{"id":106365,"date":"2016-10-03T10:17:22","date_gmt":"2016-10-03T08:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=106365"},"modified":"2016-10-03T10:18:56","modified_gmt":"2016-10-03T08:18:56","slug":"luke-cage-is-so-popular-it-brought-down-netflix-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/entertainment\/106365-luke-cage-is-so-popular-it-brought-down-netflix-this-weekend","title":{"rendered":"Luke Cage is so popular it brought down Netflix this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are anything like us, you couldn&#8217;t wait to get started on your Luke Cage binge this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>You weren&#8217;t the only one interested in catching Marvel&#8217;s new show, so many people tuned into the popular streaming service this past weekend, it brought the service to a standstill.<\/p>\n<p>The outage was acknowledged and restored by Netflix, but not before a sly\u00a0nod to their newest show.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Not all heroes wear capes. Engineers to the rescue. We&#8217;re back. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Netflixhelps\">@Netflixhelps<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WKCIufYU36\">pic.twitter.com\/WKCIufYU36<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Netflix US (@netflix) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/netflix\/status\/782335452892188672\">October 1, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Netflix has been down for about 5 minutes and I&#8217;ve already had 2 breakdowns in result of it <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/sendhelp?src=hash\">#sendhelp<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/netflix?src=hash\">#netflix<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Helena Stevenson (@HellsBells2696) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HellsBells2696\/status\/782301377754198017\">October 1, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Thank you, Twitter, for confirming that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/netflix\">@Netflix<\/a> is down and that it&#8217;s just not me. How will I binge watch <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LukeCage?src=hash\">#LukeCage<\/a> now?! D;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jennifer L. (@jennxlai) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jennxlai\/status\/782300465190928385\">October 1, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Are you watching Luke Cage? What do you think of it so far? 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