so this just effects ubuntu? bloody figures. I switched to mint a few months back and I've been in love ever since. Screw ubuntu
[edit] hmmm no dice. Commented out the code and still stuck at 1611
Delete block chain data from virtualcoin folder.
only leave wallet.dat & virtualcoin.conf files in the folder.
rerun it, if you can't wait 5-10 mins, add following
/.virtualcoind addnode 83.145.61.172:49748 add
/.virtualcoind addnode 8.220.18.202:6761 add
/.virtualcoind addnode 62.21.3.96:59096 add
it should sync in no time

Did that, even tried on a fresh vps just to make sure. I get connections just fine.