Sadly it's a porn/spam haven now.

Message-forums seem to have stolen the newsgroup thunder, and at least there is some control over spam and porn on here whereas on NG's theres not much that can really be done....

People can access it via Google groups last I checked, I started off posting on Alt.games.mk before I came to the forums, or the chatroom even, so I know where you're coming from. Met my fiancee from there too.