As someone who used to participate here a lot and now rarely does, the reason is, other things in my life are happening.... In real life, I'm a musician, composer, and arranger, and I've just been doing more musical gigs, and having less time to do graphics arts, which is something I love, but doesn't bring in any money for me... I think that the voting system is fairer now, since we don't know who's posting until the end... anyway, just posting this to show that yes people do other things in life and participating in forums becomes harder and harder from a time point of view.. :)