Miners must have lost out quite badly, I got screwed in auction along with a load of others...just hope whoever got a good deal isn't a reseller.
This was probably a screw up and unforeseen , but often the updates are announced with 15 minutes or less to go....why the hell can't they always be done at the exact same time of day so that miners or people selling in auction can avoid that period completely? Stopping the timer would do it too. There is absolutely no need for anyone to lose out when servers require work.
This type of rubbish is what stops me putting decent money into EU. That and the fact that it's not easy to get back out but should be by now.
I feel like someone is showing me "shiny things" to distract me from what is really important. Luckily I'm not that dense. No-one is on this forum.
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