I'm not on slack, the members list fills up quite quickly. I could give you my ANS address, as you can't do anything with it without the privkey, right?
Yes, only the private key holder can claim ANS when the mainnet launches. With your ANS address, I can only see your investment (if it works).
I can add that earlier when I wanted to "Query" I had to press Verify after writing an address, and it would load a bit and then the Query button would light up. That does not happen anymore, I press Verify and nothing happens.
Well when I enter my address and Verify it, the Query button appears, but when I enter an incorrect address, I get the error message you specified earlier (when I click on Verify) and the Query button does not appear.