Pitiful =P You scrubs
On a "serious" note. This reminds me of exactly what happened to Team Rocket (which is a great irony of the league since it's kinda modeled after it) They were epic in RBY then by GSC, the "second coming" was a bunch of stragglers living in the glory days, and pining for their leader Giovanni (Scientist Davis) who mysteriously disappeared and never returned.
(I don't mean for any of that to be mean lmfao)
Anyways in terms of legendaries, you could always strike up deals in the trade corners or just STOP GIVING THAT OUT AS A PRIZE (lol). As for items, I'll gladly help distribute them. Once a member always a member (at least in spirit)