Yeah I would not trust that pool. ELC has its problems, but I wouldn't call it a deadcoin. While the founder has seemed to abandon ship, the concept remains solid. Some devs are talking about and trying to find a solution for the coins problems in IRC. Even if the hashrate dies off keep a hold of your wallets. I could make system to autotrade ELCv2 for ELCv1 at a fixed rate, just to keep people happy.