The 6 Stages of Downtime by iMac600
Panic. You realise whatever it is you enjoyed so well has become out of your reach. Inaccessible. You panic, joining fellow users at any place you can to explain your withdrawal symptoms and group together.
Rumors. You all talk, discussing what could have happened. A lot of unusual points are thrown around in the process, including the one person who always suggests supernatural or paranormal activity caused the issue.
Contact. You frantically try to contact anyone in higher power. The admins, a mod, a hosting company, the President. Anyone. Usually expecting an answer at best. And often you get it, and it ends here. But in some cases, the admin doesn't know either, and so it continues.
Ideas. Everyone gathers around to get ideas for the revival of the downed site. Payments and donations, offering server space, making a temporary community where everyone can go. None of it ever happens though, which is probably why this stage is completely useless. But amusing none-the-less. It has a similar feel to stage 2.
Nostalgia. At this point it's been down for a while, and you start to remember all of the good times we had. Posts, events, trades... all the information and more. Everyone gets around to have fun by pretending the community is still online, remembering threads crystal clear (and in some cases posting on to them in the IRC channel). Similar threads are thrown around, from the same and other communities.
Acceptance. This usually takes a long time to get to. It's not easy to just move on, especially if you're the kind with the forum logo burned in to your mind. Sometimes this stage is often halted abruptly though, so it doesn't even really count. Hence the "6" stages. It stops usually before it begins, so it's either this stage...
Or...
Restoration. The community springs back in to life again, fully restored in one way or another. All the previous stages seem to somehow erase from your mind as you dash back to claim the title of "First Post on the New Forum".