So this is just bugging me so hard.

I just opened a new tab on google and the game froze and pinged me. There is nothing wrong with my internet since I never ping randomly. This is prob because of some sort of overload of action going on in the background? I need help fixing this or I can't just play in game since I just wanna research stuff in the toribash forums and other places without pinging. This is my 7th time happening to me and never ever before have I pinged in all of my years playing toribash.