Today, I have gotten the "temporarily down" page about every other try!? It's getting progressively worse.

Why not put a freeze on new registrations for a while? Every day, the number of "registered users" goes up, which must keep putting higher demands on the server's hardware. But, this doesn't get BK a penny closer to a new machine, or whatever is needed. (In reality, most pawns never intend to join anyhow.)

There will always be plenty of time (in fact, an indefinite amount) to fish for new recruits when the site's operations become more sound.