Freeskiing World Tour server burns the big one!

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Freeskiing World Tour server burns the big one!

Posted By: Tats on November 13, 2008 in All New Posts, Ski News - Comments: No Comments »

Today, an entire community of skiers and hard-chargers collectively crashed the servers in an attempt to register for the 2009 Freeskiing World Tour. As the minutes ticked by, and the registration scheduled time passed, mouses were clicked in anticipation of some huge spending on registration fees. Refresh buttons were pushed frantically as men, women, girls and boys all found themselves confused and worried about their skiing futures.

The following is a Facebook status ‘party’ tracking the frustrations and wit of a group of such freeskiers. Enjoy!

Pip ready, set, register! 10:49am

– 60 Comments

Mike Leake at 10:50am November 13

ha ha, no shit.

Crystal Lee at 10:53am November 13

Its crazy. Less then 10 mins

Chris Tatsuno at 10:55am November 13

wahoo!!

Pip Hunt at 10:55am November 13

are we all online at once here? hahahhahha YES

Claire Smallwood at 10:57am November 13

i was NOT one of the people who got in yesterday

Chris Tatsuno at 11:02am November 13

oh boy…let the servers crash and burn again!

Claire Smallwood at 11:03am November 13

ditto

Kyle Wehmanen at 11:04am November 13

online registering sucks!

Mike Leake at 11:04am November 13

is this working yet for anyone else?

Pip Hunt at 11:04am November 13

nope not working

Chris Tatsuno at 11:05am November 13

hahahahahahaha

Kyle Wehmanen at 11:05am November 13

i quit

Pip Hunt at 11:06am November 13

NO dON’T QUITE! I’d miss you

Kyle Wehmanen at 11:06am November 13

ok, i wont

Chris Tatsuno at 11:06am November 13

mwuahahahahahahahahaHAHAHA HAHA

Chris Tatsuno at 11:07am November 13

this might be the record for number of responses to a status update. ever.

Pip Hunt at 11:07am November 13

yup and we’re all apart of it
adorable

Kyle Wehmanen at 11:08am November 13

woooo!

Mike Leake at 11:09am November 13

this is so lame!

Mike Leake at 11:12am November 13

any luck anyone?

Pip Hunt at 11:12am November 13

nope

Chris Tatsuno at 11:13am November 13

so…

Chris Tatsuno at 11:14am November 13

you guys wanna make out or something?

Kyle Wehmanen at 11:14am November 13

lets all promise to come back at 4:00PM. nobody will sign up before hand

Steven Abbott Smith at 11:14am November 13

i will

Kyle Wehmanen at 11:14am November 13

i just want to go ski

Crystal Lee at 11:15am November 13

I hate this1 Registering sucks.
They need a bigger server

Pip Hunt at 11:16am November 13

i’ll make out! But only if it’s in the back seat of the tats van…

Chris Tatsuno at 11:17am November 13

I just wanna party!

Chris Tatsuno at 11:17am November 13

man…who else is on here? let’s see if we can get the whole freeskiing community to post a comment here! hahaha

Pip Hunt at 11:18am November 13

Let’s do it! Yessss!

Kyle Wehmanen at 11:19am November 13

blubberchucks

Mike Leake at 11:20am November 13

Is the Bird not up yet or is it already sold out?

Chris Tatsuno at 11:21am November 13

hahahahaha…who really knows? I feel like the cheshire cat right now.

Pip Hunt at 11:22am November 13

I like your smile

Pip Hunt at 11:24am November 13

has anybody else gotten to the Kirkwood link?

Chris Tatsuno at 11:25am November 13

i haven’t even gotten into the site yet. but here’s a youtube vid for everyone to watch. http://www.youtube.com/wat ch?v=DgzHrI61CuM

Steven Abbott Smith at 11:25am November 13

i can’t get past loading, so i think you’re ahead of me

Mike Leake at 11:26am November 13

i would rather be kicked in the junk than do this much longer…

Steven Abbott Smith at 11:27am November 13

chris, where did you find that, and why?

Chris Tatsuno at 11:31am November 13

oh…just another status update by another friend. something to pass the time

while the freeskiing online world implodes on itself in some grand burst of collective anguish…

Pip Hunt at 11:35am November 13

ok guys… just heard this from Erin Bragg who was on the phone with Cara,

apparently the website has crashed and they are going to give it a couple more

minutes, but no one has regsitered for any events yet, and they are thinking about

rescheduling each event on a different day next week, this isn’t fo so… but just a heads up!

Pip Hunt at 11:36am November 13

btw, love the video, it’s like my zen right now…

Erin Bragg at 11:36am November 13

true story

Steven Abbott Smith at 11:37am November 13

thanks for the update pip!

Mike Leake at 11:37am November 13

Tahnk you for the word Pip…u-da-shit!!!

Pip Hunt at 11:37am November 13

thank Erin! she’s wonderful…. hehe

Crystal Lee at 11:38am November 13

ok so its not just me

Chris Tatsuno at 11:38am November 13

yeah girls! makeout fight, perhaps?

Mike Leake at 11:38am November 13

Yes yes, thank you too Erin u-da-shit also!!!

Pip Hunt at 11:39am November 13

ahhh a makeout fight while we’re skiing in the trees???!!!!

Mike Leake at 11:40am November 13

Speaking of skiing, how much skiing has everyone done? Make fights included….

Pip Hunt at 11:41am November 13

yeah I’ve been surfing….. btw, who knew that leaves changed on trees still when it was 80 out?? Because I definitely didn’t, and it’s WEIRD

Pip Hunt at 11:43am November 13

it’s officially game over with the refresh button guys!

Chris Tatsuno at 11:43am November 13

you should get some pictures. and then post them on Facebook. and then we will all comment on how weird that is.

Chris Tatsuno at 11:44am November 13

no more refresh button action, eh? I will miss the time we have all spent together here on the internet. Thanks for having us over pip!

Mike Leake at 11:45am November 13

Yeah the website says game over for today! It was radical to talk to everyone for like an hour!!!!

Pip Hunt at 11:45am November 13

I love you all and miss you so much and can’t wait till we’re together again! dinner party, food fight? I’m so in

Mike Leake at 11:46am November 13

See you all on the same channel when we get ti try again. Pip are you hosting again next time?

Erin Bragg at 11:48am November 13

http://freeskiingworldtour .com/article.php?id=87

until next time…. i’ll be ready for some making out and registration!

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