There was indeed a powerloss at the hosting place at some point today.
With RR Game release, I couldn't come here and comment, but I've been trying to have the lobby back online and now I can say it is.
It seems to be slower than usual (refresh time-wise) but at least, it's working. I will have a deeper look at that slow reaction time tomorrow.
No problemo... You shouldn't say thanks when the lobby shouldn't go offline by itself in the first place
We are looking into a solution to the issue. Bit more complicated than a simple script, it seems. But we managed to make a stable fix for RaceRoom the Game authentication system that suffered from the same symptoms, so my hopes are high.
Down for all Europe, South Africa, USA, everywhere it seems. Please can simbin studios make a comment even if it's to say they do not know when it's coming back.
http://www.simbin.com/contact-us/ is down so I assume they are aware of the problem. I just wish they had someone like J-F Chardon keeping us informed like last years outage.