New Staff?

[Fragma]

It is honestly a hopeless cause. The cycle will repeat, a staff member will get promoted who would be Ace/Fragma/King/etc and they'll start being extra active on the forums. Then after a week or two they will seldom log on and they will get demoted after awhile. It has happened to every staff member, some lasting a bit longer then others.

Not every staff member. I wasn't demoted, I stepped down in hope that Omni would start being more active, which in a sense worked quite well.
I do agree with the majority of the other points you made though.

It's a shame seeing the direction that this forum is heading, and has been heading for a while now.
These days I don't enjoy posting here as much as I used to. I feel like it's more a job posting here rather than a hobby, just trying to keep the forum going.
I miss the days when Eve, Elektrisk, Jordan, Skill, Damink, Solidus, Untouch, Nemmyy, Grizzly, bkotz, etc.. were all active here. They were some of the best members I've ever came across on a forum, and they, along with myself, Sam, Peter, Ace and a few others were the back bone of SF. The banter was great, there was lots of activity, lots of interesting posts, and that's the reason I stayed here. Now there are a handful of members here who I get along with and enjoy talking to, but it's not the same as it used to be.

Will SF ever get back to how it was when it began? I hope so, but I can't see it happening.