Try finding some more nodes at their thread.
Always remember to disable firewall, Nothing was syncing when I had it on xD

EDIT - add the nodes in the .conf in %appdata%
I already have the conf file, could it be because windows 8 has an "upgraded version" of microsoft essentials installed on my computer? It doesn't look like it's running in the programs/... :/
C>Users>PC Name>App DATA>Roaming>Dogecoin folder
Do not see an App DATA section in my users to PC name section.