From 8am to 4.11pm my time (a bit over 8 hours), the MUD was down, as the result of a hang crash of unknown origin. This is our longest downtime for many months and the first hang crash for several months.
I do not know the cause of it and hope that it wasn't the result of the newly created Easter Ninja.
I am most saddened that it was down as I was hoping for some reaction about the whole "Naruto: Eye of the Uchiha" April Fool's Day joke, which Vasuka fell for, but there were no other posts complaining about it/commending it.
I even wonder if perhaps someone who was upset with the idea (and didn't realise it was April Fool's Day) deliberately set off the hang crash to punish me for the idea.
Anyway, it is back up now. Sorry about that. I will try to show some imms how to boot the MUD in case of a hang crash in the future.