I did, actually, get past it by clicking the one Hahn mentioned. Sorry about that! All the ones with EP in the filename, also, didn't work for me if that helps at all.

Gah, you guys are amazing. Thank you SO much!

This, actually, is happening to me too. I started with the official 17.1.1, and then it patched up to 17.3.0 and won't budge, If I try to download the files manually, the one I think I should do first(AOPatch_v17.0.3-v17.0.4.exe), when started, takes me to the patcher and then gives me the same erro...

Ahh, I'm going to be a fr00b. Makes sense why I can't access the boards now, I guess. I think I'll be going with Atlantean if I can ever get the patch working, so I'll definitely message you, Dab, and see what we can do. The only thing I'm concerned about is the channel being completely IC (or at le...

Great! Thank you so much! Also, is there a way to contact the AO people officially about the forums? The forums keep saying I'm entering the wrong pass.

That sounds great. I can't wait till this thing downloads (60%).

Is there normally no roleplaying on noob island? I'm guessing higher level characters don't (or can't) go there.

Yeah, I know a "Hello" thread. It's a newbie! I'm, as we speak 53% on may to just getting the client and thought I'd ask a few questions. I heard there are no "Roleplaying Servers", but all servers have groups of roleplayers, is that true? Would being a doctor on n00b island be a problem for me if n...