Soldato
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i've got it too
Too many connections
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I'm no expert but thought I'd share what little knowledge I have, may not be entirely accurate 
It's actually an error code used in languages such as SQL (which is commonly used with PHP, you may have noticed the .php extension in the url) when the number of connections is exceeding what the server can handle. The reason the forums are still available while that's happening could be because it's using a different database (keeps things cleaner this way) or a different SQL server entirely (I'm just assuming they're using SQL or a variant of it), plus the forum software may also cache a lot of stuff for faster load times and less stress.
All I can say is reload, if it appears again leave it a few minutes and come back. I don't think it's a DDoS, if it were I'd expect the page to not load at all.
It's actually an error code used in languages such as SQL (which is commonly used with PHP, you may have noticed the .php extension in the url) when the number of connections is exceeding what the server can handle. The reason the forums are still available while that's happening could be because it's using a different database (keeps things cleaner this way) or a different SQL server entirely (I'm just assuming they're using SQL or a variant of it), plus the forum software may also cache a lot of stuff for faster load times and less stress.
All I can say is reload, if it appears again leave it a few minutes and come back. I don't think it's a DDoS, if it were I'd expect the page to not load at all.
