It is not.
I've been playing here with over 15k people online. It has nothing to do with the population.
This is the result of the actions of some people, with the mental capacity and moral of 5 year old inbreeds,
I am getting killed in the lag quite often, I am burning down my vitality, but I do not care.
I am having fun, because I know that those bastards that are doing this, ARE SCARED SHITLESS.
Scared that they will lose their population. Scared that his server will have success. And scared that their income will drop down beyond repair.
And they are right to be scared. We will be playing here no matter what.