Something wrong with the servers this morning?

Yeah, I think I have the same thing. A friend of mine complained that he could not start a game (after starting the game in lobby, he'd get the load screen with [no text] in the game mode field. After that, the UI would occasionally load, but the game wouldn't start. And then came the Unhandled Error-message - which crashes too. After trying to launch a game with him I got the same thing too, which is creepy. Reinstalling did not help, and now I cannot start a game either online or vs computer. Anyway, here is the crash log from my last attempt at skirmish:

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info: Sim::Create() crashed: attempt to get as string a nil value
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If you're getting [no text] on lobby or load screens, try deleting your Game.prefs file from My Documents\My Games\Gas Powered Games\Demigod.

To the OP, the servers can sometimes think you're still logged in if you crash out and it won't let you back on immediately. It should time out within a few minutes though and you'll be able to get on again.

Thanks! This fixed the problem for me and for my friend.