I feel like I should be saying something since I use the forums more than I actually play the game at this point. TF2 has kinda died for me. VSH is always on the same handful of maps, FF2 rarely has players when I'm on, Jailbreak was almost never fun (though I had some jolly good times with
@Drax), and 2fort is just 2fort. It's not really anything that Blackwonder can help, it's just kind of what happened.
That being said, I've been somewhat noticing people becoming less active on the forums. I thought I was alone since I'm (probably) the only one that just kinda loiters on the forums, but I guess other people have noticed it too.
The forums has been overwhelmed by a flood of reports and appeals, nothing else. I understand why, the amount of reports has somewhat become a status amongst us. Personally, the only time I'd write a report if there was somebody on the server blatantly breaking rules. Intentional mass freekill? Sure, I'll report that. Delaying a round of VSH for more than a few minutes? I got places to be, games to play, I'll report that. Last I've checked of these reports (though admittedly was a while ago, back when they weren't the only feature on the website) it'd usually be for something little, like calladmin abuse, a feature admins have said that they don't even bother checking much anymore. I don't understand, but it's as if you write reports for everything you see. You can tell, too. If you were to mark all threads as read and let the forums sit for a day, by the time you came to check out the forums again there'd be 2-4 pages of just reports.
At this point, I pretty much live for dumpster threads. They're the only other kind of thread, and I'm actually allowed to post on those. They are few and far between, and don't stick around for long, however. Then it's back to just occasionally checking up on the forums, saying nothing because there is nothing to say.
I guess to summarize my rambling all up, the reports are absolutely consuming the forums, but there also isn't really anything posted otherwise for me to post on. There are no more debates about game mechanics, no more off topic threads about god knows what, and even the pinned forum game threads are pretty dead.
I think a "yes" or "no" is a little too simplistic for poll results, though. The forums are dead, but that doesn't mean I dislike the community. The people here are cool, and every time I play TF2 it's a Blackwonder server because I know that it will be a good quality server with well enforced rules.
TL;DR forums are dying, but the community is still a pretty swell place