Be honest, it has always been dead, as people may know I was banned, then rejoined after an apology, I gave another go, and quit after some shit that was going on, with some dick saying LIES and when myself and some others tried to say the TRUTH our posts were deleted, his remained. And I even think I gave it a 3rd go, when Andy put out a message on Mopo re no hard feelings.
I got nothing against the site - except, when people TRY to, with their own time, free, and their knowledge, tel the truth only to be edited/deleted/banned for information, that may be contrary to his paying members - or in one case regarding a poster valuable) Senior Peanut paid for.....
And also sending his stooges (or himself in disguise) to NS4 and posting the giant white JPG (cripes I saved that sucker somewhere) caused a shit load of my members computers to crash.
bah, its a joke.
BTW, dont know if you guys have, but in the early days at NS4 I got MANY emails from dealers wanting to pay for advertising, banners, sponsorship, etc etc, but the decision was made after the collapse of MPT, to NOT be involved in paid endorsment, we wanted free speach no chance of the owner/s (me and phil) to be swayed by the "HEY I PAID YOU $X AND YOU LET USER X TO SAY THAT ABOUT ME?"
So what I am saying is, while Andy should be able to run it however the freak he wants, I feel for the users who take ANY information from that site as the word, because there is a lot of lies, mistruths, deceptions, and also just ignorance (innocent) - its ok to have crooks as members, as long as the other side can STATE THEIR POSITION, buyer beware, but allow for them to make their own decision.
Anyway I have checked in maybe 3 or 4 times this year and learned exactly, NOTHING.
Would I pay for an advert? no. Although I know someone has said he has more hits via MF than NS4, but then we dont have sponsors, so maybe as a linking tool it works. dunno. It might be a peanut hitting links at home to provide the stats.
Ahh well, luckily, I know many people, like some, and end of the day, we can't all be friends, or agree, good luck, have fun, only advise is relax, if its for fun, if its business, he has done better than me, I never made a dime on NS4 - (yeah so who is the idiot?)