Server 503 error!

Anyone else getting this at the end of an event they haven't finished!?

I see players from different countries are having the same problem. Grrrr.

I can't get onto the English forum. Is there anybody here who can still bear to visit that forum?
If so, please can you ask in the Technical issues if they know what's up with the '503 service unavailable error' - and if they know if/when it will be resolved?

Thank you!!

I can only get there through the forum adress... which means I'm not logged in and can't comment.

Thanks. They seem to be doing maintenance?!

This annoyance was experienced several times during the past year and several times I know of before.

Today the website was down.  

When checking the farm during the day I noticed many times the spinning flower of death would appear and I would have to reset to continue.  (That spinning flower of death appears many times when there is heavy traffic or a problem which will be addressed by technicians.)

If you put into your browser: Is website down       then several sites will be pulled up that you may use to check for yourself to see if the problem is the website itself or something to do with you specifically.

If the website is down there is nothing to do but to wait.  Sometimes the problem is fixed quickly and sometimes it can take an hour.

I also have noticed that others appear in the forum to site the problem and ask for assistance. It is a complete waste of time to clear a cache as mods often suggest during this time period.