Yo Tiff! Nice to see you around.
Things are bright in the game for it being 12+ years old.
On XWIS, YR is dead, but Ra2 is slightly active amongst a high level of play. It's becoming more and more dead, but still offers a great QM experience.
Over on YR there has been a complete resurgence to the game via the cncnet client. I suggest checking in with this as there is a prototype of Auf clan running on the game via Auf ruler. The ladder boards are a work in progress but some successful screenshots are already in place (testing stage). You can play 3on3 or 4on4 quite easily on the server. I highly suggest checking it out.
currently, tournaments (usually with $$$) seem to be the big thing this year. Right now on cncnet there is a yuris revenge tournament with daily-ish live streams and the winner receives $150.00. Over the summer there were 1-2 huge tournaments with the Chinese players on the Chinese servers with cash payouts for many of the participants. Insane games.
I will end by stressing to check out cncnet if you have an itch to play some ffgs on yr, or check out some Ra2 QM on XWIS if you really want to get back on the skill side of things (although, you will likely get owned for the first month as there are plenty of new maps added to QM).
Nice seeing you around, your old pal/enemy iwin4prep and luther .