Well, whether it was because of the rough ride they got at the weekend in Indianapolis (Star Wars Celebration III), or just out of sheer boredom, the Dev team have decided to up the timetable in true evil genius fashion and release the Combat Upgrade to live servers early. Cue 20 hours of downtime, and
mass protests which are being compared by some in the particularly lunatic fringe to Tiananmen Square.
I'm having more fun following this story on the forums than I have in the game for 2 months! It was worth me staying up to watch the Braves lose after all...