Connection Problems

[Baron]

On trying to visit these very forums.....

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

Sure, life was very fulfilling while I wasn't wasting time around here, but..... you know.  I missed you guys.  This isn't the first time I've had this problem recently, but it's definitely the longest outage (Sept 18-21).  Does anyone know the cause, the remedy, or the secret back-up meeting place url?  I can only reread SSH's blog many times before going squirrelly.

Baron 

[Calin Leafshade]

to be honest i was just about to drive to AGS headquarters to fight past the armed guards and demand answers..

then the server came back up and I took off my rambo gear.

[Domino]

I think I broke my mouse pressing the Reload button just hoping the forums would return. 

[Stee]

On trying to visit these very forums.....

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

.....  Does anyone know the cause, the remedy, or the secret back-up meeting place url?  I can only reread SSH's blog many times before going squirrelly.

Baron 

These are just what have been mentioned on IRC channel, from a reliable source (scotch and AGA if I recall)
The Cause: The server got full
The remedy: CJ deleted his large collection of pictures from the server (of ponies so I have been told). These is short term I believe the server needs upgrading
The secret backup URL: Well few people still seem to be unaware of the chatroom on IRC. get yourself an IRC client such as MIRC or as I prefer XChat 2 (http://www.silverex.org/download/) and follow this guide http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/acirc.htm (you may have to adapt it to xchat but its fairly straightforward).

So to answer your final question, irc.adventuregamestudio.co.uk is the secret backup url 

[offtopic] Thank you CJ or whoever it was who moved the religion thread to popular threads. It was really starting to annoy me having that pop up in GD all the time when I wanted to read something entertaining and meaningful. [/offtopic]

[Buckethead]

I think I broke my mouse pressing the Reload button just hoping the forums would return. 

You should press f5 instead, as there is no harm in wasting your keyboard. 

[m0ds]

Try Alt + F4 next time!

[Domino]

I didn't want to close my browser mods.

edit: I never use Alt + F4, I'm too lazy, plus I keep my keyboard on the floor of my apartment. Not enough table space.

When I have to type something at home, the keyboard sits on my lap.

[Pumaman]

duplicate thread, go to this one instead:
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=38888.0