Here's how a player should find out the status of the servers: Launch the game and hit the play button. If the servers are down then it should just inform the player in that window. No discord or forums or any other method of communication should be required to get this information.
The message on the game launcher should be clear and concise. No confusing or cryptic error messages or codes should be used (those can still be displayed for troubleshooting other issues). It should just say something like "The server is currently down. ETA is [time in the player's timezone]." UTC shouldn't be used unless a UTC clock is added to the game launcher; it just adds confusion.
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