I honestly don't know what happened. As mods, we really weren't told much as to what was going on with day to day stuff. Hell, none of us knew that the move to Tater Island was happening until they announced it to everyone. We had heard rumors of Sean jumping ship to another site, but didn't know for sure until it was announced. Then they created accounts on Tater Island for all of us mods and just expected us to move over without telling us anything.
As for Nate, like I said, I don't know what happened, but I am thinking it had to do with money.