a server i play on now is factions n has over 300+ ppl on it all the time... they allow greifing, they allow you to steal peoples homes.. they must be doing something right.
Lol but yeah doing that stuff does make ppl rage i guess and SG doesnt have a big MC population so adding those would prob kill the player base quicker then it usually does
-imo i loved the tradetown/ from the map which used to be a admin town and you guys made it into a tradetown, factions got thier own areas to put shops to sell and buy w.e they wanted.. that worked well i thought.
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I don't think it's the rules that make the server empty, I think it's more that the players lost interest in minecraft itself. If they actually were still interested in minecraft, they'd hop on the server despite from whatever the rules are.
I mean, I already got bored after playing it for a week, so I can imagine what y'all are going through.