Quote Originally Posted by rvjjr_4402852 View Post
We had power but they left without notice. Nothing we can do about players leaving the server.
Nonsense. There's TONS you can do.
#1-- don't hog all the cities. This is the #1 server killer. When people realize they can't keep up, they give up. It also creates severe boredom in both your rivals and your own guild members. Even among the top guilds, in 1-server guilds, the population quickly drops from 25 to about 5-10.
#2-- create balance among at least 3 different guilds. What fun is playing a sport when one team wins all the games? Do you really expect people to keep playing and enjoy those games? So ... do a draft. Make it interesting again. If you can't find competition, GENERATE competition.
2a-- You could even create 1 or 2 alternative guilds in the realms and divide up your players into them. Create competition, otherwise your server is dead before you realize it.
#3-- Cease being a jackass, or a Poor Sport. Congratulate your enemies' successes / victories. Don't sink everyone on saturdays. When you bully people ... guess what? They leave. And then you're screwed.

When you kill the fun for others, you kill the server. All you have to do is change ... *make* it fun for others