oOple is a monster, and Jimmy deserves a lot of appreciation for his work. Its a credit to you mate.
Id be happy to pay a subscription.
Don't bog the site down with pop ups - but do sell advertisement space, keep it sensible, if something opens slowly then I generally loose interest in it and don't return. This site currently opens fast, everything is easy to find and is high quality.
Why did most of us leave RCracechat? well for me it was once good but got spoilt by too many rules as it grew and became too serious, and detracted from the theme of the sport - which is fun, escapism and socialising..... which is exactly what oOple has.