Connection problems

[adicted]

So I'm getting this error from time to time recently, is it just my shitty internet connection or is it on the server side?

Connection Problems

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

[hilariousetc]

Pages aren't loading at all for me on Firefox but they do on chrome. Edit: this post took a long while to go through.

[ranochigo]

Server side. I have a fast internet and the page loads slow as hell. Doesn't load at times.

[reyhiesa]

I'm also having problems. Most threads take a long time to load, and sometimes give a connection error. Is the forum under attack?

This took about 2 minutes to post.

[Vod]

Yes, I too have noticed the forum is very slow right now.

Could be one or more of the following:

1) Theymos is doing upgrades
2) Forum is under attack
3) Forum is much busier than normal

[adicted]

I'm glad I'm not the only one I do have indeed a shitty connection but the past days(before the downtime) loading pages is working fine, its just strange today I got that error from time to time and its so slow loading when opening a thread. But as I type this, everything went fine again. I'll expect the error later though

Anyways I hope admins can fix whatever the problem is asap

[Vod]

Back to normal for me. 

[hilariousandco]

Back to normal for me.  

Yeah, running pretty swiftly now.