So… boosting communities banned and x-faction instances, realm merges next? 
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It would be nice to think so. But I think we’re probably the problem that’s been gathering dust for so long, they no longer even notice it …
… a bit like my “useful wires” drawer 
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Hey I can dream They were asking for todays announcements for years as well
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Blizzard…?
https://tbc.wowhead.com/news/free-character-transfers-for-eu-burning-crusade-classic-realms-updated-325875
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Dragonblight was my first realm back when I started playing for the first time, as it was a newcommer realm. I left halfway through BFA to join AD since I love RP. I hope Dragonblight can stay afloat… (Despite the fact I was kicked from a guild for not greeting people when they came online :^) )
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Hardc0rn !!!
“The new guy didnt say Hello”
“Oh rly? Get me my AK47”
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Yeah it was great. Even when I told the GM “Yeah I’ve had a rough day and I don’t really want to talk to people”, he’d tell me to just suck it up. Lol.
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Wow … that’s mental. What happens if you happen to be online but afk at the time … the postie at the door, the urgent dash to the loo …
“don’t care … BOOOM”
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From what I’m told it wasn’t exactly a technology issue, they wanted the game to depend on social interaction, so smaller populations were necessary. This way you were more likely to remember and meet again people you played with, and you probably didn’t want to burn your bridges with everyone by being a ninja looter.
Of course times change. They eventually allowed new players to join full realms because people cried they wanted to play with their friends on that realm, and cross realm play became a thing in an attempt to liven up empty realms.
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Dead realms will be even more dead now becouse boosters will move to high realms and people that wanna buy boosts will probably move to high realms also 
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Pray it works!
Hope they announce something about their plans for dead servers soon. But not gonna hold my breath while waiting…………
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I can reccommend my own tactic , give up on the idea and then be pleasantly surprised when they do actually announce it
I like your optimism … “when they do … announce it” … lol. Personally, and from a guild point of view, we’ve virtually gotten to the point of giving up.
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We’re fortunate to have a full raidteam to the point that recruitment is closed but the realm itself is struggling still, we’ve just absorbed a few new socials from another large guild where the gm has quit playing.
Yeah that’s how we’ve survived up until now. The guild has been on the same server since 2007 and our name is known … so often we’re a good option for those who have had their own guild on the realm die on them. We’ve managed to attract some from other realms, but not enough to cover the natural wastage plus those who transfer to other busier realms.
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I’ve been doing a little bit of research for a potential target realm … and this is how much attention Blizz puts into connected realms. One of the realms I have a character on, but haven’t played in a while - I just couldn’t find it on the wowprogress site. After some digging, it turns out that it was a Connected realm … and not only that, but in August 2020 it appears it was connected to another group of connected realms … was announced as such, was stated that they would be changing the forums to reflect that change … but then they never did. It’s like someone came along and told them “drop that … ignore it” … and they’ve never been back since.
If they couldn’t be bothered even merging a couple of forums together … they’re not going to bother connecting entire realms.
In September 2020: ✨ Realm Connections Update Thread - #10 by Thyvene-2505
“We are planning more realm connections for low-population realms, and we will post a new notification like this one next week.” - then it was unpinned and ignored.
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Feels bad.
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Yeah i know, they started and then just went completely silent. Dropped it like a hot potato. By now i’m sure they are just waiting for us all to mass transfer off the dead servers.
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Let’s be real, since BfA Launched almost every Server that is not a World First, Streamer or infamous server (Certain RP Servers for example) has taken a decent if not huge hit to it’s Player Count.
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