Yeah, there are still no people posting. Except for the weekends, I don't have the time anymore, so count me out by all means.
I still check the forum plenty of times though. I enjoy dark backgrounds and pretty much all sites I tend to have light backgrounds. So when I want to write a story, I usually log in on the forum, click on a reply/make a topic button and start writing... in the mean time I check if there are new posts, but as you said, Metal Guard, there are none... usually.