Seems like the pool is hit and miss for me too;

C:\Users\Iselia>paping doge.scryptpools.com -p 3333
paping v1.5.5 - Copyright (c) 2011 Mike Lovell

Connecting to dc-2890f79c.scryptpools.com [162.243.64.168] on TCP 3333:
Connection statistics:
        Attempted = 83, Connected = 27, Failed = 56 (67.47%)
Approximate connection times:
        Minimum = 0.00ms, Maximum = 127.53ms, Average = 30.93ms

Not a very promising result. x-x;