Spencer Steiner

LOL I said it because I tested using TONS AND TONS of TNT on survival on my Realm actually, and all was well. There is something wrong with it in 0.8.0 creative.... Possibly too many particles?

Well, to some degree. But the connection isn't "all together". It usually lasts anywhere between 0 and 20 seconds. The issue has been verified by BlueCoat, and I'm sure there is other software conflicting in a similar manner. I'll be doing some more testing and troubleshooting today and tomorrow. I'll post results here.

Todd,
It is more than likely that it is a different program on your computer that is conflicting with the way that Minecraft is designed, in regards to the online game play. Do you know of all of the security programs you have installed? If you are comfortable, please post your programs list so that I can analyze and try to come to a diagnosis of which program is interfering with the sending and receiving data exception for Minecraft. Then from there you can proceed to contact support for the specific program you're using.

I haven't verified that, it could be the case. But that doesn't necessarily prove anything. Mojang has made changes to the way Minecraft online/networking works tremendously since the earlier versions, so It is safe to say there is a large chance that K9's recent update combined with Mojang's network code changes has become an issue. The older versions framework for Network connections was FAR different than it is today. Chances are the new code conflicts with K9. It is possible that this is NOT the issue, but it is more than likely.

UPDATE: K9 replied to my support Email, with the following: "Thanks for contacting K9 support. Sorry for the frustration. We are aware of the conflict between K9 and MineCraft. We are working on a solution, but do not know when it will be resolved. I will update you when we have a solution. Sorry for the inconvenience this has cause."

So it is now 100% Confirmed that the issue is on K9's end.

They are going to email me soon with details about a fix. I will post it here.

Oh, well that's good to know! I just asked my Dad about this, and he isn't currently aware of a way to manually override the new version. But he gave me a link to contact support, so I'll notify them of your findings here! Thanks for telling me this last piece of info, I think that will be seriously helpful for them to know!

I'll keep you posted on what they tell me

OH. MY. GOSH. Are you kidding me??! I have spent HOURS messing with Norton, Java, and other computer settings, and it's just K9?? Gosh dangit. My Dad works for BlueCoat, I'm going to tell him about this issue. Thanks for posting that! I'll ask him if he can notify the people in charge of the newest update, and see what issues it's causing.

I'm sick and tired of this. I seriously have spent SOOOO many hours trying to fix this.

Seriously I can't stand this... I've literally spent hours looking through the internet for a solution along with re installing the bin folders along with java 32 and 64 bit, its absolutely ridiculous..