It is mentioned, the problem is people are too lazy or clueless to look.
http://forums.veniceunleashed.net/bf/?stats0 players = YES master server is down. This project is done in their spare time when they feel like working on it. No one owes you anything. You are not entitled to anything. I personally would love to see people start getting warned or banned from the forums for cluttering it with such non sense. If the master server goes down, whether deliberate or not, it will resume when they get to it. In the meantime you can go play on the official EA servers.
Check that link above. If there are no players, master server is down. Do NOT post letting anyone else know, we probably knew long before you. Do NOT post asking when it will be back up, it will come back online when and IF NoFate decides to take care of it.
End of discussion.