GTA:SA Popularity Boost?

I don't know why, but for whatever reason it is, GTA SA (or SA-MP) has been gaining a lot of popularity lately. More servers and being created, and somehow they are actually filling up. New modding sites are coming up, and mods are pouring out. Map mods for some reason have gone on a major increase as well. Whatever, this means SA probably has another 2 years of life left in it! I'll be playing SA-MP, drifting around Muholland when the world ends in 2012. Woooeeoeoewoeow