I'm with ya, bud, holding breath that just as they finally started issueing payments after the F-Up, that they payout on the orphaned chain, which will go a long ways towards restoring some small bit of faith in them. It is possible they had pulled a couple of long nights leading up to the launch, then when it went haywire, and the pool software glitched. they had all their eggs in one "development" basket and he simply needed some sleep. Though I'm not holding my breath.
RE: Gold.Pool BTG Developers own the pool, stealing from miners, hidden dev fees, total trainwreck.