Old Guard is still around, totally defying the all the odds. I played a very small role its founding. While most of its ex-GPA leadership have disappeared from this world many of its key people are still around and keeping it running.
CN is still a total nostalgia-fest, simply because Admin has done nothing for at least 5 years towards game development and the numbers have slowly been dwindling. I keep on keeping on in the hope that this community will either reinvigorate this game or mass-migrate to a better one. For all its flaws, there is much hope in the CN community.