Stuck at "Now Loading..." after char selection.

[Synched]

If I'm posting in the wrong section just delete/move this.

Since the game came out I've played maybe twice after it actually decided to let me on after the char selection screen. I press my char, goes black with the "Now Loading..." at the bottom, changes music to in-game music and just stays there, I tried letting it sit for hours, changing settings/resolutions, formatting, installing new windows and updating drivers but nothing helped.
Any ideas?

Here's what I'm running on

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-=-=-=-=-=-=- System Information -=-=-=-=-=-=-

Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition Service Pack 2 32bit (build 6002)
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E7400 @ 2.80GHz
Number of Processors Logical Core Count 2 Physical Core Count 2
BIOS Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
Language English (Regional Setting: English)
Physical Memory 3325.578MB
Virtual Memory 2047.875MB
Page File 6890.176MB
Storage C:\ Hard Disk Drive Total Disk Space 298.081GB Free Disk Space 183.817GB
DirectX Version DirectX 11
Graphic Device(s) NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
+Device \\.\DISPLAY1
+Chip GeForce 9500 GT
+Maker NVIDIA
+Video Memory 1007.563 MB
+Shared Video Memory 1407.246 MB
+DAC Type Integrated RAMDAC
+Display Mode 1440 x 900 (32 bit) (60Hz)
+Driver nvd3dum.dll,nvwgf2um.dll,nvwgf2um.dll
+Driver Version 8.17.0012.5896
+Driver Date 7/10/2010 5:37:00 AM
+Driver Language English
+Vertex Shader 3.0
+Pixel Shader 3.0
+Vertex Texture Supported
Sound Device(s) Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
+Device ID {CB06DE80-0473-4D8A-9FA5-C5A37309D609}
+Device Name RTKVHDA.sys
+Driver Version 6.00.0001.5689
+Driver Language English
+Driver Date 8/20/2008 12:02:10 PM
Sound Device(s) Realtek Digital Output (Realtek High Definition Audio)
+Device ID {6F35174A-75F0-4B90-B1B2-6DF192609382}
+Device Name RTKVHDA.sys
+Driver Version 6.00.0001.5689
+Driver Language English
+Driver Date 8/20/2008 12:02:10 PM

[Tsutsumiko]

Sounds like a simple answer but have you tried taking a long time log in?

I heard someone saying something about how the game loads a lot of the "launcher" type files at the start when you're typing in your user name and password. I've actually had the problem you were talking about (Although after 10 minutes I called it quits). I let it sit at the first screen for a good minute then typed in my username and password. Then on the next screen I waited a minute before pressing Play and it seemed to work.

It isn't much and I don't even know it will help but I'm just letting you know how I got past this problem when I had it last Friday.