It's been happening for me for the last 2-3 weeks. Get a non-SQL database error or something I'm running low on disk space. Need to upgrade the server. Sounds like of of them good problems if the site has that much traffic :D Probably more that it's just been around forever.
He's gone. Honestly, I don't go into game threads a ton these days, and it appears that's where he posted mostly. Only saw it this time cuz someone reported the post.