Or, it could be just a programming error... and not a server glitch caused by an overwhelming response. Just offering another possible explanation... I've been watching my leader board for the last two hours of the event. There was virtually no movement. I am guessing a lot of people decided that the reward was not worth the amount of energy and resources to be invested. And honestly, I think, it is not!
Yeah that's the problem when there is a timer on things. I think it would be better to stick to events where it doesn't involve going head to head with other players. I do like the idea of the event times being shorter but they would have to make the goals more realistic to complete
I too had issues at the end. The game froze, so I had to log back in. Was taking forever so I thought I was having issues. I turned everything off and reboot. I managed to get back in and deliver that beef stew with just 5 minutes to go. I now have 2 honey buns (that I never once got asked for), 10 pork loins, and 48 wedding invites from the last event. Because of the tree issue, I had been wasting my energy all day chopping iron rocks. Then had to waste a 25 point crate at then end to chop the tree since it finally started working. Way stressful event. To celebrate this ultra stressful event is over, I am inviting everyone over to my kingdom for a pork loin dinner.
P.S. Now we can recuperate and build up our regular supplies....until Storm8 does this to us again.
i saw no movement for the last half hour. I finished in first place. I just got the jousting steed