I just got booted off oftc, and I can't connct using the CGI:IRC client - I just get an error message saying the host is banned for flooding.

Anyone else having this problem?

Yup - same deal here:

22:20 -!- FireSlash [~FireSlash@mobile-166-217-007-154.mycingular.net] has quit [autokilled: This Host Triggered Network Flood
          Protection, please mail support@oftc.net (2007-05-09 03:20:27)]
22:20 -!- cout [~cout@c-68-58-222-12.hsd1.sc.comcast.net] has quit [autokilled: This Host Triggered Network Flood Protection, please mail
          support@oftc.net (2007-05-09 03:20:27)]
22:20 -!- npmr [~inkblot@dorothy.movealong.org] has quit [autokilled: This Host Triggered Network Flood Protection, please mail
          support@oftc.net (2007-05-09 03:20:27)]
22:20 -!- Kylus [~kylus@pool-71-242-167-247.phlapa.east.verizon.net] has quit [autokilled: This Host Triggered Network Flood Protection,
          please mail support@oftc.net (2007-05-09 03:20:27)]
22:20 -!- warewolf [warewolf@warewolf.org] has quit [autokilled: This Host Triggered Network Flood Protection, please mail
          support@oftc.net (2007-05-09 03:20:27)]
22:20 -!- shakr [~shakr@whirl.gellin.dyndns.org] has quit [autokilled: This Host Triggered Network Flood Protection, please mail
          support@oftc.net (2007-05-09 03:20:27)]
22:20 -!- praetorian [~praetoria@203-214-134-79.perm.iinet.net.au] has quit [autokilled: This Host Triggered Network Flood Protection,
          please mail support@oftc.net (2007-05-09 03:20:27)]
22:20 -!- Pryon [~Pryon@c-76-18-90-150.hsd1.nm.comcast.net] has quit [autokilled: This Host Triggered Network Flood Protection, please
          mail support@oftc.net (2007-05-09 03:20:27)]
22:20 -!- VS_ChanLog [~stats@ns.theshore.net] has quit [autokilled: This Host Triggered Network Flood Protection, please mail
          support@oftc.net (2007-05-09 03:20:27)]
22:20 -!- You are banned from this server- autokilled: This Host Triggered Network Flood Protection, please mail support@oftc.net
          (2007-05-09 03:20:27)
22:20 -!- ERROR Closing Link: 207-67-87-34.static.twtelecom.net (autokilled: This Host Triggered Network Flood Protection, please mail
          support@oftc.net (2007-05-09 03:20:27))
22:20 -!- Irssi: Connection lost to irc.oftc.net

Should we all email support@oftc.net to ask what the heck is going on?

I wouldn't bother...I'm sure they're flooded w/ requests. I've been checking for updates here:

http://www.oftc.net/oftc/

Too late, I already emailed them. In retrospect it was probably not that useful - as you say they're probably being bombarded with people complaining.

Fortunately, at least caker is still in the #linode channel at freenode, so there is still some real time communication possible.

Hooray it works again.

I usually have channel windows for both channels open.