The Lagmonster

The Lagmonster is a mythological creature that stalks Dragon Cave, rumored to the the cause of extreme lag within the website. During Lagmonster attacks, the cave becomes extremely slow and may go down as a result, preventing users from caring for their eggs and hatchlings. The older cousin of the Datamonster, the Lagmonster attacks usually last longer but have less of a direct effect upon users' dragons.

The first Lagmonster 'attack' occured around St. Patrick's Day, 2009. Many users were unable to use the site for almost three weeks time. Even though TJ09 added time to all dragons involved, this was not enough to bring all of the affected eggs and hatchlings through the attack, and many died. After the site came back online, cave drops and breeding were disabled for a while.

In reality, this problem was caused by server issues, prompting TJ09 to change to another server. However, people jokingly said it was a creature called a 'Lagmonster' doing it. When the site came online, TJ posted this picture:

http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt208/Tarena_Ahkalia/dragon_cave/the-lagmonster-dc.jpg

The Lagmonster struck once again during the release of the Black Marrow Dragons. It actually caused TJ09 to make a second row of eggs, but thankfully this attack was not as severe as the St. Patrick's Day affair.