Still not working from here. Tried 3 different clients including SDC chat. Can't connect.
Maybe Nickie banned me.......

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
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U:\>ping stardock.com
Pinging stardock.com [66.28.242.200] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 66.28.242.200: bytes=32 time=65ms TTL=113
Reply from 66.28.242.200: bytes=32 time=69ms TTL=112
Reply from 66.28.242.200: bytes=32 time=70ms TTL=113
Reply from 66.28.242.200: bytes=32 time=64ms TTL=113
Ping statistics for 66.28.242.200:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 64ms, Maximum = 70ms, Average = 67ms
U:\>ping irc.stardock.com
Pinging irc.stardock.com [38.98.152.138] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 38.98.152.138: bytes=32 time=76ms TTL=111
Reply from 38.98.152.138: bytes=32 time=77ms TTL=110
Reply from 38.98.152.138: bytes=32 time=75ms TTL=111
Reply from 38.98.152.138: bytes=32 time=74ms TTL=111
Ping statistics for 38.98.152.138:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 74ms, Maximum = 77ms, Average = 75ms
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