it appears that the following lfs sites are down:

lfs.net
lfsworld.net
lfsmanual.net

they all cite db errors.

cheers

edit: they've since returned. see post #6.

Hhmm indeed. Probably because the Scirocco gets released.

(roflol)

i believe they would have to take down the master server to do that, but i could be wrong.

I never ever seen this before ...

For the manual I get this...
Sorry! This site is experiencing technical difficulties.

Try waiting a few minutes and reloading.

(Can't contact the database server: Can't connect to MySQL server on '213.40.20.1' (4) (213.40.20.1))

Already online

indeed.

the graphs on lfsworld look a little out of whack though...

and the hosts list says no servers, and nobody is online...

someone on irc told me that the server list worked in-game during the outage though.

maybe... i saw this: http://twitter.com/lfsnetwork/statuses/19657039291

Quote from TG_LFSPL :

maybe... i saw this: http://twitter.com/lfsnetwork/statuses/19657039291

is this account for real?

edit: and why would they post on twitter instead of the forums? they've been online the whole time.

Quote from bunder9999 :

is this account for real?

dunno:P

Quote from arco :

it's been there for a while.

http://www.lfs.net/?page=contents&car=vws :goodvibes

Quote from Silverracer :

http://www.lfs.net/?page=contents&car=vws :goodvibes

Same result if you replace 'vws' with pretty much anything.

Quote from bunder9999 :

is this account for real?

edit: and why would they post on twitter instead of the forums? they've been online the whole time.

Oh yes it is very real, because the Scirocco totally doesn't need the new physics.

Quote from kimd41 :

Oh yes it is very real, because the Scirocco totally doesn't need the new physics.

http://twitter.com/lfsnetwork/statuses/19662944496

lol, for sure it is i smell sarcasm all over this account

Quote from bunder9999 :

is this account for real?

Of course, the devs would totally post messages full of grammar and spelling mistakes.

Quote from zeugnimod :

Of course, the devs would totally post messages full of grammar and spelling mistakes.

that's only the recent-most message... and i agree, the english on it does look a little sketchy...

but as it stands, stuff screwed up, is still screwed up partially, and we're scratching our heads.

i discover the same problems as bunder

theres no best racer at the moment
no serverlist
and no userlist

and when u check ur race stats it normally show when u online or not
but for mine stats it shows offline also on this forum but i'm in a server right now.

It´s solved now I think..

1) there was a problem with the database while I was away for a day. Not sure what happened yet. Will investigate further, later on.

2) we do not and never will use twitter.

3) this disruption is in no way related to the release of the next patch.

thank you very much for clearing this up, no more rumors guys

It;s hilarious how fast you can start a rumor. I'm sorry but I had to do it

Twitter account is not mine btw. Twitter is just some stupid hype.

"A lie is halfway round the world before the truth has got it's boots on."

It´s down again..

At least, some LFSW things don´t work..