You know the scene in Monty Python's "The Holy Grail" where they're taking out their dead but one man insists he isn't dead?
Nightmist is kinda like that right now.
Some of us still kicking around and playing because we don't acknowledge a low player count as a reason to quit.
Had to watch it. Hah. Well played, sir. That just about sums it up.
I vote JLH sell his code to Gaddy and Crane, or whoever is still helping the game. Or you guys should go and help those Ember Online guys who are still actively making a game.