Didn't Badspot literally switch because he "wanted more updates" and "v20 makes that a harder process". See the thing is little updates matter a lot just to keep the game fresh. Most people aren't asking for big updates anymore, at least something. When you play a game you shouldn't have to download stuff just to fix stuff. This is a sandbox which i understand is the whole base of the community, but game breaking or just in general stupid stuff should be fixed by the dev. Now the biggest issue i have ever seen is with the community. Not that it's toxic but the fact is criticizing the game. When saying the game is dying (not saying it is), people in general get defensive which wouldn't be bad if not for the fact they say make your own servers when a good amount of these people go to criticize their servers. And the point i'm trying to make with all this is updating the game little by little and having the community realize there is a creativity slump/issue then it would make the game better.
Realistically if it stays the same then the community will be the same 100 people coming up with ideas and more than half being done already or generally not good, while badspot not giving attention to the game anymore. Whether the game is dying is always a debate, most people can agree that generally there have been more rp's than recent times while the quality of those rps been tremendously worse in recent times.
This game means so much to me and quite honestly has helped me with a lot of stuff, while also making me grow as a person online and offline, getting interested in computers and csgo. Seeing something i cherish so much just disappear like it never existed kills me.