any tech wizkids that can shine a light on this?

[torianez]

Currently at the server room:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HROGFRh2SiM

[Blackadder]

I think it's a mix of server overload and perhaps a slight network issue. I'm not really sure. I've shined SOME light on what has worked for me in this thread here: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1748

Thank you, although I only understand half of it, it answers a bit of my question

So those that get in without any VPN setups are just lucky on some priority scale?

[Ilumini]

Correct, because they are all subject to the filtering and protection that OVH implements on all inbound traffic. Without internal traffic, it's a matter of hitting login at the right place and time.

[Shadowlurk]

I am in a country with one of the best internet backbones in the world (the netherlands)

I have a 100 mbit fiber connection with a respectable provider

I always have very low latency on private servers (for example 8ms on feenix these days)

Yet I am NEVER one of the lucky ones that gets into overcrowded launches like this one.

Can anybody tell me what is happening at a login server on an event like tonight. is it pure luck who gets in or not?

I am just curious , don't expect to change anything, it;s just a nice thing to learn about while waiting

Your provider has NOTHING to do with it. It's just a matter of luck in cases like this.

[Blackadder]

Your provider has NOTHING to do with it. It's just a matter of luck in cases like this.

Thanks. I thought it might be certain IP ranges that providers give to their customers and that you could have a 'bad one'