For future reference, please visit the Announcements board and/or the main RF homepage first when you think the servers are closed, to see if there's just an update or maintenance going on. If there's not, then check to see if others are experiencing the same problem as you at that time by reading through the first two pages of General Discussion. :3
I feel like announcements should first be made in general discussion and then after dsome time, move them to the announcements section.