The cloud servers are up but my character hasn't returned.

[LillyOfTheValley]

This R*update on the issue makes it sound like if the cloud servers are up, my character should return:

 

• Rockstar Games
  

  Updated 10/8/13: If you have previously created a character but see an empty character selection screen when entering GTA Online, please back out to GTAV Story Mode and try re-entering GTA Online through the pause menu (repeat or wait until Rockstar cloud servers are back up). Do not create a new character in the empty slot where your character should be. If you receive the message 'The Rockstar Cloud Servers Are Unavailable', please return to GTAV Story Mode and follow the steps above. Please do not press “Retry” on the message and do not proceed online with saving disabled, as this may lead to overwriting your existing character. We apologize for this inconvenience and are working on a permanent fix for these issues

I've followed their above steps to the letter, but so far my character is still nowhere to be seen. It seems to me that they have NO idea what's causing the issue and are nowhere near to fixing it. In an online game THE worst thing you can do is lose peoples progress. They've screwed up big time and still have no answers other than the above instructions that do not work. R* make incredible Single Player games, and that's what they should stick to.

Edited October 8, 2013 by LillyOfTheValley