Ah yes ottermi, but you see, you're not running a place like this. Wonderful suggestion though, by my point of view, but not many others would be willing to start from scratch. And there are ongoing things, such as the Roleplay's in the Roleplaying threads. I honestly think that if the site is closed for maintenence, it's not that big a deal anymore, because then you know that NOBODY is posting, therefore, don't have anything to worry about, for not being around.
Find a different hobby to occupy yourself while PC's server is being a butt, and keep one window open, keep refreshing and the such, until PC shows up. That's what I do.
And as for the jamming post and thread stuff, that's why there are so many double posts I'd expect. Some posts during jam up's show up afterwards and some don't. I've found that to be true after seeing some posts disappear and some posts make me look like I double posted. < <;;