Fri, Jul 31, 2009 | 08:38 BST

Halo Wars stats wipe was “human error,” Microsoft admits

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Major Nelson’s apologised on behalf of Microsoft for Halo Wars’ leaderboards being completely reset on Wednesday, saying the gaffe was “human error”.

Sounds as though there’s no chance of the boards being restored: Nelson said the “unfortunate incident” has “resulted in the loss of all data” related to the strategy title’s online portion.

In a word, “whoops”. Bet the “human” involved feels awesome.

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#1

freedoms_stain
31/07/09, 11:16 am

Bet the human involved feels unemployed.

#2

Hunam
31/07/09, 11:26 am

I’m pretty sure Microsoft don’t fire people for silly little accidents which haven’t lost them a single penny.

#3

Jadeskye
31/07/09, 1:32 pm

theres now a yellow sticky note on the big red button “do not push”.

#4

theevilaires
31/07/09, 1:47 pm

could you imagine if this happened to PS3 trophy servers. OMG i would flip out.

#5

freedoms_stain
31/07/09, 3:31 pm

@2, It’s less about the money and more about the incompetence.

#6

Arubiano
31/07/09, 4:05 pm

anybody who is able to reset stats on a complete scale like this without anybody noticing, is probably to high up in the organization to be fired.

#7

Galactic_Barret
31/07/09, 5:09 pm

Well, this is only Halo Wars. Imagine if it were ODST or *gasp* Halo 3. There would be mass rioting in the streets.

#8

Jadeskye
31/07/09, 11:11 pm

if it was halo 3 i imagine the backlash would have been far more severe.

#9

Syrok
31/07/09, 11:29 pm

Someone should do that with WoW. Set them all back to level 1 and delete all their gear. >:)

#10

Psychotext
31/07/09, 11:37 pm

Jesus. There would be suicides for real.

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