Server is down... But are the admins alive ?

TBAPIOKA

Zenimax, please, announce offline status of server before you want to shut up or reboot it. Or if it is a nonsheduled maintenance - make an official post at forum or official site main page. Respect you clients and their time and nerves. +1 if you agree.

Fenbrae

Or maybe you can just check the threads for about 5 seconds and find out that they are trying to fix whatever the problem is.

The team isn't lazy. You are.