I have a similar story as many of the "Old Schoolers" around here. SSG was one of the first sites I found on the web about SW other than the official site. I looked in there for various images and news on the hobby, but didn't really start posting until I found CSW. CSW was swallowed up by RS and I stuck it out there until I couldn't take it anymore and moved to here.
I know the whole scalping deal left a lot of people with a bad taste in their mouth, myself included. However, it's still a shame that one of the original collecting sites looks like it's going away.