Quote Originally Posted by Budwise
Okay, this just hit me as I was trying to turn off my computer so I will hurry up and post it. I believe it was done on purpose because even if the patch was accidently given out by one Link/mirror site and all the others held it in, CA still had to give the updated patch file TO THAT LINK. Because it just came out in one link I think it was leaked on purpose for us all to try out.
This is just poor logic, given what must happen for them to release the patch on time. You don't think CA/SEGA wait until the very last minute to try to send the patch file out to all the mirror sites, do you? That would be a horrible plan. They have no idea exactly how much bandwidth will be available at that time to each of their mirrors, and consequently the time to upload to them could vary by hours. If for some reason a vital line is down or heavily loaded, you could miss the posted release time by miles. Even worse if SEGA/CA themselves lost Internet service - it would make the entire release miss the mark. In order to be ready for the release, CA/SEGA undoubtedly had already sent the file to ALL the mirrors, with instructions when to release it: it's the only way to make sure it will release at the right time and without a hitch. Likely they did it the night before, reserving the balance of Friday before the release to make sure nothing horrible was wrong.

As for the one mirror releasing it, sure it's possible CA/SEGA told them to do so. I vote it rather unlikely though. Coordinating such massive releases never goes exactly as planned. It's likely the mirror misunderstood when to release it, or simply decided to ignore the instructions and release it early, perhaps at the request/demand of the local M2 players. I actually think timezone issues are the most likely reason this happened - it would be very easy to release based on local time instead of GMT for instance, or simply ignore the timezone the instructions use. Maybe The person who gave the mirror instructions didn't account for the local time, or incorrectly figured out what time to tell them to release at. A myriad of simple mistakes could lead the mirror to release at the wrong time, and IMO any one of those human errors makes far more sense than this intentional release theory.