Since when was this thread made? I never saw it before today. o_o
No, these forums are not dead. Not yet, anyway. We still get some posts, just not nearly as much as we did before Pok�mon Diamond and Pearl were released.
To answer the question Lostprophetboy provided, Alakazam is one of the best Pok�mon for use in Wish Cave and Purity Forest, if not the best itself.