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Consumers have the right to be childish, do we not?
Children have a right to be childish. If you're an adut, you should please act like one.
I'd be upset about actual server stability issues if that's what was happening here, but it isn't. Being DDoS'd isn't SE's fault, nor is there a ton they can do about it. I'm sure they're working with their internet providers to get the appropriate blocks in place to stop the attack, but beyond that there isn't anything they can do about this. So, since there's nothing they can do about it, I choose not to blame them for it.
The post quoted from J. Allen Brack regarding WoW was in response to server stability and gameplay issues related to the launch of WoW's newest expansion (I've been playing it, I saw the problems). Since that was an actual Blizzard problem, it was their responsibility to do something about it and they did. They were also DDoS'd at the time and that didn't help, but it wasn't the primary issue facing customers at the time.
Would it be nice for SE to add some time to people's accounts due to the length of the service interruption? Sure. Is it necessarily their responsibility to do that? No.
This is by no means a permanent state of affairs. It'll get solved.
Edited, Nov 21st 2014 6:57pm by Callinon