Why is it so....quiet?

Ever since I join the forum,I have gotten on and hung around in the chatbox,waiting for someone to come and chat to.You know,just set up a good atmosphere,get to know ze pepales and such.But,minus the day I have joined,there has been no one in the chat box other than me.Even when someone is on,they stay on for a few minutes before logging off.I find this rather rude.No offense to anyone of course.I just wanna rp and socialize,but I can't even RP since I can't find a person to rp with.

We don't have many members, and we just need to get into the feel of roleplaying with a whole new group and a whole new topic. I never usually get on chatbox because I have busy most of the time anyway. Rarely do I have time to just...chat. Wish I did, I will some times, but rarely. And some people don't have the pokemon to go with the place your pokemon is at. We'll get into the feel of things soon

I get on occasionally just to hang out in case someone appears, but I've been off the computer completely for a good week because of sickness. Hopefully things will get better.