I don't remember, but in 2012 and later ~eW` was even more active than before, so most likely survived the crisis, and while all "problematic" users left (like Burning, peacegamerjj) it was more fun.
During the time from the situation described in this topic something very bad happened to me (irl), so this situation double-hit me. I think I became very mean later, didn't get in touch (chatting) with other EE2 players, etc.