regardless,
i dont why this was a big deal. I've been a member for 7 months now. There's probably been 3 days now that the website was down. wow. If you cant survive a 24 hour period every once in a long while w/o access to this website then i think you need to reevaluate your life.
the yearly fee isnt that much considering you can play as many games as you want. If you play 1000 games a yr its .03 a game.