The board and the game servers are physically separated by about 35 miles.The game servers and its network looked quite normal throughout the night. The SEA is on its own server. Many folks bailed from the MA arenas to join the SEA event last night.Did you try running a Ping Plot to see if there could be something else going on? We are at the mercy of the Internet just like anyone.A crash like you are describing is normally not a network related problem.
When you first log in, everything is empty. It can take up to a minute to get everything populated (possibly longer). It depends on the Internet connection.Any of the others filming at the time?