CO not working

my CO isnt working and i dont know why, but whenever i log in
with my username and password, the screen turns black and
it just sits there and says:
connecting to account server... please wait
so i am waiting for 20 minutes and still nothing?
plz help

This has been on the official forum for a few days already.
They are having problems with their servers, namely the account server it seems.
Sometimes it's working alright, sometimes it takes ages and several thrys to log in.