dear mods, I'm sure it was a mistake but you closed the wrong thread

[Fervid]

the above thread had nothing to do with the server connect issues

Your thread title says, "now the servers are down..." So I wouldn't say it had nothing to do with server connection issues. I'm sure had you not put that phrase in your title, your thread would not have been locked.

Just create a new thread. There were only 2 replies to it. No big deal.