You know, stop speculating because all that is bullshit. I've already said in the first post what the new site is going to be about, neither are the forums going to die because of it, nor will EP cease being an emulation site.
Infact, it's supposed to be a site that ties together all the community related aspects of EP in one unified group, alongwith being a platform for our users to express themselves. No one's forcing you to visit it so please don't if you don't want to, but atleast don't bitch about it before it even takes shape in the form of an idea..