The most successful MMO of all time has had its ups and downs just like any online game, yet recently things have taken a bit of a nosedive. Since last Wednesday's regular maintenance a large number of players had been experiencing internet lag of nightmarish proportions. For six days WoW was practically unplayable on a large number of the European servers. Frequent lag spikes were accompanied by sustained periods of astronomical latency with many players experiencing ping times well in excess of 15,000. Not only did this make for an incredibly frustrating gameplay experience but it also led to a large number of expensive in-game deaths and to the cancellation of almost all raiding activity in the game's high-end content. Many servers were temporarily shut down with barely any notice during this period and the number of disconnects reached what must have been an all time record.