Just got the wonderful 601 error as well. Tried once, thought I might have made a mistake, so tried again and no luck. Then I googled 601 error and found out about this problem. I tried the Crysta workaround, both with VPN and not, and no luck. My payment went through when I used Paypal, it was cancelled on SE's end. No idea how long my account is locked out for now, since that info doesn't come up on the account information. Of course, no customer support on weekends, so account will expire today. Just talked two people into playing and now I can't play at all.

Guess I'll need to find a new game to play.