I think we can safely assume the reason we haven't heard from Webmaster in a while is because...
HE'S DEAD!!!!
That's right, he could have had his head squished by a cement roller, been skewered by a rusty meat hook, gotten acupuncture from a nail gun, gotten run over by a zamboni, gotten crushed to death in a giant waffle iron, thrown into a pit of rabid llamas, or the most disturbing theory of all...
MICROSOFT GOT TO HIM!!!!
Maybe the Microsoft Secret Police finally realized that this website and forums were a true threat to the future of their corporation and dragged Webmaster off in the night. Maybe he's alive, maybe he's not, but the most important thing to keep in mind is MICROSOFT IS COMING FOR ALL OF US NOW TOO!!! EVERYONE HEAD FOR CANADA, BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!!!!