Just in case you had encountered the forums and other freegamedev.net sites being down but weren't aware, some numpty forgot to renew the domain in time. What a plonker!
Anyway he's been reprimanded and severely punished (don't ask, it still stings ) and everything is back to normal.
Full information is/was on Free Gamer:
http://freegamer.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08 ... utage.html