3300+ Comments Submitted; Prize Cutoff at 2500
Imagine what tomorrow will bring, if yesterday was so out of hand.
So unmethodical was the madness yesterday at the Sega of America blog, upon releasing concept art and announcing a contest for a signed copy of Sonic 3, that Sega’s own servers couldn’t handle the traffic.
This, by SoA community manager RubyEclipse’s own admission.
“Holy cow – we’ve never seen that many comments come in at once before,” he wrote in an update to the original entry. “You guys literally broke our blogs for a few minutes from sheer traffic!”
What broke Sega’s servers? It was a near tidal wave of commenters itching for those prizes up for grabs. There were big problems Tuesday afternoon and evening trying to get entries in for prizes.
In the end, RubyEclipse had to cut off the prizes off past comment #2500–as of right now there are more than 3300 on the blog entry, with perhaps hundreds more in the queue.
Ruby wrote tonight on NeoGAF that everything won’t be straightened out until Thursday–the same day as the really big reveal.
“Realistically at this point it will be Thursday before I can actually nail down the winners; I’m going through and deleting any of the “FIRST!!!!” “ASADFASDF” or “AKJLSKDJF POST 2000!!11” comments,” he said. “So, even if it looks like you didn’t win, your number might move a bit if a spam comment below you gets deleted.”
That’s important because some who may not be in a prize slot right now may get bumped into one. On the flip side, those in a slot could get forced out. It could make for some tempers flaring when the big list of winners is revealed.
Ruby also mentioned on NeoGAF that Sega has added reinforcements to support the onslaught of server traffic.
Will that be enough on Thursday, the day of some big reveals for Project Needlemouse? It could get very crazy–maybe you should just stick around here. We’ll give you everything you need to know from Thursday’s news when it comes down.
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this is where i headed first after realizing that i couldn’t access sega’s blogs. thanks for all the great sonic news!
wow.
Mmm – I have seen many get bumped out – I feel sorry for them. : (
This is some of the biggest hype I’ve ever seen for a video game that doesn’t have a single screenshot released or even an official name. To consistently break the blogs of a major video game company that issues challenges that are bested within hours… We thought the hype for ’06, Unleashed and even ASR (remember the Ryo word puzzle?) was big, but Project Needlemouse eclipses EVERYTHING. Sega must be in absolute shock at the fan monster they created, and they definitely have their work cut out for them.
On another note, I hope I get bumped into a prize slot in the comment feed! In some way I feel like a part of Sonic history.
If I were Sega, I’d be scared shitless. This game had better kick some hardcore ass, or a LOT of Sonic fans are gonna be pissed.
Either way, I think hedgehog mania has definitely exploded this week, which can only be a good thing. The competitions have been thoughtful particularly with regards to the concept artwork community trial, and it shows that there are people over at SoA with their finger on the pulse, albeit on the community side.
I’d be surprised if this doesn’t feed through to the development side of things as SEGA seem to be backing a lot on this horse.
Ha, that’s why they were broken this morning. I couldn’t access anything xD
cool, can`t wait
excellent
can`t wait…
I want to see everything if am sticking here. I couldn’t hear the music here yesterday
hmm, Sonic 4 sounds like its going to be a proper old, like Sonic 1 2D type game
and the concept art WAS pretty shit… I hope what SEGA meant by 2D HD is something better that the collectionmgames HD looks, (AKA: Sega megadrive ultimate collection)
(yes I know what i mean! Of course its a new 2D game!) But what i mean is although i can`t hear it apparently the music sounds 16-bit,
But if this game just looks like the old ones (As in sprites i suppose) Then that`ll be a let down for me.
lol. BUT I suppose its great that were getting a new 2D game eh?
PS: Didn`t sega say in the Sonic Unleashed dev blogs that from now on, they are going to use SU`s daytime (3D/2D) gameplay? I`m pretty sure that they did, it would be wise too. Just abit more platforming… *cougth cougth*
lol. finally a looooongish post ^_^
heres something for people: http://www.dan-dare.org/freefun/Games/SonicHedgehog/SonicHedgehog.htm
I was bumped out of a prize position!
Grrrrr, massive fail.
What’s so funny about yesterday’s challenge was that I asked Sega for a prize giveaway, including a copy of a signed Sonic 2 cartridge. Proof? Here’s my idea on SMS:
http://www.saturdaymorningsonic.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2598&p=42678&hilit=cartridge#p42678
Man, i was in a prize position… Now I probably won’t win anything…
I agree with AJBSONIC, I haven’t seen so much hype! I knew that many people got hyped when they saw Lighting(Final Fantasy) for the first time. Many fraked out, but I wasn’t there….sooo I don’t really know. But this is the biggest hype for a game that haven’t even showed a screenshot “I” have seen! And have you seen the new concept art with Sunflower and a palm tree! And tehy said that it was going to be hidden boxen(Like invincibillity) in the palm trees, like in the old days!
I like new Sonic, but it’s so fun to see something that seem to be more classic!
Just…one…more…day..
Just goes to show you,
There are more Sonic fans out there then you think
My God! If Sega screws up Needlemouse, the fans will just F ‘em from all sides and angles.
People want to know…THAT….BAD.