Anyone else having connection problems lately?

[Vrook]

That "lagging" or "freezing" of the game, I assume is related to the Flash Player. Not a problem of the game itself.
Also, "The top socket" error, might be due to a poor connection between the user and the game server. This may be related to the provider, or the server connection. Clearing cache and cookies doesn't seem to solve this problem. Trying to restart your router, may improve the playing condition, though, not certain about it.