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So, I'd like to first address this post by saying that your decision to turn the server into a no-rules/lawless server is a very unwise decision, based on the previous popularity a few years ago when the server was at near-max population on the "roleplay" server. Jeff, your comment "Decay is a Summer game mode", is, unfortunately, an excuse you or another staff member must've come up with in order to cope with the falling player count whether it be staff issues, lack of new content, or general player disinterest. I hope this isn't an excuse given to your player base, as in the past the staff team and player base were able to keep up a consistent player count coming off my memory of around 20-25 players during the week, and 25-40 players during the weekend, pending news of events.

Bizzclaw, I understand the reason that you are doing this is likely because of the fact that you're looking for ways to increase player count but this isn't it. I would recommend encouraging your staff, maybe even requiring them to do more events, as in the past this was successful. Additionally, I would look into adding a rule limiting the number of staff members that a faction can have, as I'll admit this was an issue in the past with the BoS and Phoenix Company and is now with Phoenix Company essentially containing the majority of the staff population. A limit of 3-5 should be at the highest, and staff can be given the option to either resign or leave the faction. This is a volunteer job after all.

Additionally, for the server to return to its' former success as well as potentially even reach higher in its' success, I would suggest not banning all of the veteran players that stayed despite the shady circumstances surrounding the old staff team, they're probably the best group of players you've got despite their need to "start drama" and have "no intent to roleplay". Decay can't be run towards an entirely specific target audience to the point where anyone else interested in the game is alienated or removed. No game can, and no game ever will.

Finally, I would like to state that I had no goal of malfeasance when writing this post, and am simply writing this to make you aware of what was good and bad in the past. I know communication between the higher staff to the rest of the player base has always been difficult and strained at best. I urge you to really gain the opinions of your moderators and trusted players as well before acting on any decisions brought on to you by an echo chamber of upper staff, who typically tend to agree with each other and not ask the opinions of players and lower staff.