http://ltcgeartracker.com/news
http://www.ltcgearstore.com/payout-issues-dec-2014/


"UPDATE: moving to user balances and withdraw on demand will become live Jan 9 due to technical reasons."
https://litecointalk.org/index.php?topic=6401.10890
(http://ltcgear.com/farm-payments/  at bottom is says:Next payment is scheduled for Jan 9 2015.)
actually watch this closely, if the next update is to the minute it could be an automated script, no announcements
http://ltcgear.com/announcements/