It sounds like there's a fair bit of confusion here; Hope I can clear some of it up.
HOST runs on MMOcha, the multiplayer platform built for Stick Arena (www.MMOcha.com).
MMOcha developers are initially assigned a temporary server for development purposes, which in intended to be swapped with a 'Live' server before the game launches (A dedicated box in the case of HOST, since we anticipate high volumes for pretty much ANYTHING developed by Ed and Caulder). The temporary HOST server is not setup to handle 'NG Front Page' player volume, so this likely accounts for some of the issues reported yesterday. However, we also suspect some of the issues are simply client-side bugs introduced with larger volumes of players and resulting new scenarios not yet tested by Diverge.
In short, MMOcha is not unstable or buggy; It gracefully handles 4,000+ simultaneous Stick Arena players during peak times. Additionally, we are working to address many of the security concerns our players have with MMOcha 2.0.
I hope that clarifies things a bit. We look forward to fully supporting HOST when it launches - From my experience, HOST will make more than a few Diverge fans happy with its atypically dark and humorous style.
