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§0 §8§oObserved Activity§0
§8§oRegression (Atrophy)§0
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Page 2 of 8 ʟᴏɢɪᴄ_ᴍᴀɴ ➊, ᴊᴀɢʜᴜᴛ ➋ ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴜᴛᴛᴏɴ_ꜱᴀɴᴅᴡɪᴄʜ§0
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§0➊ VALEX ʀᴇꜱᴇᴀʀᴄʜ ɪɴꜱᴛɪᴛᴜᴛᴇ, ʟᴇᴠᴇʟ 3, ꜱᴇᴘᴛᴜᴍ ᴅᴀᴛᴀᴠᴀᴜʟᴛ, ꜱᴇᴘᴛᴜᴍ (/ᴜ/ᴅᴏʟᴀɴ_ᴅʀᴀᴘᴇʀ)§0
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§0➋ ᴠᴅᴛ ᴛᴏᴡᴇʀ, ʀᴇᴍɴᴀɴᴛ (/ʀ/ᴄɪᴠᴄʀᴀꜰᴛVALEX)
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§0Settlements within the Minecraft server Civcraft have long struggled to sustainably maintain and grow their population bases.§0
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Page 4 of 8 To date, little research has been done to investigate the underlying causes of this problem and how it might be addressed.§0
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§0It could be argued that many of the difficulties facing municipal level governments are »
Page 5 of 8 simply a result of poor urban design strategies or a failure to provide the basic services required by citizenry.§0
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§0Similarly, there are more obvious causes of sharp population decline such as wars, raiding, griefing and civil disputes. »
Page 6 of 8 However it appears that for the vast majority of cases a far more insidious source may be to blame.§0
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§0We postulate that this source of decline (or ‘atrophy’) is similar in nature to disease; an illness that saps the virtual lifesource »
Page 7 of 8 of players young and old to the point of their death and the death of nations.§0
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§0From what we have observed, the disease has already reached epidemic proportions and its symptoms are being keenly felt in all four quadrants of the world.
Page 8 of 8 It remains to be seen as to whether Atrophy is a malignant infection or is in fact a form of natural selection.§0
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§0Nonetheless, there are clear and negative effects on the health of the server as a whole.§0
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