Topic in #team_eR33t -"Servers go back online when this channel gets 100 idlers. Please show your support"Maybe you should participate instead of wondering.
What happened was a payment or two was missed and so eR33t got some money together and paypal'd it to Bain. By the time he got it the servers had been canceled (although he had all the data backed up) and now he is researching new servers to buy.
I hope they come back soon.