For some odd definition of 'completely', I guess.
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Classic still has some, mostly-corporation funded, nodes online indeed. There's nothing surprising there. Those nodes matter the same way that the other ~800 mattered that went down the same day.
ZOMG 5 CENTS
Don't you remember the time when it was 4 Cents? Bitcoin is too expensive now and I fear that people will move to alts, said the Classic supporter!

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...and so on. Bounties can go a long way to get things done even when there is lack of coding talent in one's side (as is the case). Instead they are wasting money on useless sybil nodes.
Instead they're wasting their money with rented hashrate and not accomplishing anything with it.