Flinn shut down the server through the utilization of girl power so he could tamper with the electoral college and super delegate votes for the upcoming mod awards. While the server was down Flinn assassinated, threatened, or otherwise silenced all his critics. It's not clear at this time why he did this aside from his compulsive need for corruption and an illegitimate electoral process. Rumors right now put the Cookie Consortium as well as Big Tobacco as the ones behind this recent plot but news is still coming out.
Thank you all for your patience.