i found this ;P
Game Server Outage
Dear Settlers,
Today, from approximately 05:00 CET, we experienced a small outage with our game services that resulted in some players being unable to connect to the game.
This issue is being actively worked on and should be fully resolved soon.
Some players may already be able to access the game as we remedy the issue.
Thank you,
Your "The Settlers Online" Team
Alas, something similar is occurring now, first chatserver went gaga and now i cant log in at all
keep getting the message that the connection to the server is lost