Last time I got it none of the reinstall or tweaking the settings the error code article or various fixes others posted helped. I rebooted the computer and it suddenly worked. Now it doesn't. Rebooting doesn't make it stop giving me buffalo. I'm pretty sure this is a client-side comms problem with the software, aka the game itself screwing it up. edit: it seems to work then not work and so on in an unpredictable manner. It's not my internet connection. maybe unstable processing algorithms?