I am here at 4:30 am(in Ohio), and there is NO ONE here. No one posts, no one replies. WTF? There is no excuse for this.
I do, to both counts.
Hi. 
Nightowl New Zealander, reporting in. Relax, Mudshark, this place is still open 24/7.
I do annndddd I ammm trasshhheed.
There are active pit threads going. I’m in California, and I work the graveyard shift.
Look at the time on my post. It’s 11.25pm on Sunday here in Aussie Stralia, so that gives you an idea of how this all works. When I sleep, America wakes up. When I get a chance to post again, America sleeps. It makes for both good and bad things.
GOOD: Freedom to post to a whole bunch of posts in a row, and enjoy the speed of a quiet server.
BAD: Missing out on when a post is lively, so only getting to be a threadkiller with my late lonely contributions.
'nother Aussie. 
waves Taiwanese, checking in… right now it’s 9:40 pm… I agree with GuanoLad; that’s exactly how I feel sometimes. Ah well, crazy_nut, Wind Sorceress, Dragon Shadow, and Frosfir are all friends of mine, all Taiwanese, and I guess we could keep a thread going all on our own
Well, you have to realize that 4:30 AM for you, is 5:30 AM for me, and that’s a good hour past my bedtime. I can sometimes be found lurking that late (probably because I had been out that night and had a few drinks) but I usually don’t post when drunk.
Well, like spooje, I’m in California, and often work evening shift, so you’re right there in my SDMB time. I often weep that there’s not enough people on during this time, though. Sometimes just not lively enough.
they shut the servers down, too, at 3:30 - 4:00 central time. i’ve been cut off late at night right there, so i know…