The LOTRO game worlds will be offline for maintenance on Wednesday, November 3rd from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM Eastern (-4 GMT). NOTE: The U.S. has not yet begun observing Standard Time, while Europe has, so the typical offset is different this week.
If you already have a Gamer Launch account connect your Facebook account on your user profile first before using Facebook connect to login. Otherwise you may end up with a new account.