If the forums would get a real time chat or something it would likely make this place more lively, depending on where it will be located.
I actually wonder if @andwhyisit has thought about such a thing.
Whatever the case, this place will be alive as long as keep making mods, that's for sure.
They are pretty much just BBS systems. That means one thread for everything, plus anything besides the first post and the last 40 or so posts aren't shown. It's kinda shithouse if you ask me, like IRC except without the "I" part.