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Capcom shutting down Resident Evil Outbreak servers
10:36 PM on 03.04.2007, Nick Chester 58 comments

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Last week, when Konami decided to pull the plug on their servers that backed Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence's online play, the community was up in arms. You see, that's a game that people still actually play; it was released only one year ago.

On the other hand, when Capcom announces they're going to shut down the Resident Evil Outbreak: File 1 and 2 servers, it's kind of hard to believe that anyone would care.

Capcom regretfully announces that the server for our Playstation 2 online game Resident Evil Outbreak: File#2 will be closing at the end of March 2007.

Since Resident Evil Outbreak File#2 was released in August 2005 , Capcom has provided a server enabling consumers to experience the online element of this game free of charge.

Regretfully, conditions now dictate that we must close down this server effective from March 31, 2007. Naturally it will still be possible to play the game offline, but the online component will no longer be available.

Following the forum announcement, a five page thread erupted, with pages four and five going to s**t ... quite literally. For the love of God, don't click on page four, as it's not safe for work. Or home, for that matter.

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gleam's Avatar
gleam at 03/04/2007 22:44
Ahahahah capcom got last measured.
juicetin's Avatar
juicetin at 03/04/2007 22:45
Well played good sir...
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BahamutZero at 03/04/2007 22:46
seriously do not click page 4. it crashed my computer somehow
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ArrestedDeveloper at 03/04/2007 22:46
How big is the PS2 online community?
MusashiX2's Avatar
MusashiX2 at 03/04/2007 22:48
well i myself dont care about Outbreak, but my friends are gonna be sooooooo pissed. it upsets me that its gonna fuck them over so bad.

and i am still pissed about MGS3 because i DO play that game and i think it was one of my favorite online experiences. MGS4 cant come soon enough.
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Tactix at 03/04/2007 22:49
I will also stress...

DO NOT CLICK ON THE 4th or 5th page!

it screws up your stuff...trust Destructoid
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AlexanderJ at 03/04/2007 22:51
Ah damn that ticked me off. When someone tells me to not do something I have to do it like a stupid kid, at least I can't blame this on anyone but me. But seriously, don't click on page 4. I want to kill the coder who did that. It took me 3 min. of blind clicking to get my web browers to close the page and stop spinning around my desktop like it was possessed.
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cravecase at 03/04/2007 22:52
Not cool D'Toid. Of course, I'm going to click on page 4. NSFW means pictures of tits and, on occasion, dicks, but not things that crash browser.

P.S. You owe me a picture of some tits.
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moclippa at 03/04/2007 22:53
wow I dont get it did they hack page 4... thats some sick shit their posting up there... really guys, dont click its not worth it..

It redirects you to this sick page that refreshes with different photos, be they a gay orgy of 3 granpas, a penis split down the middle or a severed foot... its really not worth it, take my word on that.
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Kartzan at 03/04/2007 22:55
Yeah... page 4 is... appalling? And telling us not to click it... well... it might as well be a flashing fire alarm saying "pull in case of emergency"... your gonna pull it... if you do, make sure you got your sh*t locked down like fort knox
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MusashiX2 at 03/04/2007 22:57
if you click on page 4 then hold CTRL+ALT+DEL and go to "Processes". just click on Firefox.exe, IExplorer.exe, Netscape.exe, etc and click "End Process". itll take care of all of it at once. no blind clicking necessary.
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moclippa at 03/04/2007 22:57
in other news I just realized I'm going bald on my forehead.... way to go and kick me in the ass Time, as if I wasn't feeling old as it is.
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moclippa at 03/04/2007 22:58
Brandan... Thats what i do Son!

Born and raised on Faces of Death... this is childs play.
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cbebop007 at 03/04/2007 22:59
Yeah...page 4 is no good. I did not trust Destructoid...I've learned my lesson.
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BahamutZero at 03/04/2007 23:00
haha you're going to be obsolete soon baldy

+1
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AlexanderJ at 03/04/2007 23:01
@MusashiX2

I would have usally done that. But the random spinning and music telling people that im looking at porn and they should come look that was coming out of my speakers, I didn't ten to really sit down and think smartly on how to close it.
It still has me annoyed. Damn my curiosity.
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moclippa at 03/04/2007 23:02
Way to go and make a balding man feel worse... *cries* Now I keep my head nice and shiny
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moclippa at 03/04/2007 23:03
anyone have a good head cream connection?
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xrayne446 at 03/04/2007 23:03
lmao, why didn't you just tell us page four was bugged!?! you should have expected our curious monkey asses to take a peak, good thing firefox is smarter than i am, or my computer would have crashed. *sighs*
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BahamutZero at 03/04/2007 23:05
I only attack those weaker than me. noogie
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moclippa at 03/04/2007 23:07
Seriously nick, relabel that damn post from NSFW to NSFRH (not safe for reasonable humans)... that shit is twisted
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velcroman at 03/04/2007 23:10
mah god. i clicked to page 4 thinking brutal was warning me about bewbs or fanboy ranting, buuuuut noooo, i get aborted fetuses and crazed audio clips raping my ears.
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JimJim at 03/04/2007 23:11
oh shit i clicked 4
WHY DID I DO THAT WHYYYY
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MusashiX2 at 03/04/2007 23:12
@AlexanderJ

wow, really? i am really glad i had my speakers off when i clicked it.
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ZeroTolo at 03/04/2007 23:15
Yeah... maybe you should say that page 4 isn't very good at the BEGINNING of the story... hell, you should put it in the title.
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908peruvian at 03/04/2007 23:17
hey why didn't you warn me about page 4?

what was that site? fuckcapcom.com?
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Jecrell at 03/04/2007 23:21
This news post should just be about Page 4.
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Nick Chester at 03/04/2007 23:23
That'll teach you not to read ALL of the story before clicking off and out of Dtoid! :D
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AlexanderJ at 03/04/2007 23:24
@908peruvian

yeah it was fuckcapcom.on.nimp.org

I found it in my history on firefox.
Don't go there, ever.
I think thats been made clear by now. And I do agree that the article should be editing to include that this isnt the good kind of NSFW. And to strongly urge us to leave our add at home and not click.
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Mxyzptlk at 03/04/2007 23:31
Lol, someone Last Measured page 4 from the sound of it. I'm surprised more of you haven't seen that before. It was even on the news a few times.
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AlexanderJ at 03/04/2007 23:34
@Mxyzptlk

Your link leads to an invalid wiki page. I had to do the recomend search to find the correct page on shocking sites.
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moclippa at 03/04/2007 23:34
Please don't send me to wiki links that dont work.
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Necros at 03/04/2007 23:34
I'm still irritated that Konami will be taking down the MGS3 servers before I get a chance to play the game. I'm hoping that some of those hardcore fans of these games will set-up private servers of their own for those who want to keep playing.
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Mxyzptlk at 03/04/2007 23:38
Bah, it's been removed. Here's a different one that's a unserious take and NSFW.
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gleam at 03/05/2007 00:01
Time for y'all to stop using Windows and IE.

That is all.
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Stukodokka at 03/05/2007 00:30
I think tubgirl is uber-hawt.
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Milofo at 03/05/2007 01:26
Sadly I entered the 4th page because you told me not to. I should have listened. It didn't crash my computer like other who were probably using IE but I saw something I would prefer to never see again.
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blackacidevil at 03/05/2007 01:35
i was using firefox and all it did was move around a little then stop and said i needed a plugin
so, meh
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atheistium at 03/05/2007 02:23
:O shock! why would they close mgs3 servers?! after having left those pieces of shit open for so long
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Rainbowblack at 03/05/2007 04:06
Am I the only one @ D'toid that bought this game

I don't understand how people can play that pile of shit

not only did the game suck but it's inhabitants were inbreds

GIMMIE THE KEY! COME BACK! GIMMIE THE KEY! I NEED IT FUCKER

HIT THE SWITCH IN UNISON WITH ME! C'MERE! DON'T OPEN THAT DOOR YET DON'T OP- WHAT THE FUCK YOU STUPID ASS

DUDE THROUGH THAT DOOR IS THE LAST BOSS. AND I NEED SOME AMMO. I DONT EXPECT YOU TO GIVE ME THAST ROCKET LAUNCHER SO HAND OVER YOUR SHOTGUN SHELLS. WHAT THE FUCK I NEED BULLETS NO NO WAIT! SHIT! HERE IT COMES SHOOT IT SHOOT IT! GET IT OFF ME! SHOOT IT. 9MM? WHERES YOUR ROCKET LAUNCHER? HOLY FUCK 5 HOURS OF MY LIFE GONE BECAUSE YOU DIDINT KNOW WHERE TO GET THE ROCKET LANCHER FROM!
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R Riley at 03/05/2007 05:09
I was actually thinking of buying this game and playing online. Oh well.
Someone needs to invent a computer program that emulates an official server, and lets people connect to each other. Kind of like that warp pipe app for the gamecube.
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realyst at 03/05/2007 05:45
This is why games should allow unofficial servers*via the settings screen or something) if they're gonna offer a centralized server based free multiplay.
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Angry Irish at 03/05/2007 06:11
This makes me love my mac even more. Upon clicking on the forsaken link, I had multiple pages loading about five per second and a loud screeching noise. Headphones were plugged into my computer and it was loud enough to clearly hear the screech without them on. All I had to do was hold the apple key and press "Q". Doing that ends programms immediately. None of that "CTRL + ALT + Delete" crap.

I too demand a good answer. If you didn't know the link would be able to crash computers, I'll forgive you. Otherwise, why didn't you tell us?
Angry Irish's Avatar
Angry Irish at 03/05/2007 06:12
Whoops. I made a typo.
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questworld at 03/05/2007 06:44
And this is why online games (specifically online centric ones like MMORPGs) don't interest me. There should be at least a solid offline mode. Online features should be a bonus, a must bonus but a bonus all the same.
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Jambo at 03/05/2007 07:38
*Uses Firefox* no obscene images for me...damn!
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Nick Chester at 03/05/2007 08:24
The link didn't crash my computer -- I was able to quit the program after witnessing the horrors. I also use Firefox.

Anyhow, the news here wasn't page four. Someone would have clicked through the thread anyhow and then would have been mad at me for not warning them. I did warn you guys, and some people are still upset. Come on, guys, I didn't even make any Mexican jokes! :D

Also, RE: O always seemed like a lost opportunity to me. The concept is great, but the execution was poor. The method of online communication was wretched. I hope Left 4 Dead fills my co-op zombie killing hole. That sounds naughty.
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Oni at 03/05/2007 09:03
Firefox + Flashblock FTW. No annoying retarded windows popping up.

As for the game, well, gotta go gotta go. They may as well take their copies of Outbreak and trade them in to Gamestop before they are completely useless.
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