 2020, 12:41:40 PM
Not a matter of 'withdrawal'. For me, it's a matter of only having certain times to be able to go on. And the original query was simply asking when it might come back up. Proactively letting customers know what's up would even be better.

Did you wait a couple of minutes then try again in case the map was resetting after a win?
Title: Re: Arena closed
Post by: Driver on July 06, 2020, 12:45:08 PM
it been down for over an hour
Title: Re: Arena closed
Post by: Wiley on July 06, 2020, 12:49:40 PM
Just checking the obvious- if you did happen to catch it at a map reset, did you close and reopen the program since you first tried to get in?  It doesn't refresh if you just change windows iirc.

Wiley.
Title: Re: Arena closed
Post by: Arlo on July 06, 2020, 12:52:41 PM
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Title: Re: Arena closed
Post by: Driver on July 06, 2020, 12:57:18 PM
Tried everything says the arena is full, others are open.  I guess because of social distancing we cannot have many people flying?

Oh well it will open at some point I guess. :pray
Title: Re: Arena closed
Post by: Arlo on July 06, 2020, 12:59:53 PM
Tried everything says the arena is full, others are open.  I guess because of social distancing we cannot have many people flying?

Oh well it will open at some point I guess. :pray

Try one of the other arenas. Have fun. :)
Title: Re: Arena closed
Post by: Arlo on July 06, 2020, 01:19:03 PM
There was a time when players would get rather excited about this and anticipate something new being added.  :old:
Title: Re: Arena closed
Post by: Skeeter0 on July 06, 2020, 01:27:32 PM
Yes. What is different though is there is no communication at all. Usually Hitech is letting customers know something is up - at least that something is going to be down. But after 2 hours there is no communication at all. You just don't do that with paying customers with a lot of other options. Me, I don't have any options. Its the only game I play  :bhead

- Maybe hitech is still on the beach - that would justify everything :)
Title: Re: Arena closed
Post by: Arlo on July 06, 2020, 01:30:05 PM
Relax, Patience, it's open again.  :old:
Title: Re: Arena closed
Post by: RotBaron on July 06, 2020, 02:13:43 PM
Somewhere around 2013-14 for awhile the Late War MA was down (maybe almost a week?). Everyone was in the Mid War, that was fun and when I learned a lot in a short period. Anyone remember that?
Title: Re: Arena closed
Post by: Arlo on July 06, 2020, 02:19:40 PM
I remember everything ... just not right away.