"You will just have a four-day-old starting point" - not really, unless you happened to have updated yours 4 days ago.ElvenArchitect is still up and running. You will just have a four-day-old starting point on your city build/modification.
Had a new player that was using grid paper and construction paper cutouts before I told her EA exists. I mean, that's dedication...and must have kids in the house. Maybe use Legos?...I suppose I could just call in sick next week, and recreate them all by hand...