I don't think it's slowing down too much but I still see some of your points. Swegta and I are working on a mod, Rambo7 is working on a mod, deadpoolxyz is too, and p3ti is as well. MadmaN may or may not be making some new mods (I best not say anything specific) after he finishes up some things.
Some people left, true, which that sucks a little for some people that left but honestly I think it's half for the best as most the people who left were credit whores and bullies who held the community back and harassed members. I won't say any names in specific though.
Bully-Board isn't that big but I honestly like it this way... in a way. When I go to gta forums for example, I see new people in most posts, I don't recognize anybody, and it seems few people do really know each other there. A lot of forums are like that too. Here on Bully-Board though, most of us know each other pretty well, and in a personal way too. It's what will probably keep me here after I lose interest in Bully, and it's also what's kept me here so long. I've met a lot of friends here, half of them have went wonderfully, and sadly half of them have ended pretty horribly. Some worse than others... including one I lost recently, since I really felt like we were best friends... but I'm starting to get a bit deep into personal stuff so let's move on.
There are still modders here to help people, and in my opinion there are still a lot of skilled ones too (most the "skilled" ones that left didn't know how to share or help others anyways). I always love to help when I can, MadmaN still comes on from time to time, Swegta can help once he returns to Bully-Board (he's gone temporarily due to a bet), and you, unknown, can help too. I know you're a pretty good script modder, but sadly you are a little impatient with making your own mods.
I'd really love to see more people modding, I'd love to see some missions from Algie Hunters maybe. I guess with the small amount of active modders it really is hard for there to be a lot of mods coming out. I don't think it was ever that much better though... sure more mods were being released but they were mostly tweaks to config files, default.idb edits. etc. Nowadays it's harder since modding calls for a bit more with scripting, and style mods are getting old. There really is a lot of potential, I just wish more people would learn to script mod... I'd love to see some custom missions by people, maybe some like "The Cure", a story to enjoy and maybe even a slightly comedic one, and of course some fun gameplay.
I think a big problem is a lot of Bully fans don't seem to speak English natively, so it's hard for them to learn and it's hard to teach them. Other people are just too lazy or just can't understand with the limited amount of tutorials. I've been tempted to make some Bully script modding tutorial videos on YouTube. I know it's late into Bully modding to do that but... maybe it'll help a few people get into it, and if they just help even one person, I'd honestly be happy. If I do decide to do that though I'll have to wait until I get a new mic.
More people are helping each other and being friendly, many people even posting their mods open source. I thin that is a huge step forward in the community at least, even if it is a small community...
