CastleMountain Cards Website Crashing: Troubleshooting Guide

If castlemountaincards.com crashes your browser, follow this isolation checklist to determine if it's the site, your browser, your network, or your system.

1. Test the Site, Not Your Browser

• Visit DownForEveryoneOrJustMe or Downdetector.
• Try mobile data on your phone (different ISP). If it loads, your home ISP/DNS is blocking or throttling.

2. Browser Hygiene (Do These First)

1. Incognito/Private Window: Rules out extensions/cookies. If it works here, disable extensions one-by-one (especially ad blockers, privacy tools, script blockers).
2. Clear Cache/Cookies for Site: DevTools (F12) → Application → Clear Storage → "Clear site data".
3. Update Browser: Chrome/Edge/Firefox/Safari latest version. Old TLS versions break modern HTTPS.
4. Disable Hardware Acceleration: Settings → System → "Use graphics acceleration" OFF. Restart browser. Fixes GPU-driver crashes on old sites.

3. System Level

• Flush DNS: ipconfig /flushdns (Win) / sudo dscacheutil -flushcache (Mac).
• Try Different DNS: Cloudflare (1.1.1.1), Google (8.8.8.8), Quad9 (9.9.9.9).
• Scan for Malware: Malwarebytes free scan.

4. Contact Them

If the site loads on mobile data but not home Wi-Fi, email [email protected] with: your IP (google "what is my ip"), browser/OS, and screenshot of error. They may have geo-blocked your ISP range.

Workaround: Use Wayback Machine to access archived puzzles if the site is truly dead.