It's pretty sad, but I can't say I didn't see this coming. I tried my best to prevent it; I tried to mention this to (and reason with) Rich.
I'd like to say that if some things changed, the forums could survive. At this point, however, I really don't know if that would even help.
When I think of the SC Forums now, I just keep thinking of the definition of insanity: "Doing the exact same thing over and over, and expecting a different result."
I had some ideas to make things better to increase guests to stay and be active, I know most of us have. Either they fell on deaf ears or we didn't have the right opportunity.
Anyway... I thought someone should say it.
If you're reading this Rich, I hope you take it to heart and invest to make things different/better.
I don't want to see SC become one of the many gaming websites that don't have forums/chats. But at this point, it's looking like it.