One of the network routers at GOA is experiencing a power outage today. The problem is being worked on, but as I'm writing this services are expected to be unavailable for at least a while longer. I was able to log onto Excalibur some time ago, but the backup router couldn't handle the load and thus game servers have been taken down for the time being.

You might want to keep an eye on this FreddysHouse thread for updates.

As of today, we've left the Fellowship of Midgard alliance and joining the Red Shadows alliance instead. Our reasons for doing so are numerous, but most importantly their Alliance Chat is much less restricted, which should help us find groups more easily.

Of course this doesn't mean you can blatantly spam alliance chat any more than you would be allowed to spam in guild chat. Basically use common sense when using alliance chat.
Red Shadows Alliance does have a Call To Arms system that functions more or less the same as the one we had in the LFoM alliance. I will update the alliance rules on the forum shortly.

You're encouraged to register and participate on the Red Shadows Alliance forum. Be sure to check out the event calender there.