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Session Name: Online Game Technology Summit: 10 Ways To Crash Your Server on Launch Day
Speaker(s): Chris Cobb
Company Name(s): Pragma Platform, Inc.
Track / Format: Online Game Technology Summit

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Overview: We've all experienced launch days with crowds of angry players upset they are unable to play the game due to server crashes. This talk will provide practical guidance on what steps you can take to ensure a failed launch day.nnChris Cobb from Pragma will go through ten easy steps that cover everything from failed login queues to common microservice mistakes, to storing massive amounts of mostly useless data. He'll share stories from his experience at multiple game studios that demonstrate the importance of each of these techniques.

Game Developers Conference 2022

Chris Cobb

Pragma Platform, Inc.

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Online Game Technology Summit

Programming