If you’re anything like us then you were planning to spend a fair chunk of this weekend getting stuck into the latest Marvel/Netflix collaborative series, Luke Cage.
But users of the world’s biggest streaming service weren’t able to watch Luke Cage on Saturday night. They weren’t able to watch anything at all, in fact, because Netflix went DOWN at peak binging-with-a-beer time.
Oh shit indeed.
Rumours of the outage began circulating on the internet before Netflix confirmed it on their official Twitter account.
We are aware of streaming issues and are working quickly to resolve them. We will update you when they are resolved. pic.twitter.com/659wJzMXJ0
— Netflix UK & Ireland (@NetflixUK) October 1, 2016
Of course most people responded rationally and with a clear mind about what should happen next.
NETFLIX HAS BEEN BROKEN FOR HOURS BOUT TO RUN OUT A WINDOW
— sophie (@nightwinxg) October 1, 2016
Right in the middle of of a good #LukeCage binge and @netflix goes down. pic.twitter.com/iogmqjPCzb
— Matma (@matma) October 1, 2016
When Netflix goes down in the middle of @LukeCage pic.twitter.com/JaFkeHqckC
— Seatin (@seatinmol) October 1, 2016
Netflix? Netfliiiix! Wake up!#netflixdown #LukeCage pic.twitter.com/sEcLQfdRAt
— Let me know when Melon sells (@ChadWago) October 1, 2016
When Netflix goes down while you're watching #LukeCage pic.twitter.com/a0bCARfcN0
— Marvel__News (@Marvel__News) October 1, 2016
Damn #Netflixdown in the middle of #LukeCage pic.twitter.com/WJokqqwsgj
— MikeY (@Xantores) October 1, 2016
One guy actually blamed Luke Cage.
Another decided that the site being down wasn’t a good enough excuse to do something productive instead.
https://twitter.com/Soniiblaru/status/782329306856824832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
One or two did try and look for the positives…
Makes Netflix and Chill easier anyways…
— Cragsi (@Cragsi_77) October 1, 2016
And some didn’t appear to be affected at all.
Happy to say I watched Narcos this evening without any problems. Keep up the good work!
— Ben Adamson (@BenAdamsonDXB) October 1, 2016
I must be lucky, service has been superb tonight!
— Alex (@alexd1992) October 1, 2016
With so many tech wizards working around the clock to make sure people stay glued to their sofas, it inevitably wasn’t too long before everything was up and running again, and luckily nobody was forced into doing something reckless like initiating a conversation with relatives.
And we're back. Thanks for bearing with us. pic.twitter.com/WLEWK3pYvt
— Netflix UK & Ireland (@NetflixUK) October 1, 2016
So that was that. Now you can all go back to Luke Cage. It’s really bloody good.
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