Well I only just registered (much thanks to this thread), so feel free to disregard my sentiments, but I would answer a resounding yes. All these forums with no activity really does make you look very inactive. I was ready to move on and forget about this place after a quick scroll-through (I'm sure you are all aware of the patience of the average internet-surfer), and would have, had I not noticed the link to this thread. If there is one thing I have learned during my foruming years, it's that too many forums for your userbase is an absolute killer. And I have also seen forums saved from certain 'death', as it were, by cleaning up and reducing the amount of sections. It is no less than daunting to try and familiarize yourself with the forum when you are met with such a wall of sections and subforums.
That would be my humble opinion, and my first impression when seeing your site. You guys seem like a good bunch and I wouldn't mind having another RMXP site to hang around, but personally I feel that the vast majority of your forums have to go - either hidden as subforums, or gotten rid of completely.
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