ESPN Fantasy Football's website and app went down during Sunday night's game, causing mass hysteria among fans across the country.
The site broke during the game between the Indianapolis Colts and the Denver Broncos on the opening Sunday of the NFL season.
Tried to check his fantasy team on the ESPN app. pic.twitter.com/jH4jq5GoLH— McNeil (@Reflog_18) September 8, 2014
Fans stamped their feet and shook their fists. Others took to Twitter.
ESPN's fantasy app and site have been down for about 15 minutes and America hasn't imploded on itself. I've never been prouder of us.— Mark Lazerus (@MarkLazerus) September 8, 2014
.@ESPN performing "Routine Maintenance" on their Fantasy Football App in the middle of a game. #Fail pic.twitter.com/gDs3cGDIZE— Scott (@Paul5en) September 8, 2014
Note to ESPN fantasy football: no one is going to call your hotline. Another reason Yahoo FF reigns supreme pic.twitter.com/zDgdWtb35a— Emanuel Freemark (@efreemark) September 8, 2014
Fans were presented with a maintenance error message telling them to come back in May. Cue uncontrollable sobbing.
Bad news: ESPN’s #fantasyfootball is down. Good news: you can apparently check back in May! http://t.co/ELxaGwMuUa— SB Nation Fantasy (@SBNationFantasy) September 8, 2014
What the hell happened to ESPN Fantasy football? The website claims not to worry, that they'll be "up and running by May!" #WTF!— Payman (@Paul_in_NoCal) September 8, 2014
so @ESPNFantasy outage is going to last until LATE MAY??? pic.twitter.com/imESaMJUCF— Ken Warner (@kenwarner) September 8, 2014
I have an idea, let's do maintenance during a big Sunday night game - ESPN Fantasy Football— Not Bleacher Report (@BIeacherReport) September 8, 2014
It was all just too much for some. The end of the world was declared.
The ESPN Fantasy Football app and website are down...the world is ending.— Remy (@RemyRadio) September 8, 2014
A few users saw the funny side.
How I feel about the @espn fantasy football app & site being down. pic.twitter.com/mU3Oobw5pW— Keegan O'Brien (@TheRealKeeganOB) September 8, 2014
ESPN struggled to bring the issue under control.
BREAKING: Inside the offices of ESPN Fantasy Football pic.twitter.com/jqXYd7dxso— Not Bleacher Report (@BIeacherReport) September 8, 2014
Eventually, ESPN released a statement saying they were working to fix the issue.
We are aware of the current fantasy football outage and are working to resolve these issues— ESPN Fantasy Sports (@ESPNFantasy) September 8, 2014
ESPN then claimed they had resolved the issue. But football fans didn't agree.
@ESPNFantasy No. No you're not.— Charlie (@FutureNYK) September 8, 2014
Will the world ever be right again? We'll keep you posted.
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