do go on - its always informative to read what we do wrong
on a more serious note - players come, players go. - the mod changes - so some old folks don t like it anymore, new ones come to like it.
then there is the sense of community - just read the karlotta thread and notice how nice - and not at all snide people are towards each other. if they were like that in RL in a real conversation - ppl would just walk away, too.
to be more constructive:
players make their own fun. - sometimes they are handed the tools to even change the enviroment ( like fridays thread when he asked the official factions to submit their storyprogress - which was then assessed based on logic, lore, faction balance and immersion ) - mind you - only very VERY few ppl actually submitted anything at all. <-- which was greatly surprising, since factions often complained not to have an impact on the progression.
all in all - the playerbase increased and decreases every now and then. - there is a downwards trend i guess - but then ... i don t see too many players activly and regularly playing other early 2000 multiplayer games either.
maybe star citizen will be the salvation to those.