Pixel Scoop

[2.45pm - Crescent Cove] Unexpected server errors forced frustration upon hundreds of residents this afternoon as ‘unexpected difficulties’ prevented profiles loading, texture uploads and other functions in game. However, more than the loss of functions, questions were raised about the definition of ‘unexpected’. Wordsmiths, lexicographers and vocabularly snobs from all over the globe reached for their references to double check the definition and all found the following:-

UNEXPECTED: not expected, foreseen or anticipated.

Confusion as to this definition arose owing to recent server performance, particularly on weekend days. This was all cleared up, however, when Linden Labs released the following excerpt from their own dictionary.

UNEXPECTED: An event that happens frequently. This adjective is used to describe perfectly anticipated events in such a way that allows the deflection of the true extent of technological issues being suffered by a company.

As well as the excerpt from their dictionary, a small statement was released. “Get over it. Pay up.”

We’ll keep you informed.