Similarly, my comment was about what I sense the general perception is from comments I have read about Seagulls Chat rather than what my own personal view is. My personal view is that all sites have to start from somewhere and it takes time to get established.
It's a very well designed site. And one that I now visit instead of seagulls.co.uk. However, in terms of forum, it's hard to start and establish a new forum that may appear to some to be going head-to-head with a forum so well-established and enjoyed as NSC.