Server down?

[Dave Fritz]

A friend of mine wanted to try the server out and he had to use direct connect, using the IP to the server because it wouldn't show up in the server list.(snip)

I think that one's a Gamespy issue. It happens to me quite frequently, but I have the server saved on my Favourites list and can get it from there.

As far as the firewall thing. I've seen that message off and on but it's never affected logging in, for me, anyway.