Return of Reckoning

Well, this is for sure a mystery. I have done everything consistently, read all the posts, followed all the steps.
Last night, during one of my attempts, it just worked. It logged in without problem.
This morning, same old problem.

Same as above. All roads lead to this being a problem for a lot of people and there is no known solution other than just keep trying.
A lot of people say that they have to hammer the login server with attempts. I will continue to do so, but there hasn't even been any connection information in the ...