This is a direct copy from what is on our host's help page:

Hello Everyone,

You may find that if you attempt to connect right now, you will be unable to. This is because Mojang's verification servers are currently down, so minecraft is unable to verify usernames. We'll post any updates if the servers come back online, or if any updates come from Mojang. Hopefully this will be resolved within a few hours.

We apologize for the inconvenience. Let us know if you have any questions.

UPDATE: 10/23/2011: More issues with Mojang's servers today. It appears that once again, no one is able to connect. We'll let you know if there are any updates.

Gold and I and some others started talking about making a MEGA-GRINDER. Here's my sketch of the layout...we're talking bedrock to sky:

Yea, Zeeco needs a trial. Yea, I was lazy, and kermit is gonna do it. Knowing that...Hobo went to visit Zeeco's grave...omg look what he saw...

Ok, few things.

Multiple homes works now...you have a limit of 3. Use them wisely. You do /sethome [name] to set a home, and then /home [name] to go there. Your initial home is "/home home"

Lockette AND lockchest are now installed...lockette uses signs, see the video in the below post.

We think we found the spawn burner...cameronduke88 is the suspect. Cncr04 provided us a helpful image of him right now:

So I did some plugin updating today, which rules! Few good things, few bad things.

• Mob Spawning is FIXED! We can spawn slimes and endermen! Will we though...we'll see. Possible cheatarena game?
• We disabled a lot of commands that changed the gameplay a lot, for example, /weather. This will mostly effect admins, but it makes the game a bit more equitable. Check the command list to the side.
• rTriggers broke. That's our MOTD, and custom command plugin. So, until I figure it out, no more /fackel or /opfa. I AM working on it though.
• IF you're paying attention to the list of member commands....multiple homes are now supported. HOWEVER it's off for now, until we figure out how to limit it to some number we decide...for example, 3.
• Lockchest seems to be discontinued. We may move to lockette...but we can't just switch, since we'd lose current locks. I'm looking into if we can have them concurrently, then phase it out later. Dunno.

Tell me if you discover other issues, happy mining :D

QUESTION So I think LockChest is no longer being updated...the only other chest locking plugin updated for 1317 bukkit (our version) is Lockette. Problem is...it uses signs. A LOT of them. Watch this video: