I wouldn't be too excited about it Lulu, the speed has always depended on the time of the day during the whole attack. It seems to go faster early in the morning (GMT) because there are fewer people online. (Hush, don't tell anyone, it's a secret.

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Don't worry about the updates too much, Realmus and rest of the crew, as you said this is temporary and there's little use in offering downloads that won't work until this is fixed.