Zoomtown doesn't like the escapist

[Dracowrath]

For some reason today, starting around 8-9 pm (EST), I've been having trouble accessing this website. When I'd open up firefox and try to head here, it would redirect me to a Zoomtown search engine saying " 'www.escapistmagazine.com' is incorrect or unavailable" I know now that it can't be the site, since I'm here now. Does anyone know what's going on?

 

[OverweightWhale]

I had trouble earlier too. I just assumed it was a group of people attacking the site after the whole thing with Extra Credits.

 

[Flailing Escapist]

I would say its because the servers (or whatevers) were backed up with too many concerned Extra Credit fans and/or dissidents clogging the site; like most Wednesdays. Too much traffic slows the site down.
But I have absolutely no idea. =)

 

[Kargathia]

I had trouble earlier too. I just assumed it was a group of people attacking the site after the whole thing with Extra Credits.

In all likelihood it was more akin to a traffic jam than a DDoS.

 

[Dracowrath]

Glad to know I wasn't the only one having this problem. If it keeps happening over the next couple days I'll know something's up.

 

[Sightless Wisdom]

Well two things, one the Escapist was having traffic issues because of the Extra Credits debacle. The second... you're not using a very good browser(or ISP). What you should have gotten was a 100 error of some kind, most likely 103:connection reset.

 

[Dracowrath]

What's wrong with firefox?

 

[StBishop]

Nothing is wrong with firefox. I don't like it but plenty of people do.

It's no a bad browser at all. As far as I'm aware the only bad browser is IE.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

I never heard of Zoomtown before! :O

Sometimes I find the Escapist won't load but the other sites I frequent do. I figure it has something to do with site traffic.

 

[Dracowrath]

So basically, if this happens just keep trying until it works? Or wait til later?