Belariath

[14:05] (+Pipistrelle) Chanserv, Nickserv, Infoserv, Gameserv... basically anything with *serv (SERVICES) is down. You do not need to re-register unless there's a network announcement that says so. Once services comes back up, the registration information will still be there unless something drastic happens and they have to roll services back to an earlier version. Feel free to copy and paste this as often
[14:05] (+Pipistrelle) as needed to keep people informed.

[14:07] (+Pipistrelle) Go ahead if you want to. Might want to add to connect to aesir.sorcery.net instead of irc.sorcery.net for those using irccloud, etc.

[14:34] (+Pipistrelle) Alright, final update for now: In the meantime, go ahead and reregister nicks and channels. If the database comes back up, it will sync and be fine.

Basically, last night the network hub was lost, and the chanserv and nickserv databases were wiped prior to the huge netsplit we all saw. It is unclear if it was done maliciously. Services are back up, but the database may be permanently lost. Please reregister your nicks and channels, and if the database is restored it will sync up and return as normal.

Sadly still down for me, but glad we know about it.

was able to connect via aesir.sorcery.net

themis.sorcery.net will also connect

the issue seems to have been solved.
Current theory disc failure that went unotice untill the right person poked the right person... things are restored.