This quote is from an auction thread: [AUCTION] Promo Aikar's 202 New Year Head it says: "What a better spot for Aikar to be partying in than the same dance floor Krysyy was using. With Aikar's account BANNED you won't be seeing many of these up for grabs!" uh... bannned?? Being inactive leaves you in the dark. But what the heck, how can the owner be banned??
A few months ago someone brute forced his password and gained access to his Mojang account. They then came onto EMC and did some trolling. That got dealt with, but he hasn't been able to recover the password yet, and so the account is banned so it can't come back online.
Woah, really? I did not know that! I remember that there were some issues, but I thought that they had all been dealt with.