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Yeah, I'm worried that it's both of those. My connection isn't that great and it usually doesn't happen during the day (US EST). It's weird, though, since it's only become a problem in recent weeks. I'll see if I can go about beefing up my wifi connection
Sorry Hydra, I don't personally know what the problem would be. Hopefully someone else does.
As for my question, I'm being disconnected from the showdown server CONSTANTLY. I'm not sure what the problem is; I've played the web app on Chrome and Firefox, and I've used the downloadable version...