This map of where people had issues with accessing EA on the night of the accident might explain why the team mostly based in the US could remain logged in on server while the team mostly in europe was mostly logged out: https://gyazo.com/7eb3eef472838a754275f164ab881667
Regardless of who is to blame for the technical problems, it is EA/Envision's fault, this messed up the server for a whole lot of people, and it is completely unfair that a server is being decided by a coin flip
We are not Vegas gambling here, are we?
Some kind of major compensation is due for all the people adversely affected, imho
