Maybe some of you may have noticed this, but then again maybe not. Of course this is a little bit off topic but I'll try and keep the rest on topic.
I have noticed that if you remove the graphics on G2K1 you will notice some of the worse tile errors you probably have ever seen on Graal. They are the worse tile errors compared to other servers. Good thing for the graphics riiiight.
Now for the on topic comment.
Since Ghost mode came out a huge portion of players have left Graal completely. Not only Graal2001 lost players. Lots of the other servers have lost players as well, including Classic who used to get around 250 people on at a time. Nowadays I notice them with about 180 tops. Unholy Nation is another one who lost lots of their players. Now you may wonder how is Ghost mode causing players to leave?
The players that feel paying for Graal is ridiculous have left because they know eventually all of this is gonna go p2p completely and why pay for something that is gonna go through a drought of about 5-6 months of boredom?
With this happening their other friends decide to leave as well. Right now for example most of my friends from the past have left because they feel Graal is boring now. A few of them have said that they will return when it gets better.
As you can see thei are lots of staff also quitting Graal recently. Acid and Liquid Ice just quit UN. Their personal Lives is more important now at their stage, but I believe that it partially has something to do with the huge decrease in players and the fun in Graal has gone down. Archaon just recently quit being Co-Owner from N-Pulse. From what i heard it was because of boredum. Moon Goddess has threatened to quit because the server is losing people and they can't find anyone to hire that can make good things. (I really doubt her reasons though).
Anyways, to keep it short I believe Ghost mode is the root to players leaving, not only on G2k1 but other servers as well. Also along with it is Graal needs new things on it.
I have one idea that I will post in another subject that I would like for Stefan and Unixmad to read and think about. It could improve the number of players on Graal, and cause them to make more money while keeping the game free. Sounds crazy right? I will post that idea in the appropriate thread.