Did the forums just go down?

[Gamefandan]

I tried to post something and got this:

Connection Problems

Sorry, SMF was unable to connect to the database. This may be caused by the server being busy. Please try again later.

It was like this for a while, until a few seconds ago. Did anyone else experience difficulties?

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[General Nick]

For some reason the forums seem to hiccup around the late night in the EST time zone.

I don't know why, but it seems like we have a lot of people visiting from the other side of the world.

[Gamefandan]

Oh.

[LegendZ]

Had that a while ago too

[Freeze]

I tried to post something and got this:

It was like this for a while, until a few seconds ago. Did anyone else experience difficulties?

I get that a lot too. I though it was because too many people were on the forums at the same time.

[Corbiere]

I love notepad :D

I was writing a long and important reply on one of my topics, and the damn forums went down for a bit.
Copied the text, shoved it in notepad. 5 mins later, put it on forums :D

[tapemaster21]

Mine do this from time to time. I just wait 5 seconds then refresh.