You're really gonna make me do it.
Fine then.
Old games are still played competitively and are strong. You know the examples, so I'm not rehashing them. Just because a game is old doesn't make it awful. If there's a strong enough following(which there is here), then why not try to improve, or even help others improve if one is concerned about strength of the scene so much, in the game one enjoys?
You think the Melee scene is dying? You may enjoy the luxury of basing that assumption off of NC, but I, as it's no secret, troll these forums super hard and I have seen that Melee is slowly regaining strength. (Quick note: if you're also basing it off of how many people wanna come to our tournies, it's because we aren't hyping it enough. There's not one single person to blame for that, it's NC as a whole.) Pros that quit before or during Brawl are coming back (PC, Forward, Taj, Dashizwiz, etc), and I have seen many a random say that they enjoy Melee over Brawl, though they may have started with Brawl or just never found smashboards until now.
You wanna talk NC in this regard, then you should also know that Dub, who was primarily a Brawl player, has become VERY interested in Melee lately. As good as he's done in Brawl I believe it's fair to say that, with time, Dub can and will become a contender for these rankings, which will make them more competitive, which is what this scene ALREADY has and will CONTINUE to receive.
I'm sorry that you feel no more drive for this game, which I was hoping to change with my recent victories over you in tournament, but I suppose it's harder for you to get psyched about the game after all of your friends you used to play with quit and you went so long without competition. Even so, I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't spread this negative emotion towards Melee on the boards. People respect you as a player and a person, and it's very difficult for me to encourage anyone to improve when their more respected peers are saying that "this game is dead and I don't wanna get better etc."
I hope this doesn't offend you in any way Adam, but I'd really like to see this scene grow, and your post is extremely counteractive towards that goal. Best of luck in Halo and all of your other fun stuff bro.