The population is nil because there is already an active pvp server out that people enjoy.
You have to take into account that the eqemulator pvp population is so small, that having 2 different servers is going to yield bad results for one of them.. which is fine with me because either way we're having fun fixing things that the previous vztz boxes failed to ever get done, I can't tell you why that was so - maybe because of an unmotivated staff or whatever, we aren't forcing anyone to play.
I can tell you that freaky is an extremely competent coder and though he doesn't have a "name" for himself around this community, I have complete confidence in him. The motivation is there, and that's really all it takes. Servers come and go as we've seen in the past, which is why I won't be playing red69. I have respect for both the devs there, and thank them for what they are doing, but for now I'm going to do my own thing while we all wait on a server backed by Rogean and maybe his staff. Which apparently is something that might come to fruition soon if you hang around the p99 irc channel at all.
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