From my point of view, I am willing to continue doing the stats, game-mechanics, dice-rolls, and maps but am not comfortable taking over writing the narrative full-time. So I'll wait for Arrow to return (once he gets more time and the nesing community stabilizes), but until then am not willing to take this game on as full moderator.
That said, there was precious few players engaging in between-updates stories or wide-scale diplo, so from a certain perspective, I feel there isn't a lot of enthusiasm for this game anyway.
For those of you still with us and putting in the effort, I thank you and I apologize for this abrupt end(?).