So just to get the timeline right, the pool shut down at 1pm on June 26th EST (5pm GMT), which was a Sunday afternoon.  We know this because there is a post in this thread stating as much.  The website is hosted out of Taiwan I believe, so that would mean it shut down at 1am Monday morning, June 27th local time.  Odd time to shut down a site, but whatever.

Am I understanding this correctly?

Edit:  And you received notice at least 24 hours prior to the pool shutting down on Friday the 24th of June during the evening in whatever time zone you are in.  You posted twice on the 25th and once on the 26th, neglecting both days to inform people of the potential issue?