I've only had one WTF moment on Gaia - it was when I first joined. Gaia was new and still in 2003. There wasn't any Gambino, no Gino, no Durem, no Fishing, almost nothing. The only maps were Barton and Isle of Gambino. The only thing to do was basically the forums, but I happened to join right in the middle of the Christmas '03 event. It was hard reading so many stickies and trying to participate in the event as well.
Seeing as how Gambino has actually managed to disappear, he may still be alive. Since he's an integral part of Gaia it's hard imagining he would die. xp
I was clueless on Tuesday when I FINALLY was allowed back on the computer by my evil parents and found that I had entirely missed Easter................... gonk