[Drakaris]

The things that empire did to ensure #1 place prior to velious going live was probably the most damaging thing for the server pop. When nihilum was disbanded by derupal the pop took a hit but slowly crept back up with GM support and the initial toppling of azrael. Unfortunately power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely, I saw people which I considered decent human beings at one point resort to cheap ass tactics, account stripping, training and other blatant underhand tactics that break server rules and undermine the community while the people who had the power to do something about this behaviour turned a blind eye.

You reap what you sow. I vividly remember when there was literally 3 huge guilds that fielded 80+ with Good Guys, TMO and Empire were at a peak and server pop was breaking 300 prior to velious. When velious dropped and red couldn't break 450 with a head start on blue I knew this place would be dead again in a few months.

So here we are.