Hey, sorry to necro a thread I just saw a PM about this when I logged in to check something else.
As I promised before the game ended Virtueverse isn't going anywhere anytime soon short of something happening to me or the $70/month to host it becomes a problem, though in the second case I would warn everyone . I did have to take Union offline though because no one on their side was monitoring it and it was compromised, its waiting for me to have time to clean it up.
If anyone every sees a problem with virtueverse please email me ransim AT gmail.com or on twitter as @ransim. Work keeps me incredibly busy lately so I am not there every day, emails/tweets from users help me a lot.
The current issue is actually related to the server host, not the database, they've been experiencing major issues with their san since March. I'm in the process now of actually moving VV's files to a new server (the DB is on a separate hosting platform). But their san goes to shit and the cache for the home page that handles the recently updated list craps itself and breaks the landing page. Its also why the site has been slow as hell since March.