Another escapist website technical issue.

[SpaceBat]

Hey guys, there have been a few things that keep happening on this forum and I don't know what to do to resolve these possible issues, so here I am.

I, from time to time, am unable to connect at all to this site, even when the site is still up (Because I can enter the site using a proxy. I never use proxy's in general or when I log into my account, though). I today looked up my profile without logging in and to my surprise, I saw that I was online, even though I didn't log in.

Could I have been hacked or anything? What could be the cause of me randomly getting blocked from the site and my account being online even when I'm not?

 

[evilneko]

Probably not. Website "online" indicators are notoriously unreliable. It is more likely the forum hamsters or trouble along the route between you and escapistmagazine.com.

 

[Tharwen]

You mean logged in?

The cookie that keeps you logged in is saved to your IP and computer. If you change the IP by using a proxy, you'll stay logged in at the original one unless you log in from the new IP.

Also, the servers are pretty slow and unreliable here. Most of the time I have to wait about 15 seconds to load a page when others start to open instantly.