By it I am assuming you mean the mod and not my laptop...

Can't speak for the others but I had to move for work and leave my desktop behind. My laptop was just powerful enough to run the campaign map, so when I moved modding just became too hard, and kind of pointless seeing as I wouldn't have been able to see the results anyway. I also didn't have regular, reliable or speedy internet access (cue maudlin violin solo).

I think the general vibe was wait for Medieval II, as it was going to allow us to fulfill all our wildest dreams (see posts above for more info on wild dreamings). My main interests in medieval as opposed to rome were the different body parts, the upgrading of the units equipment visually and the increased polygon counts which would have made modelling easier and more enjoyable (not actually true - the more you have the more you need).

I think Attrebus wanted to wait for medieval, and the Polish guys lost their modeller or organiser. Also, interest and feedback were fairly limited, possibly because of the (extremely) dubious legality of the project to begin with...

So there you have it folk(s?), the autopsy report of a dead mod!

If you were referring to my laptop, it died because I thought it was turned off and removed the RAM.