[Lawtan]

Well, I'm 20, and I never experienced things like the avatar community, so I am trying to float around on the debris of the forums. :P

I admit that seeing them so...dead in general is depressing, added to by seeing what was done in the past - I'd love another Taskal War, or to have the common experiences that most on here have. However, you are mostly correct - the only "avatar" sites that seem to still grow are more "word game-sites" with a form of customization via avatars. (Note, this sort of stuff carried my favorite game, Neverwinter Nights, from 1998-2008)

As to posting/money...while I have done so on one site recently (Wanted to earn the ability to have a custom title)...such currency doesn't mean much to me.

So, yeah, I feel like a dinosaur in another sense - much of my younger life has been keeping other things (Boy Scouts, Karate, Technology Students Association) from falling apart due to general apathy. That, making an effort to keep things going for everyone else, is where I feel aged.