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Finagle

2013-04-29, 09:56 AM

So, six days outage and no notice to explain? What happened, exactly?

Bedinsis

2013-04-29, 10:03 AM

ddos attack. Check the post scriptum of this kickstarter post. (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/599092525/the-order-of-the-stick-reprint-drive/posts/461173)

NerdyKris

2013-04-29, 10:45 AM

Also, his Twitter feed (https://twitter.com/RichBurlew) was providing updates.

Silverionmox

2013-04-29, 10:52 AM

It's obviously an outbreak of the Snarl.

Deepbluediver

2013-04-29, 12:10 PM

So, six days outage and no notice to explain? What happened, exactly?

I know they've been trying to upgrade portions of the website for a while, but last time it didn't go so well and the "Search" function went MIA. I just assumed this was the final step of that long-overdue repair work.

ThePhantasm

2013-04-29, 12:11 PM

It was a DDOS attack on the website. You can check Rich's Twitter for more info.

Smolder

2013-04-29, 01:24 PM

Clearly, some forumite was so pissed off that Durkon could still cast that they decided to take down the whole website...

Vinsfeld

2013-04-29, 05:48 PM

Clearly, some forumite was so pissed off that Durkon could still cast that they decided to take down the whole website...

I hope this guy is not a Belkar fan.

Roland St. Jude

2013-04-29, 08:32 PM

Sheriff: Please post questions about the forums/site in Board Issues. Also, please check there for answers before posting.