This is from last night in #scenelife.  Pretty much explains some of the situation; finally some staff are talking (nAno & acquirre).
 
 
[03:57] <Vulture> whats actually wrong with SCL
[03:58] <Vulture> anyone know ?
[03:58] <Racquet> it's gone
[03:58] <Vulture> for how long?
[03:59] <@nAno> forever
[03:59] <@nAno> mwahahahahahaha
[03:59] <@nAno> in all serious its probably not coming back
[03:59] <Vulture> oh :(
[04:00] <Vulture> why no
[04:00] <@nAno> lots of reasons
[04:00] <Vulture> did nbf go on vacation
[04:00] <Vulture> it was pretty healthy afaik
[04:00] <Vulture> in terms of user activity
[04:02] <@nAno> yeah its nothign to do with users
[04:05] <Vulture> so what can a staff member say of the situation?
[04:05] <@nAno> not much
[04:05] <@nAno> cause we dont know much
[04:05] <Vulture> :(
[04:05] <@nAno> im basing this off the fact that its been like 2 weeks without any word
[04:08] <Vulture> no word from who
[04:08] <Vulture> where is nbf i wonder
[04:08] <Vulture> aquirre is looking for coders, isnt that a good sign
[04:09] <@nAno> its not for scl
[04:09] <@nAno> no word from the owner/coders
[04:10] <Vulture> z7x should come rescue the day
[04:11] <@aquirre> hah :p
[04:11] <@aquirre> good luck
[04:11] <Vulture> why
[04:11] <Vulture> it could happen, right?
[04:11] <Vulture> he's still hanging around
[04:11] <@aquirre> because we got an owner named sscript
[04:11] <@aquirre> and he doesn't give crap about shit
[04:11] <@aquirre> :p
[04:11] <@aquirre> that basically explains everything
[04:11] <Vulture> oh
[04:11] <Vulture> so sscript took the donation kitty and ran?
[04:11] <Vulture> he was a quiet sort
[04:12] <@aquirre> nah
[04:12] <@aquirre> sscript
[04:12] <@aquirre> is the owner and the coder
[04:13] <@aquirre> and yet he spends less than 1 hour a month on scl...
[04:13] <Vulture> what do you mean
[04:13] <@aquirre> and when we tried to bring in more coders, and all that.. he didn't let us... we had to do it in a retarded indirect way
[04:13] <Vulture> why is he the owner if he doesnt care
[04:13] <@aquirre> because he started the site
[04:13] <@aquirre> and it was hosted on his server
[04:13] <@aquirre> so hes the owner
[04:13] <@aquirre> and no one had access to the site files
[04:14] <@aquirre> so we couldn't just copy and host it elsewhere and kick him out
[04:14] <Vulture> so his server went down
[04:14] <Vulture> therefore the site went down
[04:14] <@aquirre> so his server got down..
[04:14] <@aquirre> yeah
[04:14] <Vulture> and nobody can restore it except him ?
[04:14] <Vulture> and we doesnt even know ?
[04:14] <@aquirre> he does know
[04:15] <@aquirre> he found out like 1 week after the site was down
[04:15] <@aquirre> which explains how active he is
[04:15] <Vulture> lol
[04:15] <Vulture> why didnt he do anything when he found out
[04:15] <@aquirre> you know I just wanna say if the site doesn't come back... I'm proud to have been a staff member on scl with this great team..
[04:15] <@aquirre> cause seriously.. if it wasn't for us.. the site would go down months ago
[04:15] <@aquirre> with an owner like ss..
[04:16] <Vulture> im also proud to be a staff member at scl
[04:16] <@aquirre> your a staff member at scl :p?
[04:16] <Vulture> yes
[04:16] <@aquirre> are or were?
[04:16] <Vulture> ummm...
[04:16] <@aquirre> well whatever, good to see you proud :p
[04:16] <Vulture> i wanted to pretend i was
[04:17] <Vulture> but i was just a normal user :(
[04:17] <Vulture> but still proud :)
[04:17] <Vulture> it was a good place, a very prettytracker
[04:17] <Vulture> i never understood why we added MP3 section, then took it away, then added Depot, then took it away, then added something else
[04:17] <Vulture> etc
[04:17] <Vulture> that was weird
[04:18] <@aquirre> well I always wanted one section
[04:19] <@aquirre> but different options between sysop and owner caused that
[04:19] <Vulture> so owner wanted 2 sections? :S
[04:19] <Vulture> ss
[04:20] <@aquirre> long story :p
[04:20] <Vulture> are you busy?
[04:20] <Vulture> i like tales about SCL
[04:20] <@aquirre> lol
[04:20] <@aquirre> kinda am yeah :p