I dont think toribash will die because if even though alot of new players are leaving, theres more new players joining then old players leaving,
And the same thing happened as far as leaving and coming back,
I found this game because i was looking for a game where you made your own attacks (found it), and i found a vid on youtube showing toribash. So i watch a couple of vids about it and was just amazed. I downloaded it and played for maybe a week, at that point i was still terrible i was maybe a orange belt or so and i quit.
2 months later i was bored out of my mind and i was screwing around and opened xfire and at this point i had completely forgotten about toribash, And in the "Installed games" List there it was, opened it up and was hooked ever since.
And about a year and a half later here i am a proud 6th dan.
I didnt get on the forums until blackbelt though, and i deeply regret that.