P99's success was not immediate. It came over time from committed devs and CSR team. When Blue was released there would have been no way to predict p99's current success. The trust here grew slowly from dev/staff participation and is actually still growing as best as I can tell.
Quarm will have a few 'popularity' tests along the way and if it passes those it has hooks within its via progression through four expansions to become quite popular. Each dropped expansion is a mini hype moment and can draw players back or get new players on board.
As long as CSR is handled and it appears it will be via code for blatant exploits and then dev enforcement rather than a whole team of CSRs like p99 has then confidence will grow in server over time. Whether this will be adequate will be observed by the player base who will respond by playing there or not.
Anti Cheats and handling of CSR concerns separate the fake servers from the potential real ones. That's how Blue grew confidence in the community to get so many of us deeply on board with Green. Other devs took note and it appears Secrets has taken note.
I'm not going to be a Debbie Downer on this one like some of the old farts on this board. I remain in the hopeful category.
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