Yup, it surely was down.
Here are the results of pinging them.
# ping master.blockland.us
PING master.blockland.us (70.86.174.34): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 70.86.174.34: icmp_seq=2508 ttl=114 time=3546.390 ms
64 bytes from 70.86.174.34: icmp_seq=2509 ttl=114 time=2546.662 ms
64 bytes from 70.86.174.34: icmp_seq=2510 ttl=114 time=1547.020 ms
64 bytes from 70.86.174.34: icmp_seq=2511 ttl=114 time=547.405 ms
64 bytes from 70.86.174.34: icmp_seq=2512 ttl=114 time=3567.810 ms
64 bytes from 70.86.174.34: icmp_seq=2513 ttl=114 time=2516.058 ms
64 bytes from 70.86.174.34: icmp_seq=2514 ttl=114 time=1516.385 ms
64 bytes from 70.86.174.34: icmp_seq=2515 ttl=114 time=517.051 ms
64 bytes from 70.86.174.34: icmp_seq=2516 ttl=114 time=3554.551 ms
64 bytes from 70.86.174.34: icmp_seq=2517 ttl=114 time=2551.933 ms
64 bytes from 70.86.174.34: icmp_seq=2518 ttl=114 time=1550.327 ms
64 bytes from 70.86.174.34: icmp_seq=2519 ttl=114 time=550.665 ms
64 bytes from 70.86.174.34: icmp_seq=2520 ttl=114 time=3562.617 ms
64 bytes from 70.86.174.34: icmp_seq=2521 ttl=114 time=2557.833 ms
- ÜberSnip -
64 bytes from 70.86.174.34: icmp_seq=2733 ttl=114 time=3537.436 ms
64 bytes from 70.86.174.34: icmp_seq=2734 ttl=114 time=2537.486 ms
64 bytes from 70.86.174.34: icmp_seq=2735 ttl=114 time=1537.872 ms
64 bytes from 70.86.174.34: icmp_seq=2736 ttl=114 time=538.155 ms
64 bytes from 70.86.174.34: icmp_seq=2737 ttl=114 time=3547.841 ms
64 bytes from 70.86.174.34: icmp_seq=2738 ttl=114 time=2544.987 ms
64 bytes from 70.86.174.34: icmp_seq=2739 ttl=114 time=1545.634 ms
64 bytes from 70.86.174.34: icmp_seq=2740 ttl=114 time=545.742 ms
64 bytes from 70.86.174.34: icmp_seq=2741 ttl=114 time=3555.340 ms
64 bytes from 70.86.174.34: icmp_seq=2742 ttl=114 time=2554.247 ms
64 bytes from 70.86.174.34: icmp_seq=2743 ttl=114 time=1554.648 ms
64 bytes from 70.86.174.34: icmp_seq=2744 ttl=114 time=555.499 ms
64 bytes from 70.86.174.34: icmp_seq=2745 ttl=114 time=3545.556 ms
64 bytes from 70.86.174.34: icmp_seq=2746 ttl=114 time=2545.559 ms
64 bytes from 70.86.174.34: icmp_seq=2747 ttl=114 time=1543.598 ms
64 bytes from 70.86.174.34: icmp_seq=2748 ttl=114 time=543.649 ms
ping: sendto: Network is down
ping: sendto: Network is down
ping: sendto: No route to host
ping: sendto: No route to host
64 bytes from 70.86.174.34: icmp_seq=2756 ttl=114 time=3785.011 ms
64 bytes from 70.86.174.34: icmp_seq=2758 ttl=114 time=1785.737 ms
64 bytes from 70.86.174.34: icmp_seq=2759 ttl=114 time=785.389 ms
64 bytes from 70.86.174.34: icmp_seq=2760 ttl=114 time=3772.130 ms
64 bytes from 70.86.174.34: icmp_seq=2761 ttl=114 time=2772.707 ms
64 bytes from 70.86.174.34: icmp_seq=2762 ttl=114 time=1772.728 ms
64 bytes from 70.86.174.34: icmp_seq=2763 ttl=114 time=771.067 ms
64 bytes from 70.86.174.34: icmp_seq=2764 ttl=114 time=3756.017 ms
64 bytes from 70.86.174.34: icmp_seq=2765 ttl=114 time=2756.590 ms
64 bytes from 70.86.174.34: icmp_seq=2766 ttl=114 time=1756.682 ms
64 bytes from 70.86.174.34: icmp_seq=2767 ttl=114 time=756.883 ms
64 bytes from 70.86.174.34: icmp_seq=2768 ttl=114 time=3763.219 ms
64 bytes from 70.86.174.34: icmp_seq=2769 ttl=114 time=2763.343 ms
64 bytes from 70.86.174.34: icmp_seq=2770 ttl=114 time=1762.946 ms
64 bytes from 70.86.174.34: icmp_seq=2771 ttl=114 time=762.224 ms
64 bytes from 70.86.174.34: icmp_seq=2772 ttl=114 time=3778.255 ms
64 bytes from 70.86.174.34: icmp_seq=2773 ttl=114 time=2778.534 ms
64 bytes from 70.86.174.34: icmp_seq=2774 ttl=114 time=1779.251 ms
64 bytes from 70.86.174.34: icmp_seq=2775 ttl=114 time=779.173 ms
64 bytes from 70.86.174.34: icmp_seq=2776 ttl=114 time=3769.081 ms
64 bytes from 70.86.174.34: icmp_seq=2777 ttl=114 time=2767.885 ms
64 bytes from 70.86.174.34: icmp_seq=2778 ttl=114 time=1767.521 ms
64 bytes from 70.86.174.34: icmp_seq=2779 ttl=114 time=767.439 ms
64 bytes from 70.86.174.34: icmp_seq=2780 ttl=114 time=3789.956 ms
64 bytes from 70.86.174.34: icmp_seq=2781 ttl=114 time=2789.675 ms
64 bytes from 70.86.174.34: icmp_seq=2782 ttl=114 time=1790.038 ms
64 bytes from 70.86.174.34: icmp_seq=2783 ttl=114 time=790.406 ms
^C
--- master.blockland.us ping statistics ---
2788 packets transmitted, 268 packets received, 90% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 116.865/2106.368/5293.318/1181.754 ms
That's a horrible response time by the way.