Shared pain is shared joy to come. They're just bringing us together. Now, let's all join hands and sing. On second thought, you folks are terrible singers. QUIET!!! Somebody slap the trolls and gag the ogres. Hurry!!
Didn't occur to you that there was something seriously wrong that had to be addressed immediately, did it?
Maybe they need a different message for the boards that doesn't say 'scheduled maintenance' for when the servers crash unexpectedly ?
Or the OP could have checked the News and Announcement section and found the helpful note titled "Emergency Server Downtime...." that was posted 42 minutes before he decided to post. /shrug