Dang man, you took the words right out of my mouth. It was fun while lasted, especially before the last few years of it came around. Bs'ing with people there was some serious fun at times back in the day. But if we're being even halfway honest, the place was being completely ruined for the types of reasons you cited. It had been total dump on life support for years already by the time the plug finally got pulled.
As much as I've wondered about a select few guys I used to like bs'ing with there have been up to since it ended, I never really understood why some of them couldn't accept that it was over. There never was any sense in trying to create a revival of it, imo. The misc was the epitome of a place that one simply needed to let go of once the cord got yanked. And as much as I enjoyed bs'ing with people, rep power antics, and so forth, it was long since time to have moved on by the time it officially ended. The ending was kind of a breath of fresh air, to tell you the truth. Some people were just never able to accept that, which I guess explains why they're still clinging to the ancient past that was a misc actually worthwhile of checking out.
Even the real misc wasn't legitimately worth sticking around for during the last few years of it lol. The misc started to genuinely suck way back in like 2017, and even somewhat earlier than that to an extent as well. Back then, the reasons it sucked were different, but a lot of good members fell off because of it, also hurting the 2020's along with it. The 2020's misc was honestly just a wild clusterfuck that had no one who mattered left to care to keep it somewhat in line anymore. Not sure what about that made anyone want to continue the obession with it when it was officially over.