Actually Dutchy, you guys came after most of these events happen, so you would only know around 10% of the real story why people really left Venture.
First was banning Banning guild leaders cuz they used bot( I don't really blame the admins, they did, what should be done)
People got in low morale cuz huge name leaving the server (Sanctuary Guild) They left around 2 days after they won FW mostly along with everyone in their union at that time, then comes the daily skill patching which messed up mostly all people during that time, then the numbers decreased over time, cuz of no events or anything that keeps the players busy aside from trading.
Valestia open at the right time, when there was turmoil in Venture, so that's pretty much it.
3 Nonsence. If you treat the GM team with respect you'll get respect back. Talk shit and you'll get slapped seems like pretty normal to me ?
Just because they are GM's doesn't mean they have to take shit from everybody.
Say that again after you dig the old threads in their forum(hope they didn't delete it)
I do think that Qynchou didn't realized that he was insulting some reply/threads until people point that out, but instead of cooling it down, he fuels it even more. One thing I can advise for him is that being polite does not mean kissing anyone's ass, just state your logical reply in a polite manner.
Although Qynchou is arrogant, he really didn't make that much players quit like "LetMeBeLikeYou" said, I'd say 10 players max.
But still I'd say it's the best private server I've played. I really do hope they can win players back with their so called "Big Update" which may never come =(