As for the awards - yes we stopped doing them because there was very little activity (and it's actually a looot of work to organize it all ). Sadly at some point we had to decide that with less than 10 active members, and just several hundred posts over the year, there really wouldn't be many people/posts to vote for.

That said, if activity picks back up and people can actually start making choices again, we wouldn't be against reanimating them. Hoping that is the case now that people no longer have to wait for their activation email and more new members can grace our forum again.

I'm thinking about my upcoming time off. Really need it

Oh my, I missed this post until I saw Rainbow's work. What an amazing piece. I love the activity going on in the art section at the moment!

Hey Impractical! Welcome back

Heeey! It's good to see you again! We try to ensure the forum will continue to exist as we feel it has a lot of historical value to some people (myself included)

Enjoy the eclipse, folks! I won't be in America for it, sadly. Perhaps next time in Alaska

Be safe!

I Figured out how to change the time 
Love the emotes here

Glad to hear it! The forum should automatically detect the time, but I guess it doesn't always get it right For anyone else with incorrect timestamps, you can change your timezone here:
https://www.gangoffive.net/index.php?action=profile;area=theme

The emotes here are absolutely amazing, I agree 

Woo he looks amazing. Nicely done!

Water color art is so pretty. Well done ^^

They are adorable! Your work is really high quality ^^

Activity on the forum as a whole has declined greatly over the past few years, I'm afraid. It's harder to find people who want to join in to these kind of events.