Difficult Maze Warning

[GBShorts]

I didn't see this posted anywhere yet so I thought I'd make a thread about it.

BE VERY CAREFUL when doing the "difficult" level maze. The fourth room (It's a Malifiscent room owned by CL_Nedakh) has so many teleporters that people are getting backed up in there and you end up in a queue to get in.

IMHO they shouldn't create rooms with so many teleporters-that's causing so many of the kick-outs where you're stuck at the door!

So if you DO get the kick out and end up at the door can yo uleave right away? otherwise everybody else will get kicked out too.

It happened to many of us so far :(

[MaliaMichelle]

I didn't see this posted anywhere yet so I thought I'd make a thread about it.

BE VERY CAREFUL when doing the "difficult" level maze. The fourth room (It's a Malifiscent room owned by CL_Nedakh) has so many teleporters that people are getting backed up in there and you end up in a queue to get in.

IMHO they shouldn't create rooms with so many teleporters-that's causing so many of the kick-outs where you're stuck at the door!

So if you DO get the kick out and end up at the door can yo uleave right away? otherwise everybody else will get kicked out too.

It happened to many of us so far :(

His room is also the room everyone kept crashing in yesterday.

[catnik]

thanks for the warning! i am going to try the medium maze first and then i am going to try the hard

[piratesmate]

That's where I lost my connection this morning. :(

[bevgray]

It is a problem in ALL the rooms. Guests get dumped out of the maze or just come to the room and stand in the doorway. This boosts the room numbers so someone jumping blind has no way of knowing if the way is clear or the room is full. Please, do not just "stand on the sidelines to watch" or hang around the entrance if you do get pushed out. It only makes the problem worse and more guests will end up outside with you.

I say again, Staff and Leaders, please get someone into the bottlenecked rooms to keep guests moving and keep the doorway clear. I will be on a bit later to try to help.

[GBShorts]

It is a problem in ALL the rooms.

I know it's a problem everywhere but it's accelerated in rooms where there's lots of teleporters because you have to find you way through them to get to the next room and if you go wrong you have to back up.

arg.

[MickeysBuddy]

Yet another victim of that room. That is the only maze I have been working on since the opening of the mazes at noon (est) and been dropped offline in the same room all 3 times I have gotten to it! I have just about had enough. I really wanted that candy cauldron too. Bummer!
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/captain_dl/vmkstuff/disconnected.jpg

[MiakodaWDW]

Ok I didn't even try to go in yesterday when I saw a 500+ wait, I figured they would make things better today. I see 3 entrances, that is good. Does anyone else know if they made any OTHER changes to the mazes to solve the issues people were having yesterday? Doesn't sound like it, but hearing about the boots etc., I really hope they did some damage control inside too.

128 more for difficult and twiddling my thumbs....
~Mia

[GBShorts]

Ok I didn't even try to go in yesterday when I saw a 500+ wait, I figured they would make things better today. I see 3 entrances, that is good. Does anyone else know if they made any OTHER changes to the mazes to solve the issues people were having yesterday? Doesn't sound like it, but hearing about the boots etc., I really hope they did some damage control inside too.

128 more for difficult and twiddling my thumbs....
~Mia

They're limiting with turnstiles how fast you can enter the maze itself but after that, it's fair game.

I'm on try 4 now.

[pixiepal53]

His room is also the room everyone kept crashing in yesterday.

I crashed in that same room this morning. ARG! So far, three tries to get into the mazes, I get in, and POOF!!! Get the BIG OLD BOOT in the but!

[Makeminemusic]

If they have a que in the room ( I am still in wait mode #53) they should just take the names right there in case of boot or teleport problem and award them prize. That way all who waited in line can get a prize. Just a thought while I wait

[blizzard]

If they have a que in the room ( I am still in wait mode #53) they should just take the names right there in case of boot or teleport problem and award them prize. That way all who waited in line can get a prize. Just a thought while I wait

Last time I was through the difficult maze entrance (fourth try), they were taking names down of people who had been through many times. So if you have made many tries, mention it when you make it to the room, and hopefully they will add you to their list.

I am going to keep trying, because I actually want to make it through the maze (although I have something in mind for the candy cauldron)

[MiakodaWDW]

Well, congratulate me. I made it into my first maze room. Difficult. Went thru turnstile and into first room. Clicked on teleporter and....oh no what a shock!
http://img312.imageshack.us/img312/2263/mazecrap18ey.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Makeminemusic]

Got into the first maze and lost connectioon. I did let the CL know about my idea before I got the boot.

[Makeminemusic]

Well, congratulate me. I made it into my first maze room. Difficult. Went thru turnstile and into first room. Clicked on teleporter and....oh no what a shock!
http://img312.imageshack.us/img312/2263/mazecrap18ey.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

That's what happened to me too Miakoda :rotfl2:

[Danola]

Well no idea why you targeted Ned's room, when in fact it was alot more than just ned's rooms crashing people. It is not the room it's self that was making people get booted to the door.. it was the people blocking the teleporters.

If you did do the maze today you might have seen me (and shorts ;)) helping VMK_Annie for a good chunk of the day. At one point nobody at all was coming through, she sent me to check it out.

I crashed after about 4 rooms and all 3 difficulties, not just the hard difficulty. I would say that the servers started to run low and the large amount of activity was causing people to crash, I don't think it was fair to single out Ned, he put alot of hard work into his room.

-Danola

[iluvcountry]

I haven't ever gotten in the room yet, and I don't plan to after what I have heard. I thought to do it to get inferno, but now that I know the prize isn't inferno, I really don't care anymore. Of course it would be nice to get a candy cauldron or a nice pin, but what is the point? Waiting forty-five minutes to all of a sudden crash? It is just my opinion, but I am not going to waste my time.

[ScroogesNephew]

. . . didn't get into a single room today. Maybe because I was outside all day, and not cyber-sleeping.

[GBShorts]

Well no idea why you targeted Ned's room, when in fact it was alot more than just ned's rooms crashing people. It is not the room it's self that was making people get booted to the door.. it was the people blocking the teleporters.

If you did do the maze today you might have seen me (and shorts ;)) helping VMK_Annie for a good chunk of the day. At one point nobody at all was coming through, she sent me to check it out.

I crashed after about 4 rooms and all 3 difficulties, not just the hard difficulty. I would say that the servers started to run low and the large amount of activity was causing people to crash, I don't think it was fair to single out Ned, he put alot of hard work into his room.

-Danola


I wasn't "single-ing" out anybody. It was the only room I was able to get into that stuck me outside the door. I know there were others. This was early in the morning and it had been my only experience.

I didn't mean his ROOM persay, I meant that there were so many teleporters that were keeping so many people in the room wandering around trying to find the way out that it ended up "full" and you had to wait in a queue to get in, only to find you were stuck outside the door. show me a room with 4 teleporters responsible for that fact-you go in one and out the other into another room. :)

I meant no offense to Nedakh. I was just cautioning to go slow in rooms with many teleporters as they may have a back up, that's all.

[Danola]

I wasn't "single-ing" out anybody. It was the only room I was able to get into that stuck me outside the door. I know there were others. This was early in the morning and it had been my only experience.

I didn't mean his ROOM persay, I meant that there were so many teleporters that were keeping so many people in the room wandering around trying to find the way out that it ended up "full" and you had to wait in a queue to get in, only to find you were stuck outside the door. show me a room with 4 teleporters responsible for that fact-you go in one and out the other into another room. :)

I meant no offense to Nedakh. I was just cautioning to go slow in rooms with many teleporters as they may have a back up, that's all.


Ah, sorry for being so rude about it. I ment no offence, it was just you had only mentioned Ned's room, thanks for clearing it up :)

[pixiepal53]

When I got the boot in Ned's room, me and one other person were the only ones in there....and he was on the other side of the room. So nobody was blocking my teleporter.

[Nedakh]

BE VERY CAREFUL when doing the "difficult" level maze. The fourth room (It's a Malifiscent room owned by CL_Nedakh) has so many teleporters that people are getting backed up in there and you end up in a queue to get in.

Ultimately my goal was to create a fun experience for players. As Danola said, some of these issues were not limited to my rooms exclusively; they were in fact some of the problems faced by users in general. In an effort to make my area easier, I eliminated several teleporter's in each room, and also removed a room from the maze.

I also want to extend my apologies for being unable to assist you with your request earlier. I was instructed not to let anyone into the maze from the exit area. I only wish I could have done more to help. However if I had made an exception for you, I would be forced, to open the doors for each guest that crashed or was otherwise at the exit area. It was beyond my control. Thank you :blush:

[Roxane]

I also want to extend my apologies for being unable to assist you with your request earlier. I was instructed not to let anyone into the maze from the exit area. I only wish I could have done more to help. However if I had made an exception for you, I would be forced, to open the doors for each guest that crashed or was otherwise at the exit area. It was beyond my control. Thank you :blush:

It would have been nice if VMK Staff could have let people back in where they crashed. Those of us on the 45 minute disconnect would have at least maybe gotten to finish a maze. I understand people would try to cheat and come in that way, but still it would have been nice.

[GBShorts]

Ultimately my goal was to create a fun experience for players. As Danola said, some of these issues were not limited to my rooms exclusively; they were in fact some of the problems faced by users in general. In an effort to make my area easier, I eliminated several teleporter's in each room, and also removed a room from the maze.

I also want to extend my apologies for being unable to assist you with your request earlier. I was instructed not to let anyone into the maze from the exit area. I only wish I could have done more to help. However if I had made an exception for you, I would be forced, to open the doors for each guest that crashed or was otherwise at the exit area. It was beyond my control. Thank you :blush:


Ned, please please PLEASE don't think I was angry with you in anyway! :) As I previously stated, it was the only major "multi-coffin" room I had run into that had yielded that problem thus far yesterday.

I completely understand your not being able to pop me back into the maze. I was under the impression at the time it was okay because I had seen both CL_Poseidon and CL_Danola pop someone back into the maze from a room upon receiving notice from them they got stuck in one of their doorways.

:)

[SeaKing]

Ned, please please PLEASE don't think I was angry with you in anyway! :) As I previously stated, it was the only major "multi-coffin" room I had run into that had yielded that problem thus far yesterday.

I completely understand your not being able to pop me back into the maze. I was under the impression at the time it was okay because I had seen both CL_Poseidon and CL_Danola pop someone back into the maze from a room upon receiving notice from them they got stuck in one of their doorways.

:)
Well, yes. I did do that. To 3 people. And it were the ones I saw over 7 times. I couldn't do it for everyone.

[Danola]

Ned, please please PLEASE don't think I was angry with you in anyway! :) As I previously stated, it was the only major "multi-coffin" room I had run into that had yielded that problem thus far yesterday.

I completely understand your not being able to pop me back into the maze. I was under the impression at the time it was okay because I had seen both CL_Poseidon and CL_Danola pop someone back into the maze from a room upon receiving notice from them they got stuck in one of their doorways.

:)

To be quite honest, I did not let anybody in. Once VMK_Babs told me to boot all the people in the door because it was 100% full and I had to empty it. I did nothing of the sort for letting people in. I joked about a fast pass with a couple people but did not actually do it. I was busy in the end room all day and could not even get to my room any ways. ;)

[GBShorts]

To be quite honest, I did not let anybody in. Once VMK_Babs told me to boot all the people in the door because it was 100% full and I had to empty it. I did nothing of the sort for letting people in. I joked about a fast pass with a couple people but did not actually do it. I was busy in the end room all day and could not even get to my room any ways. ;)


My mistake. I thought on Saturday I saw you leave the room to let someone in.

Apologies! :)

*edit*

I remembered. LOL While talking to you!!

I was in your first room and you were there-and soon after you went to the other just as I went. Somebody got stuck outside your second room and you said "oh I saw you in the last room, I'll let you in."

That was it. :)

[Danola]

My mistake. I thought on Saturday I saw you leave the room to let someone in.

Apologies! :)


Although there was 1 person I saw in CL_Lisawdw's room who was the victum of teleporter blocking, I did let her in.

[VMK_Dr.IceT]

yo homue wasn't even thurr so don't be complaining homw boy