User blog comment:Brandon Rhea/Bringing down the banhammer: Best practices for blocking/@comment-2106481-20120316002539/@comment-20644-20120320170453

It can cause problems, but luckily those are the kinds of events that you can prepare for. A game like Skyrim was obviously going to be massive, so for future releases of games like that (or films, or TV episodes, etc., depending on the wiki) then it's best to prepare for it. New administrators, or even temporary administrators, could be elected to help with the aftermath of a big release.