I am genuinely surprised this place is still going anyway.
I joined way back when the gamecube was announced (2001/2002-ish) and remember it being ridiculously busy. If you spent just one evening away from the computer, you missed so much! I don't even remember there being that many boards back then, or perhaps i only frequented a couple....anywho it was great.
Then i went away to uni, and I stopped coming. Mainly because i didn't want to feel obligated to log on every night and miss out on social things happening at uni (and like i said, missing out one night felt like being away for a month, so i chose to leave completely rather than browse every so often.
After a couple of years, i forgot about it. Reminiscing every year or so, usually when i got my Birthday email from the site. I assumed that a website such as this wouldn't survive, especially with most of the members growing up and going to uni like i did, and getting jobs etc.
So when i came back after a four or five year break, i thought it would be completely dead, and was pleasantly surprised to find that there were still people here! Many of them whom i recognised from before (and plenty who i probably would recognise if they hadn't changed username...).
I think it's definately quieter than before, but has done so well to keep going for so long.