Got matched into a game, chose champs and LoL client minimizes. The game itself shows the splash screen but doesn't get any further and after 15 seconds or so, I get this message.

"Unable to connect to the server. If you have a firewall, it may be blocking the connection. Please refer to your firewall's documentation. Would you like to retry the connection?"

What gives?

same thing, i hope they dont give us leave or defeat for ranked

same here.
after few attempts "game has crashed"

Has happened to me too right now, can't reconnect.

Same here.

I guess its major.... I also got it.

same here
nice i was trying to play practice vs botz to test my uber skillz xD

Same thing happening here... Aswell, I noticed I didn't have sound in-game (in hero select, that is). Anyone else noticed that?
The game crashes every time it tries to start up.

same here i'm running windows 7

same here