Friend (& I) cannot create new/activate old account?

[RectumTosser]

Hello there Haxus.
I LOVE the work you have put into this game, and I adore the amount of freedom I have without having to follow a pointless storyline! Keep up the amazing work!!

My bug is strange, I looked through the first 4 pages of the Forum's but couldn't find anyone else reporting the same issue? 

Issue:
Yesterday and today, my friend and I have been trying to play together. First my friend tried (from Japan) to create an account - didn't work.
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New Accounts Unavailable

Due to technical difficulties, a new Shores of Hazeron account cannot be created at this time.
We apologize for the inconvenience. Please try again later.

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I thought the problem was with his location, so I tried aswell - from Canada. Still no luck. Same error as above.
Did I miss an important notice somewhere? Or is account creation disabled due to "spam" account creators. (Saw mention of this on the forums, "updates" page(?? I think) when I was doing my, "skimming" xP

I mean, it's completely understandable either way (if yes or no) - just curious about when account creation will be back up :) so my friend and I can play this glorious game once more!

All the best,
Sincerely,
HUGE FAN

Ps. I am also a game designer by trade. All I have to say is simply WOW to the amount of work you have been able to get done over the years.

Pps. I have posted a screenshot of the error from my phone, but it is the same error on pc browser.

Ppps. I feel like this is honestly just you trying to replace Captcha with Captcha V2 - if so, my apologies for making a useless bug post xD

[Tangent]

I'm having the exact same issue since around the same time. Tried last night, tried a few times again today. Really sad to not be able to sign up currently. I first stumbled across Hazeron waaay back before it was gone for a while, but couldn't run it back then, and thought it dead until checking again yesterday. Have really been looking forward to playing it - tested the client and shown that it works on my PC now, so I WANT IT SO BAD.

(Also, I too work in games.. although independently and I'm not very good (yet!))