Man, if you think Mike feels his forum is dying you obvioulsy have never listened to anything he has ever said.
I've read many threads during my time in IWF where the originals like Mike & 3lions discuss the begining days. And where as many people feel the IWF is dying right now because people are leaving, and that there may not be as much conversation going on, and prefer how it was about a year ago when there was always 30 plus people online posting constantly, they will tell you they liked it even better before that when the forum was small. You think they care that its going back to that where its just a small group of people discussing wrestling and other stuff? Of course not, they are probably happy as hell. And with a few exceptions (soulpower for example) they are probably just as happy as I am with some of the people who left. (ie. FlamesofFury)
This forum may be suffering from a lack of activity but as many people have stated, the passion for wrestling isn't there right now. And just as the wrestling industry goes in cycles (hot, cold, hot, cold) so does this forum. Now if those little cry babies like TOK & FOF (to name two) want to go bitch and moan about how its unfair that rules don't get enforced everything they get in shit for breaking one, then its fine by me. I'd rather personally have just a small group of people to discuss with then a large group of assholes like the two I mentioned who couldn't have an intelegent conversation if there lives depended on it.
You hit the nail on the head there This Guy. There bets time here at IWF for me was back when i first joined. The forum was very small compared to this and didn't have half the features as IWF currently has, but that was what made it so good. People didn't spend their time chatting shit in the Shoutbox or whatever, they'd be posting in the main sections of the forum. Maybe it weren't as active as most would have liked, but the collection of core members on that forum was great. Those guys made the forum and that group cannot be replicated.
However, during that period of time, Wrestling was going through the boom period and wrestling was at its peak. That encouraged more members to sign up and then remain active. Everyone was enthusiastic for the product and would talk intelligently about it. But like This Guy said, Wrestling is crap at the moment and the passion has gone for most, so obviously things won't be such a buzz round here.
But the bottom line is, if people don't want to be here; leave. It's simple as that. And if you say you're leaving, then leave for good. Don't come back under a different alias 4 hours later and lurk around the shoutbox for an hour (TOK).