Not sure if it was worth losing all the work that had been put into all the RP's.

Welp in a way it is worth it because now mahz actually has a site which he can control by himself and in the past had to hire someone for it.
Not to even begin with all the problems the old one caused. Of course the downside is the loss of a lot of old stuff. A very good new function on this site is going to be an option to backup your posts and such. Meaning that something like this will likely never happen again.