I had a late start on the Ragnarok Rebuild(doddler's) test server today. I'm quite impressed by it. It's still quite rough but, even in its current state, it's a very playable Ragnarok server. No lags, either. No desyncs that I could notice.
However, I've been rather blindsided by this release. I did not think it would coincide so perfectly with the Ragna/v/ 3 anniversary.

On the other hand, it's not a secret that player attendance on the server has been slowing down. Up until now, whenever I logged into the server, I'd always spot at least a couple of people actively playing, no matter the time of day. But over the last week, there have been instances where I'd come to do my regular patrols on the server and find that nobody was moving. Meaning, only AFKers were connected. This is one of the signs that things are coming to an end.

As you know, I've promised that I'd keep the server running up until people stop playing. But it's not quite fair for me to declare that to be case right now because I know that quite a few of our regulars are on doddler's test server. His server ends on the 18th, which is 2 days after our anniversary. After that date, should the situation not improve, it's possible that I might make the call to set a closure date.
I don't think it'll be the case, considering we still get quite a few people during busy hours, but nonetheless the situation is what it is.

On the 16th, I'll be hosting an event in-game, so look forward to it. I'll be more generous with rewards than usual.