Maby its just me, being nostalgic, but I was hoping that I'll see even higher peaks for this community...
No mate, you are not alone, believe me. The are still some old wolves around here, which aren't even working with Acknex anymore, but they are still visit this place from time to time, only cause they feel nostalgic same as you do

Wont the devs do something to attract more newcommers? Some ad campaigns or free lessons? Or an amazing AAA title with a few thousand dollars investment in models and animations?
You may have noticed those thread, about GS dying and so on.. I'm pretty sure, that dev (ATM there is only jcl behind the Acknex as far as I know) have seen this thread as well. Those thread were created by old members same as by newcomers, which just had payed for the Acknex.. And there is no reaction from the conitec's side at all.. I guess, if they were that interested in developing Acknex farther by catching up with other competitor engines (unity etc), they could move their asses a little bit, and at least create a thread, where they could explain how the things could go on in the near future (f.e. "we aren't going to develop Acknex, cause....").
Anyway, it's really sad, that we have to discuss such things at this forum, instead of discussing new features and new community projects.