If Minetown was dying before then it's dead now. The removal of the main world from the server rotation is... sad. It really is. It was the one world left that was actually "fun" in some way. Whether it was /warp candyland where Bacon's statues were built or /warp vegas, /warp gfarm (grifff's farm) they were still fun to visit. It was nostalgic above everything else and reminded me of good memories from way back when I was only 14 or 15.
I feel like the hiring of certain staff members, chiefly Danni, but also fucking cunts like PokemonGardevoir, (what a stupid SJW bitch) darkpsy, novaleigh, (seriously?) alecmckinley, (how?) was the main contributing factor to Minetowns demise. The "hit and run" attitude that she adopted was terrible, the way she managed to convince and push Sawine into abandoning the server and towards piles of shit like PokeMC and FlyMC.
It was also the lack of common sense used in applying punishments - there wasn't any. People who simply did not know how to be staff were made staff as previous staff totally lost interest in the server as a whole due to friends of theirs - specifically people like Coffeey, TPrezzle, CheckersFX... hell, even Okifool was banned, someone who contributed a huge amount to Minetown. So people left, and they moved to different servers or other games like League.
Not only this, but staff fucked with stuff that didn't NEED to be fucked with. The nether protections were lifted for no reason except that a few players had bases in there, PVP was totally reset for reasons unknown, the prison had nerfs and fixes. None of these things needed to happen and simply contributed to the demise of MT.
And if you need to read any of my ban appeals to back this up, these are all of them in chronological order:
http://www.minetown.net/forum/m/672632/viewthread/1526523-i-was-banned-but-given-no-reason
-I was banned for destroying about 5 pieces of fence which were unprotected and around a tree in a field. I was unbanned quickly, an honest mistake.
http://www.minetown.net/forum/m/672632/viewthread/3262406-ban-appeal
-I used xray. 2 week ban. Fair enough.
http://www.minetown.net/forum/m/672632/viewthread/3262406-ban-appeal
-I called someone gay. That was it. That was a ONE MONTH BAN.
http://www.minetown.net/forum/m/672632/viewthread/7257009-predspread-ban-appeal
-I discussed how bad a certain staff member was in local chat with oki (ANOTHER STAFF MEMBER) 2 week ban.
http://www.minetown.net/forum/m/672632/viewthread/7541530-predspread-ban-appeal
-I was banned for talking about how retarded Nova was in private /tell chat and killing too many people
http://www.minetown.net/forum/m/672632/viewthread/8341391-predspread-reappeal-under-new-guidelines
-My reappeal.
So there it is. Fuck you Danni, you bitch, and everyone else who ruined Minetown.