hmm i played a lil while back and it was still fun. I didn't notice any hackers? so i'm not sure what you mean by that. I'm sure there were people running powerlevel'n bots using macros to aoe lvl and stuff but is that really that bad? population wise there were still a decent amount of people on there. It's certaintly not dead but its definitely not what it was like when it was first released heh. I'd say reinstall and give it a shot, not like it can hurt since it's free.
ah man i havent played sb in a while. but last i remember there was a big update . They even took out the blue dots on the radar and crap. Plus the new character strengths and weaknes's and all that crap. i think im gonna join up again. if anyone plays im on brallia and morning. pm me if you wanna play.