Fans eagerly await the premiere of “Game of Thrones” prequel “House of the Dragon” on Sunday evening — but some viewers were in for a furious night when the highly-anticipated 10-episode series finally dropped after months of hype.
There were so many fans trying to stream the show at once – that HBO Max really crashed. Due to this, thousands of users could not watch the first episode.
Several customers reportedly fell victim to the streamer’s app, with website outage service Down Detector reporting that there were about 3,000 blackouts between 8:40 p.m. and 9:25 p.m. EDT.
As usual, he only took to social media to express his disappointment over the technical issues – and quickly learned that others were having problems as well: “The site crashed… @hbomax,” One deployment of Company’s Twitter account.
streaming service then reacted: “Hi Leah, we know that some users may experience problems at this time. Please try closing the app and restarting to see if it helps. If you still have trouble So get back right away. Thanks!”
company account as well jokingly said Regarding the Fall, writing: “The only thing that could tear the House of the Dragon apart was it. #HOTD,
“House of the Dragon” takes place 200 years before the events of “Game of Thrones” and tells the story of House Targaryen.
Paddy Considine, Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Emma D’Arcy, Steve Toussaint, Rhys Ifan and Millie Alcock star in the fantasy drama.
“Imagine literally getting paid for HBO Max so that it crashes as soon as [‘House of the Dragon’] Comes out my dad is on the verge of breaking up,” another viewer Lakh,
a disappointed fan moan: “I’m literally on the verge of losing it in this HBO Max crash.”
a person noted“About 25 minutes of trying to see #HouseoftheDragon They’re coming after only showing me all the “phenomenal new originals” promos about my HBO Max crashing over and over again. Not really a great sales pitch. ,
a fan added Mam Patrick Starr of “SpongeBob SquarePants” tweeted the yoga pose: “Being mentally prepared I know the HBO Max app is going to crash for the first 15 minutes.”
Others threatened to cancel their membership simply because of the outage. “Get rid of HBO Max. This crash is just too much,” a chimed in.
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