Don't get too much caught up about it. But I'll tell you this : I've been watching the ROM Hacking forum for a long time and caught up on it. It seems that nobody has been creating revolutionary hacks after you left. It's still about LP and Ruby Destiny and all that. Which means you're not at all 'old fashioned' or anything.
Maybe one or two like Dark Rising or Victory Fire, but the hacks get more and more boring day by day. About time you came here.