I've been here since late 2013, I'm just glad that I remember most of this stuff. I thought I missed sooo much in spurts of inactivity. XD Oh yeah, and I also believe a new spawn was made when rising was made in 2014. Bit of drama around that, I think also, as they held a contest for a new spawn and the guy who won was accused of copying off of a premade spawn from a website.
In my opinion the real reason why sg is dead is due to the 1.9 pvp system. It doesn't take any skill or practice anymore, it's generally just luck.