From Staff:

Hi all,

As you may have noticed, our IRC server is currently offline. Our first IRC server outage was due to an unexpected, unjustified ddos attack. We managed to spin up a new IRC server and restore services, but when we asked the host why our original server was down, they suspended the entire account after finding out we received the abuse complaint for ddos.

We are negotiating with the host on restoring our services, but we have no ETA at this time. Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, services may not be restored as quickly as we hoped, but we will be trying to get services back online before the weekend.

Thank you for your patience while we get things back online.

Regards, z**