mmm i dunno panda, i don't mean to be a killjoy, is it really wise to count the server pop just by @who?
i know that there has been more people online lately (especially due to the holidays), and there's also a huge influx of new players (evident from intro threads and ppl talking in pron), but i still think that more than 1/3 of that number is Auto-Trading, and it seems more and more people vend with more than one account at any one time. So yeah i guess perhaps it's all these ATers that's bogging down the server...
anyway, nevermind that. Yay for cakes! yay for server upgrades!
Exactly, we all know there are merchants anyway, it's a good 1/3 of our population at least, still the total amount is higher and we did have more people really playing during the holidays.