@masterbeef:
yes that's right. what i said was ment more in general, not exclusively bound to littlewhitey's.
I honestly do not see any changes in the future yet, and i doubt that changes will have any effect after such long time.
As you said regulars do not stay regulars under the given circumstances, and how do players become regulars? because they like the server, it brings fun, and they are a integrated part of the community. Regulars are gone -> no community, even if they come back for an update there's no community left to integrate in. They'd have to build a new community. And atm i really don't see much people willing to try and do so.
That's how it seems to be from my point of view. Even if we still have 20 players online on sundays - it's dead.