Roughly how many people are active here?

I believe it's about 2 or 3 dozen people at a time. I'm not being active lately, just greetings newbies at most. Huinesoron did published a few charts a few threads down, you best refer to there.

What are the main fandoms?

Tolkienverse and MLP seems to be the mainstream here, but everyone have their own tastes. It seems that Tolkienverse is more important, as Jay and Acacia original missions are mostly centered there.

And, has anyone seen my pants?

Are you a nerdfighter?

Has anyone poked you yet? No? I can't see one. In that case, first poke! [Pokepokepoke]

And here's an interesting fact for you: did you know you're the second Artemis we've had on the Board? The original left many years ago, and was the author of (I'm reasonably sure) Aerilyn and Zera, as well as the creator of the Department of Internal Affairs (specifically Agents Black and Irvine, though their stories are not lost :().

hS

How d'you feel about Avatar: The Last Airbender? Just asking.

Anyways, welcome to the PPC, Arty! Try reading the Original Series and stuff like that. Have a fluffy velociraptor while you think on whether or not you like A:TLA!

Greetings, new friend! Have a potted Poison Joke!

Welcome aBoard! So you listen to Cecil, eh? What do you think of the latest developments between him and Carlos?

Then, to answer your questions:

1. No idea
2. We don't have any, we just all fool around. An argument could be made for LotR as our main fandom, since it was the founding fandom, but I think we can say with certainty we're all just putzing around the multiverse without focusing on any one fandom.
3. Pants are forbidden on the Board unless you have special permission.

Hi there! Nice to see that you've started to get acquainted with the craziness that is the PPC. As has been said already, there are no "main fandoms" around here--though because the Original Series was based off of Lord of the Rings badfic, it's usually good to have a good LoTR background. (But, of course, it's by no means required--I, for one, am mainly a Pokemon fan, and I remember actually falling asleep when I last tried to read The Two Towers!)

Speaking of the Original Series, have you read it? That is pretty much required reading around here, since all else is based off of it.

Oh yeah, your newbie gift...
*rummages through bag of holding*
Aha!
From the Jimmy Neutron continuum, have a self-folding pair of pants!

Hi, have some fudge!

It's good to meet you. Have a bag of pebbles and a Random Shiny Object; they are good for dealing with Sues. :D

Also I may have just requested permission by accident.
... Oops.

Have this tiny plastic Marquise De Sod as a gift on your arrival.

I am also a Homestuck and Portal fan. It doesn't matter if a fandom is not very big here, by the way. Many of the big ones now were not big historically. Things change over time. So bring your love of your chosen fandoms and they may become bigger as others catch on to what makes them great.

As to your pants, I'm afraid I haven't seen them, which is odd. I am a notorious pants thief, in real life.

-Phobos

Welcome to the PPC. Sit down, relax, and make yourself at home: we love newbies here! Just remember to leave your sanity at the door, and all will be amazing and awesome and hilarious.

And main fandoms? Well, there are no main fandoms here. Mission authors can make their missions in whatever fandoms they want. So there's no rule.

Anyway... Have some music by Helmut Lachenmann for the road: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYKkZrPz13s

Hi Artemis! I'm Wendy, fellow newbie to the boards. (I started actively lurking a couple days ago, so I don't know much, nor have I seen your pants.)

Here's some pants I virtually made out of virtual duct tape; they might be a bit stiff, though.

Greetings and welcome!

A Portal fan! I've been waiting for one so that I could pass on some of the extra combustible lemons my brother gave me. Here they are! *gives*

Oh, and also take a lined Infinite Notebook with urple covers and wilver binding. Beware your eyes!

-Aila

Have you tried looking up? I often find shoes and other assorted garments dangling from rafters and power lines. In that spirit, have a giant hook fused to a ten-foot steel rod as your housewarming gift! Ya know, in case you ever need to retrieve some trousers from a telephone pole.

I honestly have no clue how many people are active on the Board. I'd ask Huinesoron about that. He has all sorts of funky charts and nifty statistics in his arsenal.

As for fandoms, the first replier named some pretty good ones. I have yet to meet anyone who doesn't like Harry Potter, and The Hunger Games and PJO are popular. There's a pretty wide variety, though. Anything goes fandom-wise.

So, welcome to the PPC! I'd wish you good luck and intact sanity, but what fun would that be? My efforts would probably be futile, anyway. :D

-- Len

Hello there Artemis! Please accept my gift of a potato cannon and a sack of golden potatoes-great for dispatching Suvians. Okay, while not necessarily that lethal, it is tremendously satisfying to peg a Suvian with a bit of potato traveling at high speeds. Oh, and have an Official Fanfiction University of Doctor Who hoodie.

As for the amount of fandoms...well there are a lot of them. I don't think there are any main ones, but I suppose examples of various fandoms would be Lord of the Rings, Star Trek, Doctor Who, Mass Effect, Sherlock...That's a sad list, but all I've got so far.

As of the beginning of 2013 to about August 12th, there has been about 54 people active. Not including the people who join after that, of course.

As for your pants, I don't know where they are. That's not my division. I could get you a pair of jeans though, there should be a plothole around here somewhere...