I suppose now we come to a question, how far are we willing to go to spark activity, and will the owners get involved?

Getting rid of the ads on this site, advertising on other sites, branching out, and give a reason to continually visit the frontsite (easier said then done).

The real problem is... realistically there's little reason to visit EoFF now. Helpsites (gamefaqs) have diminished the needs to ask the fanbase questions, art-only and writing-only sites (DevianArt) have robbed EoFF of a real creative fanart/fiction section, etc. That's the real problem. This is why Behold the Void has the best solution, the mere specificness of the site renders it outdated.