yet it doesn't have a replacement. SS14 is still leagues behind and has existed in playtest form for years now - it's also lacking in soul and the removal of tiles is really weird.
how do we encourage another tide to save the population following the DDOS attacks and natural decline (people moving on, burnout etc...)?
Monkestation seems to be the only server offering the classic SS13 experience (that isn't Russian or a furry ERP nest) able to surpass 100 players but it's still time-of-day dependent and AFAIK it isn't online 100% of the time.
I never thought it would come to this day but logging back in recently and seeing the powerhouses of 2-3 years ago (Goon, Para, Bee, /tg/) have a sub-50 (sometimes sub-30) pop is heartbreaking.
We need to save SS13 before it's too late, and it starts with (you).

reinstalled byond after being inactive for two years and came back to a dumpster fire.
fantasy, furry and russian language servers are the most populated, while servers actually hosting something resembling ss13 have at most 20 people on them which is borderline unplayable.
where did the playerbase go??? i'm actually quite sad

is SS13 dead for good?
>pop for all ""big"" servers like tg and goon have cratered
>servers that actually have pop are erp havens, aliens pvp, and flavour-of-the-month medieval servers (also erp)
>interesting new content has dried up on most servers, all you get now is slightly better looking art
>every player is either a jaded murderboner or uses the game as a glorified chatbox with their metafriends
>ss14 is full of faggots and failed to understand the core mechanics of regular ss13 when they implemented pixel movement, among other things
i miss it so much