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espernet

  1. The website has returned!
  2. The esper.net website is down, and will remain so for several hours. Webchat is unaffected. We apologize for any inconvenience.
  3. @Anonymau5ie The site is currently down, but webchat is unaffected (point your browser directly to webchat.esper.net). Our apologies.
  4. We say goodbye today to galaxy.
  5. Today we welcome availo.esper.net, in Oslo, NO, administered by brynjar!
  6. We apologize for the instability today. We are aware of the situation, and are working hard to resolve the situation.
  7. Please welcome galaxy.esper.net, a new server in Chicago, IL, USA, administered by TheBadShepperd!
  8. We encourage our American users to contact their legislators in the House and Senate about their respective bills: bit.ly/2ia6r
  9. While EsperNet strongly condemns both SOPA and PIPA, the network will not be shut down in protest.
  10. Webchat is currently unavailable, due to circumstances beyond our control. We apologize for the inconvenience.
  11. @Furyhunter We're aware of it, yes.
  12. @Furyhunter This was an issue entirely unrelated to any client exploit.
  13. @Ms_Britten ... for the inconvenience. We're working on the issues. In the meantime it may be worth looking into a standalone client like...
  14. @Ms_Britten Our webchat server has been experiencing some issues recently, I believe that may be the cause of your problems. I apologize...
  15. @Ms_Britten For example, "#minecraft"
  16. @Ms_Britten Er, my apologies, that's what I meant. When you say you're stating which server you want to log into, do you mean a channel?
  17. @Ms_Britten At webchat.esper.net ?
  18. @Ms_Britten Which client are you using?
  19. @Ms_Britten I'm sorry about that! Can you be a little more specific about the error message?
  20. @BonSequitur Yes, some people have an issue with one of our channels, and have unfortunately decided to take it out on us.