Yes the server used to be awesome. Even though some people (including me) say that the players left cause of clavus started his little "experiments" with brewing and enchants when the server was at its finest. He also removed pearl glitching which caused some of my friends to leave. However, now i realize the truth. The server setup wasn't the most attractive thing about the server. It was the community who made this server so awesome. The minecraft forum activity decreased and the server got empty. Even though with the old setup maybe more people would stick around, i think the main thing is that theres just not as many people playing minecraft anymore. The only servers who have "alot" of players are the ones who pays huge money for advertising. I dont see this server ever returning to what it was a year ago.