That forum sucked anyway, just as I said it would. The owned probably realized it wasn't going to work out the way he thought, realized his business model was fatally flawed (hiring the worst shitposters to jumpstart a forum), and decided he didn't want to pay anymore. So now all you guys should learn not to trust noobs without escrow. Had those funds been escrowed, you'd have been OK.
Edit: Checked icodiscuss forum, and I was the only one viewing it, no registered users and me being the only guest. That's pretty dead. Admin had added a rant which included the threat that any users posting negative comments would be banned. No wonder no one goes there. Said he'd pay everyone tomorrow, Friday. We'll see. He's got all that time to post but can't pay as promised? Mm hmm.