I'm trying to ease back into the CM community too.
(Hot! Hot! ooh, that water burns!)
I was around as Ash waaaaaaaay back before CMBO was released, around the time of the first demo. I stayed around until the game was released and then I sort of gradually moved away.
It's all coming back to me now though, the sounds of two companies slugging it out, the pounding of artillery, the squeaking of the hamstertruppen.
*sigh*