Stuck at Connecting on the Patcher

I've read up on this.

I've disabled my firewall (which wasn't an issue at all yesterday), flushed my DNS with IPconfig, and reset my router. It just doesn't want to connect.

I've also tried adding the command line -project coh and -project "coh" (saw both at 2 different sites) and neither of them actually bypass the patcher. Does anyone have a suggestion? I'm really regretting paying $40 for an expansion to a game I cannot play.