That "backdoor link" type trick is useless on other site's, because they don't have a countdown/purgatory screen like FNL's SPA page. That link went directly onto FNL's page like you would any other day of the week when a big release isn't dropping. It was a genius move by Deemoney but is the same as when we used to use the mobile site to bypass FNL's attempt at traffic control on their site. Now that the link has been completely blasted through twitter, NT, Boxden, and KTT I am sure that FNL has caught wind of it and will be patching that up real quick before next week's all star releases. This weekend's will still probably be accessible, just too bad FNL doesn't get foams....
It was/is 100% legit and would not be a reason for orders being canceled. It isn't even something they could track back to each order, all that happened was you were routed around the SPA countdown and allowed access directly onto the site. So it was like these had a 2 am release time that no one else knew about and you were awake and stumbled onto them, that's the easiest way to explain it. If there is another website that has a countdown type page blocking access this will be a great tool. Props to Deemoney for sharing the info, thankfully boxden has that PM's per minute limit or we never would have known! Now it is yet another trick/tip ruined by the masses, but at least we got it for, what is, the biggest release of the year to a lot of old heads.